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\nmorning.
\nIt’s really been a pleasure to <\/p>\n
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\nspend time with you.
\nThank you for inviting me back <\/p>\n
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\nso quickly.
\nAlyssa and I feel like we had <\/p>\n
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\nmany friends here and it is a
\nreal pleasure, don’t we Alyssa? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a real pleasure to renew
\nthose friendships again and to <\/p>\n
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\nspend time with you around the
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\nfellowship, to have hugs.
\nI’m a hugger. <\/p>\n
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\nSo listen as I’m saying goodbye.
\nIf I come in for a hug, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, don’t be, don’t be ashamed
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\nSo just thank you.
\nThank you for having us here and<\/p>\n
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\nfor inviting us to share this
\ntime with you all and to open up<\/p>\n
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\nthe Word of God and to see how
\nhow interesting it is, how <\/p>\n
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\nrelevant and useful it is, how
\nhelpful and strengthening the <\/p>\n
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\nWord of God is even in this one
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\nWe’ve gotten so much out,
\nhaven’t we? <\/p>\n
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\nSo now we come to the end of the
\nchapter and I just want to start<\/p>\n
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\nby recalling that in Matthew 16,
\nwe see Jesus and Jesus was <\/p>\n
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\nconstantly faced with hostility
\neverywhere he turned. <\/p>\n
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\nI try to just point out, except
\nin few occasions and, and some <\/p>\n
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\nof those occasions being in
\nGentile areas, everywhere he <\/p>\n
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\nturned, he seems like he’s
\nfacing hostility and opposition.<\/p>\n
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\nSo when when Peter gives Jesus
\nthat confession of faith, even <\/p>\n
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\nthough Jesus had been
\nwithholding from both publicly <\/p>\n
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\nand privately, he had not been
\nteaching about who he was and <\/p>\n
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\nand flesh and blood had not
\nrevealed it, God had revealed <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nAnd when and when Peter had had <\/p>\n
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\nconfessed that and brought that
\nbefore Christ, that that meant <\/p>\n
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\neverything to Christ.
\nAnd so he receives this <\/p>\n
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\nblessing.
\nThis blessing is to unlock this <\/p>\n
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\ntruth, the truth that Peter
\nunderstood. <\/p>\n
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\nYou are the Messiah, the Son of
\nthe living God. <\/p>\n
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\nThat that would be unlocked.
\nAnd Peter would be re given the <\/p>\n
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\nresponsibility to unlock that
\ntruth to the Jews and to the <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles.
\nAnd that Peter would lead the <\/p>\n
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\neffort to establish an ecclesia,
\na group of called out ones. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd those that group of called
\nout ones would fundamentally <\/p>\n
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\nshare the same belief that Peter
\nhad just provided. <\/p>\n
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\nBut this required a lot of
\nPeter. <\/p>\n
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\nThis required him to reinterpret
\nthe Scriptures. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Jews for for hundreds of
\nyears had been interpreting the <\/p>\n
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\nprophets wrongly.
\nThey thought the Messiah was <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be someone to save them
\nfrom political opposition. <\/p>\n
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\nThey thought the Messiah was
\ngoing to save them, not save <\/p>\n
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\nthem.
\nThey wanted salvation before <\/p>\n
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\nthey were converted.
\nThey didn’t want to repent and <\/p>\n
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\nand so Peter would be given the
\nresponsibility. <\/p>\n
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\nYou have to understand how
\ndifficult this is. <\/p>\n
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\nHe had to reinterpret hundreds
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\nrabbinic teaching.
\nThink about the responsibility <\/p>\n
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\nof that and, and, and that that
\nreinterpretation, accurate <\/p>\n
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\nreinterpretation of what the
\nmessianic texts were all about. <\/p>\n
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\nThat would not be according to
\nPeter’s private interpretation. <\/p>\n
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\nPeter would not be offering up
\nhis private interpretation of <\/p>\n
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\nthese passages.
\nHe would be doing so with us, <\/p>\n
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\nwith the guidance of the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so you can understand that
\nPeter had to interpret <\/p>\n
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\nScripture.
\nHe had to loosen certain <\/p>\n
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\ninterpretations because everyone
\nwas confused and that and that <\/p>\n
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\nhe was going to give that given
\nthat authority to do that on <\/p>\n
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\nearth in alignment with heaven,
\nbecause people had to understand<\/p>\n
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\nhow to correctly understand the
\nprophecies. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is a big job.
\nIt’s difficult to understand <\/p>\n
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\ncompletely the mood of the
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\nprophecy at this time in the 1st
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\nBut fortunately for me, I love
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\nSo I’m going to look at Josephus
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\nright?
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\nunderstanding about the Messiah.
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\nchapter 5, Section 4, Josephus
\nis going to say what more than <\/p>\n
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\nall else incited them to war was
\nan ambiguous Oracle, that one <\/p>\n
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\nfrom their country would become
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\nJosephus is trying to explain to
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\nwould be the ruler of the world.
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\nThat’s not the only thing he
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\nthe Jews, Book 20, chapter 8,
\nsection 6. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Jews were greatly excited,
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\npower to rule over all men. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course, what would they?
\nWhat prophecies would they be <\/p>\n
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\nWell, for prophecies like Daniel<\/p>\n
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\nChapter 7, verses 13 and 14, I
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\nBehold, with the clouds of
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\ndominion and glory in a Kingdom
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\ndominion which shall not pass
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\nSo you look at passages like <\/p>\n
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\nto others like Jeremiah 23 verse
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\nThis is the name by which he
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\nThe Lord is our righteousness.
\nNow Jesus was not ignorant of <\/p>\n
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\nHe, he knew that the common
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\nbe clarified and, and Peter, as
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\nwas going to play a central role
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\nunderstanding of the role of the
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\nAnd that was a big task.
\nAnd yet it was not a task that <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this explains why it was <\/p>\n
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\nand loosening, this is not
\nsimply the way that I’m choosing<\/p>\n
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\nI would put forward to you. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the way Peter explains
\nit himself. <\/p>\n
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\nNow where would Peter give an
\nexplanation that he was guided <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy and not according to <\/p>\n
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\nhis own private interpretation?
\nWhere would he say that? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, in Second Peter chapter 1,
\nPeter was being accused by some <\/p>\n
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\ninterpreting Scripture according<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just the way that you want <\/p>\n
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\nto understand it, Peter.
\nAnd so Peter needs to explain <\/p>\n
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\nnow how will my interpreting
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\nWhat’s the basis on which I’m
\ninterpreting Scripture? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the question is, does heaven
\nlead or does Peter lead? <\/p>\n
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\nWho leads, Who leads in the
\nbinding and loosening as it <\/p>\n
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\nwere, interpreting Scripture?
\nIs it Heaven’s guidance or is <\/p>\n
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\nthat my ideas that then heaven
\nratifies? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so Peter will say this in
\nSecond Peter chapter 2, verses <\/p>\n
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\n16 to 21.
\nI’m going to read out the NET. <\/p>\n
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\nFor we did not follow cleverly
\nconcocted fails when we fables, <\/p>\n
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\nwhen we made known to you the
\npower and the return of our Lord<\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ.
\nNo, we were eyewitnesses of his <\/p>\n
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\ngrandeur, For He received honor
\nand glory from the Father when <\/p>\n
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\nthat voice was conveyed to him
\nby the majestic glory. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is my dear Son, in whom I
\nam delighted. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen this voice was conveyed
\nfrom heaven, we ourselves heard <\/p>\n
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\nit, for we were with Him on the
\nholy mountain. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s Matthew 17.
\nMoreover, we possess the <\/p>\n
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\nprophetic word as an altogether
\nreliable thing. <\/p>\n
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\nYou do well if you pay attention
\nto this, as you would to a light<\/p>\n
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\nshining in a murky place, until
\nthe day dawns and the morning <\/p>\n
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\nstar rises in your hearts.
\nAbove all, you do well to <\/p>\n
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\nrecognize this.
\nNo prophecy of Scripture ever <\/p>\n
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\ncomes about by the prophet’s own
\nimagination, for no prophecy was<\/p>\n
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\never born of human impulse.
\nRather, men carried along by the<\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit spoke from God.
\nNow do you see what Peter’s <\/p>\n
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\nsaying here?
\nWhat he’s saying is I didn’t <\/p>\n
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\nmake this up when I spoke to
\nyou, When I reinterpreted <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy, I did so with Heaven’s
\nguidance. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy?
\nI was an eyewitness to His <\/p>\n
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\nglory.
\nI heard the voice of God <\/p>\n
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\ndirectly.
\nI was carried by the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit.
\nSo the prophetic words he’s <\/p>\n
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\nsaying, the prophetic words we
\nspeak are reliable because <\/p>\n
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\nScripture’s reliable.
\nThey are not born of human <\/p>\n
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\nimagination.
\nThey are not born of human <\/p>\n
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\nimpulse.
\nI’m suggesting you this passage <\/p>\n
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\ncarries the essence of what it
\nmeans to bind and loosen. <\/p>\n
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\nHis clear emphasis is that he’s
\nnot inventing rules. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s not teaching from his own
\nimagination. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s speaking with heaven’s
\nendorsement, the things he’s <\/p>\n
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\nheard from God through the power
\nof the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nHis words carry authority
\nprecisely because they are in <\/p>\n
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\nalignment with God’s will.
\nSo Peter and the other apostles <\/p>\n
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\nhas significant task in front of
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jesus now needs to reveal
\nthe Messiah’s true mission. <\/p>\n
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\nHe needs to reveal the basis on
\nwhich to interpret all those <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet it was a mission, a <\/p>\n
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\nhear.
