Who am I to you?

'Who am I to you?'

(Contextual breakdown)

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Matthew 16:17-19
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Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven
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And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
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I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven

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What is said in this passage has been used for the will of many, but not to honor the Father, but to enable themselves.

Explaination of verse 17

Simon Peter was witness to the voice of God saying, 'this is my Son of whom I am well pleased'. That was revealed to Simon, (and the others who were there), at the water baptism of Jesus when the voice of God spoke.

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Matthew 3:17
17

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

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Explanation of verse 18

(Those who believe and have not seen are blessed.) The foundation of Jesus being the Son of God, is the Church, and, the Rock it is built upon was this revealed truth from heaven. A truth that was witnessed and did not require faith. The principality, the kingdom of death; would not be able to claim the Son of God. And that is because the Spirit within him remained with him. And those who believe this, are blessed, and the Spirit will raise them for carrying that truth into death as well.

John 8:32
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

So 'on this rock', is, on the fundemental the Spirit of God overcomes death in those who recognize the work of the Son of God to do his Father's will.

Explanation of verse 19

The Spirit of God, that raised Jesus from the dead without decay, is the Holy Spirit. This Spirit of Truth, is the same Spirit that Jesus sent down to be among us; to work through us by the kingdom of God. This Spirit works through us, as it does in heaven. The kingdom is the realm of spiritual life, it is where the actions of the eternal Authority of God comes from the Spirit of God through us. (All things came through the Word, and the Word is the eternal Authority).

The keys to this kingdom are the ingredients we need to have the Holy Spirit work through us by the kingdom. Those key ingredients are belief in the Son of God, and denial of self so the Spirit of Truth can work through us.

When the truth is in us, we are in the truth. The truth will only do the Father's will. So if it is the Father's will it will be done here on earth as it is in heaven, and likewise it will be done in heaven as it is done here on earth. This does not mean the will of individuals can change the pricipals of the infinite nor the eternal. What it does mean is; that we serve the will of the Father, here as it is served in heaven. So what is bound here is bound there, what is loosed here is loosed there- all because it is the same by the kingdom, which the power of, and the glory of, are the Father's.

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2 John 1:2
because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever

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