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“ One Only” … Bible arguments prove it
One God… One Set of Faith - beliefs … and only One Church
A “I’m Catholic” document by Pat Miron
Ezeckiel 34:30 “And they shall know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they are my people the house of Israel: saith the Lord God. … Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: say to them: In the evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God”
Atheist, agnostics, lukewarm -“catholics,” “catholics” who have abandoned completely their Faith, and a plentitude of Protestant communions seem presently to “be in charge.” And perhaps they are for the present? But is that God’s Will and desired Plan, or the direct result of men’s deviations and gross disobedience? Time shall tell.
From humanities very inception God seemed clearly to have selected only One “Chosen people” as “His own.” … Abram. Noah, Moses, David, Jacob, and the Prophets; the entire Jewish Nation, and in the New Testament; The Apostles, and through Direct Apostolic Succession [Commanded and Demanded by Christ in Mt. 28:19-20]; today’s Catholic Church fills that same role. The bible by itself provides indisputable evidence of this singular and stunning fact. Why this is shall perhaps not be fully understood until the Final Judgment? What is important to the present discussion is simply acknowledging this reality as God’s Divine and Perfect Provincial Will. Only One God, Faith and Church. … “ One Only”
The reason for “both being correct images” of only One God, stem from God’s Own perspective of His requirement for “Perfect Justice”. Here is God’s perspective: Matthew 25:19 “For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” … It’s the idea that “Divine Judgment” is based not on what we know or choose only to accept; rather it will be, as “Perfect Justice” must be, based on what God makes possible for us to know.
Yahweh’s task was significantly different than was Christ on many levels. Education standards, stability verses being Nomadic, availability of writing material; awareness OF God as their Sovereignty and Only One God, took a long time to be comprehended and accepted. It is the normal “ups and downs” of the inevitable educational process; with obedience and severe blatant disobedience requiring reward and punishment that was swift and highly-notable. By the time of the Incarnation, many more cities had been established, resulting in greater stabilization, better education, trade was broader and more sophisticated, and systems of Governance were better and more firmly established. At last God’s Chosen People were sufficiently prepared for the often predicted Messiah.
4Ezra.7: 19 -29 “And he said to me, "You are not a better judge than God, or wiser than the Most High! Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God which is set before them be disregarded! For God strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment. Nevertheless they were not obedient, and spoke against him; they devised for themselves vain thoughts, and proposed to themselves wicked frauds; they even declared that the Most High does not exist, and they ignored his ways! They scorned his law, and denied his covenants; they have been unfaithful to his statutes, and have not performed his works. "Therefore, Ezra, empty things are for the empty, and full things are for the full. … For my son the Messiah shall be revealed with those who are with him, and those who remain shall rejoice four hundred years. And after these years my son the Messiah shall die, and all who draw human breath.”
4Ezra.12: 32 “this is the Messiah whom the Most High has kept until the end of days, who will arise from the posterity of David, and will come and speak to them; he will denounce them for their ungodliness and for their wickedness, and will cast up before them their contemptuous dealings.”
John.1:41 “He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). … John.4; 25 “The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things."
1Cor.8: 6 “yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”
So for all of time; the concept of Only One God has been pressed, taught, expected and accepted, although at times with great difficulty.
The premise then for a single set of Faith beliefs is founded on and flows directly from this first reality of Only One God.
Because all of Christianity agrees on Only “One God” that their can and indeed must be but One, and Only One set of Faith beliefs. A Perfect God simply cannot hold contradictory views of a single truth.
This then leads us to the foundational issue; one widely disputed, widely and incorrectly understood; and one seldom accepted outside of the Catholic Church which is that “Only One Church” is also this same One-God’s Will and the reality of biblical teaching. I will endeavor to provide and explain the biblical evidence that just as clearly as the other two “One Only realities“, is evident if one is candid and a seeker of “the Way, the Truth and the Life.” All notably singular tense. [John 14:6] … John 8:32 “And you shall [CAN] know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
There are TWO “Infallible rules” for right understanding of the Bible. [1] Never-ever; may, can or does one verse, passage or teaching, make void, invalidate, override, or contradict; when rightly understood, another part of the Bible. The reason is obvious. Were this even the slightest possibility [its not], then the Bible would be worthless to learn or teach the Faith of Jesus Christ, and the Blessed Trinity. Amen!
