042: Allen Laben – Confession

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You’re about to hear and now

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let’s hear more about this
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Welcome back everyone and thank
you again to Sam Taylor for

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doing intros for the last two
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It was great having him
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For this week’s class.
We have an opportunity to have

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another guest introducer this
time my brother Alan Laban who

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actually gave the classes that
were picking from for the

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podcast this week brother Alan
gave a series at the Wichita

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Falls studied a on Simon Peter.
This is specifically his third

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class talking about Peters
confession.

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I really enjoyed all of his
classes, but without going into

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too much detail.
I’ll let brother Allen continue

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the intro.
This is one that he and I Did

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while we were up at bible
school?

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So it was a really special
opportunity to get it straight

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from the source and he can do a
much better job introducing

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everything then I can and after
that we’ll go right into his

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third class on the confessions
of Peter.

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Peter was a man of contrast.
He’s a portrait of someone who

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had both highs and lows he could
be impulsive turbulent and

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stubborn adjusting the gospel
records.

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For example, we know that Peter
had to be called three times

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before he finally followed
Jesus.

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He lost his faith will the water
nearly drowned he failed to

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understand the significance of
Jesus teachings on multiple

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occasions, and he often tried to
take matters into his own hands

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and enforce how he thought
things should happen.

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He rebuked Jesus and tried to
restrain him from going to

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Jerusalem earning the rebuke get
thee behind me Satan.

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He resisted having his feet
washed.

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He dismissed Jesus warnings
about the struggles.

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He would face on Jesus final
night.

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He fell asleep in the garden
when Jesus needed him the most

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here Ashley.
Just out in violence during

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Jesus arrest and he flatly
denied even knowing him but

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these are contrasted with Peters
devotion sincerity willingness

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to act on his faith honesty and
bravery.

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He was the first person in the
gospel record to confess his

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sinfulness to Jesus.
He left everything.

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He had to follow him.
He welcomed Jesus into his home

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in every aspect of his life.
He was a leader among his peers.

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He asked the questions that were
on the minds of all the

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disciples and gave boy.
As to those things the others

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were too timid to say it’s no
accident that in every listing

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of the disciples Peter is listed
first.

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Peter was remarkably close to
Jesus and singled out on

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multiple occasions.
Sometimes along with James and

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John and sometimes by himself to
witness particular Miracles or

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hear specific instruction.
He listened closely to the words

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of Jesus and he clung to Jesus
even when others fell away,

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especially during that final
year of Jesus ministry he Jonas

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faith when others were
constrained by fear, and he

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applied Jesus teachings as best
he could he had an insatiable

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desire to be with his Lord that
came above everything else.

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Just looking at the gospels.
We see that no one spoke to

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Jesus more than Peter and no one
was spoken to by Jesus more than

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by Peter likewise among the
disciples.

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There was no one rebuked more by
Jesus than Peter yet.

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No one was praised by Jesus like
Peter.

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No one walked on water like
Peter hit No.1 sunk into the sea

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like Peter either.
No one had to be called as many

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times as Peter did before he
responded and yet no one

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declared their own going
devotion like Peter did no one

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acted on their faith like Peter
yet.

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No one denied their lord like
Peter did either and these

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contrasts are not presented to
us by accident.

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Peter story is an example for us
all it’s a relatable one.

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I’m relatable story that
includes highs and lows moments.

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Strength and promise followed by
weakness and betrayal at times.

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He was an expression of a man
defined by a living hope that

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animated his whole character yet
at times.

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He was a shell of that van full
of fear and doubt.

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There’s no one else in Scripture
presented to us in this manner

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that gives us a unique and
relatable picture of what it

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means to follow Jesus and latch
on to that Living Hope as one

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brother commented the wonderful
thing like Peters example is it

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shows what a connection with the
Lord Jesus can do for Ordinary

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People Like Us because if Jesus
could help Peter deal with his

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human weakness, he can help us
to we’ll dive into our final

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class this morning looking at
all to of Peters confessions

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because we’ll wrap up with the
confession that he made at the

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the end of the episode of
walking in the water in the

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continue with the confession.
He makes up close to us.

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That’s a real Philippi the there
are lots of threes and Peter.

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Any of his episodes come in
threes?

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Yes has three denials.
He had three callings is also

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three confessions of Faith.
So before we dive into consider

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that second and great confession
that is most well-known.

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We’re going to go back and wrap
up the confession that we see

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toward the end of his episode of
walking on the water with Christ

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back in back as Jesus gets in
the boat the narratives converge

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again Matthew chapter 14 verses
the 32 and 33 and 34 if you just

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want to Turn there briefly.
What will consider these closing

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words and Peter’s first
confession and also kind of set

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the stage for what will consider
in this last class.

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It’s recorded in Matthew Mark
and John Jesus steps back and

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the wind and the waves stopped
and the disciples wonder what

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manner of man is this but this
time Matthew or when does it

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happen previously back in
Matthew chapter 8 verse 27 their

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first storm of the see the
disciples wondered what manner

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of man is this?
But this time Matthew records

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that their reaction is
different.

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There’s growth from the first
storm to the second storm.

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Whereas previously they weren’t
totally sure what was happening

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now, they see Jesus as as as the
Son of God prior to this point

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there had only been one
confession of Faith previously

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that had been by a Madman here
the disciples confess that Jesus

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was the son of God we can see a
growth in the understanding of

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the disciples which will
Dominate in the confession we

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will see in this class over in
at Matthew chapter 16 verse 16,

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however, despite their growth in
their understanding of Jesus the

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disciples stole had a ways to go
John over in six verse 21 notes

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that they were only then who
Elling to receive Jesus into the

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boat.
There’s an implication they may

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not have been as willing
previously when they were still

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gripped by fear in Mark chapter
6 verse 51 through 52.

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We’re told that the wonderment
of The disciples was also out of

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the hardness of heart at not
understanding the meaning of the

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Miracles of the Loaves and
Fishes.

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They had not fully grasp that
Jesus was indeed that Prophet

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like Moses at the Manna From.
Heaven would be the suffering

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servant who must take the cross
before the crown as we leave

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this episode of Peter walking on
the water.

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We also leave another sort of
peril Parable we can look at

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this whole episode and see it as
a parable of the Of a life in

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Christ from Jesus being
separated from his disciples

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through water is almost a type
of baptism going down through

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the water night falls and Jesus
ascended to the mountain similar

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to how Jesus is now in heaven
and we are in the Gentile night.

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The disciples went in a boat
headed to that city of comfort

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Christ’s own City almost as the
ecclesial Community making their

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way to the kingdom the disciples
on the sea of Nations being

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tossed in caught in the storm
like the Ecclesia in Conflict as

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a new day approaches.
Jesus comes in the water a

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foreshadow of Jesus return Peter
walking to Jesus as Jesus

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gathers the Saints to him in the
last day Jesus saving Peter then

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rebuking him for the lack of
faith is almost a type of

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judgment Jesus being recognized
for who he is a recognition of

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Jesus on his return He is
calming the sea is a symbol of

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subjugation of the Nations and
as soon as the storm stops, The

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record records that they arrived
at that city of comfort a

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parallel to the entrance into
the kingdom arrest for God’s

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people.
They are Jesus healed the people

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and the people came to him from
abroad an example of Nations

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coming to Jesus in the Kingdom
for healing and for teaching so

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that brings us to the end of the
account of Jesus or Peter

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walking on the water to Christ
and we saw that we have a lord

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who is above in control and
revealed in the midst of the

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storm.
We’re encouraged to listen to

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were Lord’s word and to come
when he calls to keep our eyes

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fixed on Jesus and if we are
sinking cry out for help when

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reflecting on this event later
in First Peter chapter 1 when

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Peter talks about trials and
Temptations He reflects that

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there can be Joy found in them
because not because the trial

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itself is joyous, but in the end
there is unspeakable joy, and

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they felt a little bit of that
as they reached the other side

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of the sea in that city of
comfort so that Brings us now to

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our next class and we’ll pick up
the narrative here in John

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chapter 6 verse 66 through 71.
So the disciples are now on the

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other Shore they’ve crossed over
to the Capernaum John will pick

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up the narrative as Jesus meets
the crowds that had traveled

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through the night.
So right as the disciples are

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taking their much longer than
anticipated across track across

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the Sea of Galilee.
All those crowds are going the

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long way, which actually Polly
would have been around the same

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amount of time right they decide
I thought they were going to

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short way about a two hour to
our trip around that eight miles

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across the sea the crowds pie
would take about the same time

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to actually walk around the
north because the storm took so

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long or delay them so much on
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It’s crowds traveled to the
night and they were clearly

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looking for another miracle like
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They had the previous day.
Jesus tells them that they he

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will feed them.
It’s but it’s not with the kind

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of bread.
They had previously it’s with

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the Mana of his body.
It’s here as we talked about in

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the last class that Jesus first
outlines what will happen to him

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one year later and from that
point many stop following him.

