Correct. Amen, I agree 100%. According to my interpretation of the Bible, guided by the Holy Spirit, Jesus was Jewish. Circumsized. Ate only kosher foods. Celebrated passover in Jerusalem every year of his childhood. Jesus was the ultimate Jewish boy and perfectly followed all the Jewish laws and traditions.

>”He didn’t come to found yet another religion.”

Correct. Amen. I agree 100%. But, according to my interpretation of the Bible, guided by the Holy Spirit, Jesus, while not establishing another religion, did establish one visible Church on Earth with Peter as His chief steward. Further guided by the Holy Spirit, I discovered in the ancient Greek text of Acts 9:31 that this one visible Church is the “Ekklesia Kath Olos”.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%209:31;&version=69;

>”…but to establish the Kingdom.”

Correct. Amen. I agree 100%. But, according to my interpretation of the Bible, guided by the Holy Spirit, Jesus’s kingdom was not of this world, but the next. For this world, Jesus establish one visible Church on Earth with Peter as His chief steward.

>”and we are ALL in it regardless of our beliefs or lack of them”

Correct. Amen. I agree 100%. According to my interpretation of the Bible, under the Holy Spirit, the plan of salvation includes all people: Christians, Muslims, atheists, and even you and me. Jesus died for everyone, including Hitler and Genghis Kahn. Once any or all of those people are baptised for the remission of their sins, they are members of Christ’s Church, regardless of their belief or lack of belief.

So you are correct and I am correct. A win-win situation. How marvelous! I am always awed at how the Holy Spirit leads us in Truth.

God bless…

>”We, each individual, guided by the Holy Spirit are it’s interpreters!”

Amen, brother! Under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, I have interpreted the Bible thusly:

1) Sola Scriptura is unbiblical, as is sola fide. Ditto for Calvin’s TULIP.

2) Christ established one visible Church on earth with Peter as His chief steward. All Christians are members by baptism and subject to its authority from Jesus.

3) Isaiah is right. God’s voice does not return void. The Eucharist IS the actual body and blood of Christ. Transubstantiation, or something very much like it, can and does take place by the power of the Holy Spirit.

4) Confession and annointing the sick are sacraments. Jesus did give some men His authority to forgive sins.

5) Baptism is regenerative and removes all sins. Baptism is also a sign of the second covenant, so infants are to be baptised ASAP.

6) Clergy are to be appointed and sent, not hired by a congregation.

7) Mary was a perpetual virgin, preserved from original sin, and as Queen of Heaven places our petitions before her son per the Old Testament.

The Reformers were basically wrong about nearly everyhing.

9) The Pope is indeed infallible in matters of faith and morals.

10) There is no conflict between evolution and Genesis 1.

The Catholics seem to be right on every essential doctrine

God bless…