Originally posted by @fmf
So, just to be clear, because Catholics have priests and have a head of their church, you believe they are not "saved"? Yes?
Nope, the verse is very clear we are saved not because some person in this life says so.
We have Jesus sitting at the right hand of the Father interceding for us, and as we turn
our lives over to Him, receive His Spirit to do the works He has for us, we will be saved.
Anyone who never has God's Spirit, no matter what they are putting their trust in does
not belong to God. So some will claim to be Christians trusting in something other that
Jesus Christ, and in the end hear the words, "Depart from me I never knew you."
I think this is close to the first conversation we ever had.