"Built on This Confession"
Message by Pastor Jeff Tucker
"Built on This Confession"
Message by Pastor Jeff Tucker
All Saints Sunday brings names and faces into the same room. Grief sits next to gratitude. We remember those who died in the faith. We do not remember them as spiritual superheroes. We remember them as forgiven sinners held by Jesus.
All Saints Sunday brings names and faces into the same room. Grief sits next to gratitude. We remember those who died in the faith. We do not remember them as spiritual superheroes. We remember them as forgiven sinners held by Jesus.
The pane of Peter and the keys gives us a clear All Saints word. Peter confesses boldly. Peter fails painfully. Jesus restores him completely. That is not a side story. It is the shape of the Church. Jesus does not build His Church on impressive people. He builds it on the confession that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God. The saints before us were not saved by their strength. We will not be saved by ours. The Church stands because Christ keeps His promises. He forgives. He restores. He holds His people. Even the gates of death cannot prevail against the Church Jesus has built.
The pane of Peter and the keys gives us a clear All Saints word. Peter confesses boldly. Peter fails painfully. Jesus restores him completely. That is not a side story. It is the shape of the Church. Jesus does not build His Church on impressive people. He builds it on the confession that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God. The saints before us were not saved by their strength. We will not be saved by ours. The Church stands because Christ keeps His promises. He forgives. He restores. He holds His people. Even the gates of death cannot prevail against the Church Jesus has built.