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So we’re going to pick up in
verse 66 from that time many of

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his disciples went back and
walked no more with him.

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Then Jesus said to the twelve
will you also go away Peter will

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respond to Jesus question and
when he does, so this time he

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does for the group.
You can see the growth in Peter

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here previously.
He looked to follow Jesus alone.

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He said bid me.
Come to the water, right?

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We just saw that our last class
bid me come unto the water.

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But now he’s making a statement
that not just he but the whole

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group would follow look down in
verse 68 Simon Peter answered

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him Lord to whom shall we go
thou Hast the words of eternal

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life again?
We see Peters emphasis on the

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word of the Lord and we see that
he’s changed his pronouns Peter

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is now thinking more of
following Jesus as a collective

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as a body as a group.
Not an Individual thing the

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bitter irony is after Peter
makes the statement.

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Jesus will lose the fact that
one in that group of we Judas

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would betray him.
What a contrast in perspective

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while the people saw bread Peter
sought after Jesus’s words of

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eternal life while the
PeopleSoft for physical food to

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sustain their lives for today.
Peter was looking for that

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spiritual food that would
sustain him for eternity.

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He said and we believe And are
sure that thou art the Christ

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the son of the Living God and is
a difference in translations

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here.
Most translations have a

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different rendering than the
King James for John 669.

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Here’s how the ESV in the RSV
render it and John 669 it says

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and we believed and have come to
know that you are the Holy One

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Of God, right so you can see a
little difference there between

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their art the Christ the son of
the Living God and here you are

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the Holy One Of God that phrase
Holy One Of God is may be pulled

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from a place.
This that Peter would later

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quote and his speech on the day
of Pentecost over in Acts

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chapter 2 in a ballooning over
to Psalm chapter 16 and verse

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10.
It uses that phrase a Holy One

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Of God, that would not leave my
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Neither wilt thou suffer thine
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that he understood that they
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Jesus said about being offered
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That he understood Jesus would
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the Holy One Of God that God
would preserve him or was Peter

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thinking over in Psalm chapter
78 verse 41 where Israel would

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turn were Israel turned back and
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This would be Peters second
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We just saw the first one a
moment before but this

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conviction was about to be
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That’s because over the next 6
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opposition to Jesus message.
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his journey South to Jerusalem
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before going into Glory Peter
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over that final year.
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year of Christ’s Ministry and
the next six months that we’re

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going to cover are not recorded
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There’s a big jump here between
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the start of John Chapter 7.
This we know this because down

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in John chapter 7 verse 2 John
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Tabernacles.
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about six months after the
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to back over in John chapter 6
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in John chapter 7 verse 2, we’re
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And in that intervening time
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detail on will look to the other
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It’s that intervening time of
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that we have Jesus journey to
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of his ministry is mostly
recorded than Luke and these

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travel narratives as he makes
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of Galilee and Capernaum down
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So this class is going to look
at a pivotal event that happened

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kind of in that yellow period
that period of growing

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opposition between the Passover
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the feeding of the five Happen
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and the Feast of Tabernacles
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When Jesus then begins his final
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between the four gospels.
There are about 30 events that

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occur in this time frame between
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John chapter 6 and the Feast of
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There they are.
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I don’t expect you to read that
thought is really small, but you

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also have this in your hand out
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Page 13.
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So let’s walk through just to
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of the text.
We’re going to consider right

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now.
So in our last class we covered

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the first six or seven events
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We looked at the feeding of the
five thousand the storm at sea

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we looked at Peter walking on
the water and how he arrived at

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the other side of the sea.
This is going to focus on a

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unique trip little bit later on
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And caesarea Philippi, but
before I get there after leaving

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the Sea of Galilee.
Peter Jesus spend some more time

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in Capernaum the Pharisees and
the scribes journeyed from

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Jerusalem met Jesus up in
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in fought and challenged Jesus
on not following their

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Traditions.
Jesus reverse The Challenge on

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them and said, they were
transgressing the Commandment of

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God for the sake of their
tradition something we’re going

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to pick up tonight in this
evening’s lecture in the face of

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such unbelief.
Jesus heads up to Tire inside

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and he Journeys North to a
gentile area the area of But not

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today where he met faithful
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He goes down to the southeast of
the capitalist down to the

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southeast of Galilee where again
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population here Jesus.
He was a man who is both deaf

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and mute and feeds another 4,000
by the Sea and what seems at

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first is kind of a random series
of little stories piece

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together.
Like why did Jesus go up to go

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up to the area of Lebanon?
Why did he go?

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Down to the area of decapolis.
Why is he making this rather

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indirect Journey?
Well something we don’t have

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time to look into but you have
in your handout on page 10 might

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serve as a bit of a guide what
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random record of travels is
quite structured.

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Well, we don’t have time to dig
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your own study compared the flow
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Matthew 15 and Isaiah 29,
they’ll see why Jesus Takes a

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trip North to go meet the
syrophoenician woman when he did

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why he does this Pacific
healings he does afterwards as

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well.
It was a fulfillment of the

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sequence laid out in Isaiah
chapter 29 now down to Matthew

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chapter 16, he goes over to
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It’s a port city.
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was from right see the
connection between the name

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magdala and Magdalene.
It’s where the salt from the

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Dead Sea would be brought up.
So the fisherman on the Sea of

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Galilee could bring their fish
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being shipped out to various
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Jesus returned to the house of
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After visiting those two Gentile
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but the sign of the prophet
Jonah to the Pharisees and

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Sadducees seeking a sign and
almost immediately after he

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crossed the Sea of Galilee.
He crossed it again going back

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the way he came warning his
disciples of the teachings of

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the Pharisees then after healing
a blind men and the area of

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bethsaida.
He starts North and that’s where

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we’ll pick up the account again,
please turn with me over to

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Matthew chapter 16.
We’ll look at verse 13 those

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events.
We just looked at spoke spread

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over about six months bring us
to a unique moment in the

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ministry of Our Lord over the
over the following week after

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this Jesus heads North again.
But this time he’s not heading

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north to meet a syrophoenician
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He’s not going to meet a group
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He’s bringing just his disciples
with him and the record seems it

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was only his disciples.
He talked to while he’s making

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this trip up to caesarea,
Philippi.

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He was focusing on strengthening
his disciples before that trip

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those travel narratives down to
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of his life leading up to that
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We read over in Matthew chapter
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caesarea Philippi.
This was in the far Northern

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reaches of Israel.
It was famously where the

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headwaters of the River Jordan
began and they would flow about

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25 miles down from caesarea
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Hermon down to the Sea of
Galilee and then further down.

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To the Dead Sea just north of
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Philippi is at Mount Hermon.
It would be incredible

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prominence most prominent
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meters for those of you who are
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La kind of the same amount of
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And it’s like you’re standing
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That’s the mountain that stands
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I’ll beautiful and snow capped
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It’s the Golan Heights.
It’s a strategic area that is

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much disputed a strategic
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elevation.
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in the area and with it snow
melting down every seat Every

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Spring it would feed the streams
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and down through the Jordan
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Philippi is at the base of that
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to this massive wall of rock.
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high and about 500 feet wide and
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this this face this face of
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That’s where the streams the
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from and Of the large spring and
the caves that the water had

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formed over the years caesarea
Philippi.

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I became a center for religious
nature worship.

