You are Peter and On This Rock I Will Build My Church

Making Friends With The Lord Jesus · Aug 7, 2024 · 12m

Jesus asked what the apostles thought about Him. Simon replies that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus is God too. Jesus acknowledges that this declaration could be possible only by a singular grace of faith from His Father in Heaven. Then, Jesus renames Simon as Peter, recognizing him for his future role in His Church as the Rock on which Jesus would establish His Church. He then gives him the power of the keys, to bind and to loosen on earth, and it will be recognized as such in Heaven. The gates of hell will not prevail against the Catholic Church. Indestructible until the…