DEFENDING THE AUTHORITY OF PETER OVER THE GENTILES AGAINST AN ANTI-CATHOLIC

St. Peter the Apostle baptizing by Masaccio

Philp said...

Dear Abe,

Isang pagtutuwid lang about your statement na it was thru the laying of hands of the apostles in Jerusalem when they were settling the issue about circumcision, ang apostleship ni Paul. Maybe you missed the story that it was Christ himself who called up Paul when he was travelling along the Road To Damascus. About that blinding light, about how Christ instructed Aninias to restore Paul's lost sight and specially Christ words that Paul was called to minister and to be apostle to the Gentile. After years of proclaiming the gospel of Christ where he met a lot of opposition from the Jews sticking to the law of Moses about circumcission there in chapter 15 he was t o settle the issue in Jerusalem. Maybe you know Paul won his case. James the leader of the church in Jerusalem (not Peter) agreed with it that gentiles no need to be circumcised in order to gain salvation which is only thru faith in Christ.If you will look at the teaching of Paul you will find out that keeping the laws is not our accesss to salvation. Or did you read about the incident in Antioch when sinupalpal ni Paul si Peter ng mukhaan dahil sa pagiging impokrito niya ang ilang mga kasamahan. At the presence of Jews they stop to eat with the gentiles dahil sa ayaw nilang makastigo ng mga Jews na ginagawa nila ang makisalo sa mga gentiles pag wala na sa harapan ng mga Jews. balik uli tayo sa Jerusalem, ng pumayag si James na hindi na kailangan ang pagtutuli, nagpadala rin siya ng sulat na they abstain from foods that was offered to Idols (is this the orogin ng mga fiestahan)sa sexual immorality, strangled animal at sa bloods.

August 11, 2010 2:29 PM

PHILIP said...

Dear Abe

Isang pagtutuwid tungkol kay Cornellius. The story of Cornellius who is a roman centurion, whose family is also god worshipper, na gumagawa ng kabanalan sa harap ng Diyos ay hindi tungkol sa ministry ni Peter sa mga gentiles, kundi tungkol sa message ng Lord na ang salvation ay nauukol din sa nga gentile. Niloob ng Holy Spirit ang isang visin kay Cornellius upang maipatawag niya si Pedro na malapit sa lugar na ito. At this time The Lord also gave Peter a vision about the the coming from heaven and eating these unclean animals which is forbidden in the laws.Pero ng ayaw kumain si Peter, ipinaliwanag ng Panginooon na ang nilinis Niya ay hindi na marumi. Napagunawa lang ni Peter ng makaharap na niya si Cornellius, na hindi lang nauukol ang salvation sa mga jews kundi kahit na sa mga gentiles na kumikilala at sumasampalaytaya sa Diyos. Ito and message ng story.

August 11, 2010 2:46 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

[Dear Abe,]

DEAR PHILIP,

[Isang pagtutuwid lang about your statement na it was thru the laying of hands of the apostles in Jerusalem when they were settling the issue about circumcision,]

YAN AY PAMBABALUKTOT. ITO ANG SINABI KO:

"Paul only received laying of hands from the Apostles. And in Acts 15 when there was dispute Paul didn't have enough authority to settle the dispute about circumcision. He went to the Apostles.The original Apostles led by Peter were the one who gave the final decision. Not Paul."

[ang apostleship ni Paul. Maybe you missed the story that it was Christ himself who called up Paul when he was travelling along the Road To Damascus.]

I AM NOT DENYING THAT. I DIDN'T SAY THAT PAUL DIDN'T BECOME AN APOSTLE THROUGH HIS VISION OF CHRIST ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS.

[About that blinding light, about how Christ instructed Aninias to restore Paul's lost sight and specially Christ words that Paul was called to minister and to be apostle to the Gentile.]

HA, HA, HA... THE LORD SAYS THAT PAUL IS TO BE AN APOSTLE TO THE GENTILE. BUT THE LORD DIDN'T SAY THAT PETER IS NOT AN APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES. IN FACT, THE LORD JESUS MADE 'ALL' THE ORIGINAL APOSTLES... THE APOSTLES TO THE WHOLE WORLD. HA, HA, HA...

Matthew 28:19-20 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

Mark 16:15 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

YOU ARE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMISSION OF PAUL AND USING IT TO DOWNGRADE THE COMMISSION OF PETER. EXCUSE ME... IT WILL NOT HOLD WATER. BECAUSE WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO PAUL HAS BEEN GIVEN TO PETER AND WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO PETER IS GIVEN TO NO ONE ELSE:

Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

THE POWER OF PETER IS EFFICACIOUS NOT ONLY IN THE WHOLE WORLD BUT IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AS WELL. NO OTHER APOSTLE HAS BEEN GIVEN SUCH A SUBLIME AUTHORITY.

