From a Protestant Bible (NIV) Matthew 16: 17-19, ‘And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
I didn’t say the word ‘rock’ but you knew Peter means Rock. You must know at that moment in the fullness of time Jesus Christ changed the name of Simon to Peter (rock). In the Bible, Jesus is building a Church. I recommend you find the Church established by Jesus Christ. Until 1054 AD there was basically ONE Church until the split between East & West.
The Catholic Church is aware of all the passages in the Bible as the Bible came out of the Church. When Jesus Christ ascended into Heaven, He left behind a visible Church to carry-on his work here on Earth. Jesus Christ is the Head & the Church is his Body. (Yet, we Christians are the hands & feet of Jesus doing his work.) If the Catholic Church was just a group of people, it would NOT have lasted for the last TWO THOUSAND years. God is the ‘glue’ that holds it together as the Church truly is the Body of Christ.
Your argument is NOT with me but it’s actually with God. Bless you for reading the Bible. I encourage you to keep reading the Bible. Please try & spot your Church some place in the Bible & then trace your Church through the centuries. Jesus Christ established a Church & the Gates of Hell will not prevail over it.
I keep repeating this obvious observation about the Bible. Jesus Christ did NOT walk the Holy Lands with a sack of Bibles while handing them out saying, ‘read this & argue about it.’ + Jesus did not leave us ‘totally lost’ like a motherless child. Jesus Christ gave us ‘Holy Mother Church’ that provides love & care that only comes from a Mother’s Heart. The Bible & our knowledge about Jesus Christ has come to us through a Church. I recommend you find the Church established by Jesus Christ.
Catholics can’t even get that right.
Galatians 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
I'm already in the church Jesus established.