I love this sermon, what an encouraging word.

What can I say, I love his preaching and teaching of Gods Word.

Peter looked into the eyes of Christ...and said I am only a silly little man....but I profess that you are the son of God....Jesus said on this rock I will build my church....

Hallelujah! I will build my church!

Amen .

Christ is the head of the church

Excellent

amen

Upon what, will He build His Church? Some say Peter's testimony, others, Peter himself. But I'd like to look at this from another angle... I think Jesus is saying that it's NOT upon what has been revealed by flesh & blood.... Rather, by what is REVEALED BY JESUS' FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN....That His Church is build upon revelation from God. Amen

On this ROCK, the rock of FAITH (GIFTED by the Father, Ephesians 2:8) that Yeshua is the MESSIAH, the Son of the Living God, YESHUA WILL BUILD His "church"... the CALLED OUT ONES.

Jesus did not simply build his church on any foundation. He carefully chose a candidate in Peter whom he declared as the rock and also whom he had given the key of heaven!

Excellent exposition

Only God elevated Simon Bar Jonah to a place of high honor BY HIS GRANTING Peter FAITH that Yeshua was in fact the MESSIAH, the Son of The Living God. It is a granting of high honor that God bestows to ALL of HIS CHOSEN children, that is, FAITH in Yeshua as the saviour of all men who believe in His propitiation for our sins.

I need friends.

Man has built thousands of churches/denominations in the name of Jesus not realizing they have locked Jesus outside not allowing Jesus to build His Church. Also in history there are many claims from men and women that Jesus (a counterfeit Jesus) said to them, “go build My church”. Many other churches/denominations have been created in Jesus’ name with good intention, but the consequences of all this is confusion is division, and eternal death. Jesus did not say to anyone, not even to Peter, “go build My church”, instead Jesus said, "I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”.

The "Lord´s Recovery" or "Local Church" teaches that God approves of only one way to establish a valid church. They claim there should be only one church per city, like there was in the 1st century: the church in Ephesus, the church in Corinth, the church in Smyrna, so today - the church in Los Angeles, the church in New York, the church in London. Anything else is a division and not blessed by God.

Sadly, Protestantism calls Jesus a liar every minute of every single day, by their denial of Matt. 16.

Though it be not obvious to all but I dare say the quote from Mr. John Woodhouse is more of a common sense blast of wind. I have rarely heard such an elegant expression closely resembling that of beating a dead horse. Obviously if they are not believers and they are not speaking of the Holy God then they are not a church.I can say with fervor the obvious single syllable that comes to mind: Duh... Some times I really do wonder upon the look of the Church and what it will be like there. Surely though I need no meditation on the motives of non-believers not pretending to be believers. That I can assure you, we all can do without.

Alis, do you misinterpret the Bible on purpose, or do really no know?

Mr. Begg, like many Protestant teachers, go around the main theme of Matthew 16 that Christ is the builder and the foundation is rock (strong and solid) which is Peter and the apostles. To deny this as the meaning of the Church is to reject Jesus. Before the great schism and the "reformation" there is the Catholic Church". No one can deny this truth. The Catholic Church claims that she is the church that Christ built. What other church has a history to claim the same? All other christian churches have their roots from the Catholic Church. She was the church of Luther, Calvin, and other "reformers". Many strong Protestants have come home to our Mother Church like GK Chesterton, Blessed Cardinal John Newman, and Scott Hahn. The Catholic Church is rich with holy saints and martyrs who gave up themselves for God and His people, like Saint Maximillan Kolbe, Saint Mother Teresa, Saint Therese, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint Francis. Jesus is the Good Shepherd. He didn't leave us orphan and shepherdless. He gave us the apostles and their successors, the bishops and priests.. He gave us Peter to "tend His sheep and to lead His Church. He gives us the popes to succeed him. Protestants go by bible alone as their authority. How can a book tell them if they are right or wrong? We need the authority of the church or else we will be like a flock without a shepherd.