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It’s a beautiful area.
Now that I’ve been I have photos

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is a beautiful area described
for us where you can see these

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Waters flowing out of this rock
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period it was a center for Pagan
worship specifically for the

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Greek god pan.
And if you want to follow along

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in your handout, you can see
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you visit the site today, you
will see the ruins of many Greek

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temples the temples the Greek
and Roman temples were built

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around the caves and Grottoes
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the cliff base and others were
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Greek and Roman god pant or the
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worshipped.
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for that City’s history of
Philip II before it was renamed

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by Philip and after himself and
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the god.
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worship.
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area.
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This was the place that you’re
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seek favor from the god of
trickery and fear and the

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largest of these caves put it up
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called the Gates of Hell
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significant as we have read down
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I was used for sacrifice.
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to this cave and the water level
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was back in Josephus day who
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would throw your goat sacrifice
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plummeted down to the abyss you
knew if a pan accepted your

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sacrifice if the goat didn’t
come floating back down the

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stream, but if the go just
disappears in the abyss and

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doesn’t float back down the
belief was that pan had accepted

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your sacrifice and you would get
a blessing over time.

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This area was built up and Jesus
day the caves were not just left

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open.
They had large temples built

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around them and those temples
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His Pagan worship. pan with
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Caesar under Herod the Great
caesarea Philippi became a place

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for political ritual as well as
Pagan worship after Augustus

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Caesars first visit to Palestine
Herod the Great wanted to build

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a monument to honor Caesar and
this main Monument over the left

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hand side was built directly in
front of that cave people would

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use to go and worship the god
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and A D4 or his territory was
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Philip took over this area.
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North and renamed the city says
area after Caesar because of all

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of the temples to Caesar in
Japan and Philippi after

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himself.
As Roman rulers would want to do

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so knowing knowing the context
of this is significant as we get

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into what Jesus talks to his
followers about there was no

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other place like this in Israel
Josephus comments on it

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specifically That there’s this
was a center for Roman worship

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of the Emperor as much as it was
a center for the worship of

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pagan gods knowing the context
for where Jesus and his

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disciples were going will help
fill in the picture with some of

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the things that are discussed
Jesus and his disciples had

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traveled about 25 miles north
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area up to caesarea Philippi
along the Jordan River until

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they come to this Temple
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He’s a man that the Romans
regarded as a Son of God, right?

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The the Roman Caesar was seen as
a sort of divine being and this

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Temple sat alongside a massive
exposed Cliff face with a deep

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cave known as the gates of Hades
or the gates of hell where pan

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another Divine believed to be a
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was worshiped and interestingly.
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Caesar and pan were dead Caesar
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He was a mortal who now laid in
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Another took his place on the
throne in pan was no more than a

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stone dead statue in this
setting among men who falsely

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claimed Divine sonship and dead
Idols perched along side a great

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rock that overshadowed the
mythical Gates of Hell.

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Jesus asked his disciple a
question and we see that

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question over in Matthew chapter
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They come to this city The Rock
faces in front of them and Jesus

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turns and asked his disciples
whom do men say that I the son

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of man a.m.
Luke makes an emphasis that this

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question was meant only for his
disciples over another parallel

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of Luke 19 Verse 18, but based
on the disciples response.

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This was clearly a question that
many people were asking at the

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time who is Jesus based on the
events that we left off in John

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6.
You could see people leaving

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asking who is this man?
He isn’t who we thought we were

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the crowds at the crowds of Jews
at the feeding of the 5,000 at

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hoped.
He was going to be the one to

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bring across that great and
terrible day of the Lord and

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over.
The Romans the group that

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followed him around the Sea of
Galilee to the other side was

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disappointed when Jesus spoke
not of restoring the kingdom to

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Israel at that moment.
But of his coming sacrifice

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there was confusion around this
question was he really the

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Messiah some thought he was John
the Baptist back from the dead

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that he that was a Harrods gas
back in Matthew chapter 14 and

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verse to remember that
confusion.

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Jesus seemed to be preaching a
similar message and I spent time

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in the same area that John was
at some thought geez.

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This was John the Baptist risen
again others thought he was the

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Elijah of the Latter-Day perhaps
they figured that since Jesus

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wasn’t acting like the king that
they expected since Jesus wasn’t

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taking the throne that maybe
Jesus was supposed to be the

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Prelude.
Maybe who’s the Elijah to

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another Messiah that was going
to come he did things like

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Elijah did he was in conflict
with the rulers of his day.

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He provided food for the needy
Elijah did that too.

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He raised the dead Elijah did
that as well.

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He took an unexpected trip to
tyrants.

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Elijah also did that as well or
perhaps he was maybe another

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Prophet come back to life either
literally or a continuing of

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their other Legacy.
Maybe maybe Jesus was like

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Ezekiel Ezekiel was called the
son of man 89 times.

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Jesus referred to himself in the
same way.

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Could it be Jeremiah Was Jesus
not also a Man of Sorrows

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similar to the weeping prophet.
Jesus had just made an illusion

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a few chapters previously.
About the sign of the prophet

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Jonah could Jesus be another
Prophet like Jonah and notice

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the ambiguity implied here in
the language and Matthew some

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say this others say that there’s
no element of certainty or firm

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00:27:40,600 –> 00:27:44,400
belief here just general
feelings among the crowd of who

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they thought Jesus was and there
is a lesson for us here follow

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the religious Notions of the
crowd around us and your home is

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00:27:52,100 –> 00:27:56,700
always going to be wrong the
differing confused and apathetic

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00:27:56,700 –> 00:27:59,000
views people.
For Jesus are also present

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today.
There’s a lot of confusion about

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who Jesus is today.
It’s actually in fashion to be

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non-committal about religious
beliefs and to not have firm

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00:28:08,100 –> 00:28:11,500
opinions about who Jesus is many
people today.

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Say Jesus was a good teacher
others see him as a religious

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00:28:15,100 –> 00:28:17,800
prophet that should be admired
for his moral compass, but

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nothing more still others see me
as a good example of social

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work, but not someone who has
authority to tell us how to live

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00:28:25,100 –> 00:28:29,600
today the same.
Guity and confusion that Jesus

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confronted two thousand years
ago is around us now and like

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Peter we have an opportunity and
an obligation to take a

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00:28:37,300 –> 00:28:41,900
different stand taking a stand
on who we believe Jesus is and

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that will be as radical as it
was 2000 years ago today.

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It’s also worth noting that
people no longer thought he was

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just the Carpenter’s son either
but likewise by the time we

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reach this period getting onto
the last six months of Jesus

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Ministry.
They aren’t thinking of them.

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Thinking of him as the prophet
like unto Moses as we saw in our

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00:29:01,000 –> 00:29:05,100
last class interestingly.
The way Jesus asked this

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00:29:05,100 –> 00:29:07,700
question has the answer head
right inside of it and look at

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how we asked the question.
He says whom do men say that I

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the son of man am could this be
an illusion back to Daniel

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00:29:15,300 –> 00:29:19,900
chapter 7 and verse 13 where we
said where we read I saw in the

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night visions and behold one
like the son of man came with

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the clouds of heaven and came to
the Ancient of Days and brought.

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00:29:27,600 –> 00:29:32,000
Him near before him Jesus then
makes the answer quite personal.

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He looks as his disciples and
says to them specifically, who

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do you say that?
I am having heard what Jesus

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00:29:39,700 –> 00:29:44,900
said Simon hearing Peter speaks
first the clear assertion

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similar to what he did back in
John chapter 6 and verse 68 in

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Mark and Luke were account
shorter versions of what he

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said.
And Mark, its it captures the

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00:29:55,700 –> 00:30:00,300
core point of that confession
Thou Art the Christ in Luke.

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We see Thou Art the Christ of
God and Matthew contains his

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00:30:03,400 –> 00:30:06,900
full statement Thou Art the
Christ the son of the Living

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God.
This is different than the

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previous statements.
We’ve seen Pierre doesn’t put in

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qualifiers or disclaimers about
his statements.

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00:30:14,400 –> 00:30:17,400
He doesn’t say I think you might
be or if consider that you might

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be he is absolute and his
language he is saying that thou

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art the Christ the son of the
Living God God in what might

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00:30:24,900 –> 00:30:28,500
seem on the surface to be a very
simple statement is actually

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very specifically chosen
language that Harkens back to

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two places in the Old Testament
that shows how closely Peter had

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been living up to his birth name
of Simon hearing.

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He had been listening to Jesus
and he brings some elements

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together here the concepts of
Christ and Son of God are

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uniquely combined in Psalm
chapter 2.

