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\nI was a little bit lackluster,
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\nyou.
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\nthis confession by Peter is very
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\nWhy was this moment, why was
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\ndoes that give me concerning
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\nconsiders as his true ecclesia?
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\nquestions I have by this
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\nFor example, we read about a <\/p>\n
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\nbuild as ecclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s the rock?
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\nThese are just some of the you,
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\nOften we go to the Psalms to
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\nNow the the people come up to <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah, but Jesus will never
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\nNow that makes this woman in the<\/p>\n
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\nI just want you when you go
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\nThat is an exceptional
\ncircumstance. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is Jesus revealing to this
\nwoman who he is? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause he doesn’t do it
\nanywhere else. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, so this is our second point
\nthen Our second point is Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nintentionally chooses to conceal
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\nOK, so and he doesn’t, he
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\nwho he is either because because
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\nto them at the end of the
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\nwho he is and they’re going, no,
\nthey don’t want to hear it. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Jesus has withheld it from
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\nHe’s also withheld it from his
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\nAnd I’m going to suggest to you
\nthat concealing who he was was <\/p>\n
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\nactually a greater temptation
\nthan you think it was. <\/p>\n
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\nHe did conceal who he was.
\nThere’s the the scriptures, the <\/p>\n
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\nGospels, it’s unambiguous.
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\nI’m just suggesting to you that
\nthat was a temptation. <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we know it’s a
\ntemptation? <\/p>\n
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\nHow we how do we know it’s
\ndifficult for Jesus to conceal <\/p>\n
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\nwho he was because of the second
\ntemptation of Matthew chapter 4 <\/p>\n
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\nverse 6 where it says if you are
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\nthe question, who is he?
\nIf you are the Son of God, throw<\/p>\n
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\nyourself down.
\nNow, if I’ve interpreted Brother<\/p>\n
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\nWayne Rittmeyer correctly, he
\nthinks that the pinnacle of the <\/p>\n
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\ncorner of the temple where they <\/p>\n
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\nSo certainly if you threw <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the spectacle of that <\/p>\n
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\nkind of miracle, who you were.
\nAnd, and we know that that Jesus<\/p>\n
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\nwas tempted to do it.
\nIf Jesus wasn’t tempted to do <\/p>\n
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\nit, this, this temptation had no
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\nBut every one of the temptations
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\nAnd we’re only told about 3 then<\/p>\n
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\nthis in particular, he wanted
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\nSo now it look, this is even
\ngetting more confusing. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s frustrated that people
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\nHe he has intentionally
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\nAnd of course he responds in <\/p>\n
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\nthis instance by saying it is
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\nDo not put the Lord your God to
\nthe test. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s how we resist the
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\nAnd the implication of this is
\nwhat? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s the implication of?
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\nDo you see that? <\/p>\n
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\nHis response to this temptation
\nwas I will put it in God’s <\/p>\n
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\nhands.
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\nIt will be God’s decision when
\nHe reveals who I am to who He <\/p>\n
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\nwants to reveal it to.
\nI will not do it. <\/p>\n
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\neveryone knows who I am. <\/p>\n
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\npeople to know who I am.
\nIt’s a great temptation that <\/p>\n
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\nI’m not going to put the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nSo I, I’m just kind of pointing <\/p>\n
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\nout some things that are all the
\nfirst three points should all <\/p>\n
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\nstand in contradiction to one
\nanother. <\/p>\n
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\nI hope you see that.
\nSo I only point these three <\/p>\n
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\ncontradictions, because Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nwas living in this
\ncontradiction. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that you understand the
\nsignificance of Matthew 16. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is this is the tension
\nthat’s in the air as he walks <\/p>\n
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\nthe Caesarea Philippi, a place
\nthat is pretty significant in <\/p>\n
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\nitself.
\nAnd we’re going to touch on that<\/p>\n
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\na little bit in this class, but
\nmuch more in the next class. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Luke offers an important
\ndetail that shows the <\/p>\n
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\nsignificance of this moment.
\nNow, now what I’m going to show <\/p>\n
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\nyou a verses, one of the
\nfunniest verses in the Gospel, <\/p>\n
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\nthough it’s not meant to be
\nfunny. <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe if you just have American
\nsense of humor, you find humor <\/p>\n
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\nin things that are not humorous
\nlike Donald Trump, right? <\/p>\n
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\nSo you got to find humor in
\nthings that are not intended to <\/p>\n
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\nbe humorous, right?
\nAnd this is a verse that is not <\/p>\n
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\nintentionally humorous, but it’s
\na little bit funny. <\/p>\n
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\nSee, See, we’ve been focusing in
\nMatthew and Mark because they <\/p>\n
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\nhave the fullest description of
\nthis little section of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ of life.
\nNow Luke mentions it very <\/p>\n
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\nbriefly, but Luke gives us a
\ndetail that neither Mark or <\/p>\n
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\nMatthew give us about this time
\nin Jesus life. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s this before Jesus
\nbegins this discussion with <\/p>\n
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\nPeter, what’s he doing?
\nWell, Luke says now it happens <\/p>\n
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\nas he was praying alone, the
\ndisciples were with him and he <\/p>\n
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\nasked who do the crowd say that
\nI am? <\/p>\n
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\nSo what happens is just before
\nhe asked this question to his <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples, he’s praying.
\nNow, why is he praying? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause this moment’s a big one.
\nNow in Luke, you can go through <\/p>\n
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\nall the examples of prayer in
\nLuke. <\/p>\n
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\nEvery time Jesus is praying in
\nLuke, something important is <\/p>\n
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\nabout to happen.
\nOK, so it shows the the <\/p>\n
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\nmagnitude that Jesus was a man
\nof prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what does he use prayer do?
\nHe uses prayer to conform his <\/p>\n
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\nwill to his Father’s God.
\nNot my will, but yours be done. <\/p>\n
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\nHe prays so that that God would
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\nabout to have a discussion which
\nhe knows is significant. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course, this discussion
\nover who he is is very, very <\/p>\n
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\ntempting for the Lord.
\nIt was one of his temptations in<\/p>\n
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\nHe knows this is a significant <\/p>\n
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\nmoment.
\nHe does not want to put his own <\/p>\n
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\noverride God’s will. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s praying for God to give
\nhim strength and, and, and what <\/p>\n
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\nit says is he’s praying alone,
\nbut the disciples are with him. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s OK. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you laugh, you ask.
\nThat was a bit of a courtesy <\/p>\n
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\nlaugh.
\nThat was so, so ever, ever been <\/p>\n
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\nalone with people around you?
\nNow, I don’t think that that is <\/p>\n
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\nmistake. <\/p>\n
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\nI mean, Luke, Luke’s not Luke’s
\nnot identifying a it is a <\/p>\n
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\ncontradiction.
\nI’m alone and people are with <\/p>\n
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\nme.
\nBut you have to understand that <\/p>\n
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\nIn this moment. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, Jesus feels very alone,
\nalthough people are around him. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you see that?
\nI’m just, I’m bringing you into <\/p>\n
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\nthis moment that Jesus is in.
\nHow is he feeling? <\/p>\n
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\nHe sighs deeply within himself.
\nHe has been tempted. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople are.
\nHe’s misunderstood. <\/p>\n
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\nEverywhere he go he’s
\nmisunderstood. <\/p>\n
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\nHe desires to be known, but he
\nwill not reveal himself. <\/p>\n
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\nHe feels alone although people
\nare around him. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s Jesus in this exact
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s my 4th point.
\nJesus was surrounded yet alone. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, this is his.
\nThis is Jesus in this moment. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s surrounded, yet he’s alone.
\nAnd he’s using prayer to align <\/p>\n
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\nhimself with God’s will, which
\nis what he does. <\/p>\n
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\nHe uses prayer to take his own
\nwill and surrender it to God’s <\/p>\n
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\nwill that God would take this
\nmoment and God would make from <\/p>\n
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\nthis moment what God wants him
\nto do in that in that moment <\/p>\n
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\nbecause he felt the temptation
\nand the struggle with with <\/p>\n
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\nrevealing his identity to his
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
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\nThis moment is huge for the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now, after years of quiet
\nministry, miraculous acts, <\/p>\n
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\nmisunderstood teachings, and
\nmounting opposition, Jesus <\/p>\n
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\ninitiates the moment of truth.
\nAnd he says, who do people say <\/p>\n
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\nthat the Son of Man is?
\nAnd they respond, well, some say<\/p>\n
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\nJohn the Baptist, others say
\nElijah, and still others <\/p>\n
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\nJeremiah or one of the prophets.
\nNow, what does that response <\/p>\n
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\nmean?
\nThat means to the common man. <\/p>\n
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\nTo the common man, Jesus is a
\nworker of miracles like Elijah. <\/p>\n
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\nOr he’s one of the prophets
\ndeeply unpopular with the <\/p>\n
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\npolitical religious leaders like
\nJeremiah was. <\/p>\n
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\nOr he’s a preacher of the
\nKingdom of God, like John was to<\/p>\n
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\nhis hometown in Matthew 1355.
\nHe’s a carpenter’s son. <\/p>\n
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\nBut one thing that seems to be
\ncommon about all these views <\/p>\n
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\nabout Jesus, whether Elias or
\nJeremiah’s or one of the <\/p>\n
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\nprophets, etcetera, is that he’s
\nnot the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nEveryone seems to agree on that.
\nWhat he is, they don’t know, but<\/p>\n
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\nthey seem to know what he’s not.
\nSee, it’s so often that faith is<\/p>\n
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\nin contradiction to popular
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause if you even think about
\nthis question, even on the <\/p>\n
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\nsimplest level of brothers,
\nsisters, you ask who do the <\/p>\n
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\npeople of our age to the Lord
\nJesus Christ? <\/p>\n
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\nIf I ask these young people, if
\nI ask you the question, who I <\/p>\n
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\nknow, you’re terrified I will
\nand I won’t, right? <\/p>\n
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\nRight.
