“I Will Build My Church”
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“I Will Build My Church”

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When children ask where God lives, we may stumble to respond—but the Bible provides an answer! God doesn’t live in a tabernacle or in outer space, explains Alistair Begg, but in the church, which He is building. In the church, believers are gathered together by the Holy Spirit and placed into union with Jesus Christ and into communion with one another. As “living stones,” we form the temple that is God’s dwelling place.


Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

13xNow when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14And they said, “Some say yJohn the Baptist, others say zElijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon Peter replied, a“You are bthe Christ, cthe Son of dthe living God.” 17And Jesus answered him, e“Blessed are you, fSimon Bar-Jonah! For gflesh and blood has not revealed this to you, hbut my Father who is in heaven. 18And I tell you, iyou are Peter, and jon this rock2 I will build my church, and kthe gates of lhell3 shall not prevail against it. 19I will give you mthe keys of the kingdom of heaven, and nwhatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed4 in heaven.” 20oThen he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.