[After years of proclaiming the gospel of Christ where he met a lot of opposition from the Jews sticking to the law of Moses about circumcission there in chapter 15 he was t o settle the issue in Jerusalem.]

HA, HA, HA... ST. PAUL WAS NOT ABLE TO SETTLE THE ISSUE. HE AND BARNABAS WERE BEING OPPOSED. THE REASON WHY HE WENT TO JERUSALEM BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZED THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL APOSTLES WERE THE ONES WHO CAN PUT CLOSURE TO THE ISSUE BECAUSE ONCE THEY DECIDE EVERYBODY WILL OBEY. ACTUALLY PAUL WAS ADVISED TO DO SO AND HE ACCEPTED THE WISDOM OF THE ADVISE. THAT ACT OF PAUL DECIDING TO SUBMIT THE MATTER TO THE APOSTLES IN JERUSALEM IS A MANIFESTATION THAT HE WAS NOT TREATED AT PAR WITH THE ORIGINAL TWELVE:

Act 15:2 "When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question."

STS. PAUL AND BARNABAS OBVIOUSLY WERE NOT OBEYED.

[Maybe you know Paul won his case.]

HE WON THE CASE AS THE PETITIONER BUT NOT AS THE JUDGE. THOSE WITH AUTHORITY TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE WERE THE ORIGINAL APOSTLES, NOT PAUL. AND HE WON BECAUSE OF PETER. IF PETER DIDN'T SUPPORT PAUL AND BARNABAS THEY WERE FINISHED. ALL OTHERS WILL BELIEVE AND OBEY CEPHAS OF GALILEE MORE THAN PAUL OF TARSUS.

[James the leader of the church in Jerusalem (not Peter)]

YEAH, JAMES IS THE LEADER OF THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM BECAUSE PETER IS THE LEADER OF THE WHOLE CHURCH. IF YOU WILL COMPARE JAMES WITH PETER, JAMES WILL APPEAR POORLY IN COMPARISON. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE VERSES WHICH SHOWS YOUR IMAGINED JAMES SUPERIOTY OVER PETER.

AFTER THE ASCENSION OBVIOUSLY IT WAS PETER CALLING THE SHOTS. NOT JAMES. AFTER JESUS THE MOST RECOGNIZED PERSON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AMONG THE BELIEVERS IS PETER... NOT JAMES.

[agreed with it that gentiles no need to be circumcised in order to gain salvation which is only thru faith in Christ.]

ST. JAMES SIMPLY FOLLOWED WHAT PETER HAS PROCLAIMED. WHEN PETER SPOKE THE DEBATE ENDED. IT WAS A BITTER AND LONG DEBATE YET WHEN PETER SPOKE ALL KEPT QUIET AND LISTENED:

Act 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

LOOK, PETER REFUTES YOU. HE CLAIMS THAT GOD CHOSE HIM ALSO SO THAT THE GENTILES MAY HEAR AND BELIEVE: "God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe." SO, YOU ARE HALLUCINATING WHEN YOU ARE ARGUING THAT PAUL IS THE APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES. INDEED, HE IS. BUT ALSO PETER. AND THE AUTHORITY OF PETER IS GREATER THAN THAT OF PAUL. WHAT PAUL CAN CLAIM PETER CAN CLAIM ALSO. BUT PETER HAS AUTHORITY THAT PAUL DOES NOT HAVE. IT WAS NOT TO HIM THAT THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM WAS HANDED ON.

LOOK AGAIN, MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AT THE STATEMENT OF ST. PETER: "Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe." [Acts 15:7].

ST. PETER TOLD ALL THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS IN THE COUNCIL: "YOU KNOW". WHAT DO THEY KNOW? THAT GOD MADE A CHOICE THAT THROUGH THE MOUTH OF PETER THE GENTILES WILL HEAR AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL. YET, WHAT THE APOSTLES, THE ELDERS AND THE EARLY CHRISTIANS KNOW PHILIP DOES NOT KNOW. HE IS IGNORANT OF PETER'S UNIVERSAL AUTHORITY IN THE CHURCH. WE CATHOLICS KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE THE TRUE CHRISTIANS. PHILIP IS NOT EVEN AWARE OF IT OR HE ARROGANTLY REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE IT. HE EVEN SPITS ON IT FOR DENYING IT PUBLICLY.

