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- Aug 22, 2018
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A few thoughts, in brief, though I have a detailed study on this, is:Many claim that because Jesus said that to Peter, that Peter became the first pope and that proves the Roman Catholic Church is the only true Christian church. Thoughts?
1. that God, even Jesus Christ, is the 'Rock' all through scripture.
2. go back to Mat. 16:5-12 for greater help. Notice the disciples had just been told something important, and that which was stated is directly tied to Mat. 6:13-20.
3. read Mat. 7:24-27; Luk. 6:46-49 and see that the rock is God's word, even what Jesus taught and did.
4. understand that the rock of God's word in Mat. 7:24-27 is also a reference to the Ten Commandments, which were written upon stone from the throne of God.
5. for the 'Greeks', consider that GNT TR word for Peter (G4074 N-NSM) is differing than Rock (G4073 N-DSF). Petros (G4074 N-NSM (Noun-Nominative Singular Masculine)) and Petra (G4073 N-DSF (Noun-Dative Singular Feminine)). (they will generally go the Aramaic route (which is incorrect) at that point, but the argument is still in error, just takes more detail to show it)
6. Peter himself identifies the rock in his epistles, 1 Pet. 2:6-8. and never anywhere in scripture identifies himself as that rock.
7. Paul in Rom. 9:33; 1 Cor. 10:4 also refers to the same rock and does not identify anywhere in scripture that Peter was that rock, but instead even has to rebuke, in love, the backsliding of Peter in Gal. 2:11-14.
The context reveals that the thought came from the Father through Peter, by the Holy Ghost, and is the 'confession'. Jesus says that this confession that Jesus is the Messiah (Christ the son of the living God) is the truth from God (the Father, through the Holy Ghost). Later, Peter makes another 'confession' in that he did not want Jesus to go to die at Jerusalem, and Jesus said that that 'confession' came from satan.
Peter is not the focus. The two confessions are and their origins.
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