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\nFrom that time forth, Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nbegan to show the disciples how
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\nsuffer many things of the elders
\nand chief priests and scribes <\/p>\n
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\nthe third day. <\/p>\n
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\nNow Peter, he had a hard time
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\nunderstanding of messianic <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy, which he was going to
\nbe in charge of reinterpreting. <\/p>\n
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\nSee a little bit of an irony
\nhere? <\/p>\n
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\nJesus gives him the
\nresponsibility of interpreting <\/p>\n
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\nmessianic Scripture, binding,
\nlistening. <\/p>\n
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\nthe basis on which they should <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what does Peter do? <\/p>\n
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\nHe resists it.
\nNow the Scripture has a lot to <\/p>\n
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\nsay about Peter’s ambitions and
\nI think it’s useful for us to <\/p>\n
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\njust rehearse a little bit of
\nthose things. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus says in this chapter that
\nthat that Peter was savoring the<\/p>\n
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\nJesus says that about Peter, <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re saving the things of men.
\nWell, what were those things <\/p>\n
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\nthat Peter savored?
\nWe have several scriptures <\/p>\n
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\nreturned to to try to understand
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s 4 scriptures that help us
\nunderstand what Jesus means when<\/p>\n
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\nhe says to Peter, you savor the
\nthings of men. <\/p>\n
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\none at that same time came to <\/p>\n
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\nsaying, Who is the greatest in <\/p>\n
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\nthe Kingdom of heaven?
\nHow about this Matthew chapter <\/p>\n
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\nunto him, Behold, we have
\nforsaken all, and follow thee, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat shall we have?
\nTherefore Mark Chapter 9 verses <\/p>\n
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\n33 to 34.
\nAnd he came to Capernaum, and <\/p>\n
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\nbeing in the house, he asked
\nthem, What was it that ye <\/p>\n
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\ndisputed among yourselves by the
\nway? <\/p>\n
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\nBut they held their peace, for
\nby the way, they dispute among <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves who should be the
\ngreatest. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Luke chapter 22, verse 24.
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\nWhich of them should be <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s not just one passage <\/p>\n
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\ntalking about this, is there?
\nYou think this was a theme? <\/p>\n
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\nThey think this was a
\nconversation they had more than <\/p>\n
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\nonce brothers and sisters.
\nAnd why did they have this <\/p>\n
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\nThey were really bound up in it,<\/p>\n
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\nweren’t they?
\nWould you call this savoring the<\/p>\n
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\nthings of men?
\nWhat would you call this? <\/p>\n
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\nYou got a better name for it?
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\ngeneral who is the greatest, but
\nPeter often seeks to separate <\/p>\n
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\nhimself from the others.
\nLike I’m this, but they’re that.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is what I’m going to do.
\nI’m special. <\/p>\n
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\nForget all of them.
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
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\nThey, they might do these
\nthings. <\/p>\n
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\nBut look, this is what I’m going
\nto do. <\/p>\n
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\nHe separates himself from his
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
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\nHe thinks he’s better than them.
\nWhich is, by the way, why Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nsays when you are converted.
\nWhat’s the thing that Jesus says<\/p>\n
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\nthat Peter needs to do when he’s
\nconverted? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy does he say that?
\nWhy does he say you need to <\/p>\n
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\nstrengthen your brethren?
\nBecause you know what Peter’s <\/p>\n
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\nidea was, He, he, he leans over
\nto John, He says, John, you find<\/p>\n
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\nout who he’s talking about,
\nwho’s going to betray him? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause you know what Peter’s
\nidea was? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I’m going to take the
\nbetrayer and I’m going to get <\/p>\n
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\nrid of him.
\nSo Peter’s idea is, well, I’m <\/p>\n
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\nnot going to strengthen my
\nbrethren. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat I’m going to do is I’m
\ngoing to purge the weak ones, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is why Jesus has to say to
\nPeter in John 21, you know, your<\/p>\n
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\njob is to feed the sheep, Your
\njob is to feed the lambs. <\/p>\n
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\nYour job is to tend the sheep.
\nYour job’s just. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when you’re converted,
\nPeter, you’ll understand that. <\/p>\n
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\nDon’t get rid of the weak ones.
\nWhat’s an alternative to getting<\/p>\n
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\nrid of the weak ones,
\nStrengthening them. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you know who wanted to get
\nrid of the? <\/p>\n
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\nDo you know who really, really
\nwanted to find who was the weak <\/p>\n
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\none among all the disciples, who
\nwas really looking for the weak <\/p>\n
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\none?
\nThe high priest was, and he <\/p>\n
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\nfound him.
\nAre you going to be like that, <\/p>\n
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\nPeter?
\nYou want to be like Satan, <\/p>\n
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\nseparating the wheat from the
\nchaff, finding the chaff, <\/p>\n
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\nburning it away.
\nIs that what you want to do? <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what the high priest is
\ntrying to do. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see what a challenge that
\nwas, The Peter. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see it because you know
\nPeter was saying these things <\/p>\n
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\nthat last night he said.
\nPeter said though all men should<\/p>\n
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\nbe offended of thee, yet I will
\nnot be offended. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was saying, though I should
\ndie with thee, I will not deny <\/p>\n
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\nthee.
\nI’m ready to go with thee both <\/p>\n
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\nto prison and to death.
\nI will lay down my life for thy <\/p>\n
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\nsake.
\nIt’s me, Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe some of those other ones,
\nmaybe they would. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, yeah, they might betray
\nyou, Lord, but not me. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we just kind of summarize
\nwhere, where Peter’s at in terms<\/p>\n
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\nof his ambitions.
\nPeter sought to distinguish <\/p>\n
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\nhimself as more loyal and
\nsteadfast than others. <\/p>\n
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\nPeter desired rewards in
\npositions of authority in Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom.
\nPeter desired to be the greatest<\/p>\n
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\nin the Kingdom.
\nPeter struggled with the idea of<\/p>\n
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\nhumility and and servanthood.
\nNow these ambitions go a long <\/p>\n
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\nway to explain why Peter
\nresisted the idea of <\/p>\n
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\npersecution, why he resisted the
\nidea of tribulation both for <\/p>\n
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\nhimself and for Jesus.
\nThese ambitions reveal to us <\/p>\n
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\nwhere Peter is at in Matthew 16.
\nNow, I’m going to suggest to you<\/p>\n
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\nthe scripture contains a hidden
\nlittle summary of Peter that <\/p>\n
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\nalthough you would have read it
\n100 times, I don’t know that you<\/p>\n
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\nwould have seen it.
\nYou know the scriptures that <\/p>\n
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\nYoung people, sometimes you look<\/p>\n
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\nat a story that you’ve been, but
\nyou’ve been taught this story <\/p>\n
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\nsince since the first years of
\nSunday school, and you think to <\/p>\n
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\nyourself, oh, not this story
\nagain. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat could I possibly learn from
\nthis? <\/p>\n
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\nYet sometimes there’s hidden
\nthings lying in plain sight, and<\/p>\n
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\nI suggest there’s a little
\nhidden thing about Peter that’s <\/p>\n
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\nbeen lying in plain sight for a
\nlong time now. <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe you’ve noticed it, but
\nmaybe you haven’t. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a Scripture is a lot
\nmore interesting than you think <\/p>\n
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\nit is if you just stop and read
\nit carefully and and it’s going <\/p>\n
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\nto explain to us why Peter
\nresisted so much. <\/p>\n
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\nThe idea of persecution now
\nseems like he tells us that he’s<\/p>\n
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\nhappy to be persecuted.
\nBut when it comes down to we <\/p>\n
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\nknow that’s not true.
\nAnd we know that when Jesus <\/p>\n
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\ntalked about his persecution,
\nPeter wanted no part of that. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what’s this thing?
\nWhat’s this thing hiding in <\/p>\n
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\nplain sight?
\nWell, let me just consider this.<\/p>\n
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\nIn Matthew 13, you maybe want to
\nlook it up in your in your <\/p>\n
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\nBibles, Matthew 13, it’d be in
\nverses 20 to 21, but I’ll put it<\/p>\n
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\non the board.
\nBut the thing about turning it <\/p>\n
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\nup, and I like that sound of
\npages rustling, is, is that you <\/p>\n
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\ncan write things in your margin
\nthat way. <\/p>\n
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\nRight, if you look it up, you
\ncan write things in your margin.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you don’t look it up, you
\ncan’t do that. <\/p>\n
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\nSo even though I put verses
\nbehind me, I, I encourage you to<\/p>\n
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\nlook them up and, and if you, if
\nyou find something you find <\/p>\n
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\nhelpful, then write it down.
\nNow in Matthew 13, we have the <\/p>\n
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\nparable of the sower.
\nSo what could possibly be the <\/p>\n
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\ninteresting thing in the parable
\nof the sower? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, how about this?
\nI want you to think about Peter <\/p>\n
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\nas I read this.
\nBut he that received the seed <\/p>\n
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\ninto Stony places, the same is
\nhe that heareth the word, and <\/p>\n
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\nAnon receiveth it with joy.
\nYet hath he not root in himself,<\/p>\n
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\nbut dureth for a while.
\nAnd when tribulation or <\/p>\n
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\npersecution ariseth because of
\nthe Word by and by, he is <\/p>\n
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\noffended.
\nNow I suggest to you that Peter,<\/p>\n
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\nas we read about him in Matthew
\n16, is pretty well described as <\/p>\n
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\nStony ground.
\nNow the young people, what you <\/p>\n
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\nhave to do is you have to tell
\nme later before I leave, what’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe best person that describes
\nthe thorny ground? <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s something for I’m not
\ngoing to tell you. <\/p>\n
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\nYou have to figure that out
\nyourself. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you got to let me know,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you get it right, I get
\nto give you a hug. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right.
\nSo Peter, I think is well <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed as the Stony ground.
\nNow the word Stony, by the way, <\/p>\n
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\nis the word petrodus.