[2] If ever your understanding of the bible does not FULLY align with the teachings of the RCC, know my friend that you are wrong. One’s understanding in order to be a correct one, must be that of the RCC.
Argument Number [1] NOTE: I’m using the Gospel of Matthew as it’s the First Gospel written, which explains why some of its content is not directly repeated in the other Gospels. The Information was known, undisputed and fully accepted by the other bible authors.
Matthew 4: 18-22 “As he [Jesus] walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter [1] and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." [2] Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, in the boat with Zeb'edee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him“.
John.15: 16 “You did not choose me, but I chose you [3] and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you”
The evident meaning of these two passages is that “God is in charge.” It is God who selects those He wants for Service. Yes, everyone is to have a role in evangelization; BUT only when given the opportunity to do so by God, and then limited to the opportunity He has given to us. This is not something one presumes or assumes, which is the condition of some hidden [to me at least]; “right” found in all of the Protestant communions. And yes, I fully agree that anyone “with Me”; can’t be at the same time, be against me. Yet that is clearly the case of the Protestant Faiths. The Catholic Church has a 2,000 year history, dating back to Christ; Peter and the Apostles. No other religion has both the total truth and the fullness of that truth which God desires to share with each of us.
Matthew:12:30 “He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.” It is highly significant the extensive use of “singular tense” found as a commons thread in these passages. And that dear friend is a highly signifient point.
Explanation:
[1] Notice ought be taken here that Simon [Peter] is the First Apostle selected by Christ. With God; coincidence, happenstance or luck, simply do not exist. Words have meanings, and the economy of words is further critical because of the cost and availability of writing materials at the time of authorship. [2] Already Christ has made evident that His choosing is with a specific purpose in mind, and at least to this point, limited to those He has already chosen. [3] God remains, and must remain in charge. God’s “job” is to call whom He chooses; our task is to accept; obey and follow.
Argument Number [2] Matthew 10:1-8 “And [Jesus] having called his twelve disciples [Apostles] together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities. And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. [1] These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying:[2] Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not. [3] But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.[4] Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils”
Explanation:
[1] No greater evidence exist than what is evident in the fact that Christ clearly extends and transfers His own Godly Powers and Authority to this select group of 12 men who He called “His Apostles” [2] In the beginning Christ attempts to fulfill the Old Testament promises to His One Chosen people. Because of their hardness of hearts; Christ later extends this call to ALL of humanity; thus making necessary Succession of these Powers and Authority. [3] The message they are to share in nothing less than an affirmation that the long awaited Messiah is now in your midst. [4] Christ understands that in order for His Ministry to completed; He must delegate and empower those He has chosen with ‘”Godly” attributes, because the task; the challenge given to them can only be accomplished through, with and by God Himself.
