<TITLE>24. Par -</TITLE>L-186-231 Now, listen, quickly now, so we get right... I don't want to hold you too long on these questions. Look, in the day when Jesus come down off the Mount Transfiguration with His disciples, He said, "Who does man say that I am, and what do they say?"
"Some says Thou art John the Baptist; some say You're Elias, some say You're the prophet." He said, "But Who do you say I am?"
And Peter said, "Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God."
He said, "Blessed art thou, Simon--Simon Bar-jona," said, "for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. You never learned this in some church; you never learned this in some seminary. But My Father has revealed this to you; and upon this rock I'll build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

L-187-235 Now, the Catholic church says, "It was Peter." They had a rock there, and it still lays under the Vatican City (and that was in Jerusalem, in the--Palestine). And they said that that was the rock.
The Protestant church says it was Peter who they built the church upon. If that's so, it backslid a few days later. That wasn't it.
The church was built upon the Divine revelation of God. "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, Peter, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed it to you. And upon this rock (spiritual revelation of the Word of God) I'll build My church, and the gates of hell will never prevail against it."
That's where I say, in Luther, Methodist, and whatever you are, whatever, Pentecostals, and whatever you are, doesn't make a bit of difference; when the church of God moves on in the power of the inspiration, she'll move right on and on and on and on, and no denomination stop it; nothing in the world will stop it. "Upon this rock I'll build My church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it": spiritual, revealed truth.

L-187-239 Now, watch now the next, He says, "And thou art Simon, and I give unto thee..." because he had the spiritual, revealed truth. That's the reason he knowed the difference between Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He had a spiritual revelation. That's what you're understanding tonight, where the Holy Spirit's opening it up to us.
He said, "Thou art Simon, and I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven. And whatever you bind on this earth, I'll bind it in heaven. Whatever you loose on this earth, I'll loose it in heaven." Did He say it? St. Matthew the 16th chapter, "Whatever you bind on earth, I'll bind in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth, I'll loose in heaven. And I will give you the keys to (What?) the Kingdom of heaven." What is the Kingdom of heaven? The Holy Spirit. The Bible said, "The Kingdom of heaven is within you..." I mean, "the Kingdom of God," excuse me. "Kingdom is within you."

L-188-241 Now, He said, "Some standing here will not see death until they see the Kingdom of God coming in power." Just a few days later till Pentecost. See? "Some stands here," right in that same place--thing He was saying it, "Some of you stands here..." He just been transfigured, said, "You won't see death until you see the Kingdom of God coming in power."
The Bible said the Kingdom's within you. When Jesus rose from the dead, remember, He had on His side the keys of death and hell, not the keys to the Kingdom; that was given to the church. Now, Peter had the keys. Do you believe Jesus would keep His Word? If He doesn't, brother, He wasn't God. That's all. Now, He said, "Peter, I'll give you the keys to the Kingdom," in other words, "to the Holy Spirit. Whatever you bind on earth, I'll bind in heaven."


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