So we cannot be saved outside of Christ's church. His body. The question we need to ask, is the Catholic Church His?
Confidant Jesus established “His Church”, upon ‘CHRIST, is the ROCK foundation and HEAD of Jesus’ Church.
Matt 16: (paraphrasing)
Jesus says...hey disciples, what’s the buzz, who do men say that I am?
Jesus says...well what about you disciples, who do YOU say that I am?
Uh....? ? ? ? Not sure of the CORRECT ANSWER...oops.
....God intervenes, and TELLS “Simon Barjona”...THE “secret” WORD...
THE....CHRIST!
Ohhhhh, okay...
....So “Simon Barjona” REPEATS what God JUST TOLD HIM!
....Jesus ^5 yeah “Simon Barjona”,
Right ANSWER!
...Hey Simon Barjona, YOU just received A Blessing from God!
...Hey Simon Barjona, For Repeating the RIGHT ANSWER,
YOU, can rightfully be called BY THE SURNAME, Jesus gave you....”PETER”.
...Hey All you other disciples HEARD what God told Simon Barjona, and All you other disciples now KNOW and Believe,
I Jesus AM, the CHRIST!
...Hey, all you Disciples, TELL NO ONE, that “I, Jesus, AM the Christ”...
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”I Jesus, have Other things to TELL you”...
....”MY Church SHALL be built UPON...
THE ROCK, who is Christ...and Members of “MY CHURCH” shall KNOW and Believe:
“Jesus IS the Christ, the Son of the Living God”!
...And every ADDED member shall be AS, a stone upon stone....Beginning WITH Christ, the Chief Corner Stone, and the FRIST Members, Jesus’ Disciples, and thereafter every other man who Hears, Believes and Confesses their true Heartful Belief.
(Pfff on that ole man-made of literal stones, Tower of Babel...
Christ’s Church IS A Spiritual ROCK foundation, WITH Spiritual stones upon stones, reaching up and up to the Kingdom of Heaven!
Matt 16:
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18] And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build
my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Acknowledging Peter, is the first Disciple TO KNOW Jesus is the Christ is Disciple Peter’s fame.
The FIRST TO KNOW, the Christ was born, were Jewish Shepards.
Luke 2:
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8] And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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9] And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
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10] And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
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11] For
unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
AFTER, Jesus returned to Heaven, THEN did the Disciples RECEIVE, their Salvation, along with OTHER Believers, That “Jesus IS the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
(Acts 2:1-4)
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