Act 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

Act 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Act 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Act 15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Act 15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

WHEN ST. PETER EXPLAINED TO THE ELDERS HIS REASON WHY HE BAPTIZED THE GENTILES NOBODY QUESTIONED. INSTEAD THEY REJOICED. WHEN PAUL ARGUED FOR NON-NECESSITY OF CIRCUMCISION HE WAS OPPOSED. ONLY AFTER PETER PRONOUNCED HIS SUPPORT FOR PAUL AND BARNABAS DID THE OTHERS LISTENED TO THE TWO. PETER CLEARLY HAS GREATER AUTHORITY THAN PAUL.

ON JAMES, HE WAS SIMPLY THE PRESIDER OF THE COUNCIL. IN EVERY CATHOLIC COUNCIL THE POPE IS NOT THE ONE PRESIDING BUT A SENIOR BISHOP. BUT IT WAS THE DECISION OF THE POPE THAT SETTLES ARGUMENTS AS IN THE CASE OF THAT APOSTOLIC COUNCIL.

[If you will look at the teaching of Paul you will find out that keeping the laws is not our accesss to salvation.]

PAUL WAS REFERRING TO THE MOSAIC LAW. DEFINITELY HE WAS NOT REFERRING TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD THE FATHER AND THE LAW OF LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. IN BOTH CASE PAUL HAS NO AUTHORITY TO REPEAL THE LAW OF GOD THE FATHER AND THE LAW OF JESUS CHRIST.

PAUL DIDN'T TEACH FAITH ALONE. AND ST. JAMES CATEGORICALLY AND LITERALLY JUNKED 'SOLA FIDE' BY STATING 'NOT BY FAITH ALONE' WHEN HE EXPLAINED THAT ABRAHAM IS JUSTIFIED 'BY WORK ALSO AND NOT BY FAITH ALONE.'

[Or did you read about the incident in Antioch when sinupalpal ni Paul si Peter ng mukhaan dahil sa pagiging impokrito niya ang ilang mga kasamahan.]

WALA ATA SA BIBLIA YUNG SALITANG 'SINUPALPAL'. THAT IS YOUR OWN INVENTION. YOU SEE, THE PROBLEM WITH YOU IS THAT YOU FREQUENTLY HALLUCINATE. YOU DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY AND INSANITY. THE CORRECT TERM IS 'SUMALANSANG' OR IN ENGLISH 'I STOOD HIM ON THE FACE'. PINAGSABIHAN N'YA NG HARAPAN SI PETER.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT? THAT IS FRATERNAL CORRECTION. PETER IS A HUMAN PERSON WHO COMMITS MISTAKES. PAUL CORRECTED HIM, FINE. BUT DOES IT MEAN THAT PAUL IS HIGHER THAN PETER? NO, NO, NO...

IN EVERY INSTITUTIONS IT IS NORMAL FOR PEOPLE OF LOWER RANK TO CORRECT FROM TIME TO TIME THE CHAIRMAN. EVERY SENATOR OF THE COUNTRY CONSTANTLY CONTRADICT THE PRESIDENT YET THE PRESIDENT IS THE PRESIDENT.

PAUL CAN CORRECT PETER ON MATTERS REGARDING RELATIONSHIPS OR PRACTICAL ADMINISTRATION. BUT PAUL NEVER CONTRADICTED PETER ON MATTERS OF FAITH AND MORALS. BESIDES, PAUL HIMSELF COMMITTED THE SAME MISTAKE OF PETER. HE ARGUED THAT CIRCUMCISSION IS NOT NEEDED ANYMORE, YET HE CIRCUMCISED TIMOTHY FOR THE JEWS, THAT IS FALLING INTO THE SAME MISTAKE OF PETER:

Act 16:3 "Him [St. Timothy] would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek."

IMAGINE, AFTER ALL HIS ARGUMENTS AND DEBATES ABOUT THE NON NECESSITY OF CIRCUMCISION, NOW JUST TO SATISFY THE JEWS HE SWALLOWED HIS ARGUMENTS AND CIRCUMCISED ST. TIMOTHY.

[At the presence of Jews they stop to eat with the gentiles dahil sa ayaw nilang makastigo ng mga Jews na ginagawa nila ang makisalo sa mga gentiles pag wala na sa harapan ng mga Jews.]

