Biblical Reading and Reflections: September 22nd (Zechariah 2 & Matthew 16:13-28)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Power of the Keys
The power of the keys can be connected with the power of teaching. Peter is exercising an authority here that is also ascribed to the church later on in matthew, chapter 18, verse 17. If he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a gentile and a tax collector. He's going to build this congregation of people. This is not some blank check of authority. It's not some ongoing petrine office. Rather it's the ministry of peter as a pivotal figure in redemptive history.
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