Declaring All the Counsel of God

English 🇵🇭 Tagalog The Church That Never Vanished A Study of Matthew 16:18 and the Unbroken Promise of Christ “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” — Matthew 16:18 Introduction: A Promise That Demands an Answer There is a claim that circulates through the religious world with alarming confidence and dangerous consequences. It is the claim that the church Jesus built  fell away , that it  vanished  from the earth, that it became so corrupted it ceased to exist — and that therefore, someone had to  restore  it. From this premise, entire religious movements have been built, denominations have been founded, and men have crowned themselves apostles of a "restored gospel." But I want you to stop right here, before we go one verse further, and ask yourself a simple, piercing question:  If the church Jesus built vanished...

English 🇵🇭 Tagalog There Is Nothing to Restore — Just Preach the Gospel A Doctrinal Exposition Affirming the Ongoing Existence and Perfection of God’s Church Introduction In recent centuries, many sincere believers have spoken of a "restoration movement"—the idea that the true church was lost to history and must now be recovered or re-established. But is this concept biblical? Does Scripture ever indicate that the church built by Christ (Matthew 16:18) would vanish, become corrupted, and need a future restoration? The answer, as revealed in the inspired Word of God, is  no . What God  planned before the foundation of the world  (Ephesians 3:9–11), what Christ  purchased with His own blood  (Acts 20:28), and what was  established in power on Pentecost  (Acts 2),  continues to exist today . While men may depart from the truth, the truth remains. And what we are called to do is not to restore, but to  pre...