BOTH PETER AND PAUL WERE SIMPLY TRYING TO BE DIPLOMATIC. THEY BELIEVED AND UPHELD THEIR DEFINITIVE STAND ON CIRCUMCISION BUT WHEN THEY WERE WITH THE JUDAIZERS THEY WERE ALSO CAREFUL NOT TO OFFEND THEIR SENSITIVITY. OF COURSE AS LEADER THEY SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY PREACH AND IN WHAT THEY DO. BUT THEY ALSO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GIVE IN TO PRESSURES. IN BOTH CASE THEY COMMITTED MISTAKES BUT IT WAS NOT A SINFUL ACT AND IT DIDN'T AFFECT DOCTRINES.

[balik uli tayo sa Jerusalem, ng pumayag si James na hindi na kailangan ang pagtutuli,]

WHEN PETER HAS SPOKEN JAMES HAS NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO SUPPORT PETER. PETER CAN DECIDE EVEN WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF JAMES. HE DID THAT WHEN HE CALLED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE SUCCESSOR OF JUDAS ISCARIOT [cf. ACTS 1:15-26] AND WHEN HE DECIDED TO BAPTIZE ALL THOSE NON-JEWS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD AFTER HIS PENTECOST SERMON [cf. ACTS 2]. JAMES DECIDED IN COMMUNION WITH PETER. HE UNITED HIS DECISION WITH THE DECISION OF PETER.

THE SHADOW OF PETER ALONE IS ENOUGH TO GRANT HEALING FROM GOD [cf. ACTS 5:15-16]. JAMES NEVER DEMONSTRATED ANY EQUAL MANIFESTATION OF POWER AND AUTHORITY. THAT IS WHY AMONG THE 3 CHIEF APOSTLES: PETER, JAMES AND JOHN... PETER IS ON TOP. ST. JOHN IS EVEN MORE PROMINENT THAN JAMES... HE IS THE BELOVED APOSTLE. YET JOHN IS ACTING AS MERE ASSISTANT OF PETER EVERY TIME THEY GO TOGETHER [cf. JOHN 20:2-8/ ACTS 3].

[nagpadala rin siya ng sulat na they abstain from foods that was offered to Idols (is this the orogin ng mga fiestahan)sa sexual immorality, strangled animal at sa bloods.]

HA, HA, HA... YOU ARE REALLY STUPID YOU KNOW. HA, HA, HA... SO THE ORIGIN OF FIESTAHAN ARE OFFERING TO IDOLS. THEN LOOK AT THESE:

Gen 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a FEAST, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

* The highlight of every Catholic Feast is the Holy Mass where we received the Unleavened Bread - the Holy Eucharist.

Gen 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a GREAT FEAST the same day that Isaac was weaned.

Gen 26:30 And he made them a FEAST, and they did EAT and DRINK.

Exodus 5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a FEAST UNTO ME in the wilderness.

THE REASON WHY GOD WANTED TO FREE HIS PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE A FEAST TO THE LORD. INSTEAD, YOU SATANICALLY OPPOSE FEASTS UNTO THE LORD.

ONCE AGAIN, I CALL YOU LIAR, LIAR, LIAR... YOU ARE A LIAR PHILIP.

Exodus 10:9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for WE MUST HOLD A FEAST UNTO THE LORD.

MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SEE HOW A GREAT LIAR THIS PHILIP IS.

August 12, 2010 11:22 PM

Fr. Abe, CRS said...

[Dear Abe]

DEAR PHILIP

[Isang pagtutuwid tungkol kay Cornellius.]

ISANG PAMBABALUKTOT NA NAMAN MULA SA IYO. HE, HE, HE...

[The story of Cornellius who is a roman centurion, whose family is also god worshipper, na gumagawa ng kabanalan sa harap ng Diyos ay hindi tungkol sa ministry ni Peter sa mga gentiles,]

SINONG MAY SABI NA HINDI IYON TUNGKOL SA MINISTRY NI PETER TO THE GENTILES? IKAW? YOU? HOW DARE YOU CLAIM SUCH A THING? BY WHAT AUTHORITY?

THE BIBLE CLEARLY REFERS TO THE DECISION OF PETER TO BAPTIZE CORNELIUS AS A PERFORMANCE OF DUTY ENTRUSTED TO HIM BY GOD. THAT IS MINISTRY:

Act 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but GOD hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

IT WAS GOD WHO SHOWED PETER THROUGH THE VISION HE HAD SEEN EARLIER TO ACCEPT THE GENTILES. EVEN CORNELIUS RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS THE DIVINE COMMAND THAT ORDERED HIM TO GO TO PETER. THUS, THE PRESENCE OF PETER THEN AND HIS ACTIONS TOWARDS CORNELIUS IS A FULFILLMENT OF DUTY WHICH HE RECEIVED FROM GOD. THAT IS MISSION AND THAT IS MINISTRY:

Act 10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

THE PROBLEM WITH YOU PHILIP IS THAT YOU ARE IGNORANT OF WHAT MINISTRY IS. IT IS QUITE UNDERSTANBLE BECAUSE YOUR PASTORS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH HAVING THEIR WIVES AND KEEPING THEIR CHILDREN THAN FULFILLING THEIR MINISTRY IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE UNMARRIED HIGH PRIEST OF THE NEW COVENANT... JESUS THE CHRIT.