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You want to turn over there in
Psalm chapter 2 verses 2 and

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00:30:51,500 –> 00:30:53,400
verse 7 bring these elements
together.

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Of the Christ and Son of God in
Psalm chapter 2 and verse 2.

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We read that the kings of the
earth set themselves and the

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00:31:02,000 –> 00:31:04,900
rulers take counsel together
against the Lord and against his

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00:31:04,900 –> 00:31:08,000
anointed his anointed the
Messiah or the Christ and then

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00:31:08,000 –> 00:31:13,000
down in verse 7 of Psalm chapter
2 the Lord saith unto me thou

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00:31:13,000 –> 00:31:18,000
art my son the context fits
considering the conflicts Jesus

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00:31:18,000 –> 00:31:21,100
just had with the rulers of the
Jews right before he comes up

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00:31:21,100 –> 00:31:24,300
here to caesarea, Philippi and
unlike the It’s which had been

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00:31:24,300 –> 00:31:27,600
discouraged by Jesus rejections
by the leaders.

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00:31:27,900 –> 00:31:30,600
Peter saw it as another
confirming sign of Jesus his

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00:31:30,600 –> 00:31:34,600
messiahship.
Well, the faith of others waned

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Peter the son of Jonah Jonah
means Dove and Hebrew makes

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00:31:39,700 –> 00:31:43,200
reference back to that same song
that was cited by The Voice from

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00:31:43,200 –> 00:31:48,100
Heaven on the day of Jesus
baptism as that Dove descended

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00:31:48,200 –> 00:31:51,700
down upon Jesus and they heard
the Declaration quoted from

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00:31:51,700 –> 00:31:55,300
Psalm 2 Thou Art my beloved.
Son, what a wonderful

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00:31:55,300 –> 00:31:59,600
reassurance for Jesus here the
son of a dove lived up to his

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00:31:59,600 –> 00:32:04,600
name Simon or hearing the Peter
statement also would have been

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00:32:04,600 –> 00:32:07,700
in sharp contrast to their
surroundings the message

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00:32:07,700 –> 00:32:09,600
proclaimed by the temple
Augustus.

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00:32:09,600 –> 00:32:12,700
Unlike Augustus Caesar who was a
man who declared himself to be

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00:32:12,700 –> 00:32:15,500
the Son of God here.
We have Jesus a man who God

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00:32:15,500 –> 00:32:18,200
declared was his son at his
baptism.

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00:32:19,000 –> 00:32:21,200
But Peter does more than just
reference Psalm chapter 2.

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00:32:21,400 –> 00:32:25,200
He uses a specific title for God
he As the Living God it seems

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00:32:25,200 –> 00:32:29,600
Peter picks up on Jesus
reference who do men say that I

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00:32:29,600 –> 00:32:33,700
the son of man am he goes back
to Daniel chapter 7 13 as well

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00:32:34,000 –> 00:32:37,300
since that is where in that
context we get the image of God

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00:32:37,300 –> 00:32:41,300
as the Living God surrounded by
the living creature spoken of in

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00:32:41,300 –> 00:32:45,500
Daniel chapter 7.
The physical context is again

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00:32:45,500 –> 00:32:47,900
significant here.
They’re standing near not only a

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00:32:47,900 –> 00:32:51,100
center of political worship of
Augustus, but also a pagan

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00:32:51,100 –> 00:32:53,500
Center of worship with a
lifeless Idol.

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00:32:53,600 –> 00:32:58,100
Pan a god of Mischief stood in
stark contrast to an unseen

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00:32:58,200 –> 00:33:03,300
Living God of righteousness
Peter’s statement here is also

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00:33:03,300 –> 00:33:08,200
significant because of when and
where he says it there had been

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00:33:08,200 –> 00:33:10,900
confessions previously.
We have found the Messiah.

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00:33:11,000 –> 00:33:13,600
That’s what a Andrew said to
Peter back in John chapter 1

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00:33:13,600 –> 00:33:16,700
verse 41.
We have found him of whom Moses

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00:33:16,700 –> 00:33:19,700
in the law and the prophets did
write Jesus of Nazareth said

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00:33:19,700 –> 00:33:24,600
Philip and Nathaniel back in
John chapter 1 Of a truth Thou

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00:33:24,600 –> 00:33:27,300
Art the Son of God said the
disciples in the boat back in

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00:33:27,300 –> 00:33:31,300
Matthew chapter 14, but what
stands out here in this

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00:33:31,300 –> 00:33:37,000
confession is Peter’s conviction
on his own the confessions of

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00:33:37,000 –> 00:33:39,800
faith is expanded.
Here it goes from he is the

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00:33:39,800 –> 00:33:42,300
Messiah to he’s the Messiah
spoken of in the law and the

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00:33:42,308 –> 00:33:46,700
prophets to he’s the son of God
to he we believe he’s the Christ

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00:33:46,700 –> 00:33:48,900
to he is the Christ the son of
the Living God.

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00:33:48,900 –> 00:33:51,600
So the Expressions get more
complex they get more expansive

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00:33:52,200 –> 00:33:55,000
but the timings Also meaningful
as well all those earlier

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00:33:55,000 –> 00:33:58,000
confessions of Faith happened
either in the days of Jesus

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00:33:58,000 –> 00:34:01,000
rising popularity or with a
group of folks that were saying

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00:34:01,000 –> 00:34:03,200
the same thing.
They were confessions of Faith

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00:34:03,200 –> 00:34:05,200
made in the context of others
that would support that

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00:34:05,200 –> 00:34:09,300
confession of Faith Even Peters
earlier confession and John was

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00:34:09,300 –> 00:34:12,500
said in the context of the
disciples expressing their hope

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00:34:12,500 –> 00:34:16,500
together, but on this day in
caesarea, Philippi Peter stands

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00:34:16,500 –> 00:34:20,100
out alone Peter shows us that
Faith isn’t just about what we

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00:34:20,100 –> 00:34:22,500
say.
It’s about when and where we say

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00:34:22,500 –> 00:34:27,500
it as The people had rejected
Jesus everyone else wasn’t

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00:34:27,500 –> 00:34:29,300
confessing their faith of the
same time.

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00:34:29,600 –> 00:34:33,199
It’s one thing to confess faith
in Jesus when you’re with a

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00:34:33,199 –> 00:34:34,800
group.
It’s another thing to do it

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00:34:34,800 –> 00:34:39,100
alone all around him were the
Pagan reminders of Rome a

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00:34:39,108 –> 00:34:42,300
reminder of just how small the
community of Believers really

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00:34:42,300 –> 00:34:47,400
was and Peter still holds firm
an example for us to follow

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00:34:47,600 –> 00:34:51,400
because we live in a world that
the that worships political and

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00:34:51,400 –> 00:34:55,000
social God’s all around.
Around us the things that pan

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00:34:55,000 –> 00:34:58,400
the Greek and Roman god pan
stood for instant pleasure

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00:34:58,400 –> 00:35:00,200
deceitfulness sexual
promiscuity.

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00:35:00,200 –> 00:35:04,100
They are present today as much
as they were back in caesarea,

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00:35:04,100 –> 00:35:08,000
Philippi the world around us
throws itself into the grave and

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00:35:08,008 –> 00:35:10,600
the pursuit of these things as
the Romans would throw their

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00:35:10,600 –> 00:35:13,700
goats and sacrifices and to the
gates of hell as they worshipped

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00:35:13,700 –> 00:35:17,800
pan to seek their own pleasure
in light of all that we make a

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00:35:17,800 –> 00:35:22,200
stand to do something different
to say those things are dead to

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00:35:22,200 –> 00:35:26,000
us and the world Around us that
we know that Jesus is the Christ

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00:35:26,000 –> 00:35:33,000
the son of the Living God Simon
bar Jonah son of Adam the son of

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00:35:33,000 –> 00:35:36,800
a dog, let’s consider the
response here in verse 17.

