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NASB | Matthew 16:18 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:18 "And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it [by preventing the resurrection of the Christ]. [Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23; Col 1:18] |
Subject: Authorized name vs. Unauthorized? |
Bible Note: Raven; You have not attended every denominational church across the world (I doubt you've attended mine), so you do not know what is preached in them. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you know nothing about sermons preached in Bolivia in 1983. Your blanket condemnation of things you don't know about says much more about you than it does about the denominations you find so distasteful. Perhaps you could restrict your "strong talk" to things you actually know about. Sadly, I don't think I'd count the use of Scripture among them. You are very good at taking verses out of context and twisting them to your own purpose. In every one of these passages, Paul is writing about heresies that few modern denominations would think of embracing. He is not writing about denominations or the imagined evil of their existence and no linguistic trick can make it so. In my humble judgment, the prideful, narrow exclusivity you promote makes yours one of the most divisive voices on this forum. Satan must revel in your hateful assaults on the faith, character, and intelligence of people whom you should be welcoming as brothers and sisters in Christ. Jesus dealt regularly with people who were judgmental, bound up in rules, angry, and insulting. They were called Pharisees. Instead of poring over the book of Acts and Paul's letters in search of passages that you can use to prove your arguments, perhaps you could spend some time in the Gospels and see what kind of people Jesus drew to himself. You might also discover that it was the ones who had all the answers and knew all the rules who crucified him. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones Privileged to be a member of a Presbyterian congregation that supports missionaries in Djibouti, Japan, Kenya, Russia, and Campus Crusade for Christ |