\nI’m getting near to you and <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re getting a little bit
\nconcerned about that. <\/p>\n
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\nIf I ask you the question, who
\ndo people of our age say the <\/p>\n
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\nLord Jesus Christ is?
\nOne, I’m going to give you 4 <\/p>\n
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\ncategories and there’s many
\nnuances of those categories. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, a Jew might say he’s a
\nconfused reformer. <\/p>\n
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\nI know this.
\nI’ve spoken to a Jew choose <\/p>\n
337
\n00:21:07,120 –> 00:21:09,280
\nabout this.
\nI’ve asked them who do you think<\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:09,280 –> 00:21:11,960
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ is not
\nexactly in those words and they <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:11,960 –> 00:21:15,120
\nsaid he was, He was a reformer
\nwho is confused and <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:15,120 –> 00:21:18,040
\nmisunderstood.
\nA reformer. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:18,760 –> 00:21:22,000
\nThat’s their view of Jesus, at
\nleast the the the ones I spoke <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:22,000 –> 00:21:25,920
\nwith because I lived in Israel
\nwhen I was about your age for a <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:25,920 –> 00:21:29,840
\nyear.
\nOK, if I’m an atheist, I think <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:29,840 –> 00:21:32,560
\nhe’s a religious nut case,
\nright? <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:33,600 –> 00:21:36,000
\nI know that that’s that’s
\nobviously a harsh way to think <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:36,000 –> 00:21:38,200
\nabout the Lord Jesus Christ, but
\nI think that’s an accurate <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:38,200 –> 00:21:40,400
\nversion of what many atheists
\nthink. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:41,560 –> 00:21:44,320
\nWell, what about an agnostic?
\nAn agnostic is someone who <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:44,320 –> 00:21:46,640
\ndoesn’t know what they think
\nJesus is. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:46,960 –> 00:21:51,200
\nThey agnostic means without
\ngnosis, without knowledge, I do <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:51,200 –> 00:21:53,240
\nnot have knowledge.
\nI’m not sure. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:54,040 –> 00:21:57,680
\nWell, many of them think he’s a
\nman who tried to teach a deeply <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:57,680 –> 00:22:00,720
\nflawed world to love.
\nThat’s what agnostic might <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:00,720 –> 00:22:02,520
\nthink.
\nThey don’t look at Jesus and and<\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:02,680 –> 00:22:05,840
\nhave animosity towards him.
\nOften they can. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:05,840 –> 00:22:08,360
\nThey can see that he tried to
\nteach the world to be loving, <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:08,680 –> 00:22:11,080
\nbut that the world didn’t want
\nthat. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:12,440 –> 00:22:17,720
\nAnd and of course we have beyond
\nthose views, we have the views <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:17,720 –> 00:22:20,240
\nof most Christians and most
\nChristians think he’s God <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:20,240 –> 00:22:22,720
\nhimself Co equal with his Father
\nin heaven. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:24,160 –> 00:22:27,880
\nAnd and what I want to suggest
\nto you and observe this point is<\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:27,880 –> 00:22:31,680
\nthat in Jesus day, the common
\nman did not know who he was. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:32,200 –> 00:22:36,160
\nThey had an opinion.
\nHe was well known and they <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:36,160 –> 00:22:39,480
\nthought they knew him.
\nThey labeled him, but they were <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:39,480 –> 00:22:43,240
\nwrong.
\nEach one of the solutions of who<\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:43,320 –> 00:22:48,400
\nJesus was in his own day were
\nwrong, but Jesus did not correct<\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:48,400 –> 00:22:53,560
\ntheir misunderstanding.
\nWe have no record that there’s <\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:53,560 –> 00:22:55,680
\nno one that comes to Jesus and
\nsays, I think you’re this. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:55,680 –> 00:22:58,240
\nAnd Jesus says no, you’re wrong.
\nLet me tell you exactly who I <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:58,240 –> 00:22:59,960
\nam.
\nHe doesn’t do that. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:00,520 –> 00:23:05,280
\nAnd I would just say that in our
\nage, Jesus is deeply <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:05,280 –> 00:23:10,320
\nmisunderstood still.
\nDo you see that? <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:11,680 –> 00:23:16,880
\nDo you see that, young people?
\nHe is still misunderstood. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:16,880 –> 00:23:25,640
\nDo you see the irony of this?
\nWho knows who this man is? <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:30,080 –> 00:23:38,000
\nSo few know who this man is.
\nEveryone thinks they know him, <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:40,840 –> 00:23:47,040
\nbut so few know him.
\nSo he pivots to his disciples, <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:47,080 –> 00:23:49,200
\nright?
\nThis deeply, deeply <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:49,200 –> 00:23:55,360
\nmisunderstood man who is
\nfrustrated, who’s surrendered <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:55,360 –> 00:24:01,040
\nhimself in prayer and asked God
\nto guide this very difficult <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:01,040 –> 00:24:06,200
\ndiscussion for him.
\nHe pivots to his disciples and <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:06,200 –> 00:24:10,000
\nhe says to them, but who do you
\nsay that I am? <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:13,680 –> 00:24:18,000
\nAnd if I pause and I ask you the
\nquestion, who do you say that <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:18,040 –> 00:24:24,600
\nJesus is?
\nDo you see that there’s a <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:25,760 –> 00:24:27,760
\nconfronting power in that
\ndiscussion? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:27,880 –> 00:24:31,480
\nIf I go to you and I say, who is
\nJesus Christ? <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:35,000 –> 00:24:41,560
\nThere’s power in that question.
\nI dare say that at a baptismal <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:41,560 –> 00:24:45,720
\ninterview, whatever technical
\nquestions we’re asking you, on <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:45,720 –> 00:24:49,760
\nsome level we are going to be
\nasking you, who do you think <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:49,760 –> 00:24:56,760
\nthis man is?
\nYou know, everyone in the world <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:56,760 –> 00:24:59,240
\nhas to answer that question.
\nNo one can seem to get away from<\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:59,240 –> 00:25:00,720
\nit.
\nNo matter who you are in the <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:00,720 –> 00:25:05,040
\nworld, you’ve heard of this man.
\nAnd at some level you have to <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:05,040 –> 00:25:08,840
\ndecide in your heart you can’t.
\nIt’s it’s like an unavoidable <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:08,840 –> 00:25:10,920
\nquestion.
\nHow do you avoid this question? <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:12,600 –> 00:25:23,580
\nWho is this man?
\nWho is the Lord Jesus Christ and<\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:23,580 –> 00:25:27,700
\nwhat people in his own time
\nwanted is some sort of halfway <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:27,700 –> 00:25:31,100
\nhouse.
\nHere’s the halfway house Jesus <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:31,420 –> 00:25:34,900
\nclearly important.
\nHe’s a miracle worker. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:35,460 –> 00:25:40,880
\nHe’s a prophet like John or, or,
\nor you know, maybe he’s even <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:40,880 –> 00:25:52,350
\ncome back from the dead like the
\nJohn the Baptist resurrected <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:52,350 –> 00:25:54,270
\nfrom the dead.
\nMaybe he maybe that’s who he is.<\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:56,990 –> 00:25:59,350
\nBut the thing about the Lord
\nJesus Christ is this. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:03,950 –> 00:26:07,910
\nHe is either either he’s
\neverything or he’s nothing. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:10,840 –> 00:26:17,680
\nThe thing is, he is either a
\nsavior or he is a man that needs<\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:17,680 –> 00:26:19,360
\nto be saved.
\nNow, I’m not talking about <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:19,720 –> 00:26:21,400
\ncomplicated ideas of the
\natonement. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:21,400 –> 00:26:23,320
\nI know the Lord Jesus Christ
\nneed to be saved. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:23,640 –> 00:26:30,560
\nBut what I’m saying is this.
\nHe is either a savior or he <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:30,560 –> 00:26:33,880
\nneeds to be saved.
\nHe’s one of the other. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:36,120 –> 00:26:39,840
\nJohn need to be saved.
\nJeremiah need to be saved. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:40,560 –> 00:26:47,160
\nElijah needed to be saved.
\nThe thing is what people want in<\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:47,160 –> 00:26:49,960
\nyoung people, I reckon, to say
\nthat when I was your age, what I<\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:49,960 –> 00:26:52,440
\nwanted was this.
\nWhat I wanted was a halfway <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:52,440 –> 00:26:55,280
\nhouse.
\nDo you understand what I mean by<\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:55,280 –> 00:26:59,160
\nhalfway house?
\nJesus is really important, but <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:59,160 –> 00:27:03,080
\nhe’s not everything.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:04,200 –> 00:27:05,720
\nWhat’s the implication of he’s
\neverything? <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:09,480 –> 00:27:10,840
\nThen I better do something about
\nthat. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:13,840 –> 00:27:16,600
\nDon’t you see that that’s can
\nyou see that in your heart? <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:17,280 –> 00:27:19,280
\nCan you see that you want him to
\nbe something? <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:19,360 –> 00:27:22,840
\nYou would definitely say he’s
\nnot nothing, He’s something, but<\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:22,840 –> 00:27:30,240
\nis he everything?
\nDo you see the power of this <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:30,240 –> 00:27:32,040
\nquestion?
\nIf I was to ask you, who is the <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:32,040 –> 00:27:39,480
\nLord Jesus Christ, does your
\nheart give you a halfway house <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:39,520 –> 00:27:45,200
\nanswer?
\nDon’t condemn yourself if it <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:45,200 –> 00:27:46,840
\ndoes.
