Romans 3:9-12
[SUP]9 [/SUP] For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are ALL UNDER SIN.
[SUP]10 [/SUP] As it is written: "There is NONE righteous, no, not one;
[SUP]11 [/SUP] There is NONE who understands; There is NONE who seeks after God.
[SUP]12 [/SUP] They have ALL turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is NONE who does good, no, not one."
Romans 3:23
[SUP]23 [/SUP] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Mattp0625, God clearly says here that NONE and NO ONE are righteous, understands, seeks after God, none who do good!
God also clearly states that ALL have sinned that ALL have fallen short of the Glory of God!
ALL includes Mary also mattp0625!
Therefore for YOU to teach Mary was without sin you are teaching a lie and the Indwelling of the Holy Sirit is not in you and there is no Truth in you either.
Mary was a sinner and Mary died in here sins and is in the grave. Therefore Mary cannot hear your prayers to her. Mattp0625, you are wasting you time praying to Mary for Mary cannot hear you nor can she answer your prayers, its a big waste of your time!
Galatians 2:2
[SUP]2 [/SUP] And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles
Paul brought the Gospel of Salvation to the gentiles in Rome, not Peter.
Galatians 2:6
[SUP]6 [/SUP] But from those who seemed to be something--whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man--for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me.
Even Paul says Peter was nothing because God shows no personal favoritism to any man, not even Peter!
Galatians 2:7
[SUP]7 [/SUP] But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter
Circumcised - It was the people of Israel who were Circumcised.
uncircumcised - It was the people in Rome who where uncircumcised.
Peter went to the people of Israel to bring them the Gospel of Salvation. Paul went to the people in Rome to bring them the Gospel of Salvation. Since it was Paul who went to Rome it would have been Paul who would have been chosen to be the Pope of the Catholic Church and not Peter.
Nowhere in the Scriptures does Paul ever say anything about the Catholic Church. You would think since he was in Rome he would have mentioned something about the Catholic Church. But since there is nothing in the epistles of Paul about the Catholics proves the Catholic Church was not around when Peter was alive.
Matthew 18:1
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
All the disciples were gathered here with Jesus.
Matthew 18:18
18 Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Here in this verse Jesus is given the Keys of the Kingdom to ALL the disciples, not just to Peter.
Like i said before mattp0625, you really need to read ALL of the Scriptures before you open your mouth and insert your foot into your mouth! Nothing you say makes any difference for you do not have any Truth in you.
God clearly is showing in the Scriptures mattp0625 that you really know nothing! All you are doing is parroting what the Corrupted Catholic Church teaches and NOT what God says!
Repent Mattp0625! Walk away from the evil Catholic Church! Embrace Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! Reject the worship of Mary and Worship God ONLY! Turn away from the darkness of the Catholic Church and go to the Light that is God!
Otherwise the path you are on will lead to the Lake of Fire where Satan and his angels will be forever!