Jesus the Rock:
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Math 16:18. 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.
This passage is said to prove that Peter was the rock upon which Christ would build His church, yet Peter himself taught that Christ was the foundation rock of the church. ( 1 Peter 2:5-8 )
Paul said the same ( Eph 2:19-20 ) He gave all the apostles equal place in the church “building”. Christ was the chief cornerstone. Peter was never told he was the cornerstone. He was simply one of the “stones” along with the other apostles.
In the above passage Jesus called Peter “Petros” ( Greek ), Which means a stone or a piece of rock. ( Strongs Greek dictionary ). He was not calling Him a foundation rock. The word He used for the foundation of His church was “Petra” which means “a ledge of rock”. ( Liddell and scott’s Greek Lexicon ) a fixed immovable rock but Petros, a piece of rock.
In Math 16:16 Peter just confessed that Christ was the Son of the living God and Christ was responding by saying in affect, This is the rock I will build my church, That is Himself, Christ the Son of the living God. The church is build on Christ the true foundation Rock and not upon a man who was to denied Christ 3 times.
The Rock is Jesus, “the Son of the living God”, something no mortal man can ever be.
1Cor 3:11. No other foundation can anyone lay which is Jesus Christ.
1Cor 11:3. Christ is the head of every man.
Eph 1:22. God gave Him ( Christ ) to be head of all things to the church
Other Texts to look up about the “Rock.”
1, Gen 49:24. The hand of the Mighty God of Jacob. The shepherd, the stone of Israel
Duet 32:4. He is the Rock, His work is perfect. A God of truth and without injustice.
Duet 32:15. Then he forsook God who made him. The Rock of his salvation.
Duet 32:18. The Rock who begot you. You have forgotten the God who fathered you.
1Sam 2:2. No one is Holy like our Lord, Nor is there any Rock like our God.
2Sam 22:2. The Lord is my Rock and my fortress and my deliverer.
2Sam 22:32. And who is a Rock, except our God?
2Sam 22:47. Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted. The Rock of my salvation.
Psa 18:2. The Lord is my Rock and my fortress and my deliverer.
Psa 18:31. For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?
Psa 18:32. For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a Rock, except our God.
Psa 18:46. The Lord lives! Blessed by my Rock. The Lord of my salvation.
Psa 28:1. To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
Psa 42:9. I will say to God my Rock, Why have You forgotten me?
Psa 62:2. He only is my rock and my salvation…
Psa 62:6. He only is my rock and my salvation…
Psa 62:7. In God is my salvation and my glory, The rock of my strength…
Psa 89:26. My God and the Rock of my salvation.
Psa 92:15. To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
Psa 94:22. But the Lord has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge.
Psa 118:22. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Isa 28:16. A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation.
Math 7:24. Whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
Math 21:42. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Mark 12:10. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Luke 20:17. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Acts 4:11. The stone which was rejected, has become the chief cornerstone.
1Cor 10:4. For they drink of that spiritual Rock, and that Rock was Christ.
Eph 2:20. Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone.
1Peter 2:6. Behold, I lay at Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious.
This passage is said to prove that Peter was the rock upon which Christ would build His church, yet Peter himself taught that Christ was the foundation rock of the church. ( 1 Peter 2:5-8 )
Paul said the same ( Eph 2:19-20 ) He gave all the apostles equal place in the church “building”. Christ was the chief cornerstone. Peter was never told he was the cornerstone. He was simply one of the “stones” along with the other apostles.
In the above passage Jesus called Peter “Petros” ( Greek ), Which means a stone or a piece of rock. ( Strongs Greek dictionary ). He was not calling Him a foundation rock. The word He used for the foundation of His church was “Petra” which means “a ledge of rock”. ( Liddell and scott’s Greek Lexicon ) a fixed immovable rock but Petros, a piece of rock.
In Math 16:16 Peter just confessed that Christ was the Son of the living God and Christ was responding by saying in affect, This is the rock I will build my church, That is Himself, Christ the Son of the living God. The church is build on Christ the true foundation Rock and not upon a man who was to denied Christ 3 times.
The Rock is Jesus, “the Son of the living God”, something no mortal man can ever be.
1Cor 3:11. No other foundation can anyone lay which is Jesus Christ.
1Cor 11:3. Christ is the head of every man.
Eph 1:22. God gave Him ( Christ ) to be head of all things to the church
Other Texts to look up about the “Rock.”
1, Gen 49:24. The hand of the Mighty God of Jacob. The shepherd, the stone of Israel
Duet 32:4. He is the Rock, His work is perfect. A God of truth and without injustice.
Duet 32:15. Then he forsook God who made him. The Rock of his salvation.
Duet 32:18. The Rock who begot you. You have forgotten the God who fathered you.
1Sam 2:2. No one is Holy like our Lord, Nor is there any Rock like our God.
2Sam 22:2. The Lord is my Rock and my fortress and my deliverer.
2Sam 22:32. And who is a Rock, except our God?
2Sam 22:47. Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted. The Rock of my salvation.
Psa 18:2. The Lord is my Rock and my fortress and my deliverer.
Psa 18:31. For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?
Psa 18:32. For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a Rock, except our God.
Psa 18:46. The Lord lives! Blessed by my Rock. The Lord of my salvation.
Psa 28:1. To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
Psa 42:9. I will say to God my Rock, Why have You forgotten me?
Psa 62:2. He only is my rock and my salvation…
Psa 62:6. He only is my rock and my salvation…
Psa 62:7. In God is my salvation and my glory, The rock of my strength…
Psa 89:26. My God and the Rock of my salvation.
Psa 92:15. To declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
Psa 94:22. But the Lord has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge.
Psa 118:22. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Isa 28:16. A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation.
Math 7:24. Whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
Math 21:42. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Mark 12:10. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Luke 20:17. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
Acts 4:11. The stone which was rejected, has become the chief cornerstone.
1Cor 10:4. For they drink of that spiritual Rock, and that Rock was Christ.
Eph 2:20. Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone.
1Peter 2:6. Behold, I lay at Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious.
