WaywardNowHome
Puritan Board Freshman
Every time I've read through the gospel according to Matthew, I always struggle with this verse and just push it to the back of my mind for the time being. As such, I end up forgetting about it until the next time I read it, when I do the same thing again...
So the question is: What does this verse really mean? Is Christ building His church upon Peter? Is there a significance to the use of Petros for Peter and petra for the rock Christ is referring to?
I'm genuinely confused about this verse because of the way some people have ran with it, like the Catholics, and I feel like I'm just forcing myself to interpret it in such a way as to distance myself from them as far as I can rather than interpreting it as it should be interpreted.
So the question is: What does this verse really mean? Is Christ building His church upon Peter? Is there a significance to the use of Petros for Peter and petra for the rock Christ is referring to?
I'm genuinely confused about this verse because of the way some people have ran with it, like the Catholics, and I feel like I'm just forcing myself to interpret it in such a way as to distance myself from them as far as I can rather than interpreting it as it should be interpreted.