Jerry Shugart
Well-known member
So stop selling out the New Covenant.
You confuse the "New Covenant" with the gospel, the "New Testament."
Those with true faith receive their blessings through the New Testament and not the New Covenant which was promised only to the nation of Israel. And that Covenant will be fulfilled in the future (Jer.31:31-34).
On the other hand, the church at Rome teaches that no one attains salvation except through Mary:
"Since faith is the foundation, the source, of the gifts of God by which man is raised above the order of nature and is endowed with the dispositions requisite for life eternal, we are in justice bound to recognize the hidden influence of Mary in obtaining the gift of faith and its salutary cultivation - of Mary who brought the "author of faith" into this world and who, because of her own great faith, was called 'blessed.' 'O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, attains salvation except through thee; none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee" (ADIUTRICEM (On the Rosary), Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, promulgated on September 5, 1895).
That teaching is contradicted by what the Apostle Peter said here:
"Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:10-12).
Why can't those who attend the church at Rome understand that salvation comes from the Lord Jesus Christ alone?