Good News #134: Because I Am Built in Jesus’ Foundational Rock, No Evil Shall Prevail Against Me!

It helps to understand the original text used for scripture because there are differences in the words that are not brought out in the English translation.

Many have heard that Peter’s name means rock (which it is) but what kind of rock? because the other word “rock” in the words of Jesus in Matthew 16:18 is different from Peter’s name…

Peter in Greek is Πὲτρος. This is read as “petros” which means “a piece of rock…something larger than a stone”.

BUT…

the word “rock” of which Jesus said He will build His church on, in Greek is πὲτρα. This is read as “petra” which means “a mass of rock…something like a boulder”… a good example would be that mountain of rock which holds the name Petra in the country of Jordan today…

To put the words of Jesus in context, we need to understand what the conversation of Peter and Jesus was about…
It starts in Matthew 16:15 where Jesus asked His disciples — “…who do you say that I am?”
In Matthew 16:16, Simon Peter answered — “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
In Matthew 16:17, Jesus answered and said to him — “Blessed are you, Simon bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

then we come to Matthew 16:18 — “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church…”

Even setting the original Greek texts aside, did you notice that Jesus never said to Peter “on you a rock I will build My church”?

That is because Jesus was not referring to Peter at all but to Himself being THE CHRIST, THE SON of GOD, of Whom Peter received a revelation from God above…

David says in 2 Samuel 22:32…
“For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?”

Look, the church of Christ has no other foundation than Christ Himself.

Ephesians 5:23 says…
…Christ is head of the church and He is the Savior of the body.

Colossians 1:18 says…
(Christ) He is the head of the body, the church…

The gospel is this — The Rock the church of Christ is built on is Himself who never fails…
Everything ground on, anchored on, built on The Rock (Christ Jesus, The Son of God) will never fail.

Whatta God we have!
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And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Matthew 16:18