tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post7900317457569245709..comments2022-04-01T14:49:45.988+08:00Comments on BULWARK OF TRUTH: Primacy Of PeterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-83788729788839516312013-11-15T09:10:20.952+08:002013-11-15T09:10:20.952+08:00FIRST AND FOR MOST, IF SAINT PETER HAD A WIFE, IT ...FIRST AND FOR MOST, IF SAINT PETER HAD A WIFE, IT HAPPENED TO BE BEFORE IN HIS MINISTRY AND NOT DURING HIS MINISTRY. THE VOW OF CELIBACY IS NOT A DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH BUT A DISCIPLINE.. THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SOME PRIESTS WHO ARE MARRIED ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN CATHOLIC CHURCHES. ON THE OTHER HAND, LATER POPES INCLUDING IN THIS CENTURY HAS A VOW OF CELIBACY<br />AND SINCE THEY DO NOT WANT TO BREAK THIS VOW, THEY DID NOT MARRY, INSTEAD THEY SERVED THE CHURCH AND THE GOD FULLY<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06858824359287131436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-19755222717379003792013-11-15T09:03:18.881+08:002013-11-15T09:03:18.881+08:00[Peter was given the keys of the kingdom of heaven...[Peter was given the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Christian profession in the Church Age), only in the sense that it was Peter who opened the door of Gospel preaching opportunity to Israel on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38-42), and to the Gentiles in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10:34-46). Peter opened the door, and <br />everybody who received Christ as Saviour went into the Kingdom of God through Christ.]<br /><br />-->THAT'S A VERY WRONG INTERPRETATION... IN FACT THE KEYS GIVEN TO PETER IS PARALLEL AND THE SAME TO THE PROPHECIES IN ISAIAH IN WHICH THE KEYS AND THE FULL AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID WERE GIVEN TO ELIAKIM.<br /><br />ISAIAH 22:20-22<br /><br />"In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open."<br /><br />-->THE SENSE OF IT IS THAT, THE FULL AUTHORITY IS GIVEN TO HIM<br />NOTE THAT ELIAKIM BECAME THE "FATHER" OF PEOPLE AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE CALL SUCCESSORS OF PETER AS POPE<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06858824359287131436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-53507160862746201492013-11-15T08:54:54.071+08:002013-11-15T08:54:54.071+08:00[ At the Jerusalem council in Acts 15:13-19, the a...[ At the Jerusalem council in Acts 15:13-19, the advice of <br />James not Peter was sought and followed. James, not Peter was the spokesman who handed down the decision. ]<br /><br />-->SAINT PETER INITIATED AND PRESIDED THE COUNCIL!! SAINT PETER SPOKE FIRST HIS INTENTIONS AND DECISIONS LEADING TO THE DECISION OF THE WHOLE COUNCIL SUPPORTED BY SAINT JAMES:<br /><br />ACTS 15:7-11<br /><br />" After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”"<br /><br />-->IT IS SAINT PETER WHO ADDRESSED THE CHURCH ISSUE AND WAS FOLLOWED BY SAINT JAMES BEING THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06858824359287131436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-61442865941415549232013-11-15T08:49:44.512+08:002013-11-15T08:49:44.512+08:00SO WHY IS IT THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE ...SO WHY IS IT THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT "PETROS" REFERS TO MASCULINE WORD AND "PETRA" REFERS TO FEMININE WORD???? IN FACT, SIMON IS ALSO CALLED CEPHAS IN THE BIBLE WHICH CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO "ROCK". SAINT PETER IS A ROCK OTHER THAN JESUS SINCE SAINT PETER CALLED HIM A "ROCK"/ "CEPHAS"/ KEPHA<br /><br />WHEN IT COMES TO THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF "ROCK", LET US ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE ORIGINAL GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE USED "KOINE GREEK" IN WHICH THE FEMININE "PETRA" AND THE MASCULINE "PETROS" ARE THE SAME IN MEANING!! THEREFORE, SAINT PETER AS PETROS IS NOT DISTINCT WITH THE WORD PETRA SINCE THE KOINE GREEK MEANING OF THESE TWO WORDS ARE THE SAME<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06858824359287131436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-21638415428540988302013-11-15T08:38:53.103+08:002013-11-15T08:38:53.103+08:00CEPHAS IN ARAMAIC IS NOT "STONE" BUT INS...CEPHAS IN ARAMAIC IS NOT "STONE" BUT INSTEAD A "ROCK". HE IS THE ROCK ON WHICH THE CHURCH WAS BUILT<br /><br />"Means "rock" in Aramaic. The apostle Simon was called Cephas by Jesus because he was to be the rock upon which the Christian church was to be built. In most versions of the New Testament Cephas is translated into Greek Πετρος (Petros) (in English Peter)."<br />SOURCE:http://www.behindthename.com/name/cephas<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06858824359287131436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-85678829048904515412013-11-12T02:20:40.138+08:002013-11-12T02:20:40.138+08:00Can a pope be married? if NOT, then why is peter m...Can a pope be married? if NOT, then why is peter married (Matthew 8:14,15; 1 Corinthians 9:5)? if peter was indeed the first pope why didn’t we followed that pattern? the Scripture tells us that priest (Levites) in the old testament can marry even the new testament. In the New Testament Aapostle Paul told us that if a man desire the office of a "bishop" he must be a husband of one wife?(1 Timothy 3:1-7 KJV) a bishop is a married person a the Bible defines it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727690175529975873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-58042277719349599962013-11-12T02:11:12.944+08:002013-11-12T02:11:12.944+08:00...continuation