THE OTHER APOSTLES AND ELDERS OF THE CHURCH ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT PETER FULFILLED THE WILL OF GOD IN ACCEPTING THE GENTILES. THEY RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS THROUGH PETER THAT GOD DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE GENTILES INTO CHRISTIANITY:

Act 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

PRIOR TO THE COMING OF PAUL GOD ALREADY CHOSE PETER TO SERVE, PREACH AND BAPTIZE THE GENTILES. IN FACT, AFTER PETER ADDRESSED THE PEOPLE DURING PENTECOST 3,000 WERE BAPTIZED AND MANY OF THEM WERE GENTILES COMING FROM OTHER NATIONS [cf. ACTS 2].

[kundi tungkol sa message ng Lord na ang salvation ay nauukol din sa nga gentile. Niloob ng Holy Spirit ang isang visin kay Cornellius upang maipatawag niya si Pedro na malapit sa lugar na ito.]

IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCE. IF GOD DOES NOT WANT PETER TO BREAK THAT OLD RULE, HE COULD HAVE SUMMONED OTHER NEARBY CHRISTIAN LEADERS THEN. INSTEAD, GOD SPECIFICALLY CALLED FOR PETER. BESIDES, GOD ALSO APPEARED TO PETER IN A SEPARATE VISION.

DISTANCE OR NO DISTANCE GOD CHOSE PETER TO OPEN THE CHURCH TO THE GENTILES. THE LORD GOD DIDN'T WAIT FOR PAUL TO START THE JOB. PRIOR TO PAUL THE APOSTLE PETER WAS ALREADY MINISTERING TO THE GENTILES AND AFTER HIM ALL THE OTHERS FOLLOWED SUIT. ALL APOSTLES HAVE AUTHORITY TO PREACH TO THE JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE. WHEN GOD GAVE A MISSION TO PAUL HE DIDN'T SAY THAT THAT IS AN EXCLUSIVE MISSION FOR HIM. THAT IS WHY YOU ARE WRONG. YOU ARE EXCLUDING PETER IN THE MISSION TO THE GENTILES. JOHN THE APOSTLE TOO PREACHED AND WROTE TO THE GENTILES.

[At this time The Lord also gave Peter a vision about the the coming from heaven and eating these unclean animals which is forbidden in the laws.Pero ng ayaw kumain si Peter, ipinaliwanag ng Panginooon na ang nilinis Niya ay hindi na marumi.]

IT MEANS THAT THE CENTURIES OLD DOCTRINE OF ISRAEL... THE OLD COVENANT IS BEING REPLACED BY THE NEW LAW OF CHRIST. AND PETER IS THE ONE CHOSEN TO IMPLEMENT THE FIRST MAJOR CHANGES.

[Napagunawa lang ni Peter ng makaharap na niya si Cornellius, na hindi lang nauukol ang salvation sa mga jews kundi kahit na sa mga gentiles na kumikilala at sumasampalaytaya sa Diyos. Ito and message ng story.]

THE MESSAGE OF THE STORY IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE FACT OF THE STORY. PETER WAS CHOSEN BY GOD TO MINISTER TO THE GENTILES. CONTRARY TO YOUR CLAIMS. IT IS THE FACT VERSUS YOUR CLAIM. GOD MADE A CHOICE AND HE CHOSE PETER PRIOR TO PAUL. THE LORD JESUS SPOKE MORE SUPERLATIVE WORDS PERSONALLY TO PETER THAN TO PAUL. PAUL HAD VISIONS BUT PETER SLEPT, ATE AND LIVED WITH JESUS FOR THREE LONG YEARS... NOT INCLUDING THE SEVERAL POST RESURRECTION AND PRE-ASECENSION APPEARANCES... AND DON'T FORGET THAT PETER HAD HIS VISIONS TOO. AS ST. JOHN EXPRESSED IT EXCELLENTLY:

1 John 1:1-4 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us-- that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

August 13, 2010 10:52 AM