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We see therein that Jesus was explaining how this rock would have to go into the world into the future. He asked His disciples, “Whom do men say the Son of man is?” They gave the answer of all the people because the people would not accept Jesus as the Christ. They knew He was a holy man. They said He was a prophet, He was Elias, He was Jeremias come back to life, or John the Baptist, but they would not confess that He was the Christ – the Messiah, come to save them and take them to the promised Kingdom of God. He asked His apostles and said, “Whom say ye that I am?” The Apostle Peter who was known then as Simon, he answered on behalf of the apostles and said, “Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God.” We must always remember those words for those words are what our Lord described as the rock. ‘On this rock will I build my church.’ THE CHURCH MUST AT ALL TIMES CONFESS AND BELIEVE WITHOUT ANY QUESTION THAT THOU ART THE CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. THAT IS THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE OF THE CHURCH.

He said that Simon would be called Peter from that day, and He said that he was blessed for flesh and blood did not say that, for no flesh and blood can confess that Jesus is the Christ but by the Holy Spirit. He was blessed with a foretaste of that Holy Spirit from His Father in Heaven to be able to make that confession, that would have to be made to set in place that chief cornerstone which would hold the church together for evermore. He said that the gates of hell should not prevail against the church. We know that when our Lord went down into hell and proclaimed the proclamation of peace. He was given the keys to the gates of hell, and He introduced a new place. Hell was the place of waiting for judgment. He introduced the new place called Paradise. All of those within the Christian Church who maintain and fulfill their obligation in believing that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God, they when they leave this life go to Paradise to partake of the tree of life, to be ready for His return when He will come and set up His kingdom.

He said to the Apostles that He will give them the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. That is not a key that they have in their hand. Our Lord was talking about a different set of keys. He was giving unto them the Word of God, His Father’s word that would be as a key that would go out into the world, and for all of those who accepted this key and allowed their hearts to be opened and allowed the Holy Spirit to enter in and prepare them, they would be receiving ultimately, the Kingdom of Heaven. We are the recipients of this.

The Word of God is a very important part within this living temple of God. Without the Word of God, we would have no direction. Without the Word of God, we would have no faith. Without the Word of God, we would have no hope. Without the Word of God, we would have no forgiveness. Without the Word of God, we would have no Baptism. Without the Word of God, we would have no Sealing. Without the Word of God, we would have no Holy Communion. Without the Word of God, we would not be able to be part of the living temple of God. Those keys are still being distributed throughout the world for all who will allow them to unlock their stubborn hearts and accept that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God. It is one thing to say that we believe in that, and it is easy for us to say those things, but we have to show, by our lives, that we try to live by those Words of God and bring forth the virtues of Christ.