"And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." Matt 16:18 (KJV)
What is the rock that the church is built on? Peter? No. The church is built on the simple, but powerful truth revealed to Peter by the Holy Spirit. That truth is that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God. That truth coupled with the promise that followed in Matthew 16 became a war cry for Agape Forcers.
Those of us who had grown up in church had been fed a steady diet of, "Hold the fort for I am coming", for too many years. Suddenly, as if a light had been turned on for the first time, we realized that God was telling us to go to the gates of Hell and kick them in. They would not be able to stand against us as long as we were standing solidly on the "rock" that is Jesus.
Dee Patton