Believers in Christ are commanded to "love Him with all their mind..."Jesus said about His Church: ‘Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
Believers are commanded to "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth."It is the responsibility of the Christian to work hard to understand and interpret God's Word.
No, dear ADSUM... He didn't say it "about His Church". There was no church when He said this.“If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church.* If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.”Now is a great time for you to "Study to show yourself approved..."
Look back on the context - when did He say this, why did He say this, about who did He say this?
Completely about church discipline in the local assembly.Your comment: “every church and every man gets things wrong in every age - and this is especially true of Rome.” Then, it must be especially true for you too."Study to show youself approved."
Not especially. I've benefited from incredible teachers of God's Word, deep training, hard work, love of His Word.That said, everyone is subject to error, but the ultimate mistake is to substitute man's silly rituals for God's declaration.
That is, if one listens, accepts and follows the words of Jesus. I hope that you believe in all of God’s words in the Bible as they were meant, and not just someone’s personal interpretation.
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I do believe and follow the words of Jesus.
That’s why I’m not Roman Catholic, because I’m not going to believe in any organization that ‘interprets’ Scripture to mean the exact opposite of what it actually says.
Any organization that claims that, “By grace you have been saved” really means, “By grace you might be saved if your works are good enough,” is no church at all.