the evidence of salvation and the blessedness thereof, as Ps.146 indicates, lies in exactly who has
given us life eternal... it certainly wasn't mortal Mary nor the thousands and thousands of dead
people her worshipers kneel down to as well and their bones, relics and statues and pictures they
ask favor's of...

no, it is the Living God who has given His elect ones redemption.

the factors which evidence salvation is the new creation in Christ Jesus, 2 Cor.5:17, made possible
by His indwelling Holy Spirit, Ro.8:16.  a life of learning God's Word through Him who does the
saving as Ps.119 points out, to the end result of being throughly furnished unto every good work,
2 Tim.3:16,17.  keeping Commandments is not even remotely possible for the religious un-redeemed.
their total inability to use the Word of God to interpret the Word of God is seriously lacking, so
they come up bizarre doctrines which re-define the " one faith " of Eph.4:4-6.

the elect do not pretend to know God through denominational traditions nor by the praying to the
dead for favor's as the idol worshipers do daily.  He is the God of the living, Mk12:27.

denominational traditions evidence a trust in princes... mortal man... who pretend to better
understand the Word of God than their fellow man.  the trust lies in one believing their church
fathers have correctly taught them God's Word.  take a look therefore at the people who post their
ideas of God to these Usenet forums...

some are on their knees praying to dead Mary in their church buildings filled with graven images of
what they want her to look like and be... notice these idols of their Mary are always Gentile faced
young woman with the symbol of the sun god around the images head ?

other's are preaching gospels of self-salvation for the smart, only.  ideas such as these patented
' sinner's prayers ' all have the person doing something which must come about or that person can
not be redeemed.  man must " tell Jesus " he receives Him but this leaves out the fetus, the still
born baby, the person born a mental vegetable and so on just to name a few.  

" " I " made a decision for Christ; "" " " I " invited Jesus into my heart ""  all evidence gospels
for the smart, only... there is just " one faith " as already mentioned.  and because no one can
understand the gospel until after they are redeemed through it, Jn.3:3, it's obvious these are just
glory seekers needing to control salvation for other's.  

the only completely trustworthy, and BTW, ' trust ' is a good work as far as God is concerned,
Ru.2:12; Ps.37:3; 73:28 and no one is elected because he first trusted in the Lord, Gal.2:16, is His
Word taught to us by Him alone as His Word clearly indicates in Mt.4:4 and Jn.6:45 and elsewhere.

denominational traditions end therefore, in perdition as do those who follow it.