\nIt’s very similar to English, <\/p>\n
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\nwhere stone and Stony, Petros
\npetrodus, it’s ground full of <\/p>\n
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\nPeters.
\nThose who represent this Stony <\/p>\n
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\nground hear the word and receive
\nit with joy. <\/p>\n
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\nThey spring up fast.
\nThey make decisions quickly, <\/p>\n
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\nalmost impulsively.
\nI’m going to spring up and grow.<\/p>\n
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\nBut what’s the thing that seems
\nto unsettle this group? <\/p>\n
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\nTribulation or persecution?
\nAnd they falter and they’re <\/p>\n
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\noffended.
\nAnd I’m going to suggest you <\/p>\n
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\nthis word offended is pretty
\nhelpful in helping us understand<\/p>\n
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\nabout Peter.
\nThe word offended implies that <\/p>\n
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\nthat hardship or persecution is
\nso affronting, it’s so <\/p>\n
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\nchallenging that it makes even
\nsomeone who wants to grow turn <\/p>\n
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\nfrom faith now.
\nNow, Peter did not think this <\/p>\n
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\nwould apply to him for sure.
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\nMaybe he was too confident <\/p>\n
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\nbecause we read there in Matthew
\nchapter 26 verse 31 and 33, <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:04,760 –> 00:23:08,080
\nwhich might be a good cross
\nreference here to this word <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:08,080 –> 00:23:09,640
\noffended.
\nSo you take the word offended, <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:09,760 –> 00:23:12,640
\nyou draw a little line, and then
\nyou write in a cross reference, <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:12,640 –> 00:23:13,960
\nright?
\nAnd the cross reference you <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:13,960 –> 00:23:18,160
\nmight draw in young people is
\nMatthew 26 verses 33 to 31. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:18,480 –> 00:23:27,280
\nBecause that says Jesus saith
\nunto them, all Ye shall be <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:27,360 –> 00:23:31,520
\noffended because of me this
\nnight, for his ridden I’ll smite<\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:31,520 –> 00:23:34,440
\nthe shepherd, and the sheep of
\nthe flock shall be scattered <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:34,440 –> 00:23:36,760
\nabroad.
\nAnd Peter answered and said, <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:37,040 –> 00:23:41,640
\nThough all men shall be
\noffended, because of thee, I <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:41,640 –> 00:23:47,400
\nwill never be offended.
\nSo Peter was convinced he would <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:47,400 –> 00:23:54,560
\nnever be offended, but he was
\nthat very night. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:55,040 –> 00:23:59,440
\nWhy Plus curse?
\nBecause persecution came. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:01,560 –> 00:24:07,840
\nThe persecution that we are told
\nabout in the parable of the <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:07,840 –> 00:24:14,560
\nsower and that Jesus suggested
\nwould come in Matthew 16. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:18,200 –> 00:24:21,280
\nAnd if you look at this parable
\nat the Stony ground is a good <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:21,280 –> 00:24:24,560
\ndescription of Peter.
\nIt helps us to understand what <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:24,560 –> 00:24:29,480
\nPeter is struggling with and
\nthat why will we encounter him <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:29,480 –> 00:24:35,560
\nresisting Christ in Matthew 16
\nabout persecution, why <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:35,560 –> 00:24:40,000
\npersecution was particularly a
\nproblem for someone of Peter’s <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:40,000 –> 00:24:47,480
\ndisposition.
\nNow Jesus says about Matthew 13.<\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:47,640 –> 00:24:51,960
\nHe says, yet he hath not root in
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:54,200 –> 00:24:57,280
\nNow the scripture has a little
\nbit to say about roots and I <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:57,280 –> 00:25:00,200
\njust want to, I want to look at
\nthat just briefly, this idea of <\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:00,200 –> 00:25:04,400
\nroots, because Colossians says
\nthis about roots. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:04,880 –> 00:25:08,360
\nTherefore, as you receive Christ
\nJesus of the Lord, so walk in <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:08,360 –> 00:25:15,840
\nhim, rooted and built up in him
\nand established in faith, just <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:16,000 –> 00:25:19,040
\nas you were taught.
\nNow the idea to be rooted and <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:19,040 –> 00:25:21,760
\nthe idea of being built up.
\nNow being built up is a useful <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:21,760 –> 00:25:24,080
\nreference because, you know,
\nMatthew 16 is kind of about <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:24,080 –> 00:25:30,480
\nbuilding, building on something
\nand, and what happens is a root.<\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:30,480 –> 00:25:32,840
\nAnd you know this, you know, you
\ndon’t have to be a <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:32,840 –> 00:25:34,800
\nhorticultural.
\nIs there any horticultural <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:34,800 –> 00:25:36,640
\nexperts in the room?
\nRight. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:36,800 –> 00:25:38,240
\nSo if I get this wrong, let me
\nknow. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:38,240 –> 00:25:42,880
\nBut when a root root bores down
\ninto the soil and it roots <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:42,880 –> 00:25:47,360
\nitself firmly in the soil and it
\nit gets nourishment from that <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:47,360 –> 00:25:50,560
\nand it gets it gets moisture
\nfrom that. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:51,200 –> 00:25:53,640
\nNow the idea being rooted and
\nbuild up are very similar. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:53,640 –> 00:25:57,120
\nAnd the idea in common of those
\ntwo things is that what’s <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:57,120 –> 00:26:02,120
\nbeneath must be deep, it must be
\nsolid, it must be reliable. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:02,240 –> 00:26:07,800
\nYou cannot build up unless
\nwhat’s below is reliable, is <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:07,800 –> 00:26:11,880
\nstrong.
\nAnd Paul’s going to elaborate <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:11,880 –> 00:26:15,440
\nthat on in Ephesians chapter 3
\nverses 1718, because he says <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:15,880 –> 00:26:19,080
\nChrist may dwell in your hearts
\nby faith that being rooted and <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:19,080 –> 00:26:20,680
\ngrounded in love.
\nWhose love? <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:21,640 –> 00:26:24,240
\nChrist’s love.
\nHow, how do you get roots that <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:24,240 –> 00:26:27,480
\ngo down so that when persecution
\ncomes, you got something to hang<\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:27,480 –> 00:26:32,560
\non to?
\nWell, they can only be rooted in<\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:32,720 –> 00:26:35,480
\nin Christ’s love.
\nThey can only be rooted in his <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:35,480 –> 00:26:36,920
\nfaith.
\nThey they can’t be rooted in <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:36,920 –> 00:26:39,520
\nanything else.
\nDon’t build your roots on <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:39,520 –> 00:26:42,040
\npeople.
\nDon’t build your roots on on <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:42,040 –> 00:26:45,000
\nsinful men.
\nDon’t build your roots on what <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:45,000 –> 00:26:46,680
\nthis brother or that brother
\ndoes. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:46,800 –> 00:26:49,040
\nIt will not work.
\nIt will fail you. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:49,880 –> 00:26:54,320
\nYou have to root into Christ.
\nYou got to root into his <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:54,320 –> 00:26:59,440
\ncharacter, into his love, into
\nhis attitude, into his faith. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:01,560 –> 00:27:06,160
\nBecause when persecution comes
\nthat won’t wigger because he was<\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:06,160 –> 00:27:09,480
\npersecuted, your faith won’t
\nfail. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:09,560 –> 00:27:14,720
\nHis faith didn’t fail.
\nYour strength won’t dry up. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:14,800 –> 00:27:16,560
\nBecause his strength didn’t dry
\nup. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:19,840 –> 00:27:24,080
\nHe will not fail you.
\nYou build on a man. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:26,640 –> 00:27:30,520
\nWell, what’s the history of
\nthat? <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:41,540 –> 00:27:49,420
\nSo Peter’s roots could not be
\nbuilt on the shallow foundations<\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:49,460 –> 00:27:55,880
\nof his ambitions into the Stony
\nground of his ambitions. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:57,200 –> 00:28:02,200
\nCould not.
\nThey had to go into something <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:02,200 –> 00:28:10,960
\nwith depth.
\nAnd the thing that has depth is <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:10,960 –> 00:28:16,040
\nnot the triumphant Lord, The
\nthing that had depth is the <\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:16,040 –> 00:28:18,720
\nsuffering Lord.
\nThink about that. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:23,000 –> 00:28:27,240
\nNot a Lord that didn’t suffer,
\nbut a Lord that suffered and <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:27,240 –> 00:28:31,560
\novercame.
\nThat’s what he needed to have <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:31,560 –> 00:28:37,520
\nrude into.
\nThat brings us back to Matthew <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:37,520 –> 00:28:40,560
\n16, and here’s the point I’m
\ntrying to make. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:40,680 –> 00:28:43,680
\nIt’s no surprise Peter doesn’t
\nwant to hear about persecution <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:43,680 –> 00:28:46,360
\nor hardship in Matthew 16.
\nHe’s the Stony ground. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:46,360 –> 00:28:48,600
\nOf course he doesn’t want to
\nhear about persecution or <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:48,600 –> 00:28:53,600
\nhardship.
\nThe implication, by the way, if <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:53,600 –> 00:28:57,240
\nthat’s true, is that the soil is
\ncurrently shallow. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:58,200 –> 00:29:00,280
\nHe’s full of joy when things are
\ngoing well. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:29:00,880 –> 00:29:03,360
\nBut when Jesus speaks of
\nsuffering, he rejects it. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:03,360 –> 00:29:09,240
\nHe rebukes Jesus for even
\nsuggesting such a thing, that <\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:09,240 –> 00:29:13,480
\nhis ambitions were still rooted
\nin shallow soil. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:13,960 –> 00:29:18,520
\nThings that men savor, not
\nthings of God. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:20,000 –> 00:29:23,480
\nSo this is what Jesus says in
\nMatthew chapter 16 verse 23. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:23,560 –> 00:29:29,600
\nHe turned and said to Peter, Get
\nbehind me, Satan, thou art an <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:29,600 –> 00:29:38,880
\noffense unto me.
