A reader has commented re the previous post: "Thanks ... but I was saved in the Navy when I was 23 years old. Sacraments do not save and there is only "one God and one mediator
between God and men..." and I have already trusted Him. ....
AMAIC response: .... The people of Israel were also "saved" at the time of the Exodus. But only two of them pleased God sufficiently to enter the Promised Land. In other words, salvation is not a one-off thing. It requires a life-long perseverance. Otherwise we shall end up turning aside to the Golden Calf (in one form or another) and displeasing God. The Sacraments are our God-given aid to perseverance. And these were prefigured in the Exodus: Baptism, passing through the Sea; the sustaining Eucharist, the manna. Plus they had the priesthood (Levitical), the sacrifices, atonement for sins (Confession) and marriage. Oh, and they also had a mediator with God: Moses.
