You missed the boat about my point of sin... what I meant is, if Church A says I am sinning (by doing X), yet Church B says that doing X is not a sin, then someone is not teaching the Scriptures and Faith correctly!!! Doing X is either a sin, or it isn't!
And apparently you ignored all the verses about the AUTHORITY Christ gave the Church... convenient. Keys to Heaven (Isaiah 22:20-22/Matt. 16:18) and what is bound or loosened on earth is also in Heaven.
Jesus, the “Good Shepherd” (John 10:11, 14) makes Peter a shepherd to feed His sheep (the Greek word, “poimainein” also has the double-meaning, “to govern.” ). Earlier on, Jesus who is “the Rock” (2 Samuel 22:32, 47; Psalm 18, 19; Isaiah 44; 1 Peter 2:16, 1 Cor. 10:4, etc.) names Simon “the Rock” (“Kepha” in Aramaic; it means “massive rock”; this is a tie-in to how Abraham was the “Rock” of the Old Testament in Isaiah 51:1-2) and gives him authority to bind and loosen anything in Heaven and on Earth (“binding and loosening” are rabbinical terms of authority). Peter is given the keys of Heaven (Matthew 16:18; Isaiah 22:20-25). In Scripture, the symbol of the “key” is only found in two places in the Old Testament, one being Isaiah 22. It symbolizes authority, power to rule, and permanence through intergenerational succession. The key given to Eliakim was to be passed on to his successor. It did not go to the grave with him. One can say that the key denotes a very specific office, or seat. The keys given to Peter would ultimately be given unto his successors.
Basically, until you can prove to me, and to other Christians that YOUR interpretation of the Bible is any more valid than any other Joe out there, then you cannot really expect me to believe anything you have to say about the Bible... for if I don't believe it or interpret it the way you do, who's to say you are right?
In fact, you cannot even say that the Catholics are wrong because, how do you know? They too appeal to Scripture. EVERYWHERE. Since 2,000 years!!! Read some of the Church fathers and the Catechism: choc full of Bible. Right there!
Who is right? The Lutherans? Pentecostals? Methodists? Presbyterians? Evangelical Free Church? Baptists? Luther? Knox? Zwigli? Calvin?
Welcome to Protestant Babel 101!
And apparently you ignored all the verses about the AUTHORITY Christ gave the Church... convenient. Keys to Heaven (Isaiah 22:20-22/Matt. 16:18) and what is bound or loosened on earth is also in Heaven.
Jesus, the “Good Shepherd” (John 10:11, 14) makes Peter a shepherd to feed His sheep (the Greek word, “poimainein” also has the double-meaning, “to govern.” ). Earlier on, Jesus who is “the Rock” (2 Samuel 22:32, 47; Psalm 18, 19; Isaiah 44; 1 Peter 2:16, 1 Cor. 10:4, etc.) names Simon “the Rock” (“Kepha” in Aramaic; it means “massive rock”; this is a tie-in to how Abraham was the “Rock” of the Old Testament in Isaiah 51:1-2) and gives him authority to bind and loosen anything in Heaven and on Earth (“binding and loosening” are rabbinical terms of authority). Peter is given the keys of Heaven (Matthew 16:18; Isaiah 22:20-25). In Scripture, the symbol of the “key” is only found in two places in the Old Testament, one being Isaiah 22. It symbolizes authority, power to rule, and permanence through intergenerational succession. The key given to Eliakim was to be passed on to his successor. It did not go to the grave with him. One can say that the key denotes a very specific office, or seat. The keys given to Peter would ultimately be given unto his successors.
Basically, until you can prove to me, and to other Christians that YOUR interpretation of the Bible is any more valid than any other Joe out there, then you cannot really expect me to believe anything you have to say about the Bible... for if I don't believe it or interpret it the way you do, who's to say you are right?
In fact, you cannot even say that the Catholics are wrong because, how do you know? They too appeal to Scripture. EVERYWHERE. Since 2,000 years!!! Read some of the Church fathers and the Catechism: choc full of Bible. Right there!
Who is right? The Lutherans? Pentecostals? Methodists? Presbyterians? Evangelical Free Church? Baptists? Luther? Knox? Zwigli? Calvin?
Welcome to Protestant Babel 101!
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