Argument Number [3] Matthew 16:15 -19 “Jesus saith to them: But whom do you [1] say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.[2] And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. [3] And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock [4] I will build my church, [5] and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [6] And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.[7] And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven”
Explanation:
The reason this is the most widely disputed set of verses in the entire bible is that there is, nor can there be any grounds for any religion other than Catholism; if it is true. [1] Here Jesus is asking the Apostles as a group a question. But it is Peter alone; Divinely Inspired who makes reply on behalf of all of them. A clear indication that already some degree of his leadership is evident. [2] Jesus confirms Peter in the Holy Spirit by clarifying that he was speaking through and for God [the Father.. Though the Holy Spirit] what The Father wanted him to proclaim. A Divinely Inspired proclamation! [3] Jesus now changes the name of “Simon” to “Peter” [which is the framework for present Tradition of Popes-new name practice]. When ever God changes the name of a person it is indicative of great grace and expectations of God for that person. [Abram to Abraham for example] [4] It is no accident that “Peter alone” is mentioned. Just as there was a High Priest heading the hierarchy of the Jews; so too would there be One Only in Charge and empowered in this new “church” founded on the New Covenant; which voided the one in existence up to that moment. [Jer.31:31, Lk. 22:20, Heb. 8:8 & 13] …[5] Highly significant are the next words of Christ: “I [God] will build [He alone is the architect] of “My church” [singular: one and only One] desired, wanted or needed to accomplish Christ mandated Mission. The term “church” is invented here by Christ to clarify and make exceedingly clear that what He is doing is Founding a New, Separate, Different and overriding religion. The choice of location God selected was no accident and indeed is a critical part of right understanding. Caesarea Philippi [verse 13] was the site of the areas largest Pagan Temple; so clearly implied here is the task of Peter to overcome this Pagan-faith-practice, and supplant it with God’s own truth. There were Pagan Temples and Jewish Synagogues in existence at the time; but NO “church.” [6] How the handing on the Keys essential for entry into Heaven itself by God directly to Peter is ignored, overlooked and by intent denied is astounding! How can anyone honestly doubt the intent of God is doing this? [7] The terms chosen by Christ when rightly understood in the context of “binding and loosing” which were very common Rabbinical terms of Power and freedom of Governance; fully enforceable at Law. Cites were then often walled and fortified as was Jerusalem itself; with real gates, real doors and a real “gate-keeper” who unlocked them in the morning for commerce and locked them at night for security. This “holder of the Key’s” was most often the “Prime Minister” who answered directly and only to the King. This is the precise role Christ envisioned and implemented through the selection of Peter.
Argument Number [4] Matthew 16:18 “And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear them: tell the church. [1] And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. [2] Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
Explanation:
[1] Affirmation of Christ intent for a totally new Religion and form of Governance is here cited to make clear the above passages. Disputes that had it the past been taken to the High Priest or Sanhedrin, are now to be taken to Peter and the other Apostles: “The Church.” [singular][2] The Powers and Authority granted to Peter ALONE; is now extended through Peter to include all of the Apostles.
Argument Number [5] [Post Resurrection] Matthew 28: 16, 18-20 “And the eleven [remaining] disciples [“Apostles only“: see Mt. 10: above] went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.[1] And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. [2] Going therefore, teach ye all nations; [3] baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. [4] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you [5] and behold I [Jesus: Personally] am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world [6].
Summation of the “ONE’S”
Factually. Morally and even logically, because truth MUST BE singular per defined issue; we can know with certitude.
One True God: there can possibly be only One true God as evidenced by the complexity of the Universe, and perhaps even more so, in the complexity and wonderment of Humanity; who alone are gifted with the attributes essential to be in emulation of our God; through the gifts of a Mind, a Intellect, and a Freewill; all of which are complementary too, and a part of the complex Human Soul.
One True Faith: In the entirety of the bile, there is not a single example of GOD: Yahweh or Jesus, even one time accepting, tolerating, permitting, allowing, overlooking, or in ANY manner being desirous of or “OK” with ANY competing faith belief s.
It is a moral, a Theological and a logical impossibility for even GOD, to hold more than on position, one belief per defined issue. That fact that most often these “differing” positions are “self-contradictory” is an infallible evidence of this fact.
One True Church: This too flows from and through the only-One God & One Faith reality. Just as God Triune; manifested through Yahweh, and freely choose Only One “Chosen people”
Exod.6: 7 “and I will take you for my people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians”
So too in like manner Jesus, chooses also “one chosen people” which He calls “MY Church” [Singular]
Matt.16: 18 “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church” [historically & biblically provable to be “singular”] and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.
The reason God did this was to benefit humanity. With ONLY One TRUE, God, Faith and Church [people], it would be the easiest and simplest way for God to direct humanity towards His TRUTHS.