\nWe all have to be. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:47,120 –> 00:27:48,760
\nWe have to all growing up into
\nthis thing. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:49,600 –> 00:27:52,240
\nI’m just identifying that when I
\nwas your age, I had a halfway <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:52,240 –> 00:27:54,520
\nhouse answer.
\nHe was important. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:54,640 –> 00:27:58,800
\nHe just wasn’t everything.
\nAnd that’s what the people of <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:58,800 –> 00:28:01,000
\nhis own day wanted him to be.
\nHe was important. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:01,000 –> 00:28:04,440
\nHe was a prophet.
\nGod’s with him, but he’s not <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:04,440 –> 00:28:08,080
\neverything.
\nHe’s not the Saviour. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:13,920 –> 00:28:18,760
\nSo our point #5 is this, people
\nthink they know who Jesus is, <\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:18,840 –> 00:28:23,600
\nbut do not really.
\nWho Jesus is is the pivotal <\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:23,600 –> 00:28:33,280
\nquestion even today.
\nAnd at that moment in Jesus <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:33,280 –> 00:28:38,400
\nministry, who knew who he was?
\nWho will step forward? <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:40,440 –> 00:28:45,680
\nWas he alone?
\nAnd Peter does step forward. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:46,800 –> 00:28:52,880
\nAnd Peter says you are the
\nChrist, the Son of the living <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:52,880 –> 00:28:57,600
\nGod.
\nAnd there it was faith. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:00,560 –> 00:29:02,480
\nDo you believe what Peter said
\nthere is true? <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:05,120 –> 00:29:09,120
\nOf course you do.
\nI would just suggest that puts <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:09,120 –> 00:29:13,720
\nyou, if you do, in pretty rare
\ncompany because this statement <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:13,720 –> 00:29:17,120
\nbrings together 3 ideas that are
\nvery rarely believed in <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:17,120 –> 00:29:21,880
\ncombination.
\nThose three ideas are this. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:23,480 –> 00:29:27,240
\nJesus is the Jewish Messiah,
\nanointed to save his people, <\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:27,240 –> 00:29:28,680
\nbecause that’s what Christos
\nmeans. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:29:30,360 –> 00:29:39,400
\nSecondly, there is a living God
\nand Jesus is His Son and thus <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:39,400 –> 00:29:43,600
\nsubordinate to Him.
\nTell me who believed that today <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:45,320 –> 00:29:47,200
\nout of the billions of people on
\nthis planet? <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:51,720 –> 00:29:56,600
\nBut you believe it.
\nSee what a statement that is? <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:58,440 –> 00:29:59,880
\nAnd that brings us to our sixth
\npoint. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:01,000 –> 00:30:05,600
\nEven to this day, very few know
\nand believe who Jesus really is.<\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:07,880 –> 00:30:11,720
\nAnd if you think you know who he
\nis, it’s a privilege because <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:11,720 –> 00:30:16,880
\nthere are very few, and it’s
\nvery easy to take that for <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:16,880 –> 00:30:21,400
\ngranted.
\nHere’s another question that <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:21,400 –> 00:30:24,080
\nseems obvious on the surface,
\nbut there might be more to it. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:24,880 –> 00:30:31,000
\nWho is the living God?
\nYou know why they called <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:31,040 –> 00:30:36,400
\nCaesarea Popeye Caesarea?
\nBecause it was a city that had <\/p>\n
460
\n00:30:36,400 –> 00:30:38,600
\nbeen dedicated to a Roman
\nemperor. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:30:39,000 –> 00:30:40,600
\nYou would have heard of them
\ncalled Augustus. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:30:41,360 –> 00:30:46,680
\nNow, this is a representation of
\nAugustus’s temple that was built<\/p>\n
463
\n00:30:46,680 –> 00:30:48,920
\nin Caesarea Philippi.
\nIt’s very difficult to know <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:48,920 –> 00:30:51,840
\nexactly how it looked, but they
\nreckon that this is probably how<\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:51,840 –> 00:30:55,320
\nthe temple of Augustus and
\nCaesarea Philippi looked. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:55,760 –> 00:31:02,000
\nRight there it is.
\nOK, that was a temple to <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:02,000 –> 00:31:09,000
\nAugustus erected in that city
\naround the year 19 BCE by Herod <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:09,000 –> 00:31:13,120
\nthe Great.
\nSo in fact, I’m going to give <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:13,120 –> 00:31:14,920
\nyou a picture of Caesarea
\nPhilippi. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:14,920 –> 00:31:16,800
\nThis is a great picture.
\nYou can find it on the Internet <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:16,800 –> 00:31:21,360
\nif you want to find it yourself,
\nand it really gives you insight <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:21,640 –> 00:31:25,560
\nabout this area of the world.
\nThis is Caesarea Philippi, <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:25,800 –> 00:31:27,720
\nduring the time of the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:29,480 –> 00:31:32,880
\nAnd what you can see there is
\nthat’s the temple to Augustus, <\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:34,920 –> 00:31:41,520
\nthat’s the temple of Zeus.
\nThat’s the grotto of Pan and the<\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:41,520 –> 00:31:44,680
\ncourt of Pan.
\nAnd before they called Caesarea <\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:44,680 –> 00:31:49,080
\nPhilippi, Caesarea Philippi, its
\nname was Pannoneus. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:50,040 –> 00:31:54,320
\nNow it was named after Pan
\nbecause Pan was a God of <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:54,480 –> 00:31:59,320
\nsensuality.
\nIt was a God of human or <\/p>\n
480
\n00:31:59,320 –> 00:32:03,440
\nanimalistic instincts.
\nFor example, you might have <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:03,440 –> 00:32:06,640
\nheard the word panic, right?
\nWhat’s panic? <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:06,760 –> 00:32:11,000
\nIt’s when your feelings inside
\nare so overwhelming that they’re<\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:11,000 –> 00:32:12,840
\ncausing you to act in crazy
\nways. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:13,280 –> 00:32:17,400
\nThat’s named after the God Pan.
\nOr how about pandemonium? <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:17,880 –> 00:32:20,360
\nThat’s when whole crowds of
\npeople are feeling that way, <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:20,800 –> 00:32:22,400
\nright?
\nAnd what’s what’s common in <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:22,400 –> 00:32:26,240
\nthese words is that you are
\nfeeling your human instincts <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:26,280 –> 00:32:31,120
\ntotally overwhelm you.
\nSo what is Pan, right? <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:31,320 –> 00:32:38,200
\nPan is a God of sensuality.
\nPan is a God of, of natural <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:38,200 –> 00:32:45,520
\nfeelings, of, of raw senses.
\nAnd there’s something common <\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:45,520 –> 00:32:49,000
\nabout Pan and Mount Augustus and
\nabout Zeus. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:49,000 –> 00:32:52,120
\nAnd do you know what the common
\nthing is with all of them? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:55,240 –> 00:33:02,440
\nThey were dead.
\nAugustus was dead. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:05,040 –> 00:33:09,680
\nPan never lived, neither did
\nZeus, neither would they have <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:09,720 –> 00:33:12,120
\nany life.
\nAnd this is a, this is so, this <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:12,120 –> 00:33:15,440
\nis so worth unpacking.
\nThere’s so many, there’s so many<\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:15,640 –> 00:33:17,360
\ninsights here into Caesarea
\nPhilippi. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:17,600 –> 00:33:20,400
\nI’m going to save that to the
\nnext study because I have a lot <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:20,400 –> 00:33:23,120
\nmore to say about that.
\nBut for the moment, I just want <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:23,120 –> 00:33:26,880
\nto point out, Caesarea Philippi
\nwas a very significant place to <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:26,920 –> 00:33:31,720
\nacknowledge that Jesus was the
\nson of the living God because <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:31,720 –> 00:33:35,440
\nthere’s a lot of contrasting
\nideas about what that was in <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:35,440 –> 00:33:42,240
\nthat place.
\nBut God lives, Jesus is his son,<\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:42,240 –> 00:33:45,160
\nand his Son is the Messiah.
\nNow, how did Peter know? <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:47,880 –> 00:33:49,080
\nMaybe you think that’s a silly
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:49,080 –> 00:33:50,760
\nHow did Peter know?
\nWell, how did Peter know? <\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:51,000 –> 00:33:53,720
\nHow did Peter know that Jesus
\nwas the son of the living God? <\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:58,080 –> 00:34:02,720
\nDid Jesus tell him you think
\nJesus told him you’d find me the<\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:02,720 –> 00:34:05,720
\npassage where did Jesus tell him
\nthat he was the son of the <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:05,720 –> 00:34:09,520
\nliving God?
\nAndrew thought it grabbed Peter,<\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:09,800 –> 00:34:12,560
\nJohn one, but where did what did
\nJesus tell him? <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:15,639 –> 00:34:17,920
\nAnd I think that’s the exact
\npoint because that’s the only <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:17,920 –> 00:34:21,120
\nway to understand this next
\nverse, Matthew chapter 16, verse<\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:21,120 –> 00:34:27,000
\n17, which says blessed are you
\nSimon Barjona for flesh and <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:27,000 –> 00:34:30,360
\nblood has not revealed this to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:31,480 –> 00:34:33,199
\nBut my father, which is in
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:33,199 –> 00:34:37,440
\nWhat does he mean that flesh and
\nblood has not revealed this to <\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:37,440 –> 00:34:40,400
\nhim.
\nSimply this Peter did not reach <\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:40,400 –> 00:34:45,719
\nthe conclusion because Jesus
\ntalked him into it in any human <\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:45,719 –> 00:34:49,679
\nway.
