I didn't know Jesus was into making STATEMENTS the recipients of "keys" to the Kingdom. What can a statement do with them?
again i ask: Why should anyone accept your interpretation?
1 or 2 Peter says not to go by any private interpretation of the Word. That means we are to go by the public Church's interpretation, the Church He founded. And those who know history know that the RCC was the only Christian church in the world for 1521 years..
Are there now 60,000??
no, there is only one church. And all those "churches" that disagree w/ the Original one in any significant way are that much further away from absolute Truth. That is not good. Jesus said that few make it to Heaven (Mt 7, Lk 13). There is another psg that says even the just are barely saved. so it would seem to me it is important to adhere to all that Jesus commanded, not just the things we like.. He spoke of His Church (singular, not plural). It was important to Him.. so why is it not important to some humans?
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