Youth This Week!

At youth group this week we were reading Matthew 16.
There were some choice verses that spearheaded our discussion, the first one being verse 16 that covers Peter's confession that Jesus was the Christ and not just some prophet. This information did not come from his own thoughts but from the Father, so Jesus called him blessed.

In verse 17 Jesus says, "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it." What many people don't notice is that Jesus wasn't saying that He was going to build the church on Peter, He was saying that He would build His church upon Himself and that He is the only one truly stable and unmovable.

Jesus was trying to show Peter and us that we need to be firmly planted in Him. It's all about losing ourselves in Jesus, and when we do that's when we gain real life.

Be Blessed!