S4:232 Matthew 16-17

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

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🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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"What is the ""rock"" that Jesus says he will build his church on? What is the significance of Matthew 16:13-20 and how have Christians understood this text throughout history? In today's episode, Emma Dotter and Watermark member, Alan Beam discuss the three theological stances on the phrase ""on this rock, I will build my church"" that is said by Jesus in 16:18. Additional References: 1 Corinthians 10:4; Ephesians 2:19-20; 1 Peter 2:4-5 Check out Great Questions if you have any questions about faith and theology. https://www.watermark.org/ministries/great-questions If you have questions about the Bible, check out www.gotquestions.org Check out the Join The Journey Website for today's devotional and more resources! https://www.jointhejourney.com/ Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Watermark-Community-Church/author/B0BRYP5MQK?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1755623322&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=8aeeec3b-6c1c-416d-87ae-5dfbbb6981df Check out the study sheet for the book of Matthew: https://assets.ctfassets.net/t8fa2ob1jrlx/5i70m1Udg6twAQhWIxyWyS/2f298cba3d5e53ca762b9f0e7dcf341f/40-Matthew-Study-Sheet.pdf"

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0:00.0	All right, all right, join the Journey family, friends, and guests.
0:04.5	You're listening to Join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.
0:09.2	Thanks for joining.
0:10.2	Today, we are reading Matthew 16 through 17, and I am in the podcast studio with today's
0:15.7	Devo writer, Alan Beam.
0:17.3	Hey, hey.
0:18.0	Alan, welcome back.
0:19.1	Thank you.
0:19.4	You were just here a couple weeks ago. I'm so glad to have you back because you serve on great questions, which means every Monday night, you're on campus with a team of other volunteers, like-minded volunteers who are well studied and eager to help people better understand the Christian faith. Yeah, simply put. Yeah. And we'll put a link in the episode
0:37.9	description with more information about that ministry. And if you're listening from afar and want
0:42.7	to submit questions via email or the forum, I suppose, that's on the website, or you know someone
0:48.8	who's wrestling and would benefit from talking to someone like Alan or another one of the teammates.
0:53.8	You can submit those there. But Alan, my great question for you today is what is the significance of Matthew 16, 13, through 20, and how have Christians understood this text throughout history?
1:07.8	That's a great question, Emma. I'm going to start by reading this passage and then jump into my answer.
1:13.6	So starting in verse 13, now when Jesus came into the district of Cessori of Philippi, he asked
1:19.6	his disciples, who do people say that the son of man is?
1:22.6	And they said, some say John the Paptists, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah are one of the prophets.
1:28.8	He said to them, but who do you say that I am?
1:31.5	Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
1:35.6	And Jesus answered him, Blessed are you Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has not revealed
1:40.1	this to you but my Father who is in heaven.
1:42.2	And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock,
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