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He Jesus says blessed art thou
Simon bar-jonah for Flesh and

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00:35:42,000 –> 00:35:45,000
Blood hath not revealed it to
thee but my Father which is in

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00:35:45,000 –> 00:35:49,200
heaven, he says call him Simon
son of Jonah and that name use

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00:35:49,200 –> 00:35:52,500
is significant.
It’s the first time Jesus

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00:35:52,500 –> 00:35:54,000
referred.
To him this way since their

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00:35:54,000 –> 00:35:58,200
first encounter and this time he
had lived up to his given name

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00:35:58,200 –> 00:36:01,100
in a wonderful way.
He had clearly been hearing

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00:36:01,100 –> 00:36:04,900
Jesus father make that statement
upon the day of Jesus baptism as

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00:36:04,900 –> 00:36:09,600
the dove descended upon him.
He just continues down in verse

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00:36:09,600 –> 00:36:15,600
18 and I say unto thee that thou
art Peter and into this Upon

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00:36:15,600 –> 00:36:19,700
This Rock will I build my church
and the Gates of Hell shall not

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00:36:19,700 –> 00:36:24,600
Prevail against it.
Jesus switches the names here

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00:36:24,600 –> 00:36:27,400
again and calls him Peter and
this is the first time since

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00:36:27,400 –> 00:36:31,400
renaming Peter Moon naming him
Peter two years before back in

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00:36:31,400 –> 00:36:35,300
John chapter 1 verse 42.
Peter was living up to his

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natural name.
He was listening as the son of

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00:36:37,400 –> 00:36:40,200
the dove Simon.
He had heard Jesus in making

631
00:36:40,200 –> 00:36:44,200
that confession and he was
showing the character that Jesus

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00:36:44,200 –> 00:36:47,800
wanted him to Aspire to you
recall from our first class that

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00:36:47,800 –> 00:36:51,500
the Greek word behind Peter is
Petrus a small stone that has

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00:36:51,500 –> 00:37:00,000
been Out of another Jesus then
says Upon This Rock will I build

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00:37:00,000 –> 00:37:02,800
my church and here he changes
his language.

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00:37:02,800 –> 00:37:06,000
He changes his terms and doesn’t
use the word for a small carved

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00:37:06,000 –> 00:37:09,000
out rock carved out rock.
You also have this in a page 11

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00:37:09,000 –> 00:37:13,200
of your handout but instead uses
the Greek word Petra which Vines

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00:37:13,200 –> 00:37:17,400
describes as a large mass of
rock Petra is the word used to

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00:37:17,400 –> 00:37:20,400
describe the large rock that the
wise man built his house upon

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00:37:20,900 –> 00:37:24,500
its use And to describe that
large Rock and the Wilderness

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00:37:24,500 –> 00:37:31,300
out of which water flew float
Paul uses that same term over in

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00:37:31,308 –> 00:37:34,700
1st Corinthians 3:11 referring
to for other Foundation can no

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00:37:34,700 –> 00:37:37,900
man lay than that is laid which
is Jesus Christ.

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00:37:38,300 –> 00:37:41,100
The word Petra is used by Peter
himself over in his epistle and

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00:37:41,100 –> 00:37:44,300
First Peter chapter 2 verse 8,
he notes that Jesus was a rock

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00:37:44,300 –> 00:37:48,500
of offense, but he had become
the head of the corner the

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00:37:48,500 –> 00:37:51,200
foundation upon which the
Ecclesia is built.

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00:37:53,100 –> 00:37:57,100
Is this the confession that
Peter made in his confession

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00:37:58,700 –> 00:38:01,600
Peter showed himself to be a
smaller rock that was being

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00:38:01,600 –> 00:38:05,000
aligned with that Chief
Cornerstone and Jesus was not

652
00:38:05,000 –> 00:38:08,500
appointing Peter as a rock
Foundation, but noting that his

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00:38:08,500 –> 00:38:12,500
strength as a small rock only
came for when he recognized that

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00:38:12,500 –> 00:38:15,600
he was connected carved out of
that larger rock that

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00:38:15,600 –> 00:38:18,600
Cornerstone that foundation
stone of Jesus Christ.

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00:38:19,100 –> 00:38:20,600
It was a lesson.
He never forgot.

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00:38:20,800 –> 00:38:24,700
He spoke of Before the Sanhedrin
and X4 in three times.

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00:38:24,700 –> 00:38:28,300
He alludes to it in his epistle
in the Old Testament.

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00:38:28,800 –> 00:38:33,700
The rock is often or stone is
often a simple of God.

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00:38:33,800 –> 00:38:35,600
So it makes sense that by
extension.

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00:38:35,600 –> 00:38:39,000
The Son of God here would also
be a rock an example of God

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00:38:39,000 –> 00:38:41,400
manifestation.
And before we move on to

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00:38:41,400 –> 00:38:44,700
consider the rest of this
confession consider the possible

664
00:38:44,700 –> 00:38:47,500
Parable presented by the
physical setting again from

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00:38:47,500 –> 00:38:49,800
where the statement was made
before them.

666
00:38:49,800 –> 00:38:52,200
There would have been this
massive Cliff a A hundred to two

667
00:38:52,200 –> 00:38:56,200
hundred feet high a sheer rock
face and that Gentile area of

668
00:38:56,200 –> 00:38:59,800
caesarea Philippi.
This is the first time Jesus

669
00:38:59,800 –> 00:39:03,700
uses the term Ecclesia in the
gospels and wouldn’t it be true

670
00:39:03,700 –> 00:39:07,900
that spiritual Israel would
arise from Gentile rocks brought

671
00:39:07,900 –> 00:39:10,900
together to make a holy Temple
aligned with that Chief

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00:39:10,900 –> 00:39:15,700
Cornerstone Christ.
The next phrase that Jesus uses

673
00:39:15,700 –> 00:39:18,600
is also pulling on the physical
location.

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00:39:18,600 –> 00:39:22,000
Jesus speaks of the Gates of
Hell or Hades. not making a

675
00:39:22,008 –> 00:39:25,900
reference to gehenna the trash
dumped out in Jerusalem, but

676
00:39:25,900 –> 00:39:29,900
instead borrowing a were for the
Greek underworld ahead of them

677
00:39:29,900 –> 00:39:33,400
was a cave that was literally
called the gates of Hades where

678
00:39:33,400 –> 00:39:38,100
sacrifices to pan would be cast
in and though the Ecclesia would

679
00:39:38,100 –> 00:39:42,000
be built out of a would be built
on a house of Obi belt be a

680
00:39:42,008 –> 00:39:45,300
house built out of Gentile
Stones the paganism that

681
00:39:45,300 –> 00:39:49,800
dominated The Cliff face ahead
of them would certainly

682
00:39:49,900 –> 00:39:54,600
challenge it but but it would be
a struggle in a bitter irony

683
00:39:55,500 –> 00:40:02,100
that large so paganism would be
one of these bit largest

684
00:40:02,100 –> 00:40:05,600
challenges to the early church
and an ironic twist that Greek

685
00:40:05,600 –> 00:40:09,800
god pan Which Jesus is a so
clearly rejecting would later be

686
00:40:09,800 –> 00:40:12,900
adopted by the church in the 5th
Century has kind of the spitting

687
00:40:12,900 –> 00:40:15,300
image of their concept of the
supernatural devil.

688
00:40:15,600 –> 00:40:18,900
A paganism was going to
introduce all sorts of ideas

689
00:40:18,900 –> 00:40:21,900
into the Christian church that
were found nowhere in Sure, the

690
00:40:21,900 –> 00:40:25,400
idea of dualism in the immortal
Soul laying the foundation for

691
00:40:25,400 –> 00:40:28,200
the belief in the Trinity
introducing the belief into

692
00:40:28,200 –> 00:40:32,300
heaven going Hellfire and demons
paganism would certainly rise

693
00:40:32,300 –> 00:40:34,900
and bring up challenges against
the Ecclesia.

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00:40:35,300 –> 00:40:40,100
But as Jesus said it would not
overcome it and location aside,

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00:40:40,200 –> 00:40:43,200
even if the location isn’t as
significant as I’m making it

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00:40:43,200 –> 00:40:47,200
here that connotation to the
gates of hell is still

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00:40:47,200 –> 00:40:51,100
significant the connotation of
the gates of hell is death.