God is called the "Rock"......continuation<br /> God is called the "Rock" 34 times in the Old Testament.(Psalm 18:2; Psalm 18:31; Isaiah 28:16; Psalm 18:31) It was clearly a title of God. Every Jew would be shocked to call a man t<br />he "Rock". Therefore "Peter" and "Rock" are translated as <br />two different words, with two different meanings. <br /> <br /> Note: In John 1:42, Jesus said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jona:<br /> thou shalt be called CEPHAS, which is by interpretation, a STONE<br />." Cephas (2786) is a Syriac surname given to Simon, which is "Petros" in Greek, not "Petra". Peter did not call himself by <br />his Syriac name (Cephas), but by his Greek name (1 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1). The word for rock (Petra) in Matthew 16:18 is the same<br /> word used for the rock fortress at Edom, known as "PETRA." It is 1.4 kilometres long, 226 metres high, 457 metres wide. Jesus <br />did not say that Peter was the PETRA rock fortress, but that Simon was Petros, a piece of rock. Only God is called "a ROCK." <br />Jesus is just saying to Simon, "I will make you a firm and distinguished preacher in building my church." <br /><br />2. Peter is NOT the first pope, with supremacy over the Church<br /> because of these reasons: <br /><br /> a) At the Jerusalem council in Acts 15:13-19, the advice of <br />James not Peter was sought and followed. James, not Peter was the spokesman who handed down the decision. <br /><br /> b) If Peter was the first pope, he would have had a greater posit<br />ion than the other disciples. When the disciples discussed which of them was the greatest in Mark 9:33-35, Jesus had a great chance to affirm Peter's headship as the first pope, but Jesus simply said that the greatest shall be a servant of all. Thus Jesus showed no special papal leadership to Peter. Nor should we. <br /> <br />3. Peter was given the keys of the kingdom of heaven (Christian profession in the Church Age), only in the sense that it was Peter who opened the door of Gospel preaching opportunity to Israel on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38-42), and to the Gentiles in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10:34-46). Peter opened the door, and <br />everybody who received Christ as Saviour went into the Kingdom of God through Christ.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727690175529975873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-63980138709931875052013-11-12T02:07:24.418+08:002013-11-12T02:07:24.418+08:00…continuation
• Christ made two complete, distinct...…continuation<br />• Christ made two complete, distinct statements: <br /> <br />He said: <br />1. Thou art Peter, and <br /> 2. Upon this rock (change of gender, showing change of subject), I will build my church. Peter was not characterized by a "PETRA" immovable foundation, as seen in these incidents: <br /> a) Peter soon tried to stop Jesus going to the cross, so Jesus gave him a stinging rebuke: "Get thee behind me, satan." (v.23). These are strong words to use against someone who has just been appointed pope. <br /> b) Peter slept in Gethsemene during Christ's agony. <br /> c) Christ rebuked Peter for rashly cutting off Malchus' ear. <br /> d) Peter boasted that he was ready to die for Christ. <br /> e) Peter then shamefully denied with curses that he knew Christ. <br /> f) Paul rebuked Peter for error and hypocrisy at Antioch in Galatians 2:11, "But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed." <br /> g) In Mark 9:33-35, the disciples argued as to who was the greatest among them. Had Jesus already given Peter the chief rank of pope, then Christ would have simply referred to His previous granting of power to Peter. Yet Jesus just said that the greatest shall be last and servant of all. <br /> h) Augustine and Jerome state that the Rock is Christ, not Peter. Mark's gospel was written by Mark, assisted by Peter, yet neither Mark's gospel or Peter's letters mention this incident. They would surely mention it if we needed to know it. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727690175529975873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-21131181982205493742013-11-12T02:05:51.938+08:002013-11-12T02:05:51.938+08:00…continuation
Who is THE ROCK and THE CHIEF CORNER...…continuation<br />Who is THE ROCK and THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE? (Peter or Christ)<br /><br />1 Corinthians 3:9-11 "other foundation can NO MAN lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (KJV)<br /><br />Can a person even an apostle create another foundation? Nope, because it is already established. Peter knew that Christ is THE ROCK not himself.<br /><br />JESUS CHRIST is "THE FOUNDATION ROCK" which the church is built.<br /> <br />In the Greek, the word "Peter" is Petros, a person, masculine, a rock or stone that a man might throw. In the Greek, the word "Rock" is "<br />Petra", not a person, but a cliff, a mass of projecting, immovable rock. It refers not to Peter, but to Peter's declaration of Christ's deity, <br />"Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." <br /><br /> "PETROS" means a small, moveable stone, but "PETRA" means an <br />immovable foundation, in this case, Peter's statement on Christ's deity, upon which Christ would build His church. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727690175529975873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-86471780587661863092013-11-12T02:04:41.339+08:002013-11-12T02:04:41.339+08:00PETER is not THE ROCK. For MANY REASONS:
(read bel...PETER is not THE ROCK. For MANY REASONS:<br />(read below)<br />How about 1 Corinthians 10:1-4? <br /><br />(1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;<br /><br />2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;<br /><br />3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;<br /><br />4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and "that Rock was Christ.")<br /><br /> Ephesians 2:20 <br />(20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;<br /><br />21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:<br /><br />22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. KJV)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727690175529975873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095797930058814572.post-68425405898446282013-11-12T02:03:36.951+08:002013-11-12T02:03:36.951+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727690175529975873noreply@blogger.com