@ehansalytics@sola_chad I dont need to, read gospels, read parables, read James. Never speaks of faith alone. Speaks of rewards based on action and keeping commandments. Baptism is a condition. "He who believes and is baptized will be saved" "Baptism now saves you". Direct quotes. Not faith only.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH You are rock and on this rock i will build my church. They also call him kephas or simon peter. He is constantly called rock. Scripture was not meant for someone like you 2000 years later to figure out things. All early church writings say he is the rock, on christ THE rock.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH They can write what they want, they tried to match greek name of peter and make it masculine. That doesnt mean the meaning is different. And christ said it in aramaic. Aramaic has a word for little stone. Its not kephas.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH Matthew didn't use to diff words. Your english translation uses 2 different words. The greek is petra, made Petros for his name to make masculine. When christ said it, it was aramaic. 1 word only for both. Kephas.
@ehansalytics@sola_chad There are many different verses, must look at all in Totality. "Not everyone who says lord lord" will be saved, but those who do my father's will. Contradicts solely what you cited. The faith was not meant to be pitting verses like this to prove points. That's man made trad.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH No they aren't. That's a tradition of men, unbiblical. Christ never taught it. No early Christian professed that. Nice try.
@ehansalytics@sola_chad Faith alone can't save alone if works are necessary. Christ says this constantly. Scripture explicitly states "not" by faith alone. James gave examples of works saving. Not complicated unless you have an agenda.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH The difference is I follow all of Christ's teachings, you choose to believe only what's written in bible is his word. You limit Christ, I dont. And you can't find me one Christian commentary pre1000ad that would agree with that absurd tradition of 16th century men.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH It doesn't mean stone. Protestants came up with that stupid argument based on the word ending of the greek. Its the same word and it means rock. We also know this since Christ told him that in aramaic, kephas which means rock not small stone.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH Peter means "rock". You are a very dumb person. Simon was his name, later changed to peter which means rock. Secondly, you moronically assume because he didnt write it, 100% means he didnt tell him? Illogical "gotcha". Don't embarrass yourself further.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH Does need to we dont care whether scripture states it the way you want. The scriptures are not a pacifier and you get what you want in them. Christ never even said to write them.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH Nothing to try lady. You want it to say what you want, and when it doesnt, you think its a gotcha. There's not one mandate from christ to even write the new testament. Whats there is there, I dont presume to have so much pride as to demand when the evangelist needs to write
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH Your obsessed with what Mark wrote. He does not need to write or iterate what was already understood. Simon was his name, changed to Cephas which means ROCK. this isnt complicated.
@ehansalytics@sola_chad Works of the jews are totally different than works of Christians. If faith without works is dead as James clearly said. Then faith without works is dead, and that dead faith can't save. IE faith alone does not save
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH That's what you think. That's not what he thought. That's not a proof to prove we are wrong just because you assert he should have written about it.
@ehansalytics@sola_chad Salvation being in heaven is a reward for being holy and good works. The entire gospels are filled with Christ telling you to do good works. Amd without them you'll be damned. Faith alone does not do anything for you. Keeping commandments is a work.
@ehansalytics@sola_chad Telling someone to do something is a work. Telling someone to feed the thirsty and "your reward will be great in heaven" for it, is a work. Saying not everyone who says "lord lord" will go to heaven, but the one who DOES my father's will, is a work. Faith is mentioned nowhere.
@GlendaAllene@R3L3VANTTRUTH Ask Mark. Nows now the time to second guess why or why not he wrote or didn't write. Dud he write that water is wet? No because its a known fact.