\nThat’s what Jesus saying, my <\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:49,679 –> 00:34:53,000
\nflesh and blood, because I,
\nJesus, wanted to be known. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:53,000 –> 00:34:54,639
\nThat was the second temptation
\nin the wilderness. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:54,719 –> 00:34:59,560
\nHe wanted to be known.
\nJesus is saying I did not talk <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:59,560 –> 00:35:03,160
\nyou into this.
\nMy flesh and blood did not <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:03,160 –> 00:35:09,840
\nreveal this to you, but God did.
\nGod revealed it, flesh and <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:09,840 –> 00:35:12,960
\nblood, to simply represent the
\nway that people come to <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:12,960 –> 00:35:17,160
\nconclusions through natural
\nmeans, through logic, through <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:17,160 –> 00:35:19,600
\ncultural expectations, through
\npersonal experience. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:20,040 –> 00:35:22,760
\nNone of those was enough.
\nYou could not understand who <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:22,840 –> 00:35:31,480
\nJesus was simply by human logic.
\nJesus did not coerce belief. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:31,880 –> 00:35:36,080
\nHe did not manipulate belief.
\nHe did not need Peter to affirm <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:36,080 –> 00:35:38,320
\nhis identity to validate his
\nego. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:39,520 –> 00:35:41,960
\nIf you read the Gospel of John,
\nyou know one thing for certain. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:42,040 –> 00:35:48,440
\nJesus knew who he was.
\nInstead what Jesus does is he <\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:48,440 –> 00:35:50,640
\nwaits for his Father to reveal
\nit. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:51,840 –> 00:35:56,000
\nAnd this is what gives Jesus so
\nmuch joy that finally someone <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:56,000 –> 00:35:58,760
\nsees.
\nNot because Jesus coerced it, <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:59,240 –> 00:36:02,480
\nnot because Jesus manipulated
\nit, not because Jesus flesh and <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:02,480 –> 00:36:06,640
\nblood demanded it, because God
\nrevealed it in his own time. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:09,240 –> 00:36:10,840
\nSo our next point is simply
\nthis. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:11,360 –> 00:36:15,240
\nJesus waited on God to reveal
\nwho he was in God’s time and <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:15,240 –> 00:36:17,480
\ndoing that he denied his own
\ndesires. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:21,400 –> 00:36:24,320
\nAnd I reflected on this a little
\nbit because when I’m teaching <\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:24,320 –> 00:36:28,000
\nfirst principles to young people
\nin Christchurch and other <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:28,000 –> 00:36:32,800
\nplaces, and I, and I’m trying to
\nteach you, Jesus is, I don’t do <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:32,800 –> 00:36:35,120
\nit this way.
\nI do it with flesh and blood, <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:35,240 –> 00:36:38,240
\nright?
\nI, I, I give them the answer, <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:38,560 –> 00:36:41,120
\nyou know, and then I say, and
\nyou never give someone an <\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:41,120 –> 00:36:43,080
\nanswer, then ask the question
\nand just want them to repeat <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:43,080 –> 00:36:44,440
\nback to you what you said,
\nright? <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:44,880 –> 00:36:46,160
\nAnd if they do, you give them a
\nlolly. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:47,800 –> 00:36:51,240
\nThat’s a little bit how I try to
\nteach people who Jesus is, <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:51,280 –> 00:36:53,200
\nright?
\nI mean, what if I did something <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:53,200 –> 00:36:59,280
\non the lines of here you read
\nthe Gospel of Matthew and then <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:59,280 –> 00:37:01,400
\ncome back to me and tell me who
\nyou think Jesus is. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:05,480 –> 00:37:11,000
\nBecause on some level, you don’t
\nget to have a faith that you get<\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:11,000 –> 00:37:14,200
\nto keep because someone else
\ngave it to you. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:16,880 –> 00:37:19,560
\nMaybe that’s going to work for a
\nlittle bit of time, but that’s <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:19,560 –> 00:37:23,280
\nnever going to survive trial.
\nAnd people in this room know <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:23,280 –> 00:37:26,680
\nwhat trial is about.
\nThey’ve been through trials. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:27,040 –> 00:37:29,200
\nSome of you’ve been through
\nhorrific trials. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:29,320 –> 00:37:31,720
\nMuch more difficult than I’ve
\nexperienced myself, and I’ve had<\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:31,720 –> 00:37:35,600
\nmy fair share of trials.
\nYou do not get to keep your <\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:35,600 –> 00:37:38,760
\nfaith because someone else’s
\nflesh and blood gave it to you. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:37:41,040 –> 00:37:44,120
\nYou only get to keep your faith
\nbecause it’s yours. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:37:45,160 –> 00:37:48,240
\nAnd if it’s yours, it’s yours
\nbecause it’s been revealed to <\/p>\n
567
\n00:37:48,240 –> 00:37:53,320
\nyou by God, not because someone
\ncoerced you, not because someone<\/p>\n
568
\n00:37:53,320 –> 00:37:56,040
\nmanipulated you, because it
\nbecomes your own. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:37:58,840 –> 00:38:02,240
\nAnd the word revealed itself is
\nmade-up of of 2 words. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:02,240 –> 00:38:07,040
\nAnd I think you know these words
\nApocalypto, apocalypse. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:09,400 –> 00:38:12,480
\nJesus saying flesh and blood is
\nnot apocalypse. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:12,680 –> 00:38:15,040
\nThis to you has not revealed.
\nYou probably know the word <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:15,040 –> 00:38:18,000
\napocalypse by it’s more common
\nEnglish translation of <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:18,000 –> 00:38:21,560
\nrevelation, right?
\nAnd what does revelation really <\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:21,560 –> 00:38:24,200
\nmean?
\nWell, oppo means away and <\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:24,200 –> 00:38:28,200
\ncalypto means to cover or to
\nveil or to conceal, right? <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:28,560 –> 00:38:33,440
\nSo it’s taking away something
\nthat’s covered or veiled or <\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:33,560 –> 00:38:38,120
\nconcealed.
\nOK. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:39,120 –> 00:38:43,200
\nThe verb for learning by
\ninstruction in Greek is <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:43,600 –> 00:38:46,880
\nmanthano.
\nSo if I learn by instruction, <\/p>\n
581
\n00:38:46,880 –> 00:38:49,920
\nwhich is kind of what we do
\nmainly in classrooms, we learn <\/p>\n
582
\n00:38:49,920 –> 00:38:52,040
\nby instruction.
\nThat’s not this word revealed. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:38:53,600 –> 00:38:58,000
\nOr if I discover something by
\nreason, that’s ganosco in Greek.<\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:59,040 –> 00:39:04,240
\nAnd if I’m taught something with
\nfacts, that’s didasco in Greek. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:04,240 –> 00:39:08,280
\nNow there’s lots of room for
\nmanthano or ganosco or didasco. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:08,400 –> 00:39:09,960
\nThose are the ways that we
\nteach. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:10,560 –> 00:39:13,480
\nWe bring kids into Sunday school
\nand we didasco them and we <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:13,480 –> 00:39:15,840
\ngenosco them and we went thano
\nthem, right? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:39:16,040 –> 00:39:19,520
\nAnd and that’s what we do.
\nAnd all those things have value <\/p>\n
590
\n00:39:19,520 –> 00:39:23,040
\nand they’re actually used in
\npositive ways in scripture and <\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:23,040 –> 00:39:26,440
\nin negative ways.
\nBut apocalypse does not mean <\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:26,440 –> 00:39:29,760
\nthose things.
\nApocalypse is something that <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:29,760 –> 00:39:31,840
\ncannot be perceived with human
\neffort. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:33,120 –> 00:39:37,800
\nGod has to act to reveal it.
\nIn other words, Peter didn’t <\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:37,800 –> 00:39:41,120
\nreason his way into
\nunderstanding who Jesus is. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:42,320 –> 00:39:44,920
\nWhat this word implies is that
\nGod pushed back the veil. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:48,600 –> 00:39:52,160
\nOK, now if I look at this word
\nveil, this version of it, I can <\/p>\n
598
\n00:39:52,160 –> 00:39:53,920
\nfind that another place in the
\nNew Testament. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:53,920 –> 00:39:56,440
\nOne of them is in First
\nCorinthians chapter 2 verses 9 <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:56,440 –> 00:40:03,240
\nand 10 where it says
\ninterestingly I has not seen nor<\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:03,240 –> 00:40:06,160
\near heard.
\nYou see, our eyes are going to <\/p>\n
602
\n00:40:06,160 –> 00:40:07,280
\nlet us down.
\nWe’ve been, that’s what we <\/p>\n
603
\n00:40:07,280 –> 00:40:10,600
\ncovered in our last subject, and
\nour ears are going to let us <\/p>\n
604
\n00:40:10,600 –> 00:40:14,800
\ndown.
\nThe things which God has <\/p>\n
605
\n00:40:14,800 –> 00:40:18,960
\nprepared for them that love him,
\nbut God has revealed it has <\/p>\n
606
\n00:40:18,960 –> 00:40:27,760
\nrevealed them unto us by spirit.
\nSo spiritual truth is not <\/p>\n
607
\n00:40:27,760 –> 00:40:31,000
\ninaccessible, Brothers, sisters
\nand young people. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:31,000 –> 00:40:33,000
\nIt’s not inaccessible because
\nit’s complicated. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:35,240 –> 00:40:37,080
\nIt’s just that there’s veils
\nover your eyes. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:40,800 –> 00:40:45,560
\nSee, the Greeks wanted wisdom,
\nand the wisdom veiled their <\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:45,560 –> 00:40:50,720
\neyes.
\nThe Jews wanted signs, and the <\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:50,720 –> 00:40:53,120
\nsigns veiled their ability to
\nsee the truth. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:53,120 –> 00:40:58,280
\nIn front of them.
\nThere’s a veil and when you talk<\/p>\n
614
\n00:40:58,280 –> 00:41:01,680
\nto someone about the truth and,
\nand I’m sure a lot of you had <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:01,680 –> 00:41:04,200
\nexperiences of talking to people
\nabout the truth, people that <\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:04,600 –> 00:41:06,720
\nwhen they have a different faith
\nor a be of a different <\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:06,720 –> 00:41:08,200
\npersuasion, are you talking to
\nthem about the truth? <\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:08,200 –> 00:41:11,120
\nWhat you can see is you can see
\nthe veils over their eyes, can’t<\/p>\n
619
\n00:41:11,120 –> 00:41:13,320
\nyou?
\nYou can see that they’re veiled.<\/p>\n
620
\n00:41:13,440 –> 00:41:16,720
\nThey can’t see.
\nAnd what has to happen is God’s <\/p>\n
621
\n00:41:16,720 –> 00:41:19,440
\ngot to push that veil away.
\nAnd you and what you realize <\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:19,440 –> 00:41:22,000
\nwhen you start teaching people
\nthe truth is that you can’t push<\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:22,000 –> 00:41:26,040
\nthat veil away.
\nYou can’t, you can’t take that <\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:26,040 –> 00:41:27,600
\nveil, the scales over their
\neyes. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:27,600 –> 00:41:29,080
\nYou can’t take those things
\naway. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:41:29,600 –> 00:41:32,160
\nAnd you might give the same
\nlesson to 1 and they get in, <\/p>\n
627
\n00:41:32,160 –> 00:41:34,320
\nthey grab hold of it and the
\nsame lesson to another and they <\/p>\n
628
\n00:41:34,320 –> 00:41:35,760
\ndon’t.
\nAnd you’re like, well, I’m, I’m <\/p>\n
629
\n00:41:35,760 –> 00:41:38,000
\nthe same teacher teaching the
\nsame lesson. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:41:38,120 –> 00:41:40,800
\nAnd why is it this person gets
\nit and that person doesn’t. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:41:40,840 –> 00:41:42,600
\nAnd God’s revealed it to that
\none. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:41:42,880 –> 00:41:45,120
\nHe’s taking away the bail.
\nAnd this one, the bail’s still <\/p>\n
633
\n00:41:45,120 –> 00:41:46,480
\nthere.
\nThey cannot see it. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:41:47,520 –> 00:41:49,160
\nAnd you’re thinking, what, what
\ndo I have to do? <\/p>\n
635
\n00:41:49,160 –> 00:41:50,720
\nAnd you can’t do anything about
\nit. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:41:51,200 –> 00:41:55,080
\nYou can’t take away the veil.
\nGod has to take away the veil. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:41:56,120 –> 00:41:59,000
\nAnd you ask yourself the
\nquestion, well, how do you take <\/p>\n
638
\n00:41:59,000 –> 00:42:02,560
\naway veils?
\nWell, we’re told this in Second <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:02,560 –> 00:42:04,560
\nCorinthians chapter 3, verses 15
\nand 16. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:42:04,760 –> 00:42:08,320
\nBut even to this day, when Moses
\nis read, the bail is upon their <\/p>\n
641
\n00:42:08,320 –> 00:42:10,360
\nheart.
\nThis is true of Jews. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:42:11,440 –> 00:42:13,600
\nTry to teach them about Christ
\nand the bail is over their <\/p>\n
643
\n00:42:13,600 –> 00:42:17,760
\nheart.
\nSo what do you do? <\/p>\n
644
\n00:42:17,760 –> 00:42:21,480
\nHow do you take the bail away?
\nWell, I have no idea, because <\/p>\n
645
\n00:42:21,480 –> 00:42:25,080
\nnevertheless, when it the heart,
\nwhen the heart shall turn to the<\/p>\n
646
\n00:42:25,080 –> 00:42:26,720
\nLord, the bail should be taken
\naway. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:42:31,000 –> 00:42:35,880
\nAnd only you can decide when the
\nheart is turned to the Lord. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:42:40,080 –> 00:42:44,560
\nYou can only answer for yourself
\nwhen you care so deeply about <\/p>\n
649
\n00:42:44,560 –> 00:42:51,240
\nthis man that compels you to
\nfollow him where he goes. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:42:51,240 –> 00:42:56,480
\nYou want to go where he stops.
\nYou want to stop what he cares <\/p>\n
651
\n00:42:56,480 –> 00:42:59,000
\nfor.
\nYou want to know more about why?<\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:59,200 –> 00:43:01,360
\nBecause your heart has turned to
\nhim. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:02,480 –> 00:43:04,880
\nBecause God has taken away a
\nveil. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:08,560 –> 00:43:10,400
\nAnd the truth is, we all have
\nveils. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:11,760 –> 00:43:14,960
\nPeter had several veils and this
\none was removed. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:17,400 –> 00:43:19,960
\nBut in this chapter we’re going
\nto see another veil still there <\/p>\n
657
\n00:43:22,480 –> 00:43:32,000
\nand young people, you think to
\nyourself, what veils do I still <\/p>\n
658
\n00:43:32,000 –> 00:43:38,680
\nhave over my heart?
\nYou know that word turned there.<\/p>\n
659
\n00:43:39,720 –> 00:43:42,200
\nThis word is often translated
\nconverted. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:43:42,720 –> 00:43:45,840
\nIn fact it’s translated
\nconverted here about Peter, <\/p>\n
661
\n00:43:46,600 –> 00:43:48,080
\nJesus says about Peter in Luke
\n22. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:43:48,080 –> 00:43:52,320
\nI prayed for you, Peter, that
\nyour faith failed not but when <\/p>\n
663
\n00:43:52,320 –> 00:43:58,400
\nyou are turned, when you are
\nconverted, strengthen your <\/p>\n
664
\n00:43:58,400 –> 00:44:05,920
\nbrethren, and that’s when.
\nSo clearly, whatever veils were <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:05,920 –> 00:44:09,760
\npushed aside in Matthew 16,
\nguess what? <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:10,760 –> 00:44:17,600
\nHe still had more veils.
\nNow the question is, what’s <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:17,600 –> 00:44:22,960
\nveiling your heart?
\nWhat veils are over your heart? <\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:26,240 –> 00:44:33,480
\nWhat is stopping you from
\nfollowing this man for knowing <\/p>\n
669
\n00:44:33,480 –> 00:44:36,560
\nwho he is?
\nFor taking Jesus out of the <\/p>\n
670
\n00:44:36,560 –> 00:44:42,640
\nhalfway house and accepting who
\nhe truly is? <\/p>\n
671
\n00:44:43,640 –> 00:44:49,680
\nWhat is in the way?
\nAnd I don’t know how to take <\/p>\n
672
\n00:44:49,680 –> 00:44:58,520
\nthat thing away.
\nBut whatever it is, if you <\/p>\n
673
\n00:44:58,560 –> 00:45:02,400
\nidentify it, you can ask God to
\nremove it. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:45:05,520 –> 00:45:08,960
\nAnd when it is, there’s going to
\nbe a blessing. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:45:09,840 –> 00:45:15,280
\nSo here’s our ninth point.
\nGod must reveal to us who Jesus <\/p>\n
676
\n00:45:15,280 –> 00:45:17,080
\nis.
\nWe all have fails that obscure <\/p>\n
677
\n00:45:17,080 –> 00:45:21,080
\nthis truth.
\nWe must pray God to help convert<\/p>\n
678
\n00:45:21,080 –> 00:45:25,120
\nus that our faith fail not and
\nthat we can be of service. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:45:29,520 –> 00:45:31,920
\nAnd what that leads us is to our
\nnext question. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:45:34,640 –> 00:45:37,600
\nIf that’s true, then what’s the
\nrock on which we must build our <\/p>\n
681
\n00:45:37,600 –> 00:45:41,600
\necclesia?
\nWe’re told in Matthew chapter <\/p>\n
682
\n00:45:41,600 –> 00:45:46,280
\n16, verse 18.
\nAnd I say into thee that thou <\/p>\n
683
\n00:45:46,280 –> 00:45:49,480
\nart Peter.
\nUpon this rock I will build my <\/p>\n
684
\n00:45:49,480 –> 00:45:56,640
\necclesia, and the gates of Hades
\nshall not prevail against it. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:45:57,880 –> 00:46:00,480
\nSo my questions, several
\nquestions arise here. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:46:00,480 –> 00:46:02,160
\nA few.
\nWhat’s the rock on which he’s <\/p>\n
687
\n00:46:02,160 –> 00:46:05,720
\ngoing to build the ecclesia?
\nWhy will he build his ecclesia <\/p>\n
688
\n00:46:05,720 –> 00:46:08,160
\non this rock?
\nWhat are the gates of Hades? <\/p>\n
689
\n00:46:09,200 –> 00:46:11,200
\nWhy won’t they prevail against
\nthe ecclesia? <\/p>\n
690
\n00:46:12,680 –> 00:46:14,640
\nSo let’s start by just looking
\nat some of the words here, <\/p>\n
691
\n00:46:14,640 –> 00:46:19,360
\nbecause they matter.
\nOK, So this word for Peter, this<\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:19,360 –> 00:46:23,880
\nis this word petros.
\nAnd this word rock is the word <\/p>\n
693
\n00:46:23,880 –> 00:46:26,400
\nPetra.
\nNow these are different words, <\/p>\n
694
\n00:46:26,400 –> 00:46:30,640
\nright?
\nSo a petros is a piece of rock <\/p>\n
695
\n00:46:30,720 –> 00:46:34,320
\nor stone.
\nIt’s like a single stone. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:46:34,320 –> 00:46:37,320
\nIt’s like a movable stone.
