An Elder Among Elders: An Incomplete 50-Point-by-Point Gospel-Sermon on Petrine-Devotion in Ultimate Subordination to the Ultimate Bishop of Bishops: A Biblical and Scriptural Exposition on the Apostle Peter in light of Roman Popery

O safe to the Rock that is higher than I
My soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly;
So sinful, so weary, thine, thine would I be;
Thou blest Rock of Ages, I'm hiding in thee.
Hiding in thee, hiding in thee—
Thou blest Rock of Ages, I'm hiding in thee.
In the calm of the noontide, in sorrow's lone hour,
In times when temptation casts o'er me its power,
In the tempests of life, on its wide, heaving sea,
Thou blest Rock of Ages, I'm hiding in thee.
How oft in the conflict, when pressed by the foe,
I have fled to my refuge and breathed out my woe!
How often when trials like sea-billows roll,
Have I hidden in thee, O thou Rock of my soul (TH, 551).

 
1.  What does the Bible say about who is the ultimate Bishop?  Does it say like Romanism that the Pope has full and ultimate control (RCC 882/937/ 100)?  Is the ultimate bishop the "Pope"?  Rather the ultimate bishops of bishops is the Lord Jesus Christ alone.   According to the Apostle Peter, the ultimate Bishop is not himself as the "supreme pontiff" but the Lord Jesus Christ alone, "For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls" (1 Pet 2:25 KJV).

2.  The apostle St. Peter referred to himself as a "fellow elder" (1 Pet 5:1) not as the "Pope."  It refers to the equality of the role of the Christian elder among other Christian elders.  He never refers to himself as "Pope."  

3.  I also suggest to my brothers in Christ in the "Reformed faith" that to have a "Senior Pastor" is contrary to biblical leadership, because there was an "equal plurality" among the elders of the Christian church.  To also have a singular Pastoral rule is contrary to the biblical understanding of the ruling eldership no matter how small the membership.

4.  It is like what the Gospel says in the equality of St Peter, St. James and St. John (Mk 14:33). 

5.  The reason St. Peter is mentioned first is because of his impetuosity (Mt 16ff), but Andrew was the first called by Christ (Jn 1:39-41).   Does this mean Andrew should be "Pope"?  

6.  Early Christian history shows James in the Book of Acts who first brought the divine message of salvation while everyone became silent in his Word-based preaching (Acts 15:13)!

7.  The Papists are opposed to and contrary to the doctrine of humility in church affairs (Lk 18:14).

8.  The Apostle Peter speaks of God's free salvation (1 Pet 1:3-12) apart from earning salvation (RCC 2027).

9.  The Apostle Peter speaks of obedience and holiness (1 Pet 1:13-23) rather than advocating "papal homosexuality among the leadership of Romanism!"

10.  The Apostle Peter says that Christ alone is the Chief Cornerstone (1 Pet 2:4-6) but St. Peter is a "living stone" in that God alone caused his "rock" of a heart to produce springs of living water (Jn 7:38).  Prior to monergsitic regeneration everyone has a stoney heart.  It takes the supernatural non-baptismal work of the Spirit of God and the Word of God (Jn 3ff; Tit 3:5).

11.  The Apostle Peter speaks of a "royal priesthood" among all believers in Christ (1 Pet 2:9) devoid of meritorious satisfaction by mere corrupt sinners.

12.  The Apostle Peter says we ought to take Christ's example (1 Pet 2:18-25) not homosexual examples (Rom 1ff).

13.  The Apostle Peter never mentions an approbation of homosexuality but speaks of husbands and wives (1 Pet 3:1-7).

14.  The Apostle Peter says we partake of the sufferings of Christ (1 Pet 4:12-19) but not works of satisfaction that add to Christ alone (Gal 2:20).

15.  The Apostle Peter speaks of the approbation of humility (1 Pet 5:6-10) not papal preeminence like Pope Diotrephes (3 Jnff).

