THIS ROCK 3

DAILY GRACE
WED. 27TH JULY, 2016
TOPIC: THIS ROCK 3
TEXT: MATT. 16:18
                       
Your day shall be fruitful and fulfilling beyond measure in the name of Jesus' Christ.
As we progress further from where we paused yesterday. The building of a church is not a stagnant one but progressively built on relationship with Him indeed.
The foundation on which it is built is, this Rock.
 Let the architect do his part ever so well, if the foundation be rotten, the building will not stand, let us therefore see what the foundation is, and it must be meant of Christ, for other foundation can no man lay. Isa. 28:16
 The church is built upon a rock, a firm, strong, and lasting foundation, which time will not waste, nor will it sink under the weight of the building. Christ would not build His house upon the sand, for He knew that storms would arise.

A rock is high (Ps. 61:2). Christ’s church does not stand upon a level with this world, a rock is large, and extends far, so does the church’s foundation.
Christ further promises to preserve and secure His church, when it is built. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it, neither against this truth, nor against the church which is built upon it.
This implies that the church has enemies that fight against it, and endeavour its ruin overthrow,  represented by the gates of hell, i.e the city of hell(which is directly opposite to this heavenly city, the city of the living God), the devil’s interest among the children of men.
 The gates of hell are the powers and policies of the devil’s kingdom, the dragon’s head and horns, by which he makes war with the Lamb, all that comes out of hell-gates, as being hatched and contrived there. This fight against the church by opposing gospel truths, corrupting gospel ordinances, persecuting good ministers and good Christians, drawing or driving, persuading by craft or forcing by cruelty, to that which is inconsistent with the purity of religion. This is the design of the gates of hell, to root out the name of Christianity (Ps. 83:4), to devour the man-child (Rev. 12:9), to raze this city to the ground.
This assures us that the enemies of the church shall not gain their point.

 While the world stands, Christ will have a church in it, in which His truths and ordinances shall be owned and kept up, in spite of all the opposition of the powers of darkness. They shall not prevail against it, (Ps. 129:1, 2).
This gives no security to any particular church that they shall never err, never apostatize.
The woman lives, though in a wilderness (Rev. 12:14), cast down but not destroyed (2 Cor. 4:9).
The church may be foiled in particular encounters, but in the main battle it shall come off more than a conqueror.
Enjoy your day!

Personal confession: Father, l declare as a true church that gates of hell shall not prevail over me in Jesus' name.

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