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00:40:51,500 –> 00:40:55,000
The gates of the Grave is a
phrase used over in Isaiah

699
00:40:55,000 –> 00:40:58,600
chapter 38 to describes death as
the cessation of all activity

700
00:40:59,100 –> 00:41:02,600
death is called the enemy over
in First Corinthians 15 and is

701
00:41:02,600 –> 00:41:06,100
part of the promise in part of
the promises to Abraham was to

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00:41:06,100 –> 00:41:09,200
possess the gates of the enemy
of death is the enemy part of

703
00:41:09,200 –> 00:41:13,100
the promises is to overcome that
in Revelation when Jesus speaks

704
00:41:13,100 –> 00:41:16,500
about his resurrection.
He says he has the keys of hell

705
00:41:16,500 –> 00:41:21,700
and of death having overcome it
this certainly fits into the as

706
00:41:21,700 –> 00:41:25,400
well the Ecclesia would not be
overcome by death because of the

707
00:41:25,400 –> 00:41:30,500
sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which
he talks about next Jesus then

708
00:41:30,500 –> 00:41:33,400
makes his final statement to
Peter and I will give unto thee

709
00:41:33,400 –> 00:41:36,400
the Keys of the Kingdom of
Heaven and whatsoever Thou shalt

710
00:41:36,400 –> 00:41:39,800
bind on Earth shall be bound in
heaven and whatsoever Thou shalt

711
00:41:39,800 –> 00:41:42,800
loose on Earth shall be loosed
in heaven a more literal

712
00:41:42,800 –> 00:41:45,700
translation makes a little bit
easier to understand a holmen’s

713
00:41:45,700 –> 00:41:48,800
translation says I will give you
the keys of the kingdom of

714
00:41:48,800 –> 00:41:52,400
heaven and whatever you bind on
earth is Is already Bound in

715
00:41:52,400 –> 00:41:55,500
heaven and whatever you loose on
Earth is already loosed in

716
00:41:55,500 –> 00:41:56,800
heaven.
It’s not that heaven would

717
00:41:56,800 –> 00:42:00,100
follow Peters decisions.
But rather after making such a

718
00:42:00,100 –> 00:42:03,900
confession of Faith Peter would
surely act in a way that was in

719
00:42:03,900 –> 00:42:07,700
accordance with heavens.
Will the ironic thing here is

720
00:42:07,700 –> 00:42:11,100
the first thing Peter does after
this how the first thing he

721
00:42:11,100 –> 00:42:14,200
tries to bind after the
statement is Jesus from going

722
00:42:14,200 –> 00:42:17,300
south to Jerusalem.
Certainly not the will of heaven

723
00:42:18,600 –> 00:42:21,400
and Brethren have pointed out.
There are a number ways number.

724
00:42:21,500 –> 00:42:24,700
Ways in which Peter did have
some keys he unlocked the

725
00:42:24,708 –> 00:42:27,800
message of the Kingdom to the
Jews in Acts chapter 2 and when

726
00:42:27,800 –> 00:42:32,700
he preach to the Gentiles in
Acts chapter, 15, unlike the

727
00:42:32,700 –> 00:42:35,800
scribes and the lawyers which
Jesus said took away the keys of

728
00:42:35,800 –> 00:42:39,700
knowledge Peter helped people
unlock the gospel and understand

729
00:42:39,700 –> 00:42:43,400
it.
We also do see Peter in the New

730
00:42:43,400 –> 00:42:46,200
Testament binding and loosing in
a sense.

731
00:42:46,200 –> 00:42:49,100
We see this in Acts chapter 5 in
Acts chapter 8 was Simon the

732
00:42:49,100 –> 00:42:51,000
Sorcerer And ananias and
Sapphira.

733
00:42:51,800 –> 00:42:56,100
But this was by no means limited
to Peter as Jesus makes the same

734
00:42:56,100 –> 00:42:59,200
statement to all the disciples
over in Matthew chapter 18 verse

735
00:42:59,200 –> 00:43:01,300
18.
Peter later himself makes the

736
00:43:01,300 –> 00:43:05,000
whole point that the whole
Ecclesia is made up of a holy

737
00:43:05,000 –> 00:43:09,200
priesthood over in First Peter
chapter 2 verse 5 and Peter was

738
00:43:09,200 –> 00:43:11,700
certainly thinking back to this
experience as he penned that

739
00:43:11,700 –> 00:43:15,800
epistle later on over enough
First Peter chapter 1.

740
00:43:16,700 –> 00:43:19,200
Sorry First Peter chapter 2
verses four through nine.

741
00:43:19,200 –> 00:43:21,200
You can see the imagery and all
the language.

742
00:43:21,500 –> 00:43:25,000
Out of this trip up to caesarea
Philippi coming out just reading

743
00:43:25,000 –> 00:43:29,600
these few verses as you come to
him a living Stone rejected by

744
00:43:29,600 –> 00:43:32,400
men but in the sight of God
Chosen and precious you

745
00:43:32,400 –> 00:43:35,800
yourselves like living stones
are being built up as a

746
00:43:35,800 –> 00:43:39,800
spiritual house to be a holy
priesthood to offer spiritual

747
00:43:39,800 –> 00:43:43,200
sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ for it

748
00:43:43,200 –> 00:43:47,200
stands in scripture behold.
I am laying in Zion a stone a

749
00:43:47,200 –> 00:43:51,600
Cornerstone Chosen and precious
and whoever believes in in him

750
00:43:51,600 –> 00:43:54,800
will not be put to shame.
So the honour is for you to

751
00:43:54,800 –> 00:43:58,100
believe but for those who do not
believe the stone that the

752
00:43:58,100 –> 00:44:02,100
builders rejected has become the
Cornerstone a stone of stumbling

753
00:44:02,100 –> 00:44:04,900
and a rock of offense they
stumble because they disobey the

754
00:44:04,900 –> 00:44:08,900
word as they were destined to do
but you are a chosen race a

755
00:44:08,900 –> 00:44:12,800
royal priesthood a holy nation a
people for his own possession

756
00:44:12,800 –> 00:44:16,000
that you may proclaim the
excellencies of him who called

757
00:44:16,000 –> 00:44:20,200
you out of Darkness into His
Marvelous Light.

758
00:44:20,900 –> 00:44:23,900
We’re going to take a Few more
minutes then consider one final

759
00:44:23,900 –> 00:44:26,400
lesson from this episode of
confession, but I want to pause

760
00:44:26,400 –> 00:44:30,600
here just to sum up the two
lessons we’ve seen so far first

761
00:44:31,000 –> 00:44:35,600
we need not to be swept away in
society’s view of Jesus whom do

762
00:44:35,600 –> 00:44:39,100
men say that I am is a relevant
question today in the answer

763
00:44:39,100 –> 00:44:41,900
matters.
He’s not part of the Trinity nor

764
00:44:41,900 –> 00:44:45,800
is he simply a role model?
He is the promised Messiah of

765
00:44:45,800 –> 00:44:48,700
the Old Testament the anointed
one who would sit on David’s

766
00:44:48,700 –> 00:44:53,200
Throne the Christ the son of the
living In God we need to be

767
00:44:53,200 –> 00:44:57,600
ready to explain that when asked
to reason from the scripture.

768
00:44:57,600 –> 00:45:00,900
When asked what we believe about
Jesus, but our answer to that

769
00:45:00,900 –> 00:45:03,600
question of whom do men say that
I am is not simply an

770
00:45:03,600 –> 00:45:06,100
intellectual exercise.
It’s not enough just to get the

771
00:45:06,100 –> 00:45:08,900
the factual bullet points, right
it certainly starts with

772
00:45:08,900 –> 00:45:11,200
intellect.
It starts with knowing what the

773
00:45:11,208 –> 00:45:14,700
Bible says but it goes beyond
that.

774
00:45:15,100 –> 00:45:17,400
This statement of faith is a
foundation.

775
00:45:17,400 –> 00:45:21,600
That should also be seen in our
life because we believe that Is

776
00:45:21,600 –> 00:45:25,600
the Christ the anointed one who
will sit on David’s Throne we

777
00:45:25,600 –> 00:45:28,400
should live in such a way that
looks for the coming Kingdom

778
00:45:28,700 –> 00:45:30,900
rather than citizenship in this
world something.