16.   Christians ought to be aware of false teachers (2 Pet 2:1-22).

17.   Pharaoh exalted himself above God and His Word (Ex. 9:17).  I suggest to you that Pharaoh is the same thing as Popery.  That is, it is exaltation above God and the simplicity of His written Word.

18.  The people of God "highly exalt" God alone not man (Ex 15:1; 15:21).

19.   Those who oppose the assembly of the Lord exalt themselves above the people of God (Num 16:3).

20.  God advances the leadership cause of Joshua (Jos 3:7; 4:14; 1 Sam 2:7) but it does not mean he is above the words of God.
   
21.   Hannah exalted the Lord alone in worship concerning a religious context (1 Sam 2:1).

22.  The Lord exalts Messiah Jesus for all glory alone (1 Sam 2:10).

23.  The Lord alone is the Supreme Rock (2 Sam 22:47).

24.  We see that preeminent leadership through the pride of Satan "exalts" to inauthentic, high leadership (1 Kin 1:5).  

25.  The "kings of Israel" are not model for holiness, because they did extreme evil in the sight of the Lord (for example 1 Kin 11:6).

26.  Some Romanist theologians and apologist say that because there were "kings of Israel" there should be "Popes in the church" but it was a grave sin to ask for a "king" (see 1 Sam 8ff).

27.   Jesus Christ alone is King of kings (1 Tim 6:15; Rev. 17:14; 19:16).

28.  Christians ought to exalt God alone not men in a worshipful context (Ps 18:46).

29.  The name of Jesus is above every name (Phil 2:9) but not the name of the "Popes."

30.  Jesus is EXALTED ABOVE THE HEAVENS (Heb 7:26) because it His ultimate authority we must submit.  However, it excludes the authority of the "Popes."  If we are in line with King Jesus, all is well.

31.  Those who exalt themselves are brought down to hell (Lk 10:15).

32.  Jesus is "exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear" (Acts 2:33 NASB).

33.  Jesus "is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins" (Acts 5:31 NASB).

34.  Sinners exalted themselves in the local church (see 3 Jn), but the only correct understanding is the centralized-exaltation of God's holy gospel (Rom 1:1).

35.  If Peter was the first "Pope" why was he RIGHTLY married (1 Cor 9:5; Mk 1:30)?   Why don't we see him approve of "homosexual behavior" like Pope Francis I?

36.  Romanist apologists may say that "Cephas" means that Peter is the rock (Jn 1:42), but such means that he had a stoney heart.   Christian people are all "living stones."  God rolled away the rock that covered our hearts, because we did not know Him as unregenerate people.

37.   Andrew introduced Peter to Christ (Jn 1:40-42).  Christians ought to be another "Andrew" and share Christ with lost people.

38.  Is Peter even the "chief apostle?"  Have you not read that Jesus is the Chief Apostle?  For the infallible Word says, "Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession..."  (Heb. 3:1 NASB).

39.  Was St. Peter the FIRST to proclaim Jesus as the Christ in a Christian confession in the historical New Testament?  For the inspired Word says in Jn 1:49-51, "Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.”  Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”  (NASB).

40.   Martha also confessed in a confession that Jesus was the Christ in Jn 11:25-27, "Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.” (NASB).

41.  Peter was rebuked by Jesus Christ (Mt 16:21-23) after his confession of the deity of Jesus (Mt 16:13-19).

42.  The apostolic interpretation is that Christ alone is the Good Rock (1 Pet 2:8) not Peter because is sinking sand (Mt 7:26).

43.  Peter is the "bad stone or rock" like all sinners (1 Pet 2:5; Ez 36:26; Zech 7:12) but Christ alone is the Good Rock (1 Cor 10:4; Rom 9:33).

44.   St. Peter denied Christ three times (Mt 26:69-75) but Christ restores St. Peter three times after His bodily resurrection (Jn 21ff).  The Petrine restoration does not mean papal exaltation.  Rather it means spiritual restoration. 

