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Originally Posted by Peace-be-with-you  Mr. White, I believe you are putting the cart in front of the horse, so to speak. Before Jesus was taken into custody, God revealed to Peter, the divine nature of Jesus and Peter subseqently made to Christ, a profession of faith. At that point, Jesus renamed Peter, from Simon to Peter and made the promise to Peter that he would build his Church upon Peter. It was not until after the resurection that Christ opened the apostles minds so as to understand the the scriptures and at that point, commisiond the apotles. Christ did not put in place His Church until after the ressurection. Therfore, it is not relevant that before the resurection that Peter was afraid for his life when being questioned and accused by the dangerous enemies of Jesus Christ. Remember, Peter, as well as the other apostles, were not perfect men either before the ressurection nor after.
Matt 16: 13-20
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Then why are you trying to put the horse before the cart, also? I have not even begun to show where Peter was still a shaken "rock"...do you have ANY other proof that Christ told Peter that he was rock that the church was founded upon? Please point me to that scripture...
And by your own words, you are saying that Peter and the other apostles were not perfect but the rock that the church was to built upon HAD TO BE....just like the sacrifice for us today HAD TO BE....or why didn't God just get ANY man to die on the cross? I await scripture...