On This Rock I Will Build My Church - Part 9

Jesus Christ Himself said He will build His Church−Matt. 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church… These words that Jesus spoke constitute the Word of God!The Lord is actively watching over His Word to fulfill it i.e., to perform it, to do it−Jer. 1:12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it.” (AMP)As far as the building of His Church is concerned, Jesus Christ is actively watching over His Word to fulfill it!i. Abraham sent his oldest servant to go to his family to take a wife for his son and this is a picture of God the Father sending the Holy Spirit to search for and procure a bride for Jesus from among believers. This is synonymous with the building of the Church seen in the foundational type in Gen. 2:21-23.ii. The wife whom the servant would take for Isaac pictures believers who will form the Church that Christ is presently building, who will be His Bride!With respect to the building of His Church, Christ declared that the gates of Hades shall NOT prevail against it−Matt. 16:18 ...and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.Christ used the phrase to mean that although He had to die, death COULD NOT prevent Him from building His Church!