45.  Peter weeps bitterly because of his sin (Mt 26:75) but Pope Francis I excuses the sin of the "passion of homosexual lust" among his Roman leadership.  We are living a day of the POST-MORAL Papacy!  Click here:  "Pope Criminalizes the Reporting of Sex Crimes - Newslo"

46.  Living water comes from Christ alone out of "the rock of our hearts" because of His work alone (Jn 7:38).   That is, it is like Moses in the sight of the elders of Israel who struck the rock and water came forth (Ex. 17:6).  Jesus strikes the rock of our hearts and He brings forth living water in salvation.

47.  St. Peter was rebuked by St. Paul regarding the truth of the gospel (Gal 2:14).

48.  Peter accepted Paul's writings (2 Pet 3:15-16).  That is, Paul taught the gospel of Christ-centered and divine unified righteousness alone (Rom 1:16-17) by faith alone (Eph. 2:8-9).

49.  Why exalt St. Peter as "Pope" when Christ is the Supreme Rock?

50.  Why trust "Popery" when St. Peter never made papal forgeries? 

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest upon unchanging grace;
In ev'ry rough and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, his covenant, his blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
When I shall launch in worlds unseen,
O may I then be found in him;
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne. (TH, 582).

THE CRUSHING COMING OF THE DIVINE WARRIOR-KING: A STUDY AND DEFENSE OF THE DESTROYING COMING OF CHRIST AGAINST THE ROMAN ANTICHRIST

Chapter 1:      The Head in Everyway Is Christ Alone

Chapter 2:      Appointed by God the Father

Chapter 3:      All Power for Supreme and Sovereign Manner

Chapter 4:      The Pope of Rome is Not the Head in Anyway

Chapter 5:      The Man of Perdition Who Exalts Himself

Chapter 6:      Destruction by the Brightness of Jesus’ Coming

Chapter 1:

The Head in Everyway Is Christ Alone

     Christ the divine King; is the only suitable Head, for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.  There is no other Headship or Kingship then the divine Christ.  Is there any other who is inherently the God-man?  Is there any other who was from everlasting to everlasting as the King?  Where is a suitable for a sinner (opposed to Christ) to be called “Holy Father” or “Vicar of Christ?”  Is it not the Father in Heaven who is the only Holy Father (John 17:11)?  Jesus referred to God the Father as properly the only One suitable for that title!  Is not the Spirit of God the Vicar of Christ on earth?  The Papacy has taken the sinful task to call their leader with divine titles.  If man calls this position sacred, but God calls it an abomination: who shall we believe?  The Pope is a mere man, a sinner of the highest rank.  He does not possess authority from Christ.  He is not of Christ but is of Satan. 

     The Papists would consider this a statement of Anti-Catholicism, but their statement is to avoid the truth of the reality of the personification of evil. 

     We learn in the Holy Word that Christ is the head (Colossians 1:18).  There is no limitation to His Headship or Kingship in ruling the Household of faith.  There is no way anyone could take His place:  He alone is properly King and Head.

     Christ is not only the Head of His church but is also head of the family household.  Christ has appointed spiritual fathers, but devoid of the Roman sacramental system and away from the Mass as appeasing sacrifice to God the Father.  But the Head of the body of Christ came, and gave Himself for His people alone.  This is the only true King of kings, and no man can take His place, even with most decorative jewels, and stunning statues. 

     As Christ is the Head of His church, He is also the Head of the hearts of His people.  With the reprobate their souls have enthroned Satan, because in his pride, comes the exaltation of man by man, apart from the pleasing ways of God the Holy Trinity. 

     As the Pope speaks on the outside of the worth of church and family, he works against it by dividing families through secret sleepers in false religion.  They come to divide the church as well as the family. 

     We can conquer by our Head: the Lord Jesus Christ.  Let not the people of God or of the world embrace gullibility, or the self-destruction ways of the Papists.  Where does the self-destruction come from?  The background of it is the influence of Satan, and his outward yet secret instruments are deceived people. 

     Where is Christ in your life?  Is He the Head of the church in your heart?  Is He the Master, enthroned in your soul?  Or has your heart become a Pope after the manner of Romanism?  Has your commitment to God turned into a commitment to man? 

