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I see the flaw in the logic of your argument here.

We have the Messiah naming Cephas "Rock" and promising to build his church upon that "Rock." We read the Messiah himself is the chief cornerstone and the apostles and prophets are the foundation. We have the Messiah saying the gates of hell would not prevail against this church. The Messiah gives the Apostle Peter his power to bind and loose and his keys to the kingdom of heaven, but you do not believe, it seems to me, that the words of the Messiah were efficacious in this respect, nor that his apostles appointed others' who appointed others' by the laying on of hands, until this day. Your tale is one of perpetual defeat and conspiracy, making heretics the heroes in some cases no doubt. There is one holy catholic apostolic church, from the days of the Apostles until this day. You have not presented any historical alternative, and that silence is deafening.

Nope even the language prevents Simon from being the rock upon which His local church and the churches it plants are to be built. Where the Romanists leve is abandoning the Scriptural foundation of Christ and His Word, and placing themselves in authority over it. I don't know how many thousand times we've been over this, but the Romanists simply are beyond recognizing the truth of the Gospel, and insist on their predominance, rather than Jesus' Preeminence in the lives of His regenerated believer-disciple-priests and saints.

Come back another day. With the right doctrine, the keys of the Gospel given not only to Peter, but all the disciples to come, you will be able to enter. So far, no, and you-all don't even seem to recognize it. But now, the Savior is calling me to His work of making more disciples.

Bye for now --