Maintained inTruth

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George Rimel writes:
 Matt. 16:18
...that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church....
While Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone {the one all other 
measurements are taken from - the most important], Peter is the 
keystone {the one which ties all the others in place}.
I write:
Are you saying that Peter is the rock upon which the church is built. 
Having lived in Roman Catholic countries and having heard their chief 
arguments in favor of Peter being that Rock and having heard that he 
has the keys etc. and saying that is why Peter is the first pope, I 
cannot agree.  Again Jesus Christ is the Petra, the Rock upon which 
we are to built,, he is building his church upon himself.  I don't 
want to be built upon a man, a fallible man.  Of course Rome to 
counter that argument of the fallible man says that the pope is 
infallible.  In Matthew chapter 16:23 Jesus said to Peter {But he 
turned , and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan, thou art an 
offense unto me: thou savourest not the things that be of God, but 
those that be of men.} Are we founded on a man who was called Satan 
by Jesus Christ, or are we founded on the Rock, Jesus Christ the 
Lord. It was Peter who denied Jesus Christ three times, yes Peter was 
forgiven but we sure see his human nature with the mistakes that 
human nature makes, but Jesus Christ is perfect,  the solid Rock, 
Petra, on which I stand all other ground is sinking sand.  As to the 
gospel , it is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, 
there is no other gospel. As to the keys, Rome also uses that to say 
that Peter as the Pope has the keys to heaven, Jesus has the keys, 
Revelation 1:18 {I am he that liveth: and , behold,  I am alive for 
evermore. Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death.}Salvation is 
not in the Name of Peter, it is in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 
Jesus Christ is the door, and the shepherd and the saviour,etc.  
Peter is just one more of the many men that God has used through the 
centuries, just as Paul was and others back then and now.  Petros is 
not Petra, Peter is not the Petra in that verse, he is a small rock 
or stone, Jesus Christ is the huge Rock, Petra, solid unchanging, 
unmovable, the Rock of Ages.
Gerald Drost