Another poster once asked: What if Jesus comes tomorrow and it turns out these scriptures mean exactly as they read?
I agree. What if John 6 means exactly what it says? What if Matthew 16:18-20 means exactly what it says, and makes Peter the head of the apostles, and thus the entire Church, and his successors the same?
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing;
the words that I speak unto you are spirit and are life.
John 12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him that sent Me. 45 And he that seeth Me seeth Him that sent Me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50
And I know that His Commandment is Life Everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.
Matthew 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but My Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon
this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 7:24-25) (Matthew 7:13-14)
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. (John 14:15-17)
And whatsoever thou shalt bind on Earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.
John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as [my] Father hath sent Me, even so send I you. 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
Matthew 10:6-14 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.