Pastor Jeremy shares Wednesday in Glendive.

Matt 16:13 When Jesus came into the region of

Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who

do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 So they said,

“Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others

Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them,

“But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter

answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the

living God.” 17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed

are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not

revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock

I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not

prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the

kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will

be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth

will be loosed in heaven.”

● Jesus makes a distinction between Peter and the

rock or the foundation of His church. Peter is a

person, the foundation of the church is our

confession that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the

Living God.

● Paul describes the church as “the body of Christ”

When we are born again we do not become the

church, we become part of the church. We do not

become Jesus, we become a member of the body.

● If the foundation of the church was Peter, the

church would have collapsed two verses later

when Jesus tells Peter to “get behind me Satan,

you are an offense to Me for you are not mindful

of the things of God but the things of men.”

● Jesus said He would give us the keys of the

kingdom of heaven. You might say that keys are

required to gain access to areas that are valuable.

● Wisdom, salvation, righteousness, faith, how to be

led by the Spirit of God, the believer’s authority,

these are all keys that will give us access to the

valuables of freedom, peace, joy, victory, healing,

provision

● A key ring holds all your keys...sometimes you

know what all the keys are for and sometimes you

have forgot what key that’s for and sometimes you

didn’t even know you had a key on your key ring.

● The key ring for the keys of the kingdom is the

Word of God. The Word runs right through every

key. It is center cut, right through the top of the

key. It is what holds all the keys together, makes

them more efficient to find and easier to use.

Eph 6:10-20

● You can’t take off and put on salvation when you

want to.

● You can’t take off and put on righteousness when

you want to.

● This portion of scripture goes along with Matt 16’s

keys and binding and loosing in the manner that

you take what you know about salvation,

righteousness, faith, the Word of God...and you

use it to withstand, resist, bind, & loose.