The protestant reformation.

Another problem is replacing the Word of God with teachings from certain rabbis, pastors, theologians or other "experts". That was the status quo during Jesus's ministry, and such personality cults are still prevailing in some orthodox Jewish communities in Israel. In the Sermon on the Mount, all those "you've heard it's said" were references of such teachings from some prominent rabbis. At the end, the audience were "astonished", not entirely by the contents of the sermon, but by his audacity to challenge the rabbis, his critical thinking skills, as he spoke with AUTHORITY instead of quoting this or that rabbi like most speakers usually did.

Well I guess they will be surprised when they said they were born again because of the vain teachings of their fathers, totally missing the point of the resurrection, and Jesus tells them, "I don't know you, be gone from my presence!"

Peter's teaching was vain? You funny. Those who are not born again are the ones Jesus never knew...

Do you know that is not what I said?

You disagree with Peter while denying it at the same time. Yes, I am well aware

Nope, Peter said what I have said and is in agreement with Paul. I notice in your little drawing though you deny both their verses about it so I will post it again for you and underline.

Her drawing doesn’t deny anything.

Nope, Peter said what I have said and is in agreement with Paul.

Peter says we have been born again. You deny even denying it!

Peter says that's the hope and faith that you will be born again.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused
us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3)

^ That is past tense. We who believe by grace through faith in the shed righteous blood of
Christ are already born again. The resurrection at the end of this age is a separate issue.

Jesus has already resurrected. Our hope being in our own resurrection through Him only happens because we are already born again with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This hope in a future event does not in any way deny that we are already born again. You conflate.

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Open your eyes, dude.

I will be gone for a bit, but I would say you should come over to the OSAS topic since this is pretty much where this is going.

The usual problem with the 'love' talk is that it turns God's grace (that which Christ did on behalf of sinners) into law talk (what we must do to win God's favor.)
The doctrines/ propositional truths of the Reformation set the Church free to love both God and man. The Book of Galatians sets forth similar truths. Pre-Reformation Rome pushed 'love for mankind' while ignoring the love revealed in Jesus Christ for the sinner...iow, they had no Gospel.

Who appointed you to censor different opinions as hate speech and using Matthew 7:1 to justify it?

Hi Again brother!

Just a point-in-fact... Jesus added the name Peter, to Simon - making it Simon Peter, long before the Matt. 16:16, right? Back in Matt. 3, I believe.

I truly believe that Jesus meant that the "rock" he was referring to was, as has been pointed out by others, not Peter the man but the fact that Jesus is the Son of God.

Blessings.

Yes, traditions of men should never replace God’s Word, neither should catechisms (although helpful), confessions, doctrinal statements etc.. The heavy push of the last three as much hurt the Reformation as it did help. One is left scratching their head wondering what ever happened to ‘sola scriptura’.

Why omit the verses then is it because they are not in accord with your personal attacks against me?

How anyone can turn love/grace into law is beyond my comprehension.

You know, this is the “Nicolaitans” in Revelation. It’s not some historic figure or a certain sect. In etymology, this word is the combination of “nico” and “laitan”, “nico” means overcome or conquer, “laitan” means average people, specially the amateurs, laymen, commoners. Put them back together, you can see that this is referring to elitism, that a few “experts” being the gatekeepers of knowledge between God and their congregation.

Jesus gave it as law...

Matthew 22:36-39 (NASB) "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' "This is the great and foremost commandment. "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'

A law only He kept sufficiently, that He may be gracious to us.