Jesus told Peter, “Blessed at you Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 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” (Mathew 16:17-18).
What is the rock upon which God will build his church? The rock is this, “Thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God.” The body of Christ, the universal church can be built on no one less than Christ himself.
Notice Jesus said he will build the church. We say what we need to say, when we need to say it, to whom we need to say it. That is all. The Holy Spirit does the work.
If our ministry is small in our own eyes, we need to remember it is God at work in us. What we see may appear small, but the eternal outcome is beyond our ability to see (John 3:27; Philipians 2:13).