   May the God-man exalt Himself in the hearts of His people, and reign as the one and true Head of His church this day.  The Head of the church should be the Head of your soul.  Even so, He is Head when men defile His truth with rings of gold!  Even so, amen.

Chapter 2:

Appointed by God the Father

     The Head of the church is Christ alone by the appointment of God the Father.  As Christ is the sole grounds of justification, He is the Head of His church.  As Christ is the meaning of all Messianic prophecy, He is the Head of His church.  As Christ is the focus of my faith, He is the Head of His church.  As Christ is the eternally begotten Son of God, He is the Head of His church.  As Christ will have His bride as the church, He is the Head of His church.  As Christ is the Only-Beloved of the Father, first God-man, He is the Head of His church.  No man can change this, but we embrace the truth of God as the world turns in rebellion against the only holy God.

     All things holy, good, righteous and upright point to Christ.  Darkness, sin, evil and wickedness point to the Pope.  Christ is the picture of all righteousness appointed by God the Father.  Who would want any other King?  Who would want a Head appointed by man?  Only those who love the lie; love the appointment of man to man.  Satan is after the interests of man, but God is after His glory alone, and in complete, divine righteousness. 

     Who was appointed by the Father?  The Papists cannot answer this question, because it bears a direct response, and yet they know the lie, they embrace!  Christ alone was appointed to be the grounds of justification; Christ alone was appointed to fulfill all Messianic prophecy; Christ alone is the focus of His people; Christ alone is the eternally begotten Son of God.  Who was appointed by the Father?  It was not the Pope but the one whom will destroy him by the brightness of His coming.

     The brightness of His coming destroys the darkness of sin, his presence and the habitation of rebellion against God and His truth.  No ultimate sinner can blot out the light of His brightness, and no darkness will be able to break asunder His all-true light.  As the light broke forth the darkness in creation, the light of the Lord Christ shall break through the darkness of the Roman Antichrist, and the light of Christ shall conquer the earth by the Almighty love of God the Trinity in the fruition of salvation by the elect only!

     I ask you then: who did the Father appoint?  The enemy sees the Pope in enthroned on the throne, but Christ alone is enthroned on High where no darkness is, nor the glory of men but of God alone.  Even so, amen.        

Chapter 3:

All Power for Supreme and Sovereign Manner

     Christ is the One who has all power in heaven and in earth.  All power is His: supreme and sovereign.  The Pope does not have supreme and sovereign rule over the church as the only Head does: the Lord Jesus Christ.  The only true power is from Christ alone and never the Papacy.  In every right, supreme and sovereign manner, Christ is Head.  The Pope does not have true supernatural power over the world, churches and ministries.  Let no ministry, church or branch of government of all nations submit to him. 

    As the Papists submit to deceit, wickedness and sin, they would bring every tongue under subjection to falsehood.  The Head of the church has all power: He is Jesus Christ, Son of Man, and His way of salvation is paved with spiritual riches, but Rome’s road is paved with hellish, whorish and utter defilement in all unrighteousness to avail not the Head of the church, but the agenda of Mother Rome in all manner of vileness. 

     We will see the power of Christ avail in all right ways.  And the nations will prosper with the gospel banner in all holy ways.  Christ is not a Head who advocates murder and rape of the innocent as the Pope did with me, but He is a Head who bears no tyranny.  His power is devoid of tyranny; it is devoid of cruelty; it is devoid of wrongdoing.  Even so, amen.

Chapter 4:

The Pope of Rome is Not the Head in Anyway

     Where has the leadership of Rome taken Romanism?  It has taken them to all spiritual fraud in presenting a gospel of deceit and false expectations.  We see that it has led to the Roman Eucharist, where no sinner has ever been perfected.  The head of Rome has taken man to depths and inmost places of hell, and he has done it in deceit.  They speak of morality but history demonstrates an immorality.  Instead of a Reformed faith and Christian family, they would promote a Pope who sleeps with prostitutes, and sexual slaves to satisfy their own fleshly ways.  I know they believe this because being Pope was offered to me, but I rejected it.  It came from the Pope himself, but he is not a leader of righteousness, but a Pope of sin; a Pope of filth; a Pope of evil; a Pope as Antichrist. 

