ABOUT THE CHURCH AND PETER

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  Phillipou Albert Cornick

  Margie.....to further rebut the Protestant argument that Jesus was speaking about Peter’s confession of faith (not Peter himself) based on the revelation he received, the verses are clear that Jesus, after acknowledging Peter’s receipt of d...ivine revelation, turns the whole discourse to the person of Peter: Blessed are “you” Simon, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to “you,” and I tell “you,” “you” are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church. I will give “you” the keys to the kingdom, and whatever “you” bind and loose on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven. Jesus’ whole discourse relates to the person of Peter, not his confession of faith.
  
  This is what I read from the bible also and what I try to understand was how can you build a church on Peter? There was some thing about Peter that made Jesus say this, ie he recognised that he was Messiah, in order to recognise him he, only in my opinion must have had great faith, and that makes sense to me otherwsie none of it does, also when you think that Jesus said he was going to build a church in 3 days. Remember also that Peter was the one who had so much faith that he walked accross the water to meet Jesus, though he failed at the last moment as everyone knows, and when they were about to crucify him he also run away, in fact when you think about that time Judas Iscariot was the only one who laid down his life because of Jesus.
  
  Can you tell me where it is shown that the church was meant to be a solid structure? Another thing Jesus said where two or three gather in my name there shall I be that is what I understood to be his church, there was still no reference to a solid structure what do you think Margie?See More

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  Phillipou Albert Cornick If a groups of us come together in Christs name and have the faith of Peter, then that would bring Christ to us, that is my simple reasoning going on what I have said, a solid structure built on Peter just does not make sense to you get what I mean?

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  Phillipou Albert Cornick In spiritualist churches groups of people come together to call up spirits of deceased people as they did in the time of Saul, not only do they call up spirits but it has also been common knowledge that they call up angels and God, and of course when you consider the occult they also call up demons, now this is done by groups of people coming together in the way Jesus suggests, there seems to be certainly a relationship here and the tool they use in this calling up is actually Belief, or if you like FAITH.