UPON THIS ROCK

 "When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that i son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He said unto them, But whom say ye that i am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my father which is in heaven. And I say unto thee, That thou art peter,and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loosed on earth shall be loosed in heaven.......Matt. 16: 13-19"

Jesus asked His disciple a wonderful question. " who do men say i am?" some of His disciples said, He's Elijah, some said He's one of the prophet of old, but Peter said "you are Christ the son of the living God!" Jesus reply you are Peter, AND UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH.........

What rock  was Jesus  referring to in the above statement, was He referring to Peter, they answer is no, because the church of Christ can not be built on the strength of a man ! The Bible says by strength shall no man prevail!! What then  was Jesus referring to? Peter said "you are Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God"! That was a revelation from Heaven, and it can only got to peter through the auspices of the Holy Spirit!!! The Holy Spirit of God is the Solid Rock upon which the church of Christ is built.

The Holy Spirit gave the revelational knowledge to Peter and Peter was able to revealed who Jesus is. ' And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. The keys of the kingdom of heaven refer to authority, power, right, dominion etc. The Holy Spirit is the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever the church bind on earth shall be bound in heaven...... 

Every regenerated soul must be baptized with the Holy Spirit, and be fill with the fullness of the Holy Spirit of God. The keys of the kingdom of heaven refers to the fullness of the Holy Spirit of God. This fullness of the Holy Spirit is the seven Spirits of  God! They are; The Spirit of Lordship, The Spirit of Might, The Spirit of Wisdom, The Spirit of Knowledge, The Spirit of Understanding, The Spirit of Counsel and the Spirit of the fear of the Lord!

The fact still remains, without the Holy Spirit of God, the church will be powerless, without the Holy Spirit the church cannot witness for Jesus, without the Holy Spirit of God, the church can do nothing. Jesus told His disciple, you shall received power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you! The Holy Spirit of God is the rock upon which the church of Christ is built!!!