"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:18).

Which is more important? (a) The first rock of God's Temple? (b) All the rocks put together (Church)? or, (c) The Person building the whole thing (Jesus Christ)?

". . . verily I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them" (Luke 12:37).

". . . in the third year . . . did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord . . . In the third year . . . began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah. . . .

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).

"Ye were . . . redeemed . . . with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (I Peter 1:18-19).