\nI, I could have gone outside and<\/p>\n
697
\n00:46:37,320 –> 00:46:39,720
\ngrabbed 1.
\nAnd I, I, if I put a stone here <\/p>\n
698
\n00:46:39,720 –> 00:46:43,400
\non the ground and I could sort
\nof kick it and move it, right? <\/p>\n
699
\n00:46:43,640 –> 00:46:47,400
\nAnd then that would be a petros.
\nI could, I could pick it up and <\/p>\n
700
\n00:46:47,400 –> 00:46:50,640
\nstack it on something.
\nI could pick it up and throw it <\/p>\n
701
\n00:46:50,640 –> 00:46:53,720
\naside.
\nIt’s a movable stone. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:46:53,720 –> 00:46:57,320
\nIt’s a, it’s a piece of stone
\nthat it can have two purposes of<\/p>\n
703
\n00:46:57,320 –> 00:46:59,800
\nPetros.
\nIt can get in your way and <\/p>\n
704
\n00:46:59,800 –> 00:47:02,800
\ntherefore you Chuck it aside.
\nOr you can, you can use it to <\/p>\n
705
\n00:47:02,800 –> 00:47:04,520
\nbuild on something and make it
\nuseful. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:47:05,560 –> 00:47:07,440
\nBut either way, that’s what the
\npetros is. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:09,000 –> 00:47:10,320
\nNow that’s very different than a
\nPetra. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:10,320 –> 00:47:14,040
\nA Petra has a rock or a Cliff or
\na projecting rock. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:14,040 –> 00:47:17,560
\nIt’s a mother rock.
\nIt’s a huge mass, a solid <\/p>\n
710
\n00:47:17,560 –> 00:47:19,520
\nformation.
\nIt’s fixed. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:47:20,080 –> 00:47:24,880
\nIt’s enduring, it’s immovable.
\nSo let me take you to a picture <\/p>\n
712
\n00:47:24,960 –> 00:47:29,000
\nof the, of this cave.
\nThis that, that, that they call <\/p>\n
713
\n00:47:29,000 –> 00:47:31,560
\nthe gates of hell, right?
\nAnd this there it is. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:47:31,560 –> 00:47:34,640
\nAnd if you take a trip to
\nCaesarea Philippi, you can climb<\/p>\n
715
\n00:47:34,640 –> 00:47:37,280
\non this area.
\nAnd if you do, you can see all <\/p>\n
716
\n00:47:37,280 –> 00:47:39,080
\nthe ruins.
\nAnd that’s The Cave there, <\/p>\n
717
\n00:47:40,040 –> 00:47:47,080
\nright?
\nAnd that is a Petros and that is<\/p>\n
718
\n00:47:47,080 –> 00:47:50,000
\na Petra.
\nDo you see that they’re <\/p>\n
719
\n00:47:50,000 –> 00:48:03,560
\ndifferent?
\nSo what is the Petra on which <\/p>\n
720
\n00:48:03,560 –> 00:48:05,120
\nChrist is going to build as
\nEcclesia? <\/p>\n
721
\n00:48:10,520 –> 00:48:17,520
\nI put forward to you that Petra
\nis Christ himself, and not only <\/p>\n
722
\n00:48:17,520 –> 00:48:22,800
\nhim, but the belief that he is
\nthe Christ, the Son of the <\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:22,800 –> 00:48:25,840
\nliving God.
\nIf we build and build on this <\/p>\n
724
\n00:48:26,400 –> 00:48:29,520
\nand if we stumble, we stumble on
\nthis and there’s never been a <\/p>\n
725
\n00:48:29,520 –> 00:48:36,200
\nquestion maybe as dichotomous in
\nthe in the history of humanity, <\/p>\n
726
\n00:48:36,200 –> 00:48:40,520
\nthis very question.
\nNow that Jesus is himself the <\/p>\n
727
\n00:48:40,520 –> 00:48:46,160
\nrock is suggested by many New
\nTestament passages and I’ll just<\/p>\n
728
\n00:48:46,160 –> 00:48:48,360
\nshow you 3.
\nFor example, in Ephesians <\/p>\n
729
\n00:48:48,360 –> 00:48:50,520
\nchapter 2, verse 20.
\nAnd ye are built on the <\/p>\n
730
\n00:48:50,520 –> 00:48:54,160
\nfoundation of the apostles and
\nprophets, Jesus Christ being the<\/p>\n
731
\n00:48:54,160 –> 00:48:56,720
\nchief cornerstone.
\nYou might want to write that as <\/p>\n
732
\n00:48:56,720 –> 00:48:58,960
\na cross reference here in
\nMatthew chapter 16. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:48:59,320 –> 00:49:00,960
\nBut that’s not the only verse
\nyou might want to write as a <\/p>\n
734
\n00:49:00,960 –> 00:49:02,760
\ncross reference.
\nIn fact, he’s probably in your <\/p>\n
735
\n00:49:02,760 –> 00:49:06,280
\nmargin already.
\nActs chapter 4, verses 11 and <\/p>\n
736
\n00:49:06,280 –> 00:49:08,000
\n12.
\nThis is a stone which is set at <\/p>\n
737
\n00:49:08,000 –> 00:49:10,920
\nnot of you builders, which has
\nbecome the head of the corner. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:49:11,280 –> 00:49:14,280
\nNeither is there salvation in
\nany other. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:49:14,440 –> 00:49:17,320
\nIf you build on any other stone
\nthan this one, there’s no <\/p>\n
740
\n00:49:17,320 –> 00:49:20,000
\nsalvation.
\nThe only rock on which you can <\/p>\n
741
\n00:49:20,000 –> 00:49:25,840
\nbuild and have salvation is this
\nrock or first Peter chapter 2 <\/p>\n
742
\n00:49:25,840 –> 00:49:28,880
\nverse 7 unto you, therefore,
\nwhich believe he is precious, <\/p>\n
743
\n00:49:29,040 –> 00:49:30,680
\nbut under them which be
\ndisobedient. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:49:30,880 –> 00:49:33,880
\nThe stone which the builders
\ndisallowed the same as the maid,<\/p>\n
745
\n00:49:34,040 –> 00:49:38,240
\nthe head of the corner.
\nSee the the the New Testament is<\/p>\n
746
\n00:49:38,240 –> 00:49:43,280
\nthat is that pains to establish
\nto us that Jesus is this rock. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:49:43,280 –> 00:49:47,040
\nAnd so our 10th point is simply
\nthis the rock is Christ. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:49:51,000 –> 00:49:54,720
\nBut we turn to first Peter
\nchapter 2 verses 4 to 8 that we <\/p>\n
749
\n00:49:54,720 –> 00:49:59,240
\njust quoted from in small part.
\nI believe we see Peter <\/p>\n
750
\n00:49:59,240 –> 00:50:02,600
\ncommenting on Matthew 16.
\nSo let’s take a deeper dive on <\/p>\n
751
\n00:50:02,600 –> 00:50:07,400
\nthat first Peter chapter 2
\nverses 4 to 8. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:50:08,600 –> 00:50:11,080
\nWe read there so long passage,
\nso bear with me. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:50:11,800 –> 00:50:18,200
\nTo whom coming as into a living
\nstone disallowed indeed of men, <\/p>\n
754
\n00:50:18,800 –> 00:50:24,360
\nbut chosen of God and precious,
\nye are also lively stones. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:50:24,360 –> 00:50:28,160
\nSo what I want to see here is I
\nwant to see the there’s two <\/p>\n
756
\n00:50:28,160 –> 00:50:29,880
\ndifferent types of stones in
\nthis passage. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:50:29,880 –> 00:50:35,600
\nEveryone follow that there’s a
\nliving stone disallowed of men, <\/p>\n
758
\n00:50:37,000 –> 00:50:41,600
\nand ye also are lively stones.
\nDo we see that there’s two <\/p>\n
759
\n00:50:41,600 –> 00:50:44,480
\ndifferent stone, two different
\ntypes of stones in this passage?<\/p>\n
760
\n00:50:46,600 –> 00:50:48,800
\nWherefore also it is contained
\nin the Scripture. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:50:48,800 –> 00:50:54,280
\nBehold, I lay in Zine a chief
\ncornerstone elect precious, and <\/p>\n
762
\n00:50:54,280 –> 00:50:56,640
\nhe that believeth on him shall
\nnot be confounded. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:50:56,880 –> 00:51:01,560
\nUnto you therefore which
\nbelieveth, He is precious, but <\/p>\n
764
\n00:51:01,560 –> 00:51:04,640
\nto him which is disobedient, the
\nstone which the builders <\/p>\n
765
\n00:51:04,640 –> 00:51:07,000
\ndisallowed, the same as made the
\nhead of the cornerstone is <\/p>\n
766
\n00:51:07,000 –> 00:51:10,160
\nstumbling a rock of a fence.
\nEven of them which stumble at <\/p>\n
767
\n00:51:10,160 –> 00:51:14,000
\nthe word being disobedient,
\nwhere unto they were appointed. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:51:15,200 –> 00:51:16,480
\nSo what’s this first saying?
\nReally? <\/p>\n
769
\n00:51:16,480 –> 00:51:18,560
\nIt’s saying that Jesus is a
\nliving stone. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:51:18,560 –> 00:51:20,760
\nHe’s chosen.
\nHe’s the precious cornerstone <\/p>\n
771
\n00:51:20,760 –> 00:51:23,520
\nwhich men rejected.
\nAnd along with Jesus we are <\/p>\n
772
\n00:51:23,520 –> 00:51:25,280
\nstones.
\nBut we’re a different type of <\/p>\n
773
\n00:51:25,280 –> 00:51:28,600
\nstone.
\nHe’s the foundation stone, He’s <\/p>\n
774
\n00:51:28,600 –> 00:51:32,040
\nthe Petra.
