‘Caesarea Philippi’ Mt 16:13-20

1. Introduction

2. Pagan Territory

Herod the Tetrarch

3. The Big Question

Who do people say the Son of Man is?

But what about you? Who do you say I am?

You are the Christ (the Messiah), the Son of the living God.

4. A Revelation

‘Blessed are you Simon son of Jonah for this was not revealed to you by man but by my Father in heaven’.

5. Building the Church

‘I will build my church’

‘Ichabod’

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Rev 2:4

6. Take Comfort

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Eph 6:12

I will build my church, and the Gates of Hades will not overcome it.

7. The Church’s Hands and Feet

18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church

 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

I will build my church, and the Gates of Hades will not overcome it !!!