\nFor thou savours not the things <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:38,880 –> 00:29:41,600
\nthat be of God, but those that
\nbe of men. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:41,600 –> 00:29:45,520
\nAnd here’s the question.
\nOf all things Jesus could have <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:45,520 –> 00:29:51,120
\nsaid to Peter, why does he say,
\nget behind me? <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:51,120 –> 00:29:58,550
\nSatan?
\nLet me suggest to you that that <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:58,550 –> 00:30:07,760
\nPeter’s resistance to Jesus in
\nMatthew 16 was very similar to <\/p>\n
432
\n00:30:07,800 –> 00:30:10,960
\nthe resistance Jesus had to have
\non another occasion. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:30:11,280 –> 00:30:12,800
\nCan you think what occasion that
\nwas? <\/p>\n
434
\n00:30:13,160 –> 00:30:18,360
\nThink for a moment.
\nWhat was the temptation that <\/p>\n
435
\n00:30:18,360 –> 00:30:20,640
\nPeter was putting before Jesus
\nhere? <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:21,280 –> 00:30:26,680
\nThe temptation was Lord, you
\ndon’t need to suffer in order to<\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:26,680 –> 00:30:30,600
\nhave the glory.
\nYou can have all the things, all<\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:30,600 –> 00:30:34,200
\nthe messianic triumph, all the
\nkingdoms of the world, all the <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:34,200 –> 00:30:37,360
\nyou’re going to have dominion
\nover nations and peoples, and I <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:37,360 –> 00:30:39,360
\nmean over all.
\nYou can have all those things, <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:39,360 –> 00:30:42,520
\nLord, and you don’t need to
\nsuffer to get them. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:43,680 –> 00:30:48,960
\nNow tell me, young people, had
\nJesus ever faced that temptation<\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:48,960 –> 00:30:55,160
\nbefore?
\nRaise your hand if you think you<\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:55,160 –> 00:30:57,720
\nknow.
\nRaise your hand if you really <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:57,720 –> 00:31:01,200
\nthink you know.
\nWhen had Jesus faced that <\/p>\n
446
\n00:31:01,200 –> 00:31:05,240
\ntemptation?
\nSomeone shouted out, Say again, <\/p>\n
447
\n00:31:06,600 –> 00:31:09,400
\nYeah, but I’m going to go the
\nMatthew reference rather than <\/p>\n
448
\n00:31:09,400 –> 00:31:13,600
\nLuke.
\nOK, so Matthew chapter 4 verses <\/p>\n
449
\n00:31:13,600 –> 00:31:15,840
\n8 to 10.
\nAnd again the devil taketh him <\/p>\n
450
\n00:31:15,840 –> 00:31:19,880
\nup to an exceeding high
\nmountain, showeth him all the <\/p>\n
451
\n00:31:19,880 –> 00:31:22,560
\nkingdoms of the world and the
\nglory of them. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:31:23,000 –> 00:31:26,800
\nAnd Seth unto him, all these
\nthings I will give thee, if thou<\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:26,800 –> 00:31:31,680
\nwill fall down and worship me,
\nthen Seth, Jesus unto him get <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:31,800 –> 00:31:33,600
\nthee.
\nHence Satan. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:33,840 –> 00:31:43,920
\nSame exact words as Matthew 16.
\nFor it is written, thou shalt <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:43,920 –> 00:31:47,040
\nworship the Lord thy God, in him
\nonly shalt thou serve. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:47,880 –> 00:31:51,640
\nSo at Matthew chapter 4, the
\ntemptation presented to Jesus is<\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:51,640 –> 00:31:57,040
\nsimply bypass the suffering and
\nthe trials and the missions and <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:57,040 –> 00:32:00,400
\ninstead immediately claim the
\npower over all the kingdoms of <\/p>\n
460
\n00:32:00,400 –> 00:32:03,200
\nthe world.
\nEssentially, the temptation is <\/p>\n
461
\n00:32:03,200 –> 00:32:05,360
\nthis, you don’t need to endure
\nhardship. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:32:06,200 –> 00:32:08,160
\nYou don’t need to follow God’s
\nplan. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:32:08,600 –> 00:32:11,320
\nYou can take the kingdoms now
\nand all the glory with it. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:32:12,960 –> 00:32:15,960
\nBut if he was to do that, He
\nwould be savoring the things of <\/p>\n
465
\n00:32:15,960 –> 00:32:22,680
\nmen, not the things of God.
\nSo Jesus resists the temptation <\/p>\n
466
\n00:32:22,680 –> 00:32:25,000
\nin Matthew 4 saying get thee,
\nhence Satan. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:27,040 –> 00:32:32,320
\nNow Fast forward to Matthew 16.
\nPeter unknowingly is echoing the<\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:32,320 –> 00:32:36,080
\nexact same temptation when he
\nsays, be it far from thee, Lord,<\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:36,080 –> 00:32:40,360
\nthat shall not be unto thee.
\nIn essence, Peter’s saying you <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:40,360 –> 00:32:42,880
\ndon’t need to suffer.
\nYou don’t need to endure the <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:42,880 –> 00:32:44,240
\ndifficult work you’re talking
\nabout. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:44,240 –> 00:32:47,880
\nNo, you can have the Kingdom.
\nNow can you see it? <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:48,120 –> 00:32:52,640
\nIt’s the same temptation.
\nTake the crown, forget the <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:52,640 –> 00:32:57,440
\ncross, claim the glory.
\nDon’t worry about the suffering.<\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:59,200 –> 00:33:03,440
\nSo just as he did in Matthew 4,
\nhe’s going to resist it the same<\/p>\n
476
\n00:33:03,440 –> 00:33:06,360
\nway he does now.
\nHe turns to Peter. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:33:06,360 –> 00:33:09,360
\nHe says, get thee behind me or
\nsense, get thee. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:33:09,360 –> 00:33:14,520
\nHence Satan.
\nNow this is a classic reference <\/p>\n
479
\n00:33:14,520 –> 00:33:18,240
\nthat Christadelphians use to
\nshow what Satan really is. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:33:18,400 –> 00:33:20,960
\nAnd it’s even, it’s even better
\nthan you think it is when you <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:20,960 –> 00:33:23,680
\nshow that, right?
\nBecause what happens is we look <\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:23,680 –> 00:33:27,720
\nat this reference and we say,
\nlook, see Satan, Peter’s calling<\/p>\n
483
\n00:33:28,400 –> 00:33:31,480
\nJesus calling Peter Satan, Satan
\nis, is simply an adversary to <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:31,480 –> 00:33:37,320
\nGod and to God’s thinking.
\nBut you got to notice Jesus <\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:37,320 –> 00:33:40,120
\nwords there in Matthew chapter
\n16. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:41,040 –> 00:33:44,560
\nHe says, there you turn in
\nPeter, he says, get behind me <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:44,560 –> 00:33:46,840
\nSatan, you are hindrance unto
\nme. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:48,400 –> 00:33:52,320
\nFor you savor not the things of
\nGod, but the things of what? <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:54,400 –> 00:34:00,720
\nOf men.
\nNow if, if he really thought <\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:00,720 –> 00:34:04,760
\nthis was a supernatural devil,
\nhe’d be saying you don’t savor <\/p>\n
491
\n00:34:04,760 –> 00:34:08,440
\nthe things of God, you savor the
\nthings of supernatural devils. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:34:11,120 –> 00:34:14,880
\nBut what’s he savoring?
\nThe things of men? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:34:15,679 –> 00:34:19,440
\nBecause what is Satan really is
\nthe things of men. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:34:20,639 –> 00:34:24,400
\nThat’s what it is.
\nWe don’t need a supernatural <\/p>\n
495
\n00:34:24,400 –> 00:34:32,639
\ndevil because we’re men.
\nAnd that’s what Peter was <\/p>\n
496
\n00:34:32,639 –> 00:34:38,880
\nsavouring.
\nSo notice now how the words in <\/p>\n
497
\n00:34:38,880 –> 00:34:41,800
\nMatthew chapter 16 verse 26 now
\ntie. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:41,960 –> 00:34:45,920
\nNow now of course, in the
\nwilderness, Jesus, he, you know,<\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:45,920 –> 00:34:50,239
\nhe goes up on a high mountain,
\nyou know, in a vision probably, <\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:50,280 –> 00:34:52,760
\nand he’s seeing all the kingdoms
\nof the world, right? <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:53,120 –> 00:34:57,360
\nAnd so wouldn’t have been funny
\nif I just tripped on myself <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:57,360 –> 00:34:59,520
\nright there.
\nI, you know, that that was very <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:59,520 –> 00:35:02,040
\nlikely to happen and it didn’t.
\nSo I’m happy about that. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:35:03,080 –> 00:35:07,960
\nSo it sees all the kingdoms of
\nthe world, young people. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:35:09,680 –> 00:35:12,720
\nAnd, and I want you to think
\nabout that now. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:35:12,760 –> 00:35:18,920
\nThat idea is in Jesus mind.
\nNow look at Matthew 16 right? <\/p>\n
507
\n00:35:19,080 –> 00:35:24,440
\nNow look at Matthew 16 in front
\nof you and tell me if you think <\/p>\n
508
\n00:35:24,440 –> 00:35:29,240
\nthat this is on Jesus mind.
\nWhen you look at verse 26, what <\/p>\n
509
\n00:35:29,240 –> 00:35:39,530
\ndoes verse 26 say?
