Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: F15Eagle
Jesus is the head of the church, not Peter or any other man.

Colossians 1:13-18 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.

Ephesians 5:23-24 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

And yet Roman Catholicism demands submission to the pope.

16 posted on 01/16/2015 4:28:31 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]


To: metmom

Context is essential with the Scriptures. This is an excellent example of someone taking a verse out of context and building a whole denomination on it. BTW, where else in the Bible is Peter referred to as the foundation of the church? With Matt 16:18, you have to include verses 13 thru 17 to accurately understand verse 18. Jesus asked his disciples who did men say that he was, and the disciples answered variously Elijah, Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Jesus then asked them who did They say that he was, and Peter piped up with, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God, to which Jesus said, “Blessed are you Simon, son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter (Petros=pebble, chip off of the block), and on this rock (Petra=Block), ie what Peter had answered to His question, the statement that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God. That was the bedrock that the church is built upon. Context, context, context...


25 posted on 01/16/2015 4:55:35 PM PST by Dawgmeister
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson