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(Author's note: I wrote this following two nights ago and never finished it. This is getting to be very serious because I am going to point out a "protestant view" of Jesus passing the "Keys to the Kingdom," to Peter, as opposed to the Catholic view which I believe many of my readers are probably more aware of." Nevertheless, I know what I believe, therefore I am not writing for my sake. The whole purpose of this paper is to educate many Christians as to both arguments of the church.
Please understand that I am not promoting one belief over another.
In the Early church these types of questions arose and that was why the church called together particular "Creeds," or councils. It was in order to have all beliefs to agree on those issues of theology which were absolutely most important for all Christians to acknowledge. )
AI Overview
The church has established several creeds, which are formal statements of Christian belief. The three most widely recognized are the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. These creeds serve as foundational statements of faith for many Christian denominations.
Key Creeds:
In addition to these three, other creeds and confessions of faith have been developed throughout church history, often in response to specific doctrinal challenges or controversies. Some examples include the Chalcedonian Creed and the Augsburg Confession.
(Authors note: Apparently, in the Early church there were many beliefs that had to be prioritized. Well, I am a little familiar with the events which had taken place during these tumultuous times, but I have just never found an issue, such as, "Did Jesus make Peter the first Pope, and give him a pointed hat to wear?"
So, I guess what I am saying is to please do not be mad at myself for merely posting a Protestant view concerning the "Keys of the Kingdom," which Jesus passed onto the church.
Okay?
I am just the Messenger!
Begun Paper: 5-15-25
You know, I will never understand how perverted that our country has become during those few short years of Democratic control. In the Book of Galatians, the apostle Paul ask the church, “Who has bewitched you.”
In a sense he was saying, “Who has infiltrated the church and convinced you as members of the “Church of Jesus Christ,” to have abandoned all common sense, all morality, all business ethics, every example of life in which Christ who laid down His life in order to show you how to make decisions and to live and to produce godly lives?”
“Who has done this to you all?”
This is a question that I ask of Google Ai:
“What is 501 c )( 3 classification.”
Simply copy and paste the question in “Google,” for a more defined definition.
(If you don’t mind, I am going to highlight a few of its answers.)
My intention is two-fold because I want to show how this “tax status,” is abused by both the world system and the religious systems or churches in modern day Christianity.
Will that be alright?
“Can you handle the truth,” as one of those democratic Hollywood actors got paid a few million dollars or so to read from a script.
These guys in Hollywood are like “Tour de Force,” individuals when working for the Democratic Party?
How could society go on if not for these fellows?
Following taken from “Google:”
AI Overview
"Tour de force" means a remarkable feat or achievement, often one that requires great skill, strength, or ingenuity. It's used to describe something that is exceptionally well-done or accomplished. For example, a director might call a complex and impressive scene in a movie a tour de force.
Here's a breakdown of what it means:
The term literally translates to "feat of strength" in French. It implies an accomplishment that demands significant ability and effort.
It highlights something that is unusually impressive or significant.
A tour de force suggests that the achievement is unlikely to be matched by others.
While often used in artistic or creative fields (like film or performance), it can also apply to other situations where exceptional effort or skill is required.
Well, now that you know how powerful these Hollywood actors are from the explanation from "Google," can you now understand why the Democratic Party is all trying to "kiss their rings?"
I mean these guys can recite like five words and they become this strange phenomenon known as a "Tour de Force."
Well, what the hell does the Party have other than these "tour de force," Hollywood people?
They've got no plans, no stands, no leaders, no Congressional people who aren't all confused, they lie more than my dog and I keep him in a six-by-six enclosed fence.
We know that recently the newly elected President wished to find out exactly about Government waste, abuse and the extent that it had been carried out by former administrations. Therefore, he created or supported a “DOGE,” department within his administration.
Well, apparently there was so much waste and abuse that it totaled up to something like a trillion dollars or two.
Can you imagine that?
In other words, this was money which could have helped to cure Cancer, to educate our children, to get the homeless off of the streets and into real facilities in which they could receive proper care from people who had a heart to help the lost. There were any other number of charities in which our citizens could have been helped.
No, instead, if I am not mistaken “DOGE,” found one 501 C 3, corporation after another which were run mostly from criminals within the Liberal, Leftist or administrations from Blue Cities, who had siphoned millions, and billions of dollars for decades. No, not for just a few years, but for decades. You know, from the days of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Nonetheless, there had never been an administration so blatantly corrupt and inept as Joe Biden’s administration.
I hope someday, there will be a person who can gather and amass the data in which would show the waste and corruption from that administration alone. I bet that it would shock the world and who knows, it might even cause maybe one or two Democrats to finally wake up and to step away from that completely inept and corrupt political party?
Just don’t hold your breath, however.
You know, I get flack all the time, from my comments where I will suggest that every “Democrat,” is a habitually liar, but I have yet to find one who by his reasoning or words will convict himself of being just “that.”
I mean, I don't have to lie to be guilty of lying to my constituents, if I never openly speak out falsehoods. No, all I have to do is to support the other ninety-five per cent of the Party who have their forked tongues in almost everything spoken by those who work in government.
In fact, I have found that these Democrats are capable of the most horrendous crimes and actions that it almost makes me ashamed to be counted as a human being with many of them.
Nonetheless, without my personal knowledge of God’s redeeming Grace, I could have easily classified these individuals as the lowest form of humanity on present day Earth. Is it any wonder why the Justice Agencies cannot get their investigations of these last two assassination attempts toward our President in order to show that there was a complete and thorough investigation into the crimes?
No, for some strange reason these assassination attempts are just as mysterious as the Kennedy investigation of the sixties. Well, there ought to be a demand from the people for justice.
Instead, what we have found is that the Democrats are too busy stopping the work of Donald J. Trump, no matter the cost, just so long as they can throw a monkey wrench into his “missions,” to make America a better and more righteous Nation than those administrations from the past.
These people are not out for the people. If they were then they would have suggestions and policies in order to support the well being of America.
No, all that these unsavory characters have are “dirty tricks,” in order to eliminate their problems and I believe that they will stoop to any level to achieve it.
Why, it was just yesterday and the former head of the FBI, (You know, the guy Trump fired for his complete incompetence and lack of moral fiber) happened to be taking a leisurely stroll on his beach when he came upon some “Seashells,” that just happened to spell out (86..47).
In other words, the message was quite simply, “Assassinate Donald Trump.” Well, what should a guy do if one comes upon such a message on your beach where you have posted other “Instagram,” with seashells as part of the background?
I know, said the Inspector Clou…I’m sorry, I meant Inspector Comey, Comey, John, Comey, not Clousea.
(Note for future paper, “name is not Clousea, but Comey.”
Well, gee. I know what I’ll do, I will post it on social media where a few million people can read the message.
Well, according to the Democrat, (one of the ones who never lie,) Mr. Clousea, didn’t know what the number {eighty six,} meant.
Well, I find that hard to believe since I have used the term and was introduced to it at the age of fifteen or so.
You see, if anyone has ever worked in a restaurant they surely have been subjected to the usage of the term. If you are a cook and the restaurant runs out of an item, then that item is considered “86.” This way as a manager explaining to your cooks or waitresses, or perhaps even a hostess, before the shift begins, you would say something to the effect, “This is 86th for the day. Mushrooms, Swiss cheese, Fried Chicken patties, and Broccoli.
You see, in a fast-paced working environment, you don’t have time to tell the staff, “Now if someone wants a cheeseburger w/ Swiss cheese, we are out of Swiss Cheese. Or if someone wants to order an Omelet, they can get Cheddar, Colby, American, but they cannot order a Swiss cheese Omelet.
Oh, also if someone wants a Chicken Pattie w/ Mushrooms, tell them we are out of Mushrooms.
No, if you are a cook and other cooks come to relieve you then you say this is on the 86 list. If you are a waitress, being relieved by a second crew who is relieving you, “You would reply this is 86, today.”
In other words, everyone in the restaurant ought to know what “Eighty-Six,” means. It means, it is gone, there is none in the house. it doesn't exist.
If you are in manufacturing and there is a job description that requires “brake pads,” yet they were held up in delivery, you may get a direction from your manager or foremen, “Hey today we aren’t working the “Brake Bench,” the brake pads are “eighty six,” they were held up in delivery or destroyed in a warehouse fire.”
Well, I am sorry, but if you were to ask your foreman, “Gee, I don’t understand what you are saying, are you saying that we only have “eighty-six” pads?”
So, your foreman asks you, “James, how long have you been working here in this department?”
“Oh, I don’t know, something like forty years, why?”
Well, far be it from me to question a Democrat in good standing with the Party, but apparently when questioned by the Trump administration today, I guess he explained to them that he had never ever heard the expression before?
He didn’t know what it meant.
“Could you repeat the phrase again, I am not sure that I have ever heard the ‘term,’ before?”
Well, today I was thinking that if I were the Trump administration I would subpoena his twenty or thirty thousand Emails, you know, those ones that he didn’t destroy along with Hilliary’s, and do a search for the term “Eighty-Six,” or perhaps he has court recordings on record where he has testified before and used the term?
Anyway, that was but a mere portion of the outrageous news which was shared today. I guess they released the HUR recordings from 2023, where Joe Biden spoke with a doctor.
Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/16/biden-hur-audio-release-00355214
Nonetheless, can I tell you what shocked me the most today. It was when one of these guys speculated that there was a very good chance that HUNTER BIDEN, had access to the Autopen and could have possibly been acting on his father’s behalf.
Please, please think about this right now.
Are you following me? For years, I was writing on my web site informing all churches, politicians, those who had been drawn by my other articles about what was going on in Washington, as well as the countless reporters, broadcasters of Conservative Talk Shows, and their guests, yet the “WORLD,” completely ignored it. The mainstream media purposely covered up many instances of Joe Bidens complete incompetency and only admitting it today in order to cash in on the income from their newly and surely "truthful," accounts, as best they can recall the various bul... instances.
In other words, we had millions of the Democratic Electorates listening to these truths, and instead of siding with the side of righteousness, they chose to cover up countless crimes, as well because they were loyal Party followers.
Unfortunately, though, God was witnessing the entire thing.
This was why God had overturned the entire "mode," of the country and through His Faithfulness came to the rescue of those few who had been praying for "Righteousness," to be restored to our Nation.
You ask “WHY?”
Well, that was the exact same thing that the apostle Paul asked?
He stated right to the church, “Who has caused this thing to overtake you and to bewitch you, in order to destroy all things godly and Holy in the Church?”
Again, let me point out what a 501 c 3 church is:
Taken from "google."
2. Requirements for 501(c)(3) Status:
Please follow up by asking for more information from Google AI if you care to know more about this benefit to the churches, as some call it.
You see, I am not sure that it benefits the church because all that it does to preachers is to put a gag over their face.
This is why America has fallen as it has, and why these organizations can get away with so much corruption.
If you read the second point above, this is what it says:
I’m sorry, could you repeat that?
No part of the organization's earnings may benefit any individual?????
Really, then why do we have so many millionaire Preachers?
Well, Gee, perhaps that was not really defined when all of these “Preachers,” stopped preaching the Gospel, and chose to live as Kings and Land Barons?
“Oh, and this is one of my favorites:
In other words, what this classification does to the church is that it forbids Preachers from preaching the “truths.”
Therefore, if I see a President who has become cognitively inferior to a Toad, then it would be detrimental for myself, my church members or my family to point this out or to send a warning from the Pulpit.
Please search the Bible to find the many cowards, believer’s and followers of Jesus to fulfill this biblical demand of scripture.
Oh, I am sorry, I just scanned the entire Bible, and I can’t find any such prophets or men loyal to God which fit that category.
No, they are generally only found in America, where it can be detrimental to your pocketbook to preach anything unsavory toward a political candidate.
Perhaps, I will have to search the “Yellow Pages,” for that?
“Ahhhhh yes, here is a whole telephone directory of just such cowardly men and women.”
You know, a few weeks ago, I wrote a very logical argument concerning a despot such as Hitler.
I simply stated that if Hitler were on the Earth committing the atrocities in which he committed back in World War Two, then it would be God’s will for an individual to take the man out, rather than to let him remain on the Earth to murder many more millions of human beings.
Nonetheless, I knew when I wrote it as to how it would be received. It would be my guess that less than five per cent of Christians would agree with me.
The reason for this is because most men only have a superficial relationship with God. They have no intimate knowledge of the wisdom of God, but instead all they have is a ‘worldly knowledge’ of God.
Their knowledge of God is only found in those traditions which have been passed down from man. So, when a man such as Paul comes into a church and shares the commonsense wisdom which God has deposited in his ‘spirit,” it befuddles them all.
Recently, a man of the cloth was asked his opinion of the events of revival which are beginning to happen all over the nation, so the man replies, “Oh, I think that is is wonderful, "BUT" you see there is always a "BUT", with these traditionalists.”
They want a revival to come to the land, BUT it ought to be on my terms. You know, so that no one can come on the scene and talk about “spiritual gifts,” or having discernment to reject our eight million Pharisaical rules which our denomination has established over the years.
Yea, well I am sorry about that, but Jesus Himself promised that when God pours out “Revival,” it is not going to be poured out into your broken and cracked wine sacs. And then Jesus even told a parable to further explain how “Revival,” is released on the Earth.
Luke 15:11-32 The Message
11-12 Then he said, “There was once a man who had two sons. The younger said to his father, ‘Father, I want right now what’s coming to me.’
12-16 “So the father divided the property between them. It wasn’t long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to feel it. He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs. He was so hungry he would have eaten the corn-cobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.
17-20 “That brought him to his senses. He said, ‘All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death. I’m going back to my father. I’ll say to him, Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.’ He got right up and went home to his father.
20-21 “When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him. The son started his speech: ‘Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son ever again.’
22-24 “But the father wasn’t listening. He was calling to the servants, ‘Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a prize-winning heifer and roast it. We’re going to feast! We’re going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!’ And they began to have a wonderful time.
25-27 “All this time his older son was out in the field. When the day’s work was done he came in. As he approached the house, he heard the music and dancing. Calling over one of the houseboys, he asked what was going on. He told him, ‘Your brother came home. Your father has ordered a feast—barbecued beef!—because he has him home safe and sound.’
28-30 “The older brother stomped off in an angry sulk and refused to join in. His father came out and tried to talk to him, but he wouldn’t listen. The son said, ‘Look how many years I’ve stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends? Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!’
31-32 “His father said, ‘Son, you don’t understand. You’re with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours—but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he’s alive! He was lost, and he’s found!’”
I’ve been told that some versions even have a thirty third verse which goes something like this:
Luke 15: 33 John’s Imaginary Version (JIV)
33 Yea, but we wanted you to do it this way where those tongues and “thinking for yourself are forbidden.”
BUT, all joking aside, I swear if you were to ask most clergy the hypothetical that I proposed last week concerning Hitler, I believe most clergy would answer you with some kind of answer such as “Why we could never impose our will on the “word of God,” why those decisions would have to come from much theological study.”
“Of course, we should allow Hitler to continue with his murderess sprees, rather than to interpret scripture wrong. Why, what if we were wrong and we killed an individual who was planning to kill millions of other lives, but it was "not his time," to go? "
"And I am sorry, for such stupid hypotheticals, yet if you were to argue theology with most Clergy, who are only men followers, this is the kind of responses that you get."
This is why the democrats are so easily defined in the same category. "Most are simply followers of other men and if they were to have an original thought their brain would likely explode."
Therefore, when you see them in Congress they all just vote, AS THEY WERE TOLD.
Nonetheless, do you see the correlation of what our country has just gone through?
Rather than to challenge a “political party, “steeped in corruption many in our nation would idly stand by and watch the destruction of two hundred and fifty years or “Righteousness,” all for the sake of tradition.
And could I tell you what is even worse?
Our fathers and mother’s pass these rigorous legalistic false standards unto their children generation after generation.
"Why don't you know, boy, your great, great, great, Daddy sat in the same PEW two hundred years ago."
I really didn’t want to bring this up, but I feel as if the Lord would have me to be obedient.
Did you know that the Protestants have a different tradition or belief than the Catholics concerning the “Keys of the Kingdom.”
Let’s refresh the scriptures, so we can start out on the same page.
Matthew 16:5-20 New Living Translation
Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
5 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread. 8 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread? 9 Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up? 10 Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up? 11 Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”
12 Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Peter’s Declaration about Jesus
13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”
15 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. 18 Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”
20 Then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
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First off, Jesus is about to make a huge declaration, isn’t He?
Yes, he has been with them for like three years, but his earthly time is coming to an end. So, what is the most important thing that He wishes to pass on to His disciples?
We see this in verse eleven. He is chastising them for not being able to understand in the simplest of terms in which he is speaking.
11 Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”
12 Then at last they understood….
Added Note: 5-18-2025 in the afternoon:
You know, I am watching little tid bits, as that is all that I can handle of these FOX shows where they continually have these Democratic sympathizers giving their perspectives on current affairs and the subject of Inspector Clousea, I mean Comey comes up.
A reporter if you can call her that replies and gives her perspective of a man who might have arranged a message on a beach of “Seashells” which if understood by most people means, “Assassinate President Trump.” And then not only may have arranged the message, but then posts on social media where a few million individuals are most likely to read.
This, after the same President has already gone through and survived two attempted acts of Assassination on his life from whom I would guess are Democratic sympathizers from the left.
Not to even mention the fact that almost every day you can read about many of these “nut cases,” every day who will openly confess that it would be a good thing if Donald Trump were to be slain.
Nevertheless, this reporter dismisses the entire episode as something performed innocently by a grown man with a grudge against the President which he has been harboring for years, ever since he was fired for his incompetence. And of course, coincidentally he just has a new book hitting the Bookshelves in a few weeks.
When asked whether the man ought to be convicted this very confused or ignorant woman rolls her eyes, and then retorts, “Oh, c’mon these were only seashells, or something to that effect?”
Please see Shannon Breams show for 5-18-2025, as I don’t mean to exaggerate in any form or fashion.
Next, they also had on their panel a sympathizer of the Left, who I have listened to for years, with never a kind “word,” toward Trump, but always tearing him down by carefully worded attacks. This is the famous Juan Williams.
Need I say more?
Nonetheless, here we have a conservative station who will go to any lengths to drum up any type of controversary between Democrats and Republicans, and yet they don’t seem to use any filters that would filter the consistent lies, inuendo, and slander against a candidate or elected official and seldom if any will apologize for what they will allow to go over the air waves.
I find that this is incredible in that they profess to be an equal, "fair and balanced" mixture of political reporting.
So, to sum up the situation, apparently Fox allows these supporters of James Comey to come on their shows and to repeat the “Message,” of which almost all agree on that it plainly states “Kill President 47, meaning Trump.”
And then they down play it as a meaningless prank where a man ought to receive a slap on the wrist for???
Can someone tell me what the hell kind of a society that I am living in?
Of all the characters, I am not so sure who the vilest or sick are!
Just a Sunday afternoon thought, I hope you don't mind.
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You know, I want to post a teaching on the Biblical act in which records the story of when Jesus passed down to the church, “The keys of the Kingdom.”
Nevertheless, first I feel as I ought to give a small teaching on the apostle John, who was a contemporary of the apostle Peter in scripture. I hope that you won’t mind, but in learning about John, I believe that we can get a better perspective of the nature of Jesus and especially in those hours before he had a dialog with Peter concerning, “The keys of the Kingdom.”
The apostle John was a prolific writer of the New Testament.
From “Google:”
‘Prolithic’
Definitions from Oxford Languages
adjective
(of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring.
"in captivity tigers are prolific breeders"
In the New Testament, there are four narratives or books of the life of Jesus, There is Matthew, Mark and Luke, which are recognized as the Synoptic Gospels.
Following from Google AI:
AI Overview
The Gospel of John stands apart from the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) due to its unique focus, narrative style, and theological emphases. While the Synoptics often highlight Jesus' earthly ministry and teachings in a more historical and practical manner, John emphasizes Jesus' divinity and eternal significance.
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the key differences:
1. Focus on Jesus' Divinity:
2. Narrative Style and Content:
3. Theological Emphases:
4. Unique Themes:
In essence, John's Gospel provides a unique perspective on Jesus' life, ministry, and teachings, emphasizing his divinity and the profound impact he has on believers' lives.
So, not only did the apostle John write the Gospel of John, but he also penned three letters of the New Testament, called the “Letters of the apostle John.”
Lastly, John wrote the very last Book of the Bible called, “The Book of Revelation.”
From Google:
AI Overview
The Book of Revelation is also known as Apocalypse in many languages, including French and Spanish. In Greek, "Apocalypse" means "revelation" or "unveiling". In the original Greek, the book is entitled "Apocalypse of John" (Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰωάννου), according to Wikipedia.
So, as you can see, the apostle John was quite capable of understanding much of the Lord’s character and background, whereas I believe many of Jesus other followers were not as “keen on.”
The other day, in preparation of this paper I googled the question, “What had happened to the Lord’s apostles toward the end of their lives?”
From "Google," AI:
AI Overview
The twelve apostles of Jesus met diverse, and often tragic, ends. Tradition states that most, if not all, were martyred for their faith, with various accounts of their deaths, including crucifixion, stoning, beheading, and execution. Some, like John, are believed to have died of natural causes.
Here's a more detailed look at the endings of the apostles:
Martyrdoms:
Natural Deaths:
Judas Iscariot:
Judas committed suicide after betraying Jesus.
Important Notes:
I didn’t want to know about their deaths, but I wanted to see if it would mention their accomplishments in the church.
You know, I wanted to read that this one was the leader of the church in Ephesus, or this one went to India and won over a people for Christ.
Are you following me, I wanted to see what they were remembered for.
Nonetheless, AI was a little vague and all that it told me was that almost all became “Martyrs for Christ.”
What greater honor than that, is there in this life?
Well, the reason for my curiosity was because I could only think of one disciple who was later recognized for something and that it has followed him for well over two thousand years. This was the apostle, John.
No, I am not talking about the recognition that he demanded as being, “The disciple whom Jesus loved,” but I am talking about how church history through the ages has referred to JOHN, as the “Apostle of Love.”
Have you ever thought about that?
I mean, have you ever read where Peter was known as “The apostle who wanted to build three tents?”
Or maybe “Thomas, as the apostle with great discernment?”
No, what about Bartholemew as the “apostle with a great name?”
But the apostle John is still recognized to this day as the “Apostle of Love,” and it wasn’t because he referred to himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved.”
No, it was because of his actions recorded through History and because of his three letters recorded in scripture.
Have you ever read John’s letters?
Well, then you ought to.
Let me share just a few passages with you which came out of the heart of this lowly apostle, Okay?
1 John 3:17 New Living Translation
17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
1 John 4:20 New Living Translation
20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
1 John 4:8 New Living Translation
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:16 New Living Translation
16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
So, here we have just four scriptures taken from one of the letters of John recorded in the Bible.
Nonetheless, John is often criticized because he constantly referred to himself as, “The disciple whom Jesus loved.”
Well, let me ask you a question, have you ever heard the scripture or truth that states, “God is no respecter of persons?”
This is recorded in the Bible twice and Peter was one of the first to acknowledge this TRUTH.
Acts 10:34New Living Translation
34 Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism.
Acts 10:34 King James Version
34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Romans 2:11 King James Version
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
Romans 2:11 New Living Translation
11 For God does not show favoritism.
You see, this is a recognized law of scripture concerning an attribute of God, and no one knew it better than the apostle John because John himself confesses another TRUTH, which states that “God is LOVE.”
In other words, what this means is that God cannot love me, say I was a leper, any less, than he can love you. God cannot love you any less than he loves a king, or even a Pope.
You see, if God were to show you more love than he was to show me, then he would be a respecter of persons.
Can I show you how a “respecter of persons” acts or lives today?
Here is some scripture that defines it:
James 2:1-4 New Living Translation
2 My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?
2 For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes. 3 If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor”—well, 4 doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?
