Is salvation only open to a few who have been selected in advance, but closed to everyone else? What does it mean to be “called”? The surprising answers to these questions reveal how God deals with human beings.
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Jesus said to Peter: “And I also say to you that you are Peter [petros], and on this rock [petra] I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
This verse does not imply what some have assumed, that human authority, beginning with Peter, is at the foundation of the Church.
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