God Bless you
Patrick
One God… One Set of Faith - beliefs … and only One Church
A “I’m Catholic” document by Pat Miron
Ezeckiel 34:30 “And they shall know that I the Lord their God am with them, and that they are my people the house of Israel: saith the Lord God. … Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: say to them: In the evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God”
Atheist, agnostics, lukewarm -“catholics,” “catholics” who have abandoned completely their Faith, and a plentitude of Protestant communions seem presently to “be in charge.” And perhaps they are for the present? But is that God’s Will and desired Plan, or the direct result of men’s deviations and gross disobedience? Time shall tell.
From humanities very inception God seemed clearly to have selected only One “Chosen people” as “His own.” … Abram. Noah, Moses, David, Jacob, and the Prophets; the entire Jewish Nation, and in the New Testament; The Apostles, and through Direct Apostolic Succession [Commanded and Demanded by Christ in Mt. 28:19-20]; today’s Catholic Church fills that same role. The bible by itself provides indisputable evidence of this singular and stunning fact. Why this is shall perhaps not be fully understood until the Final Judgment? What is important to the present discussion is simply acknowledging this reality as God’s Divine and Perfect Provincial Will. Only One God, Faith and Church. … “ One Only”
The reason for “both being correct images” of only One God, stem from God’s Own perspective of His requirement for “Perfect Justice”. Here is God’s perspective: Matthew 25:19 “For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” … It’s the idea that “Divine Judgment” is based not on what we know or choose only to accept; rather it will be, as “Perfect Justice” must be, based on what God makes possible for us to know.
Yahweh’s task was significantly different than was Christ on many levels. Education standards, stability verses being Nomadic, availability of writing material; awareness OF God as their Sovereignty and Only One God, took a long time to be comprehended and accepted. It is the normal “ups and downs” of the inevitable educational process; with obedience and severe blatant disobedience requiring reward and punishment that was swift and highly-notable. By the time of the Incarnation, many more cities had been established, resulting in greater stabilization, better education, trade was broader and more sophisticated, and systems of Governance were better and more firmly established. At last God’s Chosen People were sufficiently prepared for the often predicted Messiah.
4Ezra.7: 19 -29 “And he said to me, "You are not a better judge than God, or wiser than the Most High! Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God which is set before them be disregarded! For God strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment. Nevertheless they were not obedient, and spoke against him; they devised for themselves vain thoughts, and proposed to themselves wicked frauds; they even declared that the Most High does not exist, and they ignored his ways! They scorned his law, and denied his covenants; they have been unfaithful to his statutes, and have not performed his works. "Therefore, Ezra, empty things are for the empty, and full things are for the full. … For my son the Messiah shall be revealed with those who are with him, and those who remain shall rejoice four hundred years. And after these years my son the Messiah shall die, and all who draw human breath.”
4Ezra.12: 32 “this is the Messiah whom the Most High has kept until the end of days, who will arise from the posterity of David, and will come and speak to them; he will denounce them for their ungodliness and for their wickedness, and will cast up before them their contemptuous dealings.”
John.1:41 “He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ). … John.4; 25 “The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things."
1Cor.8: 6 “yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.”
So for all of time; the concept of Only One God has been pressed, taught, expected and accepted, although at times with great difficulty.
The premise then for a single set of Faith beliefs is founded on and flows directly from this first reality of Only One God.
Because all of Christianity agrees on Only “One God” that their can and indeed must be but One, and Only One set of Faith beliefs. A Perfect God simply cannot hold contradictory views of a single truth.
This then leads us to the foundational issue; one widely disputed, widely and incorrectly understood; and one seldom accepted outside of the Catholic Church which is that “Only One Church” is also this same One-God’s Will and the reality of biblical teaching. I will endeavor to provide and explain the biblical evidence that just as clearly as the other two “One Only realities“, is evident if one is candid and a seeker of “the Way, the Truth and the Life.” All notably singular tense. [John 14:6] … John 8:32 “And you shall [CAN] know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
There are TWO “Infallible rules” for right understanding of the Bible. [1] Never-ever; may, can or does one verse, passage or teaching, make void, invalidate, override, or contradict; when rightly understood, another part of the Bible. The reason is obvious. Were this even the slightest possibility [its not], then the Bible would be worthless to learn or teach the Faith of Jesus Christ, and the Blessed Trinity. Amen!