\nHe and and we are the living <\/p>\n
775
\n00:51:32,120 –> 00:51:34,560
\nbuilding stones.
\nWe’re built on the foundation to<\/p>\n
776
\n00:51:34,560 –> 00:51:38,920
\ncreate a house for God, where
\nGod lives and where God receives<\/p>\n
777
\n00:51:38,920 –> 00:51:42,440
\nacceptable sacrifices.
\nAnd of course, this, this leads <\/p>\n
778
\n00:51:42,440 –> 00:51:45,200
\nto the question, what is a
\ncornerstone? <\/p>\n
779
\n00:51:45,440 –> 00:51:47,720
\nNow, if you knew anything about
\nme, and I don’t know that you <\/p>\n
780
\n00:51:47,720 –> 00:51:50,040
\nknow much about me, you know
\nthat I know nothing at all <\/p>\n
781
\n00:51:50,040 –> 00:51:52,840
\nwhatsoever about building.
\nI’m useless. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:51:54,000 –> 00:51:56,200
\nI mean, if you want, if you have
\na question about financial <\/p>\n
783
\n00:51:56,200 –> 00:51:59,080
\nadvice, I might be your man, but
\nnot about building. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:51:59,080 –> 00:52:01,680
\nI know nothing about building.
\nSo I have to look. <\/p>\n
785
\n00:52:01,680 –> 00:52:03,600
\nWell, what is a chief
\ncornerstone? <\/p>\n
786
\n00:52:03,600 –> 00:52:04,920
\nWhat is that all about?
\nRight. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:52:05,240 –> 00:52:07,840
\nSo how do we understand what a
\ncornerstone is? <\/p>\n
788
\n00:52:07,840 –> 00:52:11,560
\nWhat it does?
\nOK, so a cornerstone is the <\/p>\n
789
\n00:52:11,560 –> 00:52:15,120
\nfirst stone laid in creating a
\nfoundation for a building. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:52:16,080 –> 00:52:20,200
\nAnd being the first stone, it
\nneeds 2 essential qualities, <\/p>\n
791
\n00:52:20,200 –> 00:52:22,640
\nright?
\nAnd the first quality is that <\/p>\n
792
\n00:52:22,640 –> 00:52:24,800
\nits sides must be perfectly
\nangled. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:52:25,600 –> 00:52:28,760
\nBecause if its sides are not
\nperfectly angled, the whole <\/p>\n
794
\n00:52:28,760 –> 00:52:32,000
\nbuilding will take a shape which
\nis structurally unsound. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:52:33,280 –> 00:52:37,160
\nSo if the if the edges must be
\nstraight up and down, the top of<\/p>\n
796
\n00:52:37,160 –> 00:52:43,080
\nit must be totally flat, it must
\nbe a perfect stone in, in, in, <\/p>\n
797
\n00:52:43,080 –> 00:52:47,640
\nin every regard, right?
\nSo if the cornerstone’s not <\/p>\n
798
\n00:52:47,640 –> 00:52:51,320
\nperfect and level, the building
\nwon’t be square. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:52:51,840 –> 00:52:55,000
\nSo in ancient times, they used
\ninstruments, right, in order to <\/p>\n
800
\n00:52:55,000 –> 00:52:58,640
\nensure that the stone was level.
\nOne of those instruments is <\/p>\n
801
\n00:52:58,640 –> 00:53:01,720
\nsomething looks like this.
\nThis is a Plumb line and this is<\/p>\n
802
\n00:53:01,720 –> 00:53:06,160
\na perfect 90\u00b0 angle.
\nSo by by putting that perfect <\/p>\n
803
\n00:53:06,160 –> 00:53:11,120
\n90\u00b0 angle on a stone, you
\nmeasure that the gravity pulls <\/p>\n
804
\n00:53:11,120 –> 00:53:14,160
\nthat Plumb line straight down.
\nAnd what you’re looking for is, <\/p>\n
805
\n00:53:14,240 –> 00:53:18,880
\nis there any angle such this,
\nthis, this cornerstone is going <\/p>\n
806
\n00:53:18,880 –> 00:53:22,360
\nto lead the building to not
\nbeing not being squared. <\/p>\n
807
\n00:53:23,960 –> 00:53:27,200
\nSo a lot of care was taken in
\nancient times to ensure the <\/p>\n
808
\n00:53:27,200 –> 00:53:31,720
\nfoundation was a perfect shape.
\nSo what’s the next quality of a <\/p>\n
809
\n00:53:31,720 –> 00:53:34,160
\ncornerstone that you need?
\nWell, the next quality is it <\/p>\n
810
\n00:53:34,160 –> 00:53:35,600
\nneeds to bear exceptional
\nweight. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:53:38,720 –> 00:53:41,080
\nThe foundation stone must be
\nstrong and durable. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:53:41,440 –> 00:53:44,480
\nSo when the builders reject a
\nstone, they’re essentially <\/p>\n
813
\n00:53:44,480 –> 00:53:48,160
\nsaying that isn’t straight
\nenough or it’s not strong enough<\/p>\n
814
\n00:53:49,080 –> 00:53:52,440
\nfor the building in question.
\nAnd of course, you would reject <\/p>\n
815
\n00:53:52,440 –> 00:53:55,320
\na stone because you don’t you
\ndon’t put a cornerstone in a <\/p>\n
816
\n00:53:55,320 –> 00:53:56,840
\nbuilding going.
\nI hope this is good enough. <\/p>\n
817
\n00:53:56,840 –> 00:54:00,800
\nThis one, right?
\nUnless it’s perfect, you reject <\/p>\n
818
\n00:54:00,800 –> 00:54:03,640
\nit.
\nIt has to be perfect. <\/p>\n
819
\n00:54:04,360 –> 00:54:07,080
\nSo you’d see a lot of stones out
\nthere that were they’re just not<\/p>\n
820
\n00:54:07,080 –> 00:54:09,080
\nquite good enough for the
\nbuilding, we’re going to reject <\/p>\n
821
\n00:54:09,080 –> 00:54:12,240
\nthat stone.
\nSo it would be common for a <\/p>\n
822
\n00:54:12,240 –> 00:54:15,360
\nbuilder to start to start making
\na building and go, that <\/p>\n
823
\n00:54:15,360 –> 00:54:18,960
\ncornerstone’s not good enough.
\nWe cannot begin the building <\/p>\n
824
\n00:54:18,960 –> 00:54:20,440
\nwith that stone.
\nWe’re going to reject that <\/p>\n
825
\n00:54:20,440 –> 00:54:21,800
\nstone.
\nI need another one. <\/p>\n
826
\n00:54:21,800 –> 00:54:23,760
\nI need one whose lines are
\nperfectly straight. <\/p>\n
827
\n00:54:23,960 –> 00:54:25,600
\nI need one that can bear
\nexceptional weight. <\/p>\n
828
\n00:54:25,600 –> 00:54:28,360
\nThere can’t even cracks or
\nfissures in the in the stone <\/p>\n
829
\n00:54:28,360 –> 00:54:30,840
\nbecause everything is going to
\nbe built on that stone. <\/p>\n
830
\n00:54:38,330 –> 00:54:40,530
\nSo of course, the Jews in the
\nmidst of building the Second <\/p>\n
831
\n00:54:40,530 –> 00:54:44,330
\nTemple did reject Christ.
\nChrist wasn’t straight enough. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:54:45,250 –> 00:54:46,570
\nHow so?
\nWell, he didn’t keep their <\/p>\n
833
\n00:54:46,570 –> 00:54:50,610
\ntraditions.
\nHe wasn’t strong enough. <\/p>\n
834
\n00:54:50,840 –> 00:54:52,320
\nWhy?
\nHe lacked physical beauty. <\/p>\n
835
\n00:54:52,320 –> 00:54:57,920
\nHe was a Nazarite, essentially.
\nThe Jesus wasn’t what they want <\/p>\n
836
\n00:54:57,920 –> 00:55:02,280
\nhim to be, so they rejected him.
\nSo he became a stone over which <\/p>\n
837
\n00:55:02,280 –> 00:55:04,720
\nthey stumbled time and time
\nagain. <\/p>\n
838
\n00:55:06,840 –> 00:55:09,600
\nSo what does it mean if Jesus is
\na cornerstone for us? <\/p>\n
839
\n00:55:11,320 –> 00:55:16,360
\nIt means that his lines are
\nstraight, without question. <\/p>\n
840
\n00:55:17,160 –> 00:55:19,720
\nWhat that means is that when
\nJesus says something is right, <\/p>\n
841
\n00:55:21,880 –> 00:55:26,160
\nit’s right.
\nI, I, I just want to impress <\/p>\n
842
\n00:55:26,160 –> 00:55:30,840
\nthat upon you.
\nWhen Jesus says something is <\/p>\n
843
\n00:55:30,840 –> 00:55:37,800
\nright, it is right.
\nIt’s not for us to evaluate it <\/p>\n
844
\n00:55:38,520 –> 00:55:44,440
\nand say, well, my interpretation
\nor I’m going to change it to <\/p>\n
845
\n00:55:44,440 –> 00:55:48,000
\nmake it more acceptable to me.
\nI’m going to change the <\/p>\n
846
\n00:55:48,000 –> 00:55:51,800
\ncornerstone so that the Petros
\nis more comfortable. <\/p>\n
847
\n00:55:53,880 –> 00:55:57,720
\nWhen Jesus says something is the
\nway it is, it is that way <\/p>\n
848
\n00:56:00,160 –> 00:56:03,440
\nbecause his lines are perfectly
\nstraight. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:56:05,960 –> 00:56:08,880
\nIt means that Jesus can bear
\nexceptional weight. <\/p>\n
850
\n00:56:12,360 –> 00:56:14,480
\nIt means that he’s the Son of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
851
\n00:56:16,440 –> 00:56:20,760
\nWe do not conform him to our
\nshape. <\/p>\n
852
\n00:56:21,120 –> 00:56:24,040
\nIt’s not like we’re we’re, we’re
\na lumpy rock with lots of <\/p>\n
853
\n00:56:24,040 –> 00:56:26,800
\nimperfections in it.
