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NASB | Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of the living God." |
Bible Question:
(Matt.16:15-19) Which church was Jesus refering to to Peter ? A God of Love would not want to confuse His children with so so many different denominations and doctrines,would He ? |
Bible Answer: Dear Obi, Remember, that without regeneration of the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to affirm this statement of Peter's. I appreciate the way the old divines put it. "The catholic or universal church, which (with respect to the internal work of the Spirit and truth of grace) may be called invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ, the Head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all. (Hebrews 12:23; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:10, 22, 23; Ephesians 5:23, 27, 32) The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church, in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner... In the execution of this power wherewith he is so intrusted, the Lord Jesus calleth out of the world unto himself, through the ministry of his word, by his Spirit, those that are given unto him by his Father, that they may walk before him in all the ways of obedience, which he prescribeth to them in his word. Those thus called, he commandeth to walk together in particular societies, or churches, for their mutual edification, and the due performance of that public worship, which he requireth of them in the world. (Colossians 1:18; Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 4:11, 12; 2 Thessalonians 2:2-9; John 10:16; John 12:32; Matthew 28:20; Matthew 18:15-20)" --from the LBCF 1689, Chapter 26 In Him, Doc |