779
00:45:30,900 –> 00:45:33,800
We’ll talk about in our evening
class tonight because we believe

780
00:45:33,800 –> 00:45:37,600
he’s the son of the Living God
who knows and sees all we should

781
00:45:37,600 –> 00:45:41,000
live in such a way that is
conscious of God’s consciousness

782
00:45:41,100 –> 00:45:44,500
of all that we do because we
believe that he is the Christ

783
00:45:44,500 –> 00:45:47,100
the son of the Living God.
We need to share that with

784
00:45:47,100 –> 00:45:50,800
others we have keys as Jesus
said that can unlock the

785
00:45:50,800 –> 00:45:52,000
kingdom.
For others.

786
00:45:52,300 –> 00:45:55,000
It’s a call to preach the gospel
indeed.

787
00:45:55,000 –> 00:45:57,000
Peter later talks about
preaching as the natural

788
00:45:57,000 –> 00:45:59,800
extension of belief sincere
belief naturally leads to

789
00:45:59,800 –> 00:46:02,700
preaching Peter talked about
this today Sanhedrin over in

790
00:46:02,700 –> 00:46:07,000
Acts chapter 4 verse 24 we
cannot but speak the things

791
00:46:07,000 –> 00:46:10,100
which we have seen and heard or
is Paul later explains over in

792
00:46:10,100 –> 00:46:13,200
2nd Corinthians.
We believe and therefore we

793
00:46:13,200 –> 00:46:17,300
speak and finally Peter shows us
that Faith isn’t just about what

794
00:46:17,300 –> 00:46:19,700
we say.
It’s about when we say it as

795
00:46:19,700 –> 00:46:23,700
well it was I think the follow
Jesus and the early days of his

796
00:46:23,700 –> 00:46:26,300
Rising popularity when everyone
else was doing it.

797
00:46:26,900 –> 00:46:31,300
It’s another thing to follow
Jesus when you’re all alone when

798
00:46:31,300 –> 00:46:34,300
the world around us throws
itself into the Gates of Hell in

799
00:46:34,300 –> 00:46:36,400
pursuit of the passing pleasures
of sin.

800
00:46:36,800 –> 00:46:41,100
Do we dare make a stand and say
those things are dead to us that

801
00:46:41,100 –> 00:46:46,900
we know that Jesus is the Christ
the son of the Living God will

802
00:46:46,900 –> 00:46:50,300
close out our considerations
this morning with a contrast

803
00:46:50,300 –> 00:46:52,700
that’s going to be emblematic.
Attic of our studies tomorrow

804
00:46:52,700 –> 00:46:56,000
morning as we move down to the
final passage here in Matthew

805
00:46:56,000 –> 00:46:59,700
chapter 16 verses 20 as is often
the case with Peter.

806
00:47:00,000 –> 00:47:04,400
We see a failure come right on
the heels of a beautiful success

807
00:47:05,100 –> 00:47:07,700
and while Peter has grown so
much in the past years with the

808
00:47:07,700 –> 00:47:12,300
Lord, he still struggles like we
all do the episode recorded in

809
00:47:12,300 –> 00:47:16,000
Matthew chapter 16 verse 20
through 22 and Mark chapter XXX

810
00:47:16,000 –> 00:47:19,600
or Mark chapter 8 verses 30
through 32 is dramatic.

811
00:47:21,100 –> 00:47:24,600
Jesus based on Peters confession
is talking more plainly than he

812
00:47:24,600 –> 00:47:28,800
ever did before Matthew 16 verse
21 records the following from

813
00:47:28,800 –> 00:47:31,600
that time forth Jesus forth
began.

814
00:47:31,600 –> 00:47:35,200
Jesus to show unto his disciples
how he must go to Jerusalem and

815
00:47:35,200 –> 00:47:37,500
suffer many things of the elders
and the chief priests and the

816
00:47:37,500 –> 00:47:41,400
scribes and be killed and be
raised again on the third day no

817
00:47:41,400 –> 00:47:45,000
more speaking in types and
symbols of eating his flesh as

818
00:47:45,000 –> 00:47:49,200
the Mana sent down from heaven
Jesus now plainly saying to them

819
00:47:49,200 –> 00:47:52,100
that he would have to suffer.
Suffer and die before Rising

820
00:47:52,100 –> 00:47:55,200
again to life the parallel
account over at Mark chapter 8

821
00:47:55,200 –> 00:47:59,300
verse 32 adds emphasis to this.
He spoke to them saying openly

822
00:47:59,300 –> 00:48:02,000
that openly there was no
misunderstanding.

823
00:48:02,100 –> 00:48:05,900
The message wasn’t knew from the
time that John the Baptist had

824
00:48:05,900 –> 00:48:08,500
called Jesus the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the

825
00:48:08,500 –> 00:48:11,800
world the illusions of the
teaching had been there, but

826
00:48:11,800 –> 00:48:16,300
here it’s being stated clearly.
Jesus is building on the image

827
00:48:16,300 –> 00:48:19,100
of himself as the stone and
Luke’s account over at nine

828
00:48:19,100 –> 00:48:22,100
verse 22 He notes that he will
be rejected like that stone.

829
00:48:22,100 –> 00:48:26,700
The builders rejected harkening
back to that Messianic Psalm 118

830
00:48:27,100 –> 00:48:30,400
and Peter reacts to this.
Hey, he tries to employ some of

831
00:48:30,400 –> 00:48:33,200
his implied binding and loosing
power in the language and the

832
00:48:33,200 –> 00:48:37,300
Greek here is intense.
Matthew says he took him away

833
00:48:37,400 –> 00:48:40,500
using a word that means to take
aside to take literally by the

834
00:48:40,500 –> 00:48:44,800
hand into the lead away in
sounds that as if Jesus.

835
00:48:45,500 –> 00:48:48,900
It sounds that as Jesus was
teaching Peter stands up ghost

836
00:48:48,900 –> 00:48:52,700
up to jesus takes his hand and
take some away to the side and

837
00:48:52,700 –> 00:48:58,900
the word here for rebuke is most
frequently used when Jesus cast

838
00:48:58,900 –> 00:49:01,600
out evil spirits the same type
of rebuking that Peter is now

839
00:49:01,600 –> 00:49:04,400
giving to Jesus.
It’s the voice that Jesus used

840
00:49:04,400 –> 00:49:09,000
to rebuked the wind and the
waves it’s also the term that

841
00:49:09,000 –> 00:49:12,900
Jesus use a few verses before
when he charged his disciples

842
00:49:12,900 –> 00:49:15,200
not to spread the news that he
was the anointed king.

843
00:49:15,800 –> 00:49:19,800
Peter is now using that rebuking
authoritative voice.

844
00:49:20,100 –> 00:49:24,800
Talk to his master Peter tells
Jesus be it far from the Lord.

845
00:49:25,300 –> 00:49:28,300
This shall not be unto thee.
The language is emphatic a

846
00:49:28,308 –> 00:49:32,200
double negative in the Greek
here Petros the rock that should

847
00:49:32,200 –> 00:49:36,200
have been aligned with Jesus.
The Cornerstone was now becoming

848
00:49:36,200 –> 00:49:41,500
a stumbling block himself Peter
statement recalls the third

849
00:49:41,500 –> 00:49:45,300
Wilderness Temptation again the
temptation to avoid the cross

850
00:49:45,800 –> 00:49:49,200
and Matthew note that he began
to rebuke him there.

851
00:49:49,200 –> 00:49:53,800
He was going to to say more and
Jesus reaction here is quick

852
00:49:54,400 –> 00:49:59,100
Peter took him aside, but
Matthew notes that Jesus turned

853
00:49:59,200 –> 00:50:05,200
and verse 23 over at Market says
he turned around and looked on

854
00:50:05,200 –> 00:50:07,700
his disciples to get a mental
picture of what’s Happening.

