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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• Matthew 1616
• And Simon Peter answered and said,
• You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• Peter Confessed the Deity of Christ
• Christ Did Not Confess Peter
• People Will Give Wrong Answers
• Truth Comes From the Father
• Jesus is the Builder
• The Gates of Hades Wont Hold
• The Keys Open the Kingdom To All

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• I. Peter Confessed the Deity of Christ
• A. Who Is Jesus, the Son of Man?
• Christ, Messiah, Anointed King
• The Son of God
• The Promised Savior!
• B. All Inclusive Creed
• His Word Final, absolute standard

And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God.
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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• II. Christ Did Not Confess Peter
• A. Flow of Context
• Vv. 13, 15 Identity of Jesus not Peter at issue
• Vs. 16 Peter was confessing, honoring, crowning,
  exalting Christ NOT vice versa
• Vs. 17 Truth revealed about Christ, not Peter
• B. Peter a Pebble, Christ is the Foundation
  Rock
• Vs. 18 Two terms for rock
• PETROS a stone that might be thrown (Vine)
• PETRA a mass of rock (Vine)
• 1 Cor. 311 Christ is the only foundation

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• II. Christ Did Not Confess Peter
• A. Flow of Context
• B. Peter a Pebble, Christ is the Foundation
  Rock
• C. Other Disciples Not Aware Peter Crowned
• Matt. 181 Who is the greatest?
• Matt. 2021 Grant that these my two sons
• D. Acts 1025-26 Peter Not Aware if Crowned
• E. Matt. 814-15 1 Cor. 95 Peter Married,
  Not Popes

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• III. People Will Give Wrong Answers
• A. Matt. 1614 Great Compliments, But Wrong
  Answers
• B. Wrong Answers Today
• Jews rabbi
• Buddhist one of many lights
• Hindu one of many gods, saviors
• Jehovahs Witnesses a created god, head angel
• Secular humanist just another man

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• IV. Truth Comes From the Father
• A. Matt. 1617 Truth Confessed as Divine
  Revelation Not Human Speculation
• Flesh blood human origin
• Father in heaven divine origin
• Vital distinction in all religious issues

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• V. Jesus Promised To Build It
• A. Matt. 1618 I Will Build My Church
• Built on great confession of truth
• Church souls saved, in realm of fellowship with
  God

• Not Hierarchy

• Not Cathedral

• Not Denomination

Sinner Called by Gospel
CHURCH EKKLESIA Called out
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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• V. Jesus Promised To Build It
• A. Matt. 1618 I Will Build My Church
• Built on great confession of truth
• Church souls saved, in realm of fellowship with
  God
• Wrong church no salvation, no fellowship with
  God

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Churches Built by Man, Not Christ
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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• VI. Gates of Hades Wont Hold
• A. Matt. 1618 Shall Not Prevail
• Hades realm of death
• Not defeated by death, but thru death defeated
  Satan

Hebrews 214-15 Inasmuch then as the children
have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself
likewise shared in the same, that through death
He might destroy him who had the power of death,
that is, the devil, and release those who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST
Matthew 1619 And I will give you the keys of
the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on
earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you
loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

• VII. The Keys Open the Kingdom To All
• A. Preaching of Peter All Apostles to Open
  the Gates
• My church the kingdom of heaven
• Matt. 1818 All apostles included
• Keys their message opened way into kingdom
• Bind loose reveal law of kingdom
• Origin of message heaven, as in Matt. 1617

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• VII. The Keys Open the Kingdom To All
• A. Preaching of Peter All Apostles to Open
  the Gates
• B. How to Enter Kingdom Acts 236-38, 41, 47

Sinner Called by Gospel
CHRIST HIS CHURCH Kingdom of Heaven
Believe, Repent, Baptized
ltNOT Baby Baptism, NOT Faith Onlygt
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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• VII. The Keys Open the Kingdom To All
• A. Preaching of Peter All Apostles to Open
  the Gates
• B. How to Enter Kingdom
• C. Identified by Name of Christ, Not Human
  Names
• Acts 1126 the disciples were called
  Christians
• 1 Cor. 112-13 I am of PaulApollosCephas
  Is Christ divided? Baptized in the name of
  Paul?

NOW Pentecostal-Christian Baptist-Christian Cathol
ic-Christian
THEN Paulite-Christian Apollosite-Christian Cephas
ite-Christian
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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• VII. The Keys Open the Kingdom To All
• A. Preaching of Peter All Apostles to Open
  the Gates
• B. How to Enter Kingdom
• C. Identified by Name of Christ, Not Human
  Names
• D. Established on Pentecost in Jerusalem 33
  A.D.
• Matt. 1618-19 I will build my church.
  give unto thee the keys of the kingdom
• Acts 13-4 speaking ofthe kingdom commanded
  themnot depart from Jerusalem
• Acts 16 at this time restorethe kingdom?
• Acts 241, 47 the Lord added to the church
  daily

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Man-made Churches Names
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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• VII. The Keys Open the Kingdom To All
• A. Preaching of Peter All Apostles to Open
  the Gates
• B. How to Enter Kingdom
• C. Identified by Name of Christ, Not Human
  Names
• D. Established on Pentecost in Jerusalem 33
  A.D.
• E. Christ the Only Head, No Earthly Head or
  Headqtrs.
• Eph. 122 hath put all things under his feet,
  and gave him to be head over all things to the
  church
• Matt. 2818 All authority is given unto me
• Our head headquarters in heaven
• Headqtrs. on earth man-made church, wrong church

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WHEN PETER CONFESSED CHRIST

• 1. Great Lessons
• Peter Confessed the Deity of Christ
• Christ Did Not Confess Peter
• People Will Give Wrong Answers
• Truth Comes From the Father
• Jesus is the Builder
• Gates of Hades Wont Hold
• The Keys Open the Kingdom To All
• 2. Confess Obey Christ!