I. CHILD OF GOD, in a place of many gods, Jesus Christ asks the most important question of all time: "Whom do men say that I am? and then makes it personal: "But whom say YE that I am? (Matthew 16:13-19). Brother, who do men say you are? Who are you? Who is Jesus Christ to you? Do you truly know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and saviour? Do men see you walking that Christlike life? The world saw Jesus Christ depending on what they witnessed and heard about him. But the disciples, your church members, your friends, your family, and your community – who do they say you are? Peter answered, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus Christ immediately responded, "Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven." There are mysteries of the gospel that must be revealed through Father. There are things that you cannot understand through your carnal mind; you must move into the spiritual realm to understand. Beloved, the carnal person cannot understand spiritual truth. The carnal man has eyes but cannot see and has ears but cannot hear. Seek daily revelation to go through each day.
II. BRETHREN IN THE LORD, based on Peter’s answer, Jesus Christ declared, "...thou art Peter, and I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18). , what are you building? Today, check your foundation. Is your life built on the SOLID ROCK, or is it built on and around your pastor, your money, your talent, and your title? Those are small stones that will shift. Don’t forget that storms will test every foundation. (Matthew 7:24-27) Any foundation that is not built on the SOLID ROCK - the unchanging confession that Jesus Christ is Lord, will fall. Minister of the Gospel, stop worrying as if the Church depends on you. Jesus Christ is the builder of His Church; you remain a labourer, not the builder. Your job is to remain a faithful worker, available, living, and connected to the Cornerstone. Stop living in fear, for the gate of hell cannot prevail against you. You are part of an unstoppable army. The gates of your family, your community, and your workplace that are locked by sin, addiction, and darkness - you have the keys. Go and open them.
III. DAUGHTER OF ZION, the Church is not built on a man, but on a REVELATION. What is your in Christ Jesus being built on? The confession of Peter, revealed through the power of God that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God – that is the "petra", the bedrock. The Church is not built on Peter the man, who denied Jesus Christ weeks later. The Church is built on the truth Peter confessed: Jesus is the Messiah, God incarnate. Any church built on any other foundation will not stand against persecution. 1 Corinthians 3:11 says "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." Ephesians 2:20 says we are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. If the Church were built on Peter, it would have collapsed on Good Friday when Peter denied Him. But because it is built on Christ, it still stands. Don’t build a church around the "so-called founder and leader".
IV. SON OF MAN, no man can be the founder and leader of the Church of God. No one can replace Jesus Christ, the builder of the Church. Jesus did not say, "You will build" or "They will build." He said, "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH." This is profound: it is HIS Church. Not the pastor's church, not the bishop's church, not the denomination's church. He is the Builder, the Owner, and the Head. We are stewards, not owners. It is a building project in progress. "I will build" is present continuous. He is still building. He builds through persecution, through preaching, and through trials. Every soul won is a living stone added (1 Peter 2:5). You cannot kill a Church that Jesus Christ is building. You cannot stop a project whose foreman is alive forevermore. "...and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The picture is not of the Church defending itself from hell attacking. The gates are defensive. It is the CHURCH that is on the offensive, storming the gates of hell, and those gates cannot withstand the assault. Remember this is a DIVINE NEW DAY PROPHETIC WORD of encouragement sent forth through the authority and power of Christ Jesus and delivered to the brethren through God's vessel, Francis Ameyibor. Yes! The Church Is Unstoppable Because Death Cannot Hold It.
V. 2026 IS OUR YEAR AND SEASON TO BE LIFTED UP—"And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven..." Keys denote authority and access. The Church built on the Rock is given delegated authority to bind and loose – to declare what heaven has already decreed in the Word, to open the door of salvation through preaching the Gospel, and to shut the door to sin and hell through discipline and truth.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, reveal yourself to us again. Build us, build our families, and build Your Church in our time upon the unshakable Rock of who You are. Amen.
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