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When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying,\\xa0\\u201cWho do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?\\u201d So they said,\\xa0\\u201cSome\\xa0say\\xa0John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or\\xa0one of the prophets.\\u201d He said to them,\\xa0\\u201cBut who do\\xa0you say that I am?\\u201d Simon Peter answered and said,\\xa0\\u201cYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.\\u201d Jesus answered and said to him,\\xa0\\u201cBlessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed\\xa0this\\xa0to you, but\\xa0My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that\\xa0you are Peter, and\\xa0on this rock I will build My church, and\\xa0the gates of Hades shall not\\xa0prevail against it. Matthew 16:13-18 (NKJV)

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been\\xa0built\\xa0on the foundation of the\\xa0apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being\\xa0the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into\\xa0a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a\\xa0dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Ephesians 2:19-22 (NKJV)

Coming to Him\\xa0as to\\xa0a living stone,\\xa0rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God\\xa0and\\xa0precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:4-5 (NKJV)

And\\xa0He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. Then He said to them,\\xa0\\u201cThus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and\\xa0remission of sins should be preached in His name\\xa0to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And\\xa0you are witnesses of these things. Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.\\u201d Luke 24:45-49 (NKJV)

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