Matt 16:18 – Possession (“My church”). Process (“I will build”). Power (“hell shall not prevail against it”). We can participate, attend, connect, serve …in church with confidence because God has put our hope in the church.
God blesses us so that we may bless others.
Jesus’ earthly journey would end with salvation made possible for all, but as He journeyed to that end, He never lost focus of His mission to call the individual to Himself.
In simple obedience to Christ, one who has trusted in Him for salvation is to be baptized as a public testimony of their new life in Him and of their desire to live in new ways.
Pride brings judgement and destruction, but humility brings God’s grace.
There is no one like Jesus and He alone is worthy to be followed.