"When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, 'Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?' So they said, 'Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.' He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter answered and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not REVEALED this unto you but my Father who is in heaven, and, I also say to you that you are Peter (smallish stone) and on this rock (the revelation that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God) I will BUILD MY CHURCH and the gate of Hades shall not prevail (be victorious) against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven (or will have been bound in heaven) and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven' " (or will have been loosed in heaven).
Clearly, the Father revealed to Peter that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Now, the foundational Truth of Who Jesus is had been made real to Peter. What others had to say about Jesus was incorrect and shows how men, then and now, respond to the Truth without that same revelation and how Jesus builds upon it. Jesus goes on to inform Peter that he was a stone in comparison to the Rock that this revelation would be for righteousness and against sin: so huge it is that the all Hell has to fight with cannot overcome it. People with the revelation of Jesus the Christ are hard to derail, yet, Jesus is not done, He is just beginning to build the spiritual house where He can abide in His fullness.
"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven". He teaches us what they are and how to use them. Remember, Jesus did nothing unless He saw His Father do so; said nothing unless He heard His Father say so. Binding and loosing in His kingdom are accomplished in no different manner than how Peter was enlightened of the Christ! The Father, and now His glorified Christ, REVEAL how/what to us through the Word of God. The Lord God reveals and, as we use what we has been revealed, He reveals more. Those who receive will bind and loose, in Him, to bring all that He has for us into fruition.
Clearly, the Father revealed to Peter that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Now, the foundational Truth of Who Jesus is had been made real to Peter. What others had to say about Jesus was incorrect and shows how men, then and now, respond to the Truth without that same revelation and how Jesus builds upon it. Jesus goes on to inform Peter that he was a stone in comparison to the Rock that this revelation would be for righteousness and against sin: so huge it is that the all Hell has to fight with cannot overcome it. People with the revelation of Jesus the Christ are hard to derail, yet, Jesus is not done, He is just beginning to build the spiritual house where He can abide in His fullness.
"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven". He teaches us what they are and how to use them. Remember, Jesus did nothing unless He saw His Father do so; said nothing unless He heard His Father say so. Binding and loosing in His kingdom are accomplished in no different manner than how Peter was enlightened of the Christ! The Father, and now His glorified Christ, REVEAL how/what to us through the Word of God. The Lord God reveals and, as we use what we has been revealed, He reveals more. Those who receive will bind and loose, in Him, to bring all that He has for us into fruition.
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