Matthew 16:18 -  “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”!

Today’s Church:

Is being increasingly marginalized

The church is not feared

The world mocks our Bible

The world laughs at our powerlessness

They find humor in our Gospel

They believe we are all hypocrites

We need the presence and power of God.

His church preaches the true Gospel!

His crucifixion and His resurrection

v23,26 Preaches truth about what it says about sin

v 38-40 What It Says About Salvation

37,40-41 His church is made up of true disciples

Its Members Are Saved

v 42 Its Members Are Separated

“If you love me, keep my commands.”  John 14:15.

“for it is written: ““Be holy, because I am holy.”” 1Pet. 1:16.

v 42 Members Are faithful! 

Heb. 10:25. — “…not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching”

v 44-45 Members Are Servants

v 42, 46-47 His church follows Jesus example

prayer and worship. 

Phil 3:10 “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.”

“Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord; praise him, you servants of the Lord, 2 you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.” Psa. 135:1–3.

“Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.” Psa. 22:3. 

v 44-45 Work Together

v 42, 46 Walk Together

v 41,43,47 His church obeys Jesus

He “added” to their number daily.

v 47 Jesus Is Personal