So, do you see what I am saying?
The apostle states that God is the very essence of LOVE, were He to show favoritism as many in our church leadership do, then that would be an evil act.
Well, God is the essence of LOVE, He cannot act in an EVIL manner. God cannot show favoritism or to love one person more or less because when God loves you, he loves you with pure and unadulterated love. God doesn’t dispense love in quantities. If God loves you then it is unlimited love. Nevertheless, we can limit how God can express that love to us, by our ‘Faith.”
The bible is quite explicit that, “without Faith you cannot please God.”
And there is another scripture concerning God’s happiness toward us as his children which is expressed in the passage that, “The Just shall live by Faith.”
So, what the Bible is saying is that “If you want to please God and to call for God’s attention, you must please him by your acts of Faith, and the TRUST in which you give your life to God by living in Faith.”
So, my point is that when the apostle John walked around professing to be, “The disciple whom Jesus loved,” it wasn’t for his ego.
No, it was for the benefit of his hearers that they might get the revelation that God would be evil if he were to favor or to love John any greater than any one of them.
I believe John confessed that in order to show the confidence in which he had concerning God's love for him.
Nonetheless, he constantly would refer to himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved.” Most Christians seem jealous of the fact and wish to condemn the man rather than to understand the truth.
What is the TRUTH?
It is the fact, that God Himself is the essence of love, it is his nature and for him to show favoritism would take from his attributes of Holiness, Goodness, kindness, and many others.
And we know that the apostle was well aware of this fact because it was him more than any other disciple who pointed out these attributes of God.
Nonetheless, this is why the man is still remembered today, as the “apostle of love.”
Now, what should you take from this teaching today.
If you don’t take another thing, please remember this:
“That God is no respecter of persons.”
God does not love the “Smiling Preacher,” any more than he loves you.
God does not love those preachers who have learned to apply God’s word to their finances and have caused them to be burdened with so much money that they have no idea what to do with it, other than to horde it and insatiably seek for more and more because they have nothing better to do.
God does not love those High ecclesial members of a denomination any more than He loves you. And although, they have made distinctions as to the order of service levels among themselves, when God looks from heaven and sees one over another, he is not looking at their attire, robes or hats.
God loves them equally, if they have come into a “Spiritual Relationship,” with his son Jesus Christ.”
If they have never come into a “spiritual relationship,” with Jesus, the Bible records that the Lord will tell some of those Pharisees, and others, “I never knew you.”
And this is the Gospel, or the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Be very thankful of it!
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Today, is so much different from the days when I was growing up.
You see, I wanted to start my paper with a statement such as, “I am sure that if many of you are like me, then you have at one time or another had a Catholic fellow come up to you and then proudly proclaim the facts of how Jesus in the Early days of the Church had chosen the apostle Peter to be the head of the Church and of all of its members.”
I mean, many people read the scriptures, and they come up with this explanation. Well, I’ve never asked “Why, he favored Peter over all others of his disciples or apostles, but I am sure that most of these knowledgeable ‘Catholic Evangelists,’ have a good explanation.”
But, you see, I can’t start my paper with such a statement because times are so different today than they were when I was growing up.
I don’t know about the Catholic Church today, but I know in the Evangelical churches and in many others, you don’t need an explanation as to how anyone attained a leadership role, as most of those who make up the congregations of these churches will just follow anyone or anything that you tell them?
Well, did you know that the protestant churches or those other than the Catholics, have a different version of the Catholics concerning the event in the Bible where it is spoken that Jesus turned the ‘Keys of the Kingdom,” over to a guy named Peter.
And of course, since only this “Peter guy,” and those who were to succeed him, could be eligible to carry the keys on the belt, then they must be handed over to someone in which these other guys friends can elect.
Does this make sense to you?
“Oh, don’t be confused, it is all wrapped up in the traditions and the writings,” I suppose of those papers which are kept in Rome.
And also, since the “keys of the kingdom,” can only be used on those buildings in Rome, those papers can sometimes be hard to study.
I mean, after all there is only one set of keys for goodness’s sake.
Otherwise, you would probably be having all of these protestant Preachers, running all over the grounds and that could be very frustrating. Especially to those who have taken a ‘Vow of Silence.’
Can you imagine an older man in his house and the kids are constantly running over his grass, but he doesn’t have the ability to yell curses at them?
That could be very frustrating, I would probably break my “Vow,” …dern Protestants!
Anyway, I thought that tonight we could examine the scriptures of the account.
Here is the account of where Jesus is getting ready to pass the authority of the church over to the members of his own and who have been following Him for years in some cases.
I am going to post it in the NASB Version since it is one of the most accurate “word for word” translations of the Bible.
