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Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
Jesus is the rock, the cornerstone of the Church...Not a man.
Mathew 16
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
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Your own quote, in a way, validates the office of the papacy.
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Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!"
Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."[/i]
I do not speak for the scriptures, they speak for themselves...No man is mediator other than Christ.
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Methinks Satan was speaking through Peter. Christ exorcised people. Satan can speak through people, thankfully it doesn't happen much today.
All this shows how the Bible can be highly subjective at times. You can twist it one way, I can twist it another. If everyone can derive their own meaning, how can it be literal and truthful in its entirety?