The Covenant Of God's LoveSample

"Seek fellowship with other believers" At Caesarea Philippi, a place filled with various philosophies and teeming with religious expression, Jesus Christ asked His disciples what others were saying about Him. They answered by naming some of the prophets with whom others identified Him. Jesus then asked, “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter, speaking for the group, answered accurately, “You are the Christ… the Son… the living God.” This confession acknowledged Jesus as Son of the living God. All the pagan gods had “no breath in them.” Jesus noted that this confession could only come from the Father in Heaven. Jesus then said, “You are Peter (petros, a small stone) and upon this rock (petra, a large ledge of rock) I will build My church.” Jesus would not build His church on Peter or any other one person. The church is built on Jesus Christ Himself as the chief Corner- stone (1 Peter 2.6-8). Individual believers are “living stones” chosen by God and equally placed into His spiritual house (1 Peter 2.4-5). To His Church, Jesus has given the “keys to the kingdom.” Through our witness and by our service we open the doors of kingdom life upon this earth. The promise of Christ is that the very gates of death and Hell cannot stand up against the mission of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Every believer in and follower after Jesus is placed in the Church as the Body of Christ. Each one is then to find fellowship and ministry in a local body of believers.