\nFor what does a man profited if <\/p>\n
510
\n00:35:39,530 –> 00:35:46,850
\nhe gained the whole world and
\nlose his own life? <\/p>\n
511
\n00:35:48,210 –> 00:35:50,730
\nWhat shall a man give in
\nexchange for his life? <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:52,610 –> 00:35:57,680
\nYou see, it was that not
\nsquarely on Jesus mind because <\/p>\n
513
\n00:35:57,680 –> 00:36:04,520
\nthat was the temptation and he
\nstared it down in Matthew 4 and <\/p>\n
514
\n00:36:04,520 –> 00:36:07,200
\nnow it’s come back up in Matthew
\nchapter 16. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:36:07,320 –> 00:36:12,000
\nThere’s a reason that the
\ntemptations he suffered in the <\/p>\n
516
\n00:36:12,000 –> 00:36:14,000
\nwilderness, he had to suffer
\nthem. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:36:15,080 –> 00:36:18,040
\nAnd in in this one chapter we’ve
\nseen all three of them come up, <\/p>\n
518
\n00:36:18,040 –> 00:36:20,600
\nhaven’t we?
\nAnd I would suggest to you they <\/p>\n
519
\n00:36:20,600 –> 00:36:22,400
\ndon’t just come up simply in
\nthis chapter. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:36:22,400 –> 00:36:25,560
\nThey come up over and over again
\nin the Gospels. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:36:30,830 –> 00:36:34,870
\nSo Peter wanted the Kingdom
\nwithout repentance. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:36:35,990 –> 00:36:39,430
\nHe wanted the Kingdom without
\nsubmission to God’s will. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:36:39,510 –> 00:36:46,430
\nHe wanted the prophet.
\nHe just didn’t understand yet <\/p>\n
524
\n00:36:47,430 –> 00:36:52,150
\nthat in grasping for the prophet
\nhe would be forfeiting his life.<\/p>\n
525
\n00:36:53,470 –> 00:36:57,200
\nSo Peter in Matthew 16 has a lot
\nto learn. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:00,280 –> 00:37:06,600
\nAnd so Jesus is going to say in
\nverses 24 and 25 this Jesus said<\/p>\n
527
\n00:37:06,600 –> 00:37:11,880
\nunto his disciples, If any man
\nwill come after me, let him deny<\/p>\n
528
\n00:37:11,880 –> 00:37:14,120
\nhimself and take up the cross,
\nand follow me. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:37:14,560 –> 00:37:17,320
\nNow whosoever will save his life
\nshall lose it, and whosoever <\/p>\n
530
\n00:37:17,320 –> 00:37:19,480
\nwill lose his life for my sake
\nshall find it. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:37:20,600 –> 00:37:23,960
\nNow these words and you know
\nthis are immediately after the <\/p>\n
532
\n00:37:23,960 –> 00:37:26,320
\nrebuke of Peter.
\nSo there rebukes them. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:37:26,320 –> 00:37:30,160
\nGet thee behind me, Savior.
\nSo and then Jesus says these <\/p>\n
534
\n00:37:30,160 –> 00:37:31,800
\nwords.
\nNow I would just suggest to you <\/p>\n
535
\n00:37:32,040 –> 00:37:39,160
\nthat Peter heard these words
\nintensely, you know, just after <\/p>\n
536
\n00:37:39,160 –> 00:37:42,600
\nyou’ve been rebuked, right?
\nAnd you’re just, you’re just, <\/p>\n
537
\n00:37:42,600 –> 00:37:45,440
\nyou’re almost just in shock
\nbecause you thought you were <\/p>\n
538
\n00:37:45,440 –> 00:37:49,000
\ndoing the right thing.
\nAnd, and Jesus has just rebuked <\/p>\n
539
\n00:37:49,000 –> 00:37:50,360
\nyou in front of all your
\nfriends. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:37:50,880 –> 00:37:54,200
\nAnd Jesus says this now he was
\nsaying that to all his <\/p>\n
541
\n00:37:54,200 –> 00:37:57,200
\ndisciples, right?
\nBut Peter heard these words. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:37:57,960 –> 00:38:02,840
\nHe heard them and he, he was
\nthinking to himself, not me, <\/p>\n
543
\n00:38:02,880 –> 00:38:09,560
\nthis won’t be me.
\nI’d like to suggest you that <\/p>\n
544
\n00:38:09,560 –> 00:38:12,960
\nPeter really heard these words
\nand you can see the echoes. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:38:13,080 –> 00:38:17,040
\nLet me show you some echoes that
\nwould show up later in terms of <\/p>\n
546
\n00:38:17,040 –> 00:38:20,760
\nPeter’s own statements, for
\nexample, lose his life. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:38:20,800 –> 00:38:23,840
\nWhat does he say in Luke chapter
\n22 verse 33 and he said to them,<\/p>\n
548
\n00:38:23,840 –> 00:38:27,120
\nLord, I’m ready to go with thee
\nboth into prison and to death. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:38:27,560 –> 00:38:32,200
\nI’m willing to lose my life.
\nPeter saying that’s not the only<\/p>\n
550
\n00:38:32,360 –> 00:38:35,880
\nreference here.
\nWhat about follow me John <\/p>\n
551
\n00:38:35,880 –> 00:38:39,000
\nchapter 13 verse 37.
\nPeter said to them, Lord, why <\/p>\n
552
\n00:38:39,000 –> 00:38:46,200
\ncan I not follow thee now I will
\nlay down my life for thy sake on<\/p>\n
553
\n00:38:46,200 –> 00:38:48,560
\nthe one that I’m sure you know
\nthe deny himself. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:38:48,920 –> 00:38:52,720
\nLuke 22 verse 34 And he said, I
\ntell thee, Peter the Cox should <\/p>\n
555
\n00:38:52,720 –> 00:38:55,960
\nnot crow this day before thou
\nhast denied me three times that <\/p>\n
556
\n00:38:55,960 –> 00:39:02,880
\nthou knowest to me.
\nCan you see Peter heard the <\/p>\n
557
\n00:39:02,880 –> 00:39:05,960
\nwords, these words if any man
\ncome after me, let him deny <\/p>\n
558
\n00:39:05,960 –> 00:39:10,080
\nhimself and take up his cross
\nand follow me like Jesus said <\/p>\n
559
\n00:39:10,080 –> 00:39:12,600
\nthis to all the disciples.
\nBut these words were personal, <\/p>\n
560
\n00:39:12,800 –> 00:39:16,600
\nfor Peter was saying no, no, no,
\nno, no, no, no, no, no, not me. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:39:17,720 –> 00:39:21,240
\nI’m going to follow you.
\nI’m not going to deny you if I’m<\/p>\n
562
\n00:39:21,240 –> 00:39:29,290
\ngoing to die for you.
\nSo when do all, when do all <\/p>\n
563
\n00:39:29,290 –> 00:39:31,610
\nthese things?
\nWhat evening do all these things<\/p>\n
564
\n00:39:31,610 –> 00:39:35,210
\ncome into a focus point?
\nOf course they come to a focus <\/p>\n
565
\n00:39:35,210 –> 00:39:39,050
\npoint in Matthew chapter 26.
\nAll these things that Jesus is <\/p>\n
566
\n00:39:39,050 –> 00:39:43,650
\nspeaking about in terms of
\nrevealing what would happen to <\/p>\n
567
\n00:39:43,650 –> 00:39:46,130
\nhim.
\nThey all start to come to pass <\/p>\n
568
\n00:39:47,170 –> 00:39:50,090
\nin Matthew chapter 26.
\nAnd I want you to take you there<\/p>\n
569
\n00:39:50,480 –> 00:39:53,880
\nand, and, and, and kind of see
\nhow this story unfolds itself. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:39:57,480 –> 00:40:00,320
\nWe’re told in verse 21 that he
\nwould suffer many things of the <\/p>\n
571
\n00:40:00,320 –> 00:40:02,120
\nelders and the chief priests and
\nthe scribes. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:40:02,120 –> 00:40:05,680
\nOK, well, the suffering of many
\nthings in terms of the elders <\/p>\n
573
\n00:40:05,680 –> 00:40:09,560
\nand chief priests of scribes are
\nunfolded in Matthew chapter 26. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:40:11,840 –> 00:40:15,840
\nSo we read there in Matthew 26
\nand verse 57 and 58 this. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:40:18,840 –> 00:40:23,680
\nAnd they that had laid hold on
\nJesus led him away to Caiaphas <\/p>\n
576
\n00:40:23,720 –> 00:40:27,680
\nthe high priest, where the
\nscribes and the elders were <\/p>\n
577
\n00:40:27,680 –> 00:40:30,880
\nassembled.
\nAnd Peter followed him afar off <\/p>\n
578
\n00:40:31,280 –> 00:40:34,920
\nonto the high priest palace and
\nwent in and sat with the <\/p>\n
579
\n00:40:34,920 –> 00:40:38,480
\nservants to see the Lord.
\nNow what was happening, why <\/p>\n
580
\n00:40:38,480 –> 00:40:41,520
\nPeter was in the courtyard?
\nWell, I’ll tell you what was <\/p>\n
581
\n00:40:41,520 –> 00:40:44,240
\nhappening.
\nWhat was happening in the palace<\/p>\n
582
\n00:40:44,680 –> 00:40:49,840
\nis that Jesus was on trial in
\nfront of the chief priests. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:40:51,200 –> 00:40:56,480
\nAnd at that trial we’re told
\nthat a false witness came and <\/p>\n
584
\n00:40:56,480 –> 00:41:00,680
\nsaid, the fellows said I’m able
\nto destroy the temple of God and<\/p>\n
585
\n00:41:00,680 –> 00:41:02,480
\nbuild it in three days.
\nAnd I would tell you that’s the <\/p>\n
586
\n00:41:02,480 –> 00:41:06,240
\nquestion, I believe, of Matthew
\nchapter 16. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:41:06,920 –> 00:41:13,120
\nWhat building are we building?