855
00:50:07,700 –> 00:50:10,100
Jesus is talking to his
disciples about his death Peter

856
00:50:10,100 –> 00:50:13,900
stands up takes Jesus by the
hand and rebukes him with a loud

857
00:50:13,900 –> 00:50:18,000
authoritative voice Jesus turns
away from Peters grasp back

858
00:50:18,000 –> 00:50:21,600
toward the disciples with Peter
now. find him and then he says

859
00:50:21,600 –> 00:50:25,600
those well-known words get thee
behind me Satan now to an

860
00:50:25,600 –> 00:50:30,100
offence unto me for thou
savourest not the things that be

861
00:50:30,100 –> 00:50:34,400
of God, but those that be of men
and notice how young literal

862
00:50:34,500 –> 00:50:38,200
literal translation more
accurately renders that verse

863
00:50:38,900 –> 00:50:41,800
and he having turned said to
Peter get thee behind me

864
00:50:41,800 –> 00:50:45,800
adversary thou art a stumbling
block to me for thou does not

865
00:50:45,800 –> 00:50:50,500
mind the things of God, but the
things of men the Ivy has a

866
00:50:50,500 –> 00:50:54,900
similar rendition where Jesus
uses the term stumbling block

867
00:50:54,900 –> 00:50:58,500
and ironic reference just based
on his prior conversation with

868
00:50:58,500 –> 00:51:04,700
Peter and notice that oh, yeah,
and notice that even though he

869
00:51:04,700 –> 00:51:07,700
tells Peter to get behind him,
where is Jesus looking when he

870
00:51:07,700 –> 00:51:10,500
makes the statement he’s looking
back at his disciples not as

871
00:51:10,500 –> 00:51:12,200
Peter.
He had already put Temptation

872
00:51:12,200 –> 00:51:14,200
behind him.
What a great example of being

873
00:51:14,200 –> 00:51:17,600
proactive to remove ourselves
from tempting situations.

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Let’s walk through that again
Jesus charges.

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Disciples he’s facing his
disciples Peter takes him aside.

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But when he had turned about and
looked on his disciples, he

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rebuked Peter Jesus wasn’t
waiting for Peter to decide to

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get behind him.
Jesus turned again to his

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disciples.
So that Peter was behind him and

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00:51:38,200 –> 00:51:40,600
what a great example for us to
how to deal with temptation

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00:51:41,000 –> 00:51:45,000
Jesus again physically moved and
took decisive action so that he

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00:51:45,000 –> 00:51:48,900
will not stumble we can take the
phrase get thee behind me Satan

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as a command that relied upon
the compliance of Satan to

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00:51:52,000 –> 00:51:56,900
remove himself as an adversary.
To get behind but Jesus wasn’t

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00:51:56,900 –> 00:51:58,500
doing that.
He didn’t wait for Peter to

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00:51:58,500 –> 00:52:01,800
choose to get behind him.
He moves so that the adversary

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was behind him and there are
countless ways.

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We can apply that same lesson if
it’s a matter of being tempted

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by lust we physically remove
ourselves from the situation.

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Do we do we put Satan behind us
if we’re being tempted to have

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00:52:15,000 –> 00:52:19,000
our lives consumed by things of
work or school or Leisure to the

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00:52:19,000 –> 00:52:22,300
exclusion of occlusal or family
responsibilities.

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00:52:22,600 –> 00:52:24,700
Do we look to physically remove
ourselves from those?

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00:52:24,800 –> 00:52:28,700
A situation that will lightly
likely result in going to access

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its what from its what’s from
inside that defiles a man just

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as Jesus taught before his a
journey North to caesarea

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00:52:37,100 –> 00:52:40,700
Philippi, but still those
outward actions matter and help

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00:52:40,700 –> 00:52:44,400
us practically deal with the
Temptations we encounter and so

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Jesus having put Satan behind
him and telling him to stay

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there.
Jesus gives us some insight into

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what Peter was thinking when he
rebuked Jesus.

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I will close with these verses
Jesus says unto his disciples If

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00:52:57,500 –> 00:53:00,000
any man will come after me let
him deny himself and take up his

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cross and follow me for
whosoever will save his life

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shall lose it and whoever will
lose his life for my sake will

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find it and the final verses
here.

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Give us some insight into what
Peter was thinking Peter had

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00:53:13,900 –> 00:53:17,800
overcome his reluctance to
commit when he was called by the

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00:53:17,800 –> 00:53:19,900
see initially as we saw in our
first class.

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He had overcome the doubt when
he sank into the waves as we saw

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in our second.
Class but Peter still had to

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learn the lesson that the cross
would come before the crown and

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the call to follow Christ to Joy
first went through trial

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following Jesus.
Now from behind Peter was

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00:53:36,500 –> 00:53:39,600
listening intently.
Never before had he been so

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ashamed never before had he so
missed the mark and never would

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Peter forget the lesson.
He learned that day six months

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later on rather than saying this
shall not be Peter said Lord

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00:53:53,200 –> 00:53:56,100
with the eye.
I’m ready to go to prison and to

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death after the resurrection and
Jesus Ascension into heaven.

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The fact that Christ had to
suffer first was a core of

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Peters message and most
significantly in Peters first

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epistle.
He talks more about the

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importance of the sufferings of
Christ and partnering with the

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00:54:10,900 –> 00:54:13,800
sufferings of Christ and seeing
Christ go through those

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sufferings as an example for us
to follow.

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He talks more about this than
any other place in the New

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00:54:20,400 –> 00:54:24,200
Testament picking up on the same
word that Jesus used in Matthew

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16:21 14 of the other 40
occurrences appear in First

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Peter Peter learn to look at the
sufferings of Jesus not as

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something to be avoided at all
cost but as a way of life and

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00:54:36,700 –> 00:54:39,900
his crucifixion as an example,
that should permeate all aspects

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00:54:39,900 –> 00:54:43,300
of Our Lives Peter wrote for
here.

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00:54:43,300 –> 00:54:46,700
And who were you called because
Christ also suffered for us

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leaving us an example that we
should follow in his steps Peter

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then goes on his next chapters
to talk about how Christ

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00:54:53,900 –> 00:54:57,400
Suffering Christ taking up of
his cross was an example for us

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00:54:57,400 –> 00:55:00,500
to follow in daily life.
Peter said for as much then as

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Christ had suffered for us in
the flesh arm yourself likewise

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00:55:03,700 –> 00:55:10,600
with the same mind my brother
comments that the Apostle who at

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00:55:10,600 –> 00:55:14,300
caesarea Philippi would Fain
save his master from suffering

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00:55:14,300 –> 00:55:18,800
and death was steadily maturing
in the appreciation in sharing

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00:55:18,800 –> 00:55:22,900
of the Cross of Christ and a
beautiful reversal while trying

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00:55:22,900 –> 00:55:25,600
to grasp hole.
Old grasp a hold of one’s life

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00:55:25,600 –> 00:55:29,900
will end up in losing it laying
down one’s life will end up and

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00:55:30,300 –> 00:55:33,100
finding it and that’s because
the suffering that would

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00:55:33,100 –> 00:55:37,000
inevitably come as a result of
our confessions of faith that

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Jesus is the Christ.
The son of the Living God is

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00:55:39,200 –> 00:55:41,700
temporary.
We have a gracious God that will

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00:55:41,700 –> 00:55:44,300
not put us through more than we
are able to Bear but will

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00:55:44,300 –> 00:55:49,900
provide a way of Escape six days
later possibly right on the day

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00:55:49,900 –> 00:55:52,000
of atonement and ahead of the
Feast of booths.

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00:55:52,000 –> 00:55:53,700
Jesus would take just three of
his disciples.

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00:55:53,900 –> 00:55:56,500
You’re James and John away from
caesarea Philippi in North once

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00:55:56,500 –> 00:55:59,400
more to the slopes of Mount
Hermon to witness the kingdom

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00:55:59,400 –> 00:56:01,900
come in power the
Transfiguration Peter would

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00:56:01,900 –> 00:56:05,800
later describe that as being
eyewitnesses to his majesty as

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00:56:05,800 –> 00:56:07,800
they witnessed.
Jesus converse with Moses and

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00:56:07,800 –> 00:56:11,100
Elijah about the Exodus.
He was going to accomplish and

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00:56:11,100 –> 00:56:14,100
as Peter tried to make
suggestions about voting

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00:56:14,100 –> 00:56:17,200
Tabernacles for the three of
them a voice from Heaven would

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00:56:17,200 –> 00:56:22,000
come and say this is my beloved
Son in whom I am well pleased

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00:56:22,300 –> 00:56:25,900
hear ye him.
At this point with six months

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00:56:25,900 –> 00:56:29,800
left with the Son of God Simon
Peter still had a lot of

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00:56:29,800 –> 00:56:32,900
listening to do as he learned to
rely on the rock of his

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00:56:32,900 –> 00:56:42,400
salvation.
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