MATTHEW CHAPTER 16

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I) [Mt 16:13-16]:

A) PETER'S CONFESSION OF JESUS AS THE CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD

II) [Mt 16:16-18]:

A)PETER'S STATEMENT WAS NOT FROM MAN BUT FROM GOD

1) [Compare 1 Cor 1:26-31]:

2) [Compare 1 Cor 2:13-14]:

3) [Compare Luke 10:22]:

4) [Compare Jn 6:63-65]:

B) OUR LORD'S FIRST MENTION OF HIS CHURCH: 'ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH'

1) PETER RECEIVES THE NAME OF 'PETROS' A SMALL THROWING SIZED ROCK FROM OUR LORD

2) THE STATEMENT 'YOU ARE THE CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD' RECEIVES THE SYMBOL OF 'PETRA' TO SIGNIFY THAT THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IS JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF

3) THE CHURCH THEN WAS YET FUTURE EVENT - TO BEGIN AFTER THE TIME OF OUR LORD'S MINISTRY IT WAS NOT AN ENTITY OF THE PAST

a) [Mt 16:18]:

b) OUR LORD'S DEATH HAD TO PRECEDE THE CHURCH

i) [Jn 10:7-18]:

c) OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION HAD TO PRECEDE THE CHURCH

d) OUR LORD'S ASCENSION HAD TO PRECEDE THE CHURCH

e) THE CHURCH BEGAN AT PENTECOST AT THE HOLY SPIRIT'S ADVENT

i) [Compare Gal 3:28]:

ii) [Eph 2:14-15]:

III) [Mt 16:18]:

A) PETROS VS PETRA = PETER VS JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD UPON WHICH OUR LORD WILL BUILD HIS CHURCH: HIMSELF

1) [Compare Eph 2:19-22]:

2) [Compare 1 Cor 10:3-4]:

ADDITIONAL EARLY CHURCH WRITINGS WHICH SUPPORT THE VIEW THAT THE ROCK IS FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD WHICH WILL BUILD THE CHURCH

B) PETER CLAIMED NO MORE FOR HIMSELF THAN APOSTLESHIP

1) [1 Pet 1:1]:

2) [1 Pet 5:1]:

C) SCRIPTURE INDICATES THAT PETER WAS NOT THE SUPREME AND UNIQUE CHURCH LEADER OF THE EARLY CHURCH

1) [Gal 2:1-2, 8-9]:

2) [Gal 2:11-14]:

D) THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME DEATH OF THOSE OF THE CHURCH

IV) [Mt 16:18-19]:

A) THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM = THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL ITSELF NOT SOME KIND OF PAPAL AUTHORITY

1) [Acts 15:7-11]:

2) [Acts 15:13-19]:

3) [Compare Gal 2:11-14]:

B) THE KEYS OF DEATH & DEPARTED SPIRITS ARE HELD BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ALONE AND ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM

1) [Rev 1:18]:

C) WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH RE: THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, THE GOSPEL OF ETERNAL LIFE, SHALL HAVE BEEN ALREADY BOUND IN HEAVEN - THUS NO EVIDENCE FOR PRIESTLY ABSOLUTION ONLY FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION

D) THE POWER OF LOOSING AND BINDING IS AVAILABLE TO ALL BELIEVERS AND NOT JUST LIMITED TO A FEW

1) [Compare Mt 18:18]:

E) THE POWER OF DECLARING SINS FORGIVEN AND NOT FORGIVEN IS AVAILABLE TO ALL BELIEVERS AND NOT JUST A FEW

1) [Compare Jn 20:19, 22-23]:

a) FORGIVENESS OF SINS BEFORE GOD RE: ETERNAL LIFE IS IN VIEW

b) MAN'S FORGIVENESS OF FELLOW MAN IS NOT IN VIEW IN JN 20:23:

i) [Compare Gen 50:16-17]:

ii) [Compare Ex 10:16-17]:

c) FORGIVENESS OF SINS BEFORE GOD RE: ETERNAL LIFE WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS - THEIR SINS WERE "PASSED OVER" UNTIL THE CROSS, THEN THEY WERE FORGIVEN

i) [Compare Ro 3:25]:

d) PETER DEMONSTRATES THE BELIEVERS' AUTHORITY TO DECLARE SINS FORGIVEN

i) [Acts 10:43]:

ii) [Compare Acts 13:38-39]:

iii) [Lk 24:33, 36]: