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Bill_Pick
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Ok I see what you are trying to say. Now lets start from Matthew 16:13-20 This is when Peter says Jesus is the Messiah. This can also be found in Mark 8:27-30 and Luke 9:18-20.
V.13-17>The disciples answered Jesus’ question with the common view, that Jesus was one of the great prophets come back to life. Peter confessed Jesus as divine and as the promised and long-awaited Messiah.
V.18>The rock on which Jesus would build his church has been identified as
- Jesus himself {his work of salvation by dying for us on the cross}
- Peter {the first great leader in the church at Jeerusalem}
- The confession of faith that Peter gave and that all subsequent true beleivers would give. It seems most likely that the rock refers to Peter as the leader of the church {for his function, not necessarily his character.
Later Peter reminds Christians that they are the church built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ as the corner stone All believers are joined into his church by faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, the same faith that Peter expressed.
A church is a group of people. Jesus lives in us and showes himself to a watching world through us.
V.19>The meaning of this verse has been a subject of debate for centuries. Some say the keys represent the authority to carry out church discipline, legislation, and administration
{Matthew 18:15-18} while others say the keys give the authority to announce the forgiveness of sins {John 20:23}. Still others say the keys may abe the opportunity to bring people to the Kingdom of Heaven by presenting them with the message of salvation found in God’s word {Acts 15:7-9} The religious leaders thought they held the keys of the Kingdom, and they tried to shut some people out. To all who believe in Christ and obeys his words, the Kingdom doors are swung wide open.
V.20>Jesus warned the disciples not to publicize Peter’s confession because they did not your fully understand the kind of Messiah he had come to be. They needed to come to a full understanding of Jesus and their mission as disciples before they could proclaim it to others in a way that would not cause a revellion. They woild have a difficult time understanding what Jesus came to do until his earthly mission was complete.rev Lets see if these will help you from Scripture Cathloicsiah 22:15-25 to get the full picture. Shebna, a high court steward or offical, was just as materialistic as the rest of the people in Jerusalem {22:13} He may have been in the group favoring an alliance with foreigners, thus ignoring Isaiah’s advice. The Lord revealed that Shebna would lose his position and be replaced by Eliakim {@@:20} Eliakim would be the “tent stake” driven firmly in place {22:23} Unfortunately Eliakim too would fall {22:25}
Peter is the Rock on which the Church is Built
Mark 3:16; John 1:42 – Jesus renames Simon “Kepha” in Aramaic which literally means “rock.” This was an extraordinary thing for Jesus to do, because “rock” was not even a name in Jesus’ time. Jesus did this, not to give Simon a strange name, but to identify his new status among the apostles. When God changes a person’s name, He changes their status.
Gen. 17:5; 32:28; 2 Kings 23:34; Acts 9:4; 13:9 - for example, in these verses, we see that God changes the following people’s names and, as a result, they become special agents of God: Abram to Abraham; Jacob to Israel, Eliakim to Jehoiakim, Saul to Paul.
2 Sam. 22:2-3, 32, 47; 23:3; Psalm 18:2,31,46; 19:4; 28:1; 42:9; 62:2,6,7; 89:26; 94:22; 144:1-2 - in these verses, God is also called “rock.” Hence, from these verses, non-Catholics often argue that God, and not Peter, is the rock that Jesus is referring to in Matt. 16:18. This argument not only ignores the plain meaning of the applicable texts, but also assumes words used in Scripture can only have one meaning. This, of course, is not true. For example:
1 Cor. 3:11 - Jesus is called the only foundation of the Church, and yet in Eph. 2:20, the apostles are called the foundation of the Church. Similarly, in 1 Peter 2:25, Jesus is called the Shepherd of the flock, but in Acts 20:28, the apostles are called the shepherds of the flock. These verses show that there are multiple metaphors for the Church, and that words used by the inspired writers of Scripture can have various meanings. Catholics agree that God is the rock of the Church, but this does not mean He cannot confer this distinction upon Peter as well, to facilitate the unity He desires for the Church.
Matt. 16:18 - Jesus said in Aramaic, you are “Kepha” and on this “Kepha” I will build my Church. In Aramaic, “kepha” means a massive stone, and “evna” means little pebble. Some non-Catholics argue that, because the Greek word for rock is “petra”, that “Petros” actually means “a small rock”, and therefore Jesus was attempting to diminish Peter right after blessing him by calling him a small rock. Not only is this nonsensical in the context of Jesus’ blessing of Peter, Jesus was speaking Aramaic and used “Kepha,” not “evna.” Using Petros to translate Kepha was done simply to reflect the masculine noun of Peter.
Moreover, if the translator wanted to identify Peter as the “small rock,” he would have used “lithos” which means a little pebble in Greek. Also, Petros and petra were synonyms at the time the Gospel was written, so any attempt to distinguish the two words is inconsequential. Thus, Jesus called Peter the massive rock, not the little pebble, on which He would build the Church. (You don’t even need Matt. 16:18 to prove Peter is the rock because Jesus renamed Simon “rock” in Mark 3:16 and John 1:42!).