Why has a verse in Matthew 16 been twisted out of context?
Interpreters have forced a Matthew 16 passage to say something it does not say because they ignore the biblical rule of order. That rule requires that when a word is used in a particular way, it is never used outside that context.
Les explains that the verse has been twisted all out of context in order to make it say something it does not, simply because people do not maintain a biblical rule of order. That rule is that when a word is used in a particular way, it is never used out of that context. He then brings the listener to Matthew chapter 16, a portion most are well acquainted with, to point out Peter's confession and his mode of salvation in verse 16: "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.