Taken from Google AI:
AI Overview
The account where Jesus tells Peter he is giving him the "keys of the kingdom" is found in Matthew 16:19. In this passage, Jesus states, "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
Now, please understand that the view of almost every church since the days of the “Earliest Church,” that which Jesus established, is that the ‘keys of the kingdom,’ is not literal keys held by an individual “Key Holder,” but is recognized as the “authority,” in which the “Master,” (Jesus) held while operating under the anointing when ministering on Earth.
Therefore, in the scriptures it is clearly addressed by Jesus after His statement (that He is passing on the ‘Keys,’) by a statement which follows that declares “Whatsoever, you bind on Earth will be considered bound in heaven, and whatsoever you loose on the Earth will be considered so in heaven.”
In other words, what the Master is telling Peter is that I am handing my authority to those members who are designated by my church to hold such authority.”
Another way to look at it is to imagine Jesus having a discourse with Peter and he says to Peter, For three years, I have operated in a public ministry in order to train my apostles and disciples of the “ways of God,”
I have taught them to have the same kind of relationship in which I have with our Heavenly Father.
Yes, both my Father and your Father, since you have now become a part of me by accepting my Holy Spirit and therefore being “born into the kingdom of God.”
If the church becomes perverted and off course, I will not come down to correct it. If there appear wolves who overtake congregations, I am not going to reappear and to fix the errors. I am giving the church the ability to correct it by the “power,” to bind and loose.
If a church begins to preach licentiousness, or perversity I am not going to step down from Heaven and to correct it.
I will just allow it to grow, as where I explained this in one of my parables.
Taken from Google:
AI Overview
The parable of the weeds (or tares) in the wheat field is found in the Gospel of Matthew, specifically in Matthew 13:24-43
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Elaboration:
In this parable, Jesus tells a story about a farmer who sows good seed in his field. While he is sleeping, his enemy sows weeds (or tares) among the wheat. When the wheat sprouts, the weeds also appear, and the farmer's servants want to pull them up. However, Jesus instructs them to let both grow together until the harvest, as the weeds are difficult to remove without also harming the wheat.
Later, Jesus explains the parable to his disciples, identifying the good seed with the people of the kingdom, the weeds with the people of the evil one, the enemy who sows them with the devil, the field with the world, and the harvest with the end of the age. At the end of the age, Jesus will separate the righteous from the wicked, just as the farmer would gather the wheat into his barn and burn the weeds.
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But again, the main emphasis of this encounter in the Bible in which Jesus had with His disciples, was to explain to them that, “He was getting ready to hand over to them the authority in which He had operated under while ministering on Earth and establishing His church.
Now let’s examine the scripture which narrates this event.
Matthew 16:13-23 New American Standard Bible
Peter’s Confession of Christ
13 Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or one of the other prophets.” 15 He *said to them, “But who do you yourselves say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And 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. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” 20 Then He gave the disciples strict orders that they were to tell no one that He was the Christ.
Jesus Foretells His Death
21 From that time Jesus began to point out to His disciples that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised up on the third day. 22 And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You!” 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s purposes, but men’s.”
Okay, first let me point out that Jesus was addressing all of the disciples who were gathered there.
Do you see this?
“Who do people say that I am,” He asks them all. They give a number of answers, but then Peter gives the answer in which the Lord was hoping to hear.
“You are the Christ,” Peter answers. “The Son of the Living God.”
And then Jesus still speaking to the crowd, addresses Peter, “Peter you are right because it is only God who could have revealed this to your heart.”
(17 And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.)
In other words, Jesus is saying you are of the “Blessed,” when God reveals this to you. Or another way to say it would be if Jesus had stated, “If man had revealed this to you Peter, then you would not be of the ‘Blessed,” and favored by God.
But because you were born into a “spiritual relationship,” with my heavenly Father and yours now, you are ‘blessed.’
Therefore, Jesus goes on still talking in the midst of the crowd of his disciples, and He says,
18 And 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. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” 20 Then He gave the disciples strict orders that they were to tell no one that He was the Christ.
Now, please notice that only after Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ, as revealed to him by the heavenly Father, does Jesus go on and he says, you are Peter, and upon this “rock,” I will build my church.
I guess another way to interpret it, I believe is if Jesus had said, “Yes, you are Peter and upon this foundation will I build my church.”
What foundation?
What rock?
What do you mean Jesus?
Well, you see, this is where the Catholics and the Protestants, as well as many other churches disagree.
You see, the Catholic church says that Jesus was christening “Peter” with a new name, “Rocky…….or wait, let me check my notes.
No, not “Rocky,” but “Rock,” I’ve been watching those cable movies too much lately.
And so, like I said, the Catholics believe that Jesus was saying your new name is “Rock,” Peter and upon this “Rock,” I will build my church.
In other words, they believe that Jesus was saying that He was going to build his church on the lone leadership of “Rocky,” I mean “Rock.”
Well, most other churches believe that when Jesus was telling “Peter” I will build my church on this ‘Rock,’ or foundation then Jesus was not talking about a sole individual who he was about to have an exclusive relationship with concerning his church.