\nJesus is saying, I have a rock, <\/p>\n
588
\n00:41:13,480 –> 00:41:16,760
\nit’s a foundation and I’m going
\nto build an ecclesia on it. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:41:16,920 –> 00:41:19,480
\nThat’s the question in Matthew
\nchapter 16. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:41:19,840 –> 00:41:22,640
\nChrist is going to build an
\necclesia of called out ones. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:41:22,880 –> 00:41:26,080
\nAnd the question is, what is the
\nrock of that building? <\/p>\n
592
\n00:41:28,760 –> 00:41:31,680
\nAnd so the, the, the, the
\nquestion in, in, in Matthew <\/p>\n
593
\n00:41:31,680 –> 00:41:35,200
\nchapter 26 is this temple of
\nGod, he’s going to destroy, he’s<\/p>\n
594
\n00:41:35,200 –> 00:41:37,400
\ngoing to build in three days.
\nThey thought he was talking <\/p>\n
595
\n00:41:37,400 –> 00:41:39,080
\nabout one thing.
\nHe thought he knew he was <\/p>\n
596
\n00:41:39,080 –> 00:41:52,120
\ntalking about another.
\nAnd so the building that they <\/p>\n
597
\n00:41:52,120 –> 00:41:55,080
\nthought he was talking about
\nwas, of course, the temple of <\/p>\n
598
\n00:41:55,080 –> 00:41:59,800
\nHerod, the second temple.
\nBut what did Jesus said about <\/p>\n
599
\n00:41:59,800 –> 00:42:04,640
\nthat building?
\nWell, Jesus about that building <\/p>\n
600
\n00:42:04,640 –> 00:42:07,080
\nhad said it’s not going to be
\nrebuilt in three days. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:42:07,520 –> 00:42:11,040
\nJesus has said there should not
\nbe left one stone upon another <\/p>\n
602
\n00:42:11,040 –> 00:42:14,920
\nthat should not be thrown down.
\nThat temple’s not being rebuilt <\/p>\n
603
\n00:42:14,920 –> 00:42:19,840
\nin three days.
\nIn fact, Josephus will say this.<\/p>\n
604
\n00:42:20,120 –> 00:42:23,240
\nThe temple was burning down, and
\nthe flames were carried far <\/p>\n
605
\n00:42:23,240 –> 00:42:26,480
\nbeyond the building itself.
\nThe temple was so magnificent <\/p>\n
606
\n00:42:26,680 –> 00:42:30,400
\nand so much a symbol of their
\nreligion and identity that the <\/p>\n
607
\n00:42:30,400 –> 00:42:32,520
\nJews could hardly bear to see it
\ndestroyed. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:42:32,520 –> 00:42:35,000
\nThe cries of the defenders
\nmingled with the noise of the <\/p>\n
609
\n00:42:35,000 –> 00:42:38,640
\nflames and the shouting of the
\nRoman soldiers created an <\/p>\n
610
\n00:42:38,640 –> 00:42:43,280
\noverwhelming din.
\nThat temple was burned to Hades <\/p>\n
611
\n00:42:46,280 –> 00:42:52,080
\nJewish War book 4 chapter 4.
\nThat wasn’t the temple that <\/p>\n
612
\n00:42:52,160 –> 00:42:54,720
\nJesus was talking about and they
\ndidn’t understand it. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:42:57,600 –> 00:42:59,560
\nWould the foundation of the
\ntemple be this? <\/p>\n
614
\n00:43:01,000 –> 00:43:05,360
\nOr would it be the temple made
\nof those that are baptized into <\/p>\n
615
\n00:43:05,360 –> 00:43:08,840
\nChrist’s death that become
\nspiritual stones that are <\/p>\n
616
\n00:43:08,840 –> 00:43:14,160
\nfounded on his perfected life?
\nThat temple would be destroyed <\/p>\n
617
\n00:43:15,160 –> 00:43:20,800
\nand rebuilt in three days.
\nAnd yet at these accusations in <\/p>\n
618
\n00:43:20,800 –> 00:43:27,240
\nMatthew 26, Jesus is silent.
\nAnd so in Matthew chapter 26 <\/p>\n
619
\n00:43:27,240 –> 00:43:33,120
\nverse 62, it says there the high
\npriest arose and said unto him, <\/p>\n
620
\n00:43:33,280 –> 00:43:36,640
\nanswer is thou nothing?
\nWhat it is that these witness <\/p>\n
621
\n00:43:36,640 –> 00:43:39,120
\nagainst thee?
\nSo the high priest is in fury. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:43:39,120 –> 00:43:43,080
\nHe’s in anger and, and all over
\nhis face. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:43:43,720 –> 00:43:47,200
\nIt would have been distressed
\nand and vain, bulging. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:43:47,200 –> 00:43:51,640
\nAnd I imagine he, he’s pointing
\na finger right at Jesus and he <\/p>\n
625
\n00:43:51,760 –> 00:43:54,240
\nand he’s asking a question and
\nhe asked a question. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:43:54,240 –> 00:43:57,080
\nI, I listen and as he asked this
\nquestion, I want to ask you this<\/p>\n
627
\n00:43:57,080 –> 00:44:01,160
\nquestion.
\nTell me if anything about the <\/p>\n
628
\n00:44:01,160 –> 00:44:05,040
\nquestion that the high priest
\nasked Jesus reminds you of <\/p>\n
629
\n00:44:05,040 –> 00:44:14,320
\nanything you’ve heard before.
\nBecause what question does the <\/p>\n
630
\n00:44:14,320 –> 00:44:18,200
\nhigh priest then point his
\nfinger in anger and fury and ask<\/p>\n
631
\n00:44:18,200 –> 00:44:21,040
\nthe Lord, Do you want a
\nquestion? <\/p>\n
632
\n00:44:21,040 –> 00:44:30,360
\nThat is, the high priest
\nanswered and said to him, I <\/p>\n
633
\n00:44:30,360 –> 00:44:40,160
\nadjure thee by the living God,
\nthat thou tell us whether thou <\/p>\n
634
\n00:44:40,160 –> 00:44:51,840
\nbe the Christ, the Son of God.
\nNow there’s a question I want to<\/p>\n
635
\n00:44:51,840 –> 00:44:53,840
\nput forward, an assertion I
\ncannot prove. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:44:56,880 –> 00:45:01,120
\nThe assertion is that the high
\npriest had not asked that <\/p>\n
637
\n00:45:01,120 –> 00:45:04,080
\nquestion in a quiet or demur
\nvoice. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:45:05,800 –> 00:45:08,560
\nI’d like to put forward the idea
\nthat given that the high priest <\/p>\n
639
\n00:45:08,560 –> 00:45:13,680
\nis about to rent his clothes,
\nthat the high priest perhaps <\/p>\n
640
\n00:45:13,800 –> 00:45:16,920
\nasked that question in a voice
\nthat might be better considered <\/p>\n
641
\n00:45:16,920 –> 00:45:22,240
\na shout.
\nAnd if the high priest asked <\/p>\n
642
\n00:45:22,240 –> 00:45:29,640
\nthat question in anger and in a
\nshout, then just maybe, maybe a <\/p>\n
643
\n00:45:29,640 –> 00:45:38,040
\nman working outside in the
\ncourtyard may have heard the <\/p>\n
644
\n00:45:38,040 –> 00:45:43,760
\nhigh priest ask that question.
\nMaybe he was the man who was <\/p>\n
645
\n00:45:43,760 –> 00:45:51,160
\nwarming himself by the fire.
\nBecause approximately 6 months <\/p>\n
646
\n00:45:51,160 –> 00:46:02,920
\nbefore, Jesus had said to that
\nman, Who do you say that I am? <\/p>\n
647
\n00:46:09,320 –> 00:46:14,600
\nBut now, in the midst of
\npersecution, persecution that he<\/p>\n
648
\n00:46:14,600 –> 00:46:25,200
\nhad predicted that very day, the
\nquestion hangs in the air, out <\/p>\n
649
\n00:46:25,200 –> 00:46:30,040
\nof the mouth of the high priest.
\nWho are you? <\/p>\n
650
\n00:46:35,890 –> 00:46:46,400
\nAnd at that moment, while being
\npersecuted, was Jesus still the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:46:46,400 –> 00:46:54,760
\nSon of the living God?
\nAnd I don’t know if Peter heard <\/p>\n
652
\n00:46:54,760 –> 00:47:00,040
\nthe high priest shout that
\nquestion, but I know this. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:47:01,360 –> 00:47:08,840
\nMaybe he heard it.
\nPeter didn’t answer, And I don’t<\/p>\n
654
\n00:47:08,840 –> 00:47:12,080
\nknow how to hang all these
\nevents together, of course, but <\/p>\n
655
\n00:47:13,240 –> 00:47:20,880
\njust imagine if that rings
\nthrough into Peter’s ears. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:47:23,520 –> 00:47:27,080
\nAnd then one standing by the
\nfire hears those same words and <\/p>\n
657
\n00:47:27,080 –> 00:47:33,320
\nsays, surely thou art one of
\nthem. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:47:35,720 –> 00:47:42,160
\nAnd Peter says, cursing and
\nswearing, I know not the man. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:47:50,390 –> 00:47:55,710
\nIf he had remembered the words
\nof Jesus, of course he <\/p>\n
660
\n00:47:55,710 –> 00:47:59,990
\nremembered that Jesus had told
\nhim that before the cock crew he<\/p>\n
661
\n00:47:59,990 –> 00:48:05,190
\nwould deny his Lord.
\nBut perhaps he had also <\/p>\n
662
\n00:48:05,190 –> 00:48:12,630
\nremembered, If any man come
\nafter me, let him deny himself <\/p>\n
663
\n00:48:15,920 –> 00:48:19,200
\nand take up his cross and follow
\nme. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:48:21,520 –> 00:48:34,160
\nDo you see how profound that is?
