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).
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).
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).
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