Wouldn’t that be respecting one person over another?
Just asking, what made Jesus choose Peter?
Are we to say that Peter was the only one who had received a revelation from the Father that Jesus was the Christ?
No, well then what would make Jesus favor Peter and only give the authority of the church to this man?
You see, what most churches believe is that what Jesus was saying was that “upon this foundation being the revelation of the heavenly Father unto a newly “born again,” man into the kingdom of God, Jesus was going to build his church upon that “Rock,” or Foundation.
Upon a “Born Again,” spiritual church was Jesus going to give the right to bind and to loose in order to manage the Lord’s church on Earth.
You see, to imagine that Jesus gave the sole power of the church to only a few men is preposterous. That would be like saying God gave the authority of the church to just a few individuals that they may decide whether it is a right thing for Todd and Billy, to go into a Bath House, in San Francisco that they may have Biblical forbidden sex?
That would be as saying that Jesus in his stupidity condoned the entire authority of the church to be decided as to whether a mother can kill their babies, because they are too tired of raising the others?
No, what Jesus did that day in dialoging with his disciples explained to them that he was going away, and that through their revelation knowledge of who He was and the Power in which He walked under was going to soon be received by them in the very same manner in which he walked on the Earth.
And could I add that these same individuals who were there that day, and who had the same conclusion or revelation that Peter had, most likely are some of those on that AI article I posted above and were martyred at the end of their lives.
You see, there is a little-known fact in the Kingdom of God and that is that if you want to walk in the Power that Jesus walked in, you ought to have the same expectations that you will be treated as him while on this Earth.
And I don't understand why this is such a mystery to so many, as Jesus told us this truth in scripture.
It has all been sitting on the pages of scripture for over two thousand years now.
Nevertheless, we all know that I am just giving the protestant view for the sake of those uninformed.
You can’t really think that I would believe this theological argument of the Protestant “aint’s” do you?
Today, I was witnessing the inauguration of the Pope saying his first public mass in Rome earlier in the day.
Taken from Google AI:
AI Overview
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first inauguration Mass on May 18, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The ceremony, which marked the formal start of his pontificate, was attended by numerous world leaders, dignitaries, and a crowd of approximately 200,000 pilgrims.
Well, could I say that I was thoroughly impressed. I had never seen so many Clergy men in one gathering place grasp the hands of an individual in order to be able to kiss his hands. And I am not just talking a few priests, these guys were all decked out as if they stepped out of the history books dating back twelve hundred years or so.
I mean, I am talking about line after line of Clergy, Monks, or Holy Men or perhaps even a few martyrs, as a number of them looked a little out of it?
Aww, c'mon, it was just a Protestant and Catholic Clergy Joke.
(Can I say that?)
Anyway, another thing that so impressed me was the gifts that many of these men had given to the Pope, occasionally you would see an opened box and inside it looked as if there was a religious Icon, no doubt made of fine gold or Silver, perhaps. Then there were others who kept giving the Pope what looked like small books.
I was thinking perhaps these were the Charismatic Catholics, who were probably giving the Pope their latest autographed new Best Seller from Amazon?
There was one couple who when approaching the Pope opened up a sealed package and pulled out a shawl, I believe.
Next, they placed it around his back and over his shoulders, but it looked great. I wouldn’t have doubted if it had been weaved with 24 carat gold weaving material.
Nevertheless, as all of these gifts were bestowed upon the Pope, his back up men dutifully took each item and carried it off somewhere where when the Pope gets time, will come back to go through it all?
Anyway, I got to thinking where this practice might be a little different than the Protestant protocol, as well.
You know, it's just that I have read the passage in Acts, so much, I can’t be sure that they all follow it?
Somehow, I think that the Protestants and the others (Mega-churches) might have their own way of receiving gifts in like manner.
No, I just don’t think that they like to broadcast it, as the Catholics apparently do.
What do you think?
Acts 14:8-18 New Living Translation
8 While they were at Lystra, Paul and Barnabas came upon a man with crippled feet. He had been that way from birth, so he had never walked. He was sitting 9 and listening as Paul preached. Looking straight at him, Paul realized he had faith to be healed. 10 So Paul called to him in a loud voice, “Stand up!” And the man jumped to his feet and started walking.
11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in their local dialect, “These men are gods in human form!” 12 They decided that Barnabas was the Greek god Zeus and that Paul was Hermes, since he was the chief speaker. 13 Now the temple of Zeus was located just outside the town. So the priest of the temple and the crowd brought bulls and wreaths of flowers to the town gates, and they prepared to offer sacrifices to the apostles.
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard what was happening, they tore their clothing in dismay and ran out among the people, shouting, 15 “Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings—just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. 16 In the past he permitted all the nations to go their own ways, 17 but he never left them without evidence of himself and his goodness. For instance, he sends you rain and good crops and gives you food and joyful hearts.” 18 But even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could scarcely restrain the people from sacrificing to them.
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