\nFor a moment I want to go back <\/p>\n
665
\n00:48:34,160 –> 00:48:37,440
\ninto the High priest palace
\nbecause there’s another point I <\/p>\n
666
\n00:48:37,440 –> 00:48:41,640
\nwant to make.
\nThe Gospel witnesses that in <\/p>\n
667
\n00:48:41,640 –> 00:48:46,120
\nfront of his accusers that night
\nthat Jesus was mostly silent. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:48:47,360 –> 00:48:50,400
\nFor example, it says answers
\nthou nothing. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:48:50,400 –> 00:48:52,120
\nWhat is that?
\nThese witness against thee, and <\/p>\n
670
\n00:48:52,120 –> 00:48:57,320
\nJesus held his peace.
\nBut there’s one thing that <\/p>\n
671
\n00:48:57,320 –> 00:49:09,360
\nMatthew 26 does tell us that
\nJesus said, and he said it when <\/p>\n
672
\n00:49:09,360 –> 00:49:15,160
\nasked the very question, I adore
\nthee by the living God that thou<\/p>\n
673
\n00:49:15,160 –> 00:49:18,200
\ntellest, whether thou be Jesus,
\nthe Son of, excuse me, the <\/p>\n
674
\n00:49:18,200 –> 00:49:21,960
\nMessiah, the Son of God.
\nJesus answers that question. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:49:23,960 –> 00:49:25,360
\nAnd do you know what his answer
\nis? <\/p>\n
676
\n00:49:28,120 –> 00:49:33,320
\nHis answer is to give them the
\nsign of the prophet Jonah, <\/p>\n
677
\n00:49:40,770 –> 00:49:44,520
\nbecause he says, Nevertheless, I
\nsay unto you, hereafter you <\/p>\n
678
\n00:49:44,520 –> 00:49:51,280
\nshall see the Son of Man sitting
\non the right hand of power and <\/p>\n
679
\n00:49:51,280 –> 00:50:00,160
\ncoming in the clouds of heaven.
\nThat’s his answer. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:50:04,240 –> 00:50:09,000
\nYou’re going to see it.
\nYou know. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:50:09,120 –> 00:50:14,160
\nYou know that Jesus is quoting,
\nI think from Daniel Chapter 7 <\/p>\n
682
\n00:50:14,160 –> 00:50:18,360
\nverse 13.
\nAnd if you remind yourself of <\/p>\n
683
\n00:50:18,360 –> 00:50:21,680
\nwhat Daniel Chapter 7 verse 14
\nsays, and I know that we looked <\/p>\n
684
\n00:50:21,680 –> 00:50:24,480
\nat a couple times, so it’s
\nprobably familiar to you, this <\/p>\n
685
\n00:50:24,480 –> 00:50:27,000
\nis how that verse ends.
\nAnd I don’t think this would <\/p>\n
686
\n00:50:27,000 –> 00:50:30,680
\nhave been lost at all on the
\nhigh priest that evening in his <\/p>\n
687
\n00:50:30,680 –> 00:50:35,480
\npalace because it says there and
\nthere will be given him dominion<\/p>\n
688
\n00:50:35,480 –> 00:50:39,440
\nand glory and a Kingdom and all
\npeoples, nations and languages <\/p>\n
689
\n00:50:39,440 –> 00:50:41,920
\nwill serve him.
\nHis dominion is an everlasting <\/p>\n
690
\n00:50:41,920 –> 00:50:45,360
\ndominion which shall not pass
\naway, His Kingdom, that which <\/p>\n
691
\n00:50:45,360 –> 00:50:47,440
\nshall not be destroyed.
\nAnd you know what is the <\/p>\n
692
\n00:50:47,440 –> 00:50:50,120
\ninteresting thing, brothers and
\nsisters, is that passage. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:50:50,360 –> 00:50:56,240
\nDaniel chapter 14 encapsulates
\neverything Peter ever wanted <\/p>\n
694
\n00:50:56,240 –> 00:51:01,040
\nfrom the Lord.
\nIt was encapsulates everything <\/p>\n
695
\n00:51:01,040 –> 00:51:04,120
\nthat Pharisees or Herodians ever
\nwould demand of him. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:51:04,760 –> 00:51:09,960
\nFor surely here was a sign from
\nheaven, and on that day when <\/p>\n
697
\n00:51:09,960 –> 00:51:11,960
\nthey pose the question, who are
\nyou? <\/p>\n
698
\n00:51:13,800 –> 00:51:22,240
\nJesus says that they’ll get
\ntheir sign from heaven, but when<\/p>\n
699
\n00:51:22,240 –> 00:51:25,920
\nthey see it, they’ll have no
\npart in the dominion. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:51:27,360 –> 00:51:29,160
\nThey’ll have no part in the
\nKingdom. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:51:30,680 –> 00:51:32,640
\nThey’ll have no part in the
\nglory. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:51:33,840 –> 00:51:39,320
\nBecause they built their house
\nnot on that which would be <\/p>\n
703
\n00:51:39,320 –> 00:51:41,680
\ndestroyed and rebuilt in three
\ndays. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:51:43,720 –> 00:51:53,080
\nThey built their house on the
\nden of thieves where there would<\/p>\n
705
\n00:51:53,080 –> 00:51:55,920
\nnot be 1 stone left upon
\nanother. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:52:00,360 –> 00:52:06,000
\nJesus House isn’t built on the
\nstumbling stones of burning <\/p>\n
707
\n00:52:06,000 –> 00:52:12,120
\ndestruction, it’s built on the
\nstone carved out of the mountain<\/p>\n
708
\n00:52:12,120 –> 00:52:18,080
\nwithout hands, which becomes a
\nmountain and fills the whole <\/p>\n
709
\n00:52:18,080 –> 00:52:22,640
\nearth.
\nIt’s all about what we build on.<\/p>\n
710
\n00:52:29,180 –> 00:52:32,180
\nAnd to bring this full circle,
\nbrothers, sisters, it’s not an <\/p>\n
711
\n00:52:32,180 –> 00:52:37,700
\naccident that on the road to
\nCaesarea Philippi six months <\/p>\n
712
\n00:52:37,700 –> 00:52:42,160
\nearlier, Jesus said to Simon,
\nblessed are you Simon bar Jonah.<\/p>\n
713
\n00:52:44,360 –> 00:52:48,720
\nYou know, son implies
\nrelationship, it implies <\/p>\n
714
\n00:52:48,920 –> 00:52:53,640
\nlineage, It implies similarity.
\nAnd you know, there’s an eerie <\/p>\n
715
\n00:52:53,640 –> 00:53:00,400
\nsimilarity between Peter and the
\nprophet Jonah. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:53:02,160 –> 00:53:07,200
\nThe prophet Jonah was a prophet
\nof the true God, but he resisted<\/p>\n
717
\n00:53:07,200 –> 00:53:12,840
\nGod’s message.
\nHe desired national glory of <\/p>\n
718
\n00:53:12,840 –> 00:53:17,560
\nIsrael and didn’t understand
\nGod’s purpose, so he needed to <\/p>\n
719
\n00:53:17,560 –> 00:53:22,400
\nbe humbled.
\nAnd I suggest to you that Peter <\/p>\n
720
\n00:53:24,280 –> 00:53:27,640
\nwas a disciple of the true
\nMessiah but resisted the <\/p>\n
721
\n00:53:27,640 –> 00:53:31,080
\nmessage.
\nHe desired the national glory of<\/p>\n
722
\n00:53:31,080 –> 00:53:37,240
\nIsrael, didn’t fully understand
\nGod’s purpose and need to be <\/p>\n
723
\n00:53:37,240 –> 00:53:42,920
\nhumbled.
\nPeter’s the son of Jonah, <\/p>\n
724
\n00:53:46,320 –> 00:53:50,680
\nprobably why he found himself in
\nJoppa just like Jonah before. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:53:50,720 –> 00:53:54,280
\nBegin using the key that God
\ngave him to unlock the Kingdom <\/p>\n
726
\n00:53:54,280 –> 00:53:59,680
\nto the Gentiles.
\nBut for all of that to happen, <\/p>\n
727
\n00:54:01,120 –> 00:54:03,920
\nPeter would need to learn to
\nsavor and set his mind on the <\/p>\n
728
\n00:54:03,920 –> 00:54:07,840
\nthings of God, even if it meant
\ntribulation or persecution. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:54:07,840 –> 00:54:10,760
\nPicking up his cross and
\nfollowing Christ’s example. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:54:11,040 –> 00:54:15,840
\nNot being rooted in the shallow,
\nrocky soil of his own ambitions,<\/p>\n
731
\n00:54:16,080 –> 00:54:19,760
\nbut being rooted in Christ’s
\nexample, in Christ’s love, in <\/p>\n
732
\n00:54:19,760 –> 00:54:23,400
\nChrist’s faith, in Christ’s
\nmind, in the things that endure <\/p>\n
733
\n00:54:23,400 –> 00:54:26,960
\ntrial.
\nPeter may not have understood <\/p>\n
734
\n00:54:27,400 –> 00:54:33,840
\nChrist’s suffering in Matthew
\n16, but you know he came to <\/p>\n
735
\n00:54:33,840 –> 00:54:41,400
\nunderstand it later because in
\nfirst Peter chapter 4 verses one<\/p>\n
736
\n00:54:41,400 –> 00:54:45,800
\nand two, we have a very clear
\nevidence that Peter understood <\/p>\n
737
\n00:54:45,800 –> 00:54:48,160
\nsuffering.
\nHe understood trial. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:54:48,280 –> 00:54:51,040
\nHe was no longer rooted in
\nshallow soil. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:54:51,160 –> 00:54:56,400
\nHe was rooted deep into Christ
\nbecause he says this. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:54:57,480 –> 00:55:04,640
\nFor as much then as Christ has
\nsuffered for us, arm yourselves <\/p>\n
741
\n00:55:04,640 –> 00:55:12,280
\nlikewise with the same mind.
