•A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
B. INSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH
Matthew 16:18 “And I also tell you, ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
1. FOUNDED ON THE CONFESSION
2. FOUNDED ON THE APOSTLES
C. INTENTION OF GOD
Matthew 16:18 “And I also tell you, ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
1. CERTAINTY OF GOD’S PERSON
2. CERTAINTY OF GOD’S WORK
II. GOD’S PREPARATION OF HIS CHURCH
A. INTIMACY OF THE CHURCH
Matthew 16:18 “And I also tell you, ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
1. LORDSHIP
2. OWNERSHIP
B. IDENTITY OF THE CHURCH
Matthew 16:18 “And I also tell you, ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
1. COMMON WORD
2. DUAL UNDERSTANDING
C. INVINCIBILITY OF THE CHURCH
Matthew 16:18 “And I also tell you, ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
1. VICTORY
2. LIMITS
III. GOD’S PROGRAM FOR HIS CHURCH
A. INCEPTION OF THE KINGDOM
Matthew 16:19a “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven’”
1. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM
2. AUTHORITY
B. INTEGRATION OF EARTH AND HEAVEN
Matthew 16:19b “and whatever shall have been bound on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever shall have been loosed on earth shall be loosed in heaven.’”
1. BINDING/AUTHORITY
2. ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
C. INSTRUCTION TO THE DISCIPLES
Matthew 16:20 “Then He strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that He was the Messiah.”
1. SPIRITUAL REALITY OF THAT TIME
2. SPIRITUAL REALITY TODAY
Matthew 28:18 “Therefore go and evangelize all the world, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, then teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.”
Luke 24:46-48 “The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”
John 20:21 “As the Father has sent me, so send I you.”
Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”