Oh selene, I love your posts, I can see you love Jesus, but you are missled a little,
One point at a time,
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 16:18 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.
No He is not building His church ( called out ones, ) upon Peter, but revelation, read the previous line, Now Who is buiding the churches you see, Jesus,? no men. Is Jesus into dibision, is Jesus into confusion, is Jesus different in one building and agsin in another, for that is how " mens ", churches are, and ask you Pastor , preacher whos church is it, and his heart will say, its his, not the Lords. Our Lords Church is a spiritual one, not run by men with worldly pieces of paper satying they are teachers, it is made up of spiritual people whos only teacher is The Holy Spirit and who will only follow Jesus.
Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
As for the bible being Holy, have you in your sinful nature laid hands upon it, are you dead, did Jesus, God or the Holy Spirit declare the bible to be Holy, No, not one of them. Paul did, and what was it that Jesus once said to Peter,
Mat 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Oh how we love the things of men for it pleases us, and in doing so we use them to justify our walk by saying it pleases God.
And as for inspired
1Co 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord:
Paul certainly didnt say all he wrote was, seems he had an opinion, in fact later on He realised mens shortcomings
Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead
Gal 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
Gal 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
2Co 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2Co 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
2Co 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
Notice how he says the israeltites had the letter, but we now have the Spirit, and that its the sprit that brings life.And Jesus,
Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
And for the scriptures,
Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Joh 5:40
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
I was once religious, i blindly followed the teachings of men, believeing all taht was told, then along came the Holy spirit, HAve you ever trod on the devils toes, its no fun when hes out to destroy you, ask anyone who truly follows Jesus, they will tell you what a humbling experience it is, when you realisem that all you know. like Paul, counts for nought, and all that is wortth knowing i Jesus Christ Crucified, and to come into the fulnesss of knowing Him, not mens opinions of Him. Its an adventure, of which no story can compare.
And if you like contrdictions, compare these two verses, same story , different writer
Mar 5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Mat 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Mat 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
So is God a Liar? He is nothing like us. Only one story can be true, but both can be wrong, tell me, which is the truth and which is the Lie?.
Now to make sure we didnt miss anything..
God gave us Jesus,
Jesus sent us the Holy spirit to teach us the truth and things to come,
Where is it mentioned that God was going to give us a bible.
In His Love
I hate quoting scripture, but people wont listen to the Holy Spirirt