On This Rock
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18) Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?” (John 3:9-10) The Bible is the only explainer/expositor with the authority to speak correctly and truthfully about the church. The Holy Spirit alone leads us to a correct assessment of what we witness as it pertains to the Body of Christ. We must believe what is written in the Word, not what we have concluded or reasoned in our minds. The cross is the only basis for understanding the church born out of its stark reality, and no man fully understands these things but the Son of Man, Jesus Christ. There are legions of experts on the church, yet our thoughts about such things mean absolutely nothing. No matter how noble or well-conceived, they amount to not...