     The Head of the church is Christ: may we never forget that.  Reckless sinners have abandoned the Reformed doctrine sola scriptura and Rome has a muddled gospel that is no gospel.  The Lord Jesus approves of sola scriptura as He directly told me, and it is clear by His Word (2 Timothy 3:16-17):  All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work (NIV).   

     The Lord Christ is the Head and Center of the gospel as He is the Head of the faith, His church and the family.  Do not make a Pope out of yourself in terms of sin, but follow me as I follow Christ.  Even so, amen.   

Chapter 5:

The Man of Perdition Who Exalts Himself

   Christ is not the man of perdition.  The people of God are not the sons and daughters of Satan, but of God the Holy Trinity.  The man of sin exalts Himself above God: this has been the testimony of all the Popes since Diotrephes.  It was in imitation of the ultimate Antichrist that is coming.  It has always been a hidden secret among the Romanists.  It has been a doctrine passed down by ungodly men: a succession from Cain and from the offspring of Judas and Jezebel. 

  The heresy of exalting oneself over God the Holy Trinity is an upmost offense against Him.  Jesus was the Man of Sorrows, but the Son of Satan will be the Man of Destructive Crimes against God and all that is right. 

    The cruelty of the Romanists is also after the manner of the future Roman Antichrist.  They have long wanted for him.  How can anyone object to what I say? 

    Was Cain truthful when he said he wasn’t his brother’s keeper?  Were the rebellious ones during the construction of Noah’s Ark truthful when they saw God’s work in front of them as Noah preached righteousness?  Were the people who constructed the Towel of Babel truthful in seeking to rise above the heavens?  Was the rebellion of Korah truthful when they came against Moses?  

    There is so much deceitful evil, and so, I ask: was Judas right to betray the harmless, innocent Lamb, and how he threw the pieces back in hypocrisy? 

    I bear witness to the men of our time and how they are from a long line of wicked men.  This is where “divine succession” gets a church: a succession that ends in hell. 

   The Head of the Scriptures is the Lord Jesus Christ, and we ought to operate under His care, because any other ultimate Shepherd leads them into the bottomless pit.  The Shepherd of our souls is not a Pope of sin, but a Shepherd of Righteousness.  Let us strive to serve our ultimate Master: the only true King of kings.  Even so, amen. 

Chapter 6:

Destruction by the Brightness of Jesus’ Coming

     The Light of the World is the Lord Jesus Christ.  There is none more purer; lovelier; or holier then the Lord Jesus Christ.  He will come and destroy the Antichrist in Rome, and all false religion is connected to him.  All the Judas’ are under his control, and they all shall take part in the lake of fire. 

     The destruction shall be real, authentic, and genuine: from the Father through the Son by the Holy Spirit.  It is an answer to all the Reformed confessions, and prayers against the ultimate sinner: the Roman Antichrist. 

    The Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is to crush and destroy the Antichrist.  It is not His Second Coming but a particular coming in judgment, retribution, justice and wrath.  The Lord Omnipotent shall smite His ultimate enemy.  It is distinct and separate from the Second Coming (as the Rapture) because after the destruction of the Roman Antichrist there shall continue a progression among all nations of the peace and righteousness of the glorious gospel of the Reformed faith based on the Bible. 

    I believe I have dealt with the Roman Antichrist in some way.  I will save this for another book, but we should treat him as Christ treated Satan: He defeated him by the plain testimony of the Divine Word in rebuke.

    Surely the Roman Antichrist shall be destroyed by the Righteous One; the Holy One; the Warrior of Holiness:  the very Captain of the Lord of hosts.  Christ is the spiritual Samson; the strongest of the stronger.  Christ comes to destroy him with the sword of His mouth in real, divine power.

    O come Lord Jesus Christ!  Destroy the one who is all about sinful destruction; destroy the one who is the ultimate sinner; destroy the one who seduces souls to hell.  Thou Blessed Lord Jesus!  Come and smite thy enemy!  Even so, amen.