HELL PROOF MY HOME | Week 3, Pt.4

AS A FAMILY WE HAVE CHOSEN TO REVOLVE OUR LIVES AROUND JESUS & THE LOCAL CHURCH!

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because My Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build My church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.  (Mat 16:16-18)

Let me continue to break down this powerful statement of Jesus…

“because My Father in heaven…” – Jesus is the Son of God, His Father is in heaven. Jesus never shirked from calling God His Father, claiming equality with God. I realize some people believe the Discovery Channel more than the Bible, but we can’t ever say that Jesus didn’t claim to be God.  He did over and over again.  And once again as Jesus calls God His Father, He is claiming equality with Him.

When I decided to follow Jesus I was in a bad place, but that wasn’t ultimately why I gave my life to Jesus Christ! Some people today think, “every person I know that has become a Christ-follower has been in some kind of trouble or tragic crisis, well that just isn’t me.”

First of all, don’t wait until you are in the middle of trouble or a tragedy to turn to Jesus.

Second, I didn’t turn to follow Jesus because I was in trouble but because HE IS THE TRUTH. I decided to follow Jesus because He is TRUE! JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO EXPERIENCE REAL & LASTING TRANSFORMATION!

“has revealed this to you.” – you and I don’t know anything about the truth of Jesus Christ unless God reveals it. What an awesome reality. We have a God who loves us so much that He chose to reveal Himself to us. He is not silent, He is not distant, He is not unloving or uninvolved. He is very much involved, so much so that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to die on a cross to save us from our sins. The Word of God is the written revelation of God’s Love to Mankind.

If you want to know Jesus, know His Word! The more you get into the Word of God, the more the God of the Word will get into you. If you have the Son, you have life!