Re: Matt 16
In Matt 16 Peter gets the Revelation that Jesus is the Christ, and then the Lord tells him upon this rock I will build my church. From that moment on Jesus begins to reveal that He will go to the cross. Peter rebukes him. Then in verse 26 Jesus says – “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” This is an allusion to Job 27:8. The cross of Christ is the foundation of the Christian life, and the book of Job also talks about laying the foundation of man.
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They shall live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God
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