Do you believe condescension and volume make you seem authoritative?
“First, the NKJV seems to be what you are referring to,..”
NO! I meant KJV, because that is exactly what World Publishing wrote, so take it up with them.
Christ meant precisely what is written here:
Matt 16:18-19
And I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
You go to great lengths to pretend that Christ left us with no earthly authority to preserve his Gospel and his Church on earth. This passage at the moment it is delivered makes clear that Peter and his successors are protected from error by the Holy Spirit.
The only alternative is for you to project that same gift to each of us.
individually.
We see the fruits of that concept in the proliferation of Protestant denominations, in the aftermath of Luther’s interference.
Read Acts 10 carefully. "Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that IS A JEW IS TO KEEP COMPANY, OR COME UNTO ONE OF ANOTHER NATION: but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean." Acts 10:28.
When did God show Peter this? "...he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to earth..." Acts 10:10-16.
Now while Peter DOUBTED IN HIMSELF WHAT THIS VISION WHICH HE HAD SEEN SHOULD MEAN,..."Acts 10:17.
We know that Peter and the 11 were filled with the Holy Spirit. That they are protected from error. Then what does Acts, Chapter 10 mean? Peter should have KNOWN what the dream meant, he was filled with the Holy Spirit and "was protected from error". He should NOT have hesitated to go to the Gentile Cornelius. After all, Peter and the 11 were sent, BY JESUS CHRIST, to preach the gospel to ALL nations. Why would Peter hesitate, and not only that, say "It's not LAWFUL for a Jew to keep company, or come unto ONE OF ANOTHER NATION" Acts 10:28.?
Not only that, the others at Jerusalem later CALLED HIM TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS ACTION regarding Cornelius. Acts 11:4,18.
Were Peter and the 11 IN or OUT of the commission that Christ gave them? Peter was doubting, hesitating, and rehearsing the matter. Why not do what Christ commanded them to do in His commission, preach the gospel to every nation? Without doubt, or hesitation. They were filled with the Holy Spirit. Why did they think they may be in error regarding Cornelius?