\nFor he that has suffered in the <\/p>\n
742
\n00:55:12,280 –> 00:55:17,640
\nflesh has ceased from sin, that
\nHe no longer should live the <\/p>\n
743
\n00:55:17,640 –> 00:55:22,960
\nrest of his time in the flesh.
\nTo the lusts of men, the things <\/p>\n
744
\n00:55:22,960 –> 00:55:30,560
\nthat men savor, but to the will
\nof God, the things that God <\/p>\n
745
\n00:55:30,560 –> 00:55:36,760
\nsavers.
\nBoy, He was rooted then, He was <\/p>\n
746
\n00:55:36,760 –> 00:55:41,200
\nrooted then.
\nYou know what? <\/p>\n
747
\n00:55:41,240 –> 00:55:43,920
\nHow do you take Stony soil and
\nmake a good soil? <\/p>\n
748
\n00:55:45,480 –> 00:55:51,680
\nHow do you do it?
\nYou take the stones out, you <\/p>\n
749
\n00:55:51,680 –> 00:55:56,360
\nknow, as a stone is just useless
\non the ground. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:55:57,920 –> 00:55:59,320
\nIt’s just something you throw
\naway. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:56:00,440 –> 00:56:06,360
\nBut what happens when you shape
\nthat stone and you build it on <\/p>\n
752
\n00:56:06,360 –> 00:56:09,720
\nthe foundation of the foundation
\nstone? <\/p>\n
753
\n00:56:09,920 –> 00:56:15,560
\nYou chisel away the edges, you
\nchisel away the sharp bits. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:56:16,000 –> 00:56:19,600
\nYou change it.
\nYou know, you build. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:56:19,600 –> 00:56:22,240
\nYou take a stone, you dig up
\nfrom the ground and you plant <\/p>\n
756
\n00:56:22,240 –> 00:56:24,920
\nthat on a foundation.
\nIs that building going to be <\/p>\n
757
\n00:56:24,920 –> 00:56:27,600
\nvery secure?
\nCourse not. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:56:27,840 –> 00:56:29,960
\nThe mortar’s not going to be
\nable to hold that, that <\/p>\n
759
\n00:56:29,960 –> 00:56:32,080
\nmisshapen stone onto the
\nfoundation. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:56:32,080 –> 00:56:37,480
\nThey it doesn’t fit.
\nBut if you shape it well, how do<\/p>\n
761
\n00:56:37,480 –> 00:56:39,000
\nyou shape it?
\nYou use a chisel. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:56:40,400 –> 00:56:41,920
\nSounds a lot like suffering to
\nme. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:56:43,560 –> 00:56:45,680
\nYou know, there is a brother in
\nChristchurch who just passed <\/p>\n
764
\n00:56:45,680 –> 00:56:49,200
\naway.
\nHis name is Uncle Paul Vogel and<\/p>\n
765
\n00:56:49,200 –> 00:56:57,520
\nhe died of cancer and he had a
\nbig influence on me and his wife<\/p>\n
766
\n00:56:57,520 –> 00:57:03,400
\ntold me that, he said with my
\ndying breath, I want to praise <\/p>\n
767
\n00:57:03,400 –> 00:57:10,920
\nGod.
\nEvery time I met that man, he <\/p>\n
768
\n00:57:10,920 –> 00:57:15,800
\nwould talk about his hope.
\nAnd what he’s really saying is, <\/p>\n
769
\n00:57:15,800 –> 00:57:17,520
\nBen, I want to give you this
\nhope. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:57:17,760 –> 00:57:20,120
\nI spent my whole life thinking I
\nwasn’t good enough. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:57:20,320 –> 00:57:22,720
\nI spent my whole life thinking
\nthat God will reject me. <\/p>\n
772
\n00:57:22,880 –> 00:57:26,920
\nI spent my whole life thinking
\nthat that that I was going to be<\/p>\n
773
\n00:57:27,000 –> 00:57:30,800
\ncast out.
\nWhat foolishness and what a <\/p>\n
774
\n00:57:30,800 –> 00:57:34,720
\nwaste of time that was.
\nHe said God is able to save. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:57:35,880 –> 00:57:38,920
\nI showed you young people at the
\nBustleton camp a video of that <\/p>\n
776
\n00:57:38,920 –> 00:57:42,160
\nman.
\nHe’s passed away now. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:57:46,400 –> 00:57:51,080
\nI loved that man.
\nBut you know his, his stone was <\/p>\n
778
\n00:57:51,080 –> 00:57:55,120
\nshaped.
\nHis ground was deep. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:57:57,720 –> 00:58:00,160
\nHe took the stones out of the
\nground. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:58:00,680 –> 00:58:04,840
\nHe took those petros and he
\nshaped them, and it was made <\/p>\n
781
\n00:58:04,840 –> 00:58:08,160
\ninto a living stone built up on
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:58:08,800 –> 00:58:24,660
\nAnd so strong, not shallow,
\nstrong as Jesus would say, Thou <\/p>\n
783
\n00:58:24,660 –> 00:58:31,540
\nshalt worship the Lord thy God
\nand him only shalt thou serve. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:58:37,730 –> 00:58:41,930
\nSo Peter understood, didn’t he?
\nHe got it. <\/p>\n
785
\n00:58:43,770 –> 00:58:46,770
\nHe put down his roots deeply
\ninto Christ. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:58:51,880 –> 00:58:55,160
\nSo now I need to conclude these
\nstudies that we’ve had together,<\/p>\n
787
\n00:58:55,160 –> 00:58:57,160
\nbrothers and sisters, and it’s
\nhard to do that. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:58:58,160 –> 00:59:00,240
\nHow do I conclude them?
\nI don’t even know. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:59:02,800 –> 00:59:08,920
\nBut I will tell you this.
\nI hope that these studies have <\/p>\n
790
\n00:59:08,920 –> 00:59:11,320
\nallowed you to better understand
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
791
\n00:59:11,320 –> 00:59:14,640
\nWhat I want to do is help you
\nand help me build a relationship<\/p>\n
792
\n00:59:14,640 –> 00:59:18,680
\nwith this man.
\nSee, see, we can read about the <\/p>\n
793
\n00:59:18,680 –> 00:59:22,440
\nLord and not, not get his
\nfrustration, not see him sigh <\/p>\n
794
\n00:59:22,440 –> 00:59:26,480
\ndeeply, not not see how
\ndesperately he wanted to be <\/p>\n
795
\n00:59:26,480 –> 00:59:29,840
\nknown, but he wouldn’t reveal it
\nof himself because he would not <\/p>\n
796
\n00:59:30,520 –> 00:59:35,800
\nallow his his ego and his pride
\nto to get in the way of God <\/p>\n
797
\n00:59:35,800 –> 00:59:38,200
\nrevealing him in his time.
\nHe wouldn’t do it. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:59:40,680 –> 00:59:45,320
\nHe would wait on God.
\nI never, I, I didn’t realize <\/p>\n
799
\n00:59:45,320 –> 00:59:49,320
\nthat before.
\nI didn’t see that trial for the <\/p>\n
800
\n00:59:49,320 –> 00:59:57,400
\nLord like I could hear.
\nI hope in these studies you see <\/p>\n
801
\n00:59:57,400 –> 01:00:01,440
\nhim in faith.
\nI hope you see the rock on which<\/p>\n
802
\n01:00:01,440 –> 01:00:04,520
\nyou need to build and that you
\nbuild on no other rock. <\/p>\n
803
\n01:00:06,440 –> 01:00:09,640
\nAnd I hope you see the contrast
\nbetween the things that men <\/p>\n
804
\n01:00:09,640 –> 01:00:12,080
\nsavor.
\nYou know, there’s a lot of <\/p>\n
805
\n01:00:12,080 –> 01:00:17,840
\nthings our brotherhood is not.
\nWe basically have no money in <\/p>\n
806
\n01:00:17,840 –> 01:00:20,960
\nour brotherhood and we have no
\npower. <\/p>\n
807
\n01:00:21,880 –> 01:00:29,160
\nWe have no Princess, no
\nrulership where there’s a bunch <\/p>\n
808
\n01:00:29,160 –> 01:00:34,720
\nof small communities.
\nAnd maybe that means you think <\/p>\n
809
\n01:00:34,720 –> 01:00:38,320
\nwe’re highly inefficient.
\nHas anyone here thought that <\/p>\n
810
\n01:00:38,320 –> 01:00:39,720
\nChris elephants are highly
\ninefficient? <\/p>\n
811
\n01:00:39,760 –> 01:00:41,600
\nWe do.
\nWe do the same thing 100 times <\/p>\n
812
\n01:00:41,600 –> 01:00:47,840
\nbadly rather than once.
\nWell, right, Thank goodness. <\/p>\n
813
\n01:00:49,920 –> 01:00:54,840
\nThank goodness there’s no money.
\nThere’s no power or any of the <\/p>\n
814
\n01:00:54,840 –> 01:00:59,960
\nthings that men savor in this
\ncommunity because it would <\/p>\n
815
\n01:00:59,960 –> 01:01:04,600
\ncorrupt it.
\nI would take the inefficiency <\/p>\n
816
\n01:01:04,600 –> 01:01:11,840
\n100 out of 100 times to not have
\ninstitutionalized the truth. <\/p>\n
817
\n01:01:13,400 –> 01:01:16,680
\nWe are a group of people who
\nsimply love the word together. <\/p>\n
818
\n01:01:17,880 –> 01:01:27,120
\nWe have no Princess, we have no
\nkings because we have a king and<\/p>\n
819
\n01:01:27,120 –> 01:01:29,840
\nwe are built on him.
\nAnd whether we meet in <\/p>\n
820
\n01:01:29,840 –> 01:01:30,600
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