The Rock Solid Foundation
In Matthew 16:18, Jesus continues by saying, “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.”
The foundation of the church was set on Peter’s proclamation. The rock that the church of our Lord Jesus Christ was built solely on the fact that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Some people foolishly think the church was built on Peter. I must say to think that is calling God foolish. Are we to honestly think that God would put the body of His only begotten Son in the hands of man? Everything we touch we destroy. Would God allow His kingdom to be based on man’s weak and immoral decision making skills? If it was up to Peter, only the Jews would currently be saved. However, our Lord Jesus Christ had a bigger and better plan for all of us. He sent the Gospel of His grace and salvation that whosoever would believe in Him would be saved and have everlasting life. We change our minds so often we think everlasting means two weeks if that much. That is probably why some actually believe we an lose our salvation. He did not send us “another” person. He is all that we need. We say Jesus commanded us to preach the Gospel to the end of the earth. We take that as a method of showing we are doing something for God. The enemy is so deceptive. There is absolutely nothing God asks us to do but to believe on the one whom He sent; His son Jesus Christ. There is nothing that we do on our own strength after we come into the rest we have in Jesus. It is the Holy Spirit of God working through us to make His name glorified. We can’t even keep the first commandment on our own strength to think God would entrust us with the message of eternal life on our own strength. We can build as many churches as we want, but if they are not built on the rock solid foundation of Jesus being the Christ, the Son of the living God, it is just a pile of rubble.