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I found it very interesting how I thought one thing, was taught one thing and now at 77 learn it differently. From Matthew 16:18 --"And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it."----------NOW---before I go further allow me to say this is not for argumentative purposes, nor tooting my horn, chatting about something I learned that I misunderstood in the past, I spent 2 days (maybe 6 - 8hours) hung up on this, not saying I am 100% right. Appears to be a play on words in the Greek----Peter is= petros a stone-----rock is = Petra---a massive rock. We know that the church is built upon Christ and we understand that Christ is the chief corner stone....1 Peter 2:4-8----Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in Scripture---"BEHOLD I LAY IN ZION A CHIEF CORNER STONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame. Therefore, to you who believe , HE IS PRECIOUS; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner stone and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.----also Paul writes in 1 Cort. 3:11--no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ......Let me go back to petros---a stone, when I looked up the greek it is say like a chip off the rock, small, something moveable and we know how Peter was moveable in faith, much like each of us, we don't mean to but we waiver, we are little stones, but our continued faith allow us to be built upon that massive Petra, the rock which can not be moved, the rock, Jesus Christ Himself.

Something to kick you ole brain in gear this morning.....God Bless