Thank you brother T Man
Matthew 16:16
16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 16:17
17And 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.
Matthew 16:18
18And 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.
The Question is did the lord mean upon my rock as the corner stone that I will build my church or upon Peter as the rock I will build my Church?
The answer is I will build my Church upon Peter why?
Matthew 16:19
19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Our Lord and God gave the authority(keys to Heaven) on to Peter, now the Question is who did Peter give the authority (keys to Heaven) to when he died?
Who was Peter successor?
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In Matty 16:16 Peter speaks using the Spirit the same Spirit we all have, the same spirit the rest had back then, Peter was the only one at that time who had the boldness to speak it out loud.
In Matty 16:17 Jesus says well done to peter, because it takes faith to speak of the Spiritual things over that of things we know in knowledge, Peter heard God in Spirit and spoke what he heard. Peter excersised the scripture we know today as Hebrews 11:1
In Matty 16:18 Jesus was clear, it was not Peter nor was it Jesus, it was Peters use of the Spirit.. It reads -
18And 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.
Meaning When we all use the Spirit to live we are more than just people, we become brothers and sisters in Gods own family. Jesus was happy with Peter because he used this Spirit to hear and live. The Church jesus was building was based on us using our Spirit and The Holy Spirit that educates us all. the problem, we have is man made knowledge over many years have taken away the power of this scripture and replaced it with meaning that are of flesh and lame. We who come to God in later life, just except what we are told as this is its meanings and go our way.
Its not about a visable church we all see and touch, the visable church has no power, the visable church in the old days had rules and reg and laws according to them, Jesus wiped that away with His lesson in Spirit. There are other scripture Jesus showed me regarding the man made visable church, One is Lord Lord in your name we did this and we did that etc, and Jesus said to them GET AWAY FROM ME, I never knew you... These guys did many great works, yet Jesus says to them Get away from me ! The church in not of flesh, its of Spirit and living in that Spirit each and everyday of our lives.
When i Christian says to me "Christ has gone to heaven, I can't wait to meet him when he comes back" This tells me he/she is a Christian of the flesh, educated in the ways of men. For Me i see Him in my dreams everyday and I speak to Him in Spirit and hear his words as He teaches me. I do this in Spirit and not of the flesh, Jesus said what is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is Spirit. It has real truth to it.