Matthew 16:15-16 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Promise #1: Christ will ____________ His ____________.

Promise #2: Hell won't ____________ the ____________.

Promise #3: Christ will use the church to do ____________ work on ____________.


Scripture Readings
Isaiah 51:1-6
Romans 11:33 - 12:8
Matthew 16:13-20

Take It With You!

Here we will offer thoughts and meditations on the message to help us as we contemplate and discuss and wrestle with what we are hearing.

It is also taught that at all times there must be and remain one holy, Christian church. It is the assembly of all believers among whom the gospel is purely preached and the holy sacraments are administered according to the gospel.

For this enough for the true unity of the Christian church that there the gospel is preached harmoniously according to a pure understanding and the sacraments are administered in conformity with the divine Word. It is not necessary for the true unity of the Christian church that uniform ceremonies, instituted by human beings, be observed everywhere. As Paul says in Ephesians 4:4-5: "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism."

The Augsburg Confession: Article WI. Concerning the Church