[2] If ever your understanding of the bible does not FULLY align with the teachings of the RCC, know my friend that you are wrong. One’s understanding in order to be a correct one, must be that of the RCC.
Argument Number [1] NOTE: I’m using the Gospel of Matthew as it’s the First Gospel written, which explains why some of its content is not directly repeated in the other Gospels. The Information was known, undisputed and fully accepted by the other bible authors.
Matthew 4: 18-22 “As he [Jesus] walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter [1] and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." [2] Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zeb'edee and John his brother, in the boat with Zeb'edee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him“.
John.15: 16 “You did not choose me, but I chose you [3] and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you”
The evident meaning of these two passages is that “God is in charge.” It is God who selects those He wants for Service. Yes, everyone is to have a role in evangelization; BUT only when given the opportunity to do so by God, and then limited to the opportunity He has given to us. This is not something one presumes or assumes, which is the condition of some hidden [to me at least]; “right” found in all of the Protestant communions. And yes, I fully agree that anyone “with Me”; can’t be at the same time, be against me. Yet that is clearly the case of the Protestant Faiths. The Catholic Church has a 2,000 year history, dating back to Christ; Peter and the Apostles. No other religion has both the total truth and the fullness of that truth which God desires to share with each of us.
Matthew:12:30 “He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.” It is highly significant the extensive use of “singular tense” found as a commons thread in these passages. And that dear friend is a highly signifient point.
Explanation:
[1] Notice ought be taken here that Simon [Peter] is the First Apostle selected by Christ. With God; coincidence, happenstance or luck, simply do not exist. Words have meanings, and the economy of words is further critical because of the cost and availability of writing materials at the time of authorship. [2] Already Christ has made evident that His choosing is with a specific purpose in mind, and at least to this point, limited to those He has already chosen. [3] God remains, and must remain in charge. God’s “job” is to call whom He chooses; our task is to accept; obey and follow.
Argument Number [2] Matthew 10:1-8 “And [Jesus] having called his twelve disciples [Apostles] together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities. And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. [1] These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying:[2] Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not. [3] But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.[4] Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils”
Explanation:
[1] No greater evidence exist than what is evident in the fact that Christ clearly extends and transfers His own Godly Powers and Authority to this select group of 12 men who He called “His Apostles” [2] In the beginning Christ attempts to fulfill the Old Testament promises to His One Chosen people. Because of their hardness of hearts; Christ later extends this call to ALL of humanity; thus making necessary Succession of these Powers and Authority. [3] The message they are to share in nothing less than an affirmation that the long awaited Messiah is now in your midst. [4] Christ understands that in order for His Ministry to completed; He must delegate and empower those He has chosen with ‘”Godly” attributes, because the task; the challenge given to them can only be accomplished through, with and by God Himself.
Argument Number [3] Matthew 16:15 -19 “Jesus saith to them: But whom do you [1] say that I am? Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.[2] And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. [3] And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock [4] I will build my church, [5] and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. [6] And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.[7] And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven”
Explanation:
The reason this is the most widely disputed set of verses in the entire bible is that there is, nor can there be any grounds for any religion other than Catholism; if it is true. [1] Here Jesus is asking the Apostles as a group a question. But it is Peter alone; Divinely Inspired who makes reply on behalf of all of them. A clear indication that already some degree of his leadership is evident. [2] Jesus confirms Peter in the Holy Spirit by clarifying that he was speaking through and for God [the Father.. Though the Holy Spirit] what The Father wanted him to proclaim. A Divinely Inspired proclamation! [3] Jesus now changes the name of “Simon” to “Peter” [which is the framework for present Tradition of Popes-new name practice]. When ever God changes the name of a person it is indicative of great grace and expectations of God for that person. [Abram to Abraham for example] [4] It is no accident that “Peter alone” is mentioned. Just as there was a High Priest heading the hierarchy of the Jews; so too would there be One Only in Charge and empowered in this new “church” founded on the New Covenant; which voided the one in existence up to that moment. [Jer.31:31, Lk. 22:20, Heb. 8:8 & 13] …[5] Highly significant are the next words of Christ: “I [God] will build [He alone is the architect] of “My church” [singular: one and only One] desired, wanted or needed to accomplish Christ mandated Mission. The term “church” is invented here by Christ to clarify and make exceedingly clear that what He is doing is Founding a New, Separate, Different and overriding religion. The choice of location God selected was no accident and indeed is a critical part of right understanding. Caesarea Philippi [verse 13] was the site of the areas largest Pagan Temple; so clearly implied here is the task of Peter to overcome this Pagan-faith-practice, and supplant it with God’s own truth. There were Pagan Temples and Jewish Synagogues in existence at the time; but NO “church.” [6] How the handing on the Keys essential for entry into Heaven itself by God directly to Peter is ignored, overlooked and by intent denied is astounding! How can anyone honestly doubt the intent of God is doing this? [7] The terms chosen by Christ when rightly understood in the context of “binding and loosing” which were very common Rabbinical terms of Power and freedom of Governance; fully enforceable at Law. Cites were then often walled and fortified as was Jerusalem itself; with real gates, real doors and a real “gate-keeper” who unlocked them in the morning for commerce and locked them at night for security. This “holder of the Key’s” was most often the “Prime Minister” who answered directly and only to the King. This is the precise role Christ envisioned and implemented through the selection of Peter.
Argument Number [4] Matthew 16:18 “And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear them: tell the church. [1] And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. [2] Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven.
Explanation:
[1] Affirmation of Christ intent for a totally new Religion and form of Governance is here cited to make clear the above passages. Disputes that had it the past been taken to the High Priest or Sanhedrin, are now to be taken to Peter and the other Apostles: “The Church.” [singular][2] The Powers and Authority granted to Peter ALONE; is now extended through Peter to include all of the Apostles.
Argument Number [5] [Post Resurrection] Matthew 28: 16, 18-20 “And the eleven [remaining] disciples [“Apostles only“: see Mt. 10: above] went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.[1] And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. [2] Going therefore, teach ye all nations; [3] baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. [4] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you [5] and behold I [Jesus: Personally] am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world [6].
Summation of the “ONE’S”
Factually. Morally and even logically, because truth MUST BE singular per defined issue; we can know with certitude.
One True God: there can possibly be only One true God as evidenced by the complexity of the Universe, and perhaps even more so, in the complexity and wonderment of Humanity; who alone are gifted with the attributes essential to be in emulation of our God; through the gifts of a Mind, a Intellect, and a Freewill; all of which are complementary too, and a part of the complex Human Soul.
One True Faith: In the entirety of the bile, there is not a single example of GOD: Yahweh or Jesus, even one time accepting, tolerating, permitting, allowing, overlooking, or in ANY manner being desirous of or “OK” with ANY competing faith belief s.
It is a moral, a Theological and a logical impossibility for even GOD, to hold more than on position, one belief per defined issue. That fact that most often these “differing” positions are “self-contradictory” is an infallible evidence of this fact.
One True Church: This too flows from and through the only-One God & One Faith reality. Just as God Triune; manifested through Yahweh, and freely choose Only One “Chosen people”
Exod.6: 7 “and I will take you for my people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians”
So too in like manner Jesus, chooses also “one chosen people” which He calls “MY Church” [Singular]
Matt.16: 18 “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church” [historically & biblically provable to be “singular”] and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.
The reason God did this was to benefit humanity. With ONLY One TRUE, God, Faith and Church [people], it would be the easiest and simplest way for God to direct humanity towards His TRUTHS.
God Bless you
Patrick