\nAnd we think, Gee, how can I, <\/p>\n
854
\n00:56:26,800 –> 00:56:29,560
\nhow can I just chisel out the
\ncornerstone so that the lumpy <\/p>\n
855
\n00:56:29,560 –> 00:56:36,720
\nrock, it sits more comfortably?
\nWe had to be conformed to him. <\/p>\n
856
\n00:56:39,320 –> 00:56:44,080
\nIf our angles don’t match his,
\nours need to change. <\/p>\n
857
\n00:56:45,520 –> 00:56:52,760
\nWe don’t change him if we build,
\nwe build on him. <\/p>\n
858
\n00:56:54,360 –> 00:56:56,480
\nWe conform ourselves to his
\nshape. <\/p>\n
859
\n00:56:56,480 –> 00:57:00,160
\nRomans chapter 8, verse 29 says
\nfor those he foreknew, he <\/p>\n
860
\n00:57:00,160 –> 00:57:04,760
\npredestined to be conformed to
\nthe image of his son. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:57:04,840 –> 00:57:06,760
\nAnd what I want you to do is get
\nthis picture. <\/p>\n
862
\n00:57:07,000 –> 00:57:09,880
\nAnd the picture is that I see a
\nPetros on the ground. <\/p>\n
863
\n00:57:10,880 –> 00:57:13,080
\nIt’s, it’s a, it’s, it’s a, it’s
\na rock. <\/p>\n
864
\n00:57:13,440 –> 00:57:15,800
\nIt’s, it’s an imperfect rock
\nbecause it’s, you know, it’s, <\/p>\n
865
\n00:57:16,080 –> 00:57:18,840
\nit’s, it’s fallen from the
\nmother rock and it’s just <\/p>\n
866
\n00:57:18,840 –> 00:57:20,880
\nsitting on the ground.
\nI think myself, I want to build <\/p>\n
867
\n00:57:20,880 –> 00:57:23,560
\nwith this rock.
\nI want to make this rock useful.<\/p>\n
868
\n00:57:24,240 –> 00:57:26,480
\nSo what am I going to do?
\nWell, my cornerstone is sitting <\/p>\n
869
\n00:57:26,480 –> 00:57:28,520
\nover there.
\nMy cornerstone’s perfect. <\/p>\n
870
\n00:57:29,880 –> 00:57:31,440
\nSo what do I got to do with this
\nrock? <\/p>\n
871
\n00:57:33,800 –> 00:57:42,120
\nI’ve got to chisel it to make
\nits lines match the cornerstone.<\/p>\n
872
\n00:57:44,440 –> 00:57:46,960
\nI don’t take the rock and go.
\nIt’s not really perfect, but <\/p>\n
873
\n00:57:46,960 –> 00:57:49,200
\nwhat I can do is I can change
\nthe cornerstone so this rock <\/p>\n
874
\n00:57:49,200 –> 00:57:54,720
\nfits.
\nYou see, there’s two different <\/p>\n
875
\n00:57:54,720 –> 00:57:56,600
\nkinds of stones.
\nThere’s a Petra and there’s a <\/p>\n
876
\n00:57:56,600 –> 00:57:58,880
\nPetros.
\nThey’re not the same. <\/p>\n
877
\n00:57:59,000 –> 00:58:06,080
\nYou don’t treat them the same.
\nAnd So what do I mean by that? <\/p>\n
878
\n00:58:06,080 –> 00:58:14,720
\nI mean.
\nI mean that for us to be God’s <\/p>\n
879
\n00:58:14,720 –> 00:58:20,680
\nchildren, we got to confess that
\nthis man is God’s child. <\/p>\n
880
\n00:58:21,920 –> 00:58:24,400
\nAnd in doing that we change to
\nbe like him. <\/p>\n
881
\n00:58:26,720 –> 00:58:29,920
\nAnd it’s hard.
\nActually, I think that’s hard. <\/p>\n
882
\n00:58:30,760 –> 00:58:32,480
\nI think getting chiseled is
\nhard. <\/p>\n
883
\n00:58:33,000 –> 00:58:42,200
\nEver felt a bit chiseled?
\nAnd I don’t, I don’t know how to<\/p>\n
884
\n00:58:42,200 –> 00:58:45,080
\ntake a heart that’s full of
\nimperfections and make it more <\/p>\n
885
\n00:58:45,080 –> 00:58:48,840
\nlike the Lord.
\nBut I know a prayer you can say <\/p>\n
886
\n00:58:51,480 –> 00:58:56,040
\nand and maybe you’re at bed at
\nnight and you know, your mind’s <\/p>\n
887
\n00:58:56,040 –> 00:58:58,640
\ngoing all sorts of funny places.
\nDoes anyone’s head go funny <\/p>\n
888
\n00:58:58,640 –> 00:59:00,400
\nplaces at night on bed?
\nRight. <\/p>\n
889
\n00:59:01,000 –> 00:59:02,600
\nJust me and Caleb.
\nAll right, cool. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:59:05,040 –> 00:59:08,680
\nAnd because my mom, I have a
\nbusy mind that probably doesn’t <\/p>\n
891
\n00:59:08,680 –> 00:59:12,720
\nsurprise you very much.
\nI have a busy mind, so. <\/p>\n
892
\n00:59:13,280 –> 00:59:16,520
\nSo maybe you want to meditate on
\nsomething while you’re in bed. <\/p>\n
893
\n00:59:17,760 –> 00:59:22,200
\nHere’s 1:00.
\nWhat if you said on your bed as <\/p>\n
894
\n00:59:22,200 –> 00:59:24,800
\nyour mind is busy going also to
\ndifferent directions. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:59:25,640 –> 00:59:28,320
\nI believe that Jesus is the
\nMessiah, the Son of the living <\/p>\n
896
\n00:59:28,320 –> 00:59:32,520
\nGod.
\nWhat if you said that and then <\/p>\n
897
\n00:59:32,520 –> 00:59:35,680
\nyou say it again?
\nI believe that Jesus is the <\/p>\n
898
\n00:59:35,680 –> 00:59:37,760
\nMessiah, the Son of the living
\nGod. <\/p>\n
899
\n00:59:39,000 –> 00:59:41,920
\nI believe that Jesus is the
\nMessiah, the Son of the living <\/p>\n
900
\n00:59:41,920 –> 00:59:44,480
\nGod.
\nI believe that Jesus is the <\/p>\n
901
\n00:59:44,480 –> 00:59:46,720
\nMessiah, the Son of the living
\nGod. <\/p>\n
902
\n00:59:48,640 –> 00:59:53,880
\nWhat if you meditated on that?
\nWhat if you got that message so <\/p>\n
903
\n00:59:54,000 –> 00:59:58,760
\ndeep down in your heart?
\nWhat would that change? <\/p>\n
904
\n01:00:00,960 –> 01:00:02,760
\nSo our next point is simply
\nthis. <\/p>\n
905
\n01:00:03,520 –> 01:00:07,480
\nAs living stones, we’re
\nconformed to and then built on <\/p>\n
906
\n01:00:07,760 –> 01:00:14,400
\nthe foundation stone.
\nSo let’s talk about what is <\/p>\n
907
\n01:00:14,400 –> 01:00:17,640
\nbuilt on the rock.
\nWhat’s built on the rock, we’re <\/p>\n
908
\n01:00:17,640 –> 01:00:21,920
\ntold, is the ecclesia.
\nOn this Petra, I’ll build my <\/p>\n
909
\n01:00:21,920 –> 01:00:25,480
\necclesia, and the gates of Haiti
\nshall not prevail against it. <\/p>\n
910
\n01:00:25,720 –> 01:00:29,360
\nNow you might want to write, and
\nI know it says in the King James<\/p>\n
911
\n01:00:29,360 –> 01:00:32,400
\nVersion it says church.
\nYou might want to cross out <\/p>\n
912
\n01:00:32,400 –> 01:00:35,120
\nChurch and write Ecclesia
\nbecause this is the first use of<\/p>\n
913
\n01:00:35,120 –> 01:00:37,560
\nthe word ecclesia in the entire
\nNew Testament. <\/p>\n
914
\n01:00:43,600 –> 01:00:44,880
\nAnd the word ecclesia is
\nmade-up. <\/p>\n
915
\n01:00:45,520 –> 01:00:47,400
\nWhat happened there?
\nLet’s put you back. <\/p>\n
916
\n01:00:47,400 –> 01:00:51,000
\nAll right?
\nI was told this might happen. <\/p>\n
917
\n01:00:51,000 –> 01:01:11,880
\nAll
\nright, well, I’m going to let <\/p>\n
918
\n01:01:11,880 –> 01:01:15,400
\nDan you deal with that and I’m
\ngoing to move on because my <\/p>\n
919
\n01:01:15,400 –> 01:01:19,720
\nslides aren’t very good anyways.
\nYou guys know that the word <\/p>\n
920
\n01:01:19,720 –> 01:01:23,600
\necclesia is made-up of 2 words,
\nright? <\/p>\n
921
\n01:01:24,400 –> 01:01:31,400
\nThe word EC means out of and the
\nword Cresia means a call. <\/p>\n
922
\n01:01:32,680 –> 01:01:36,400
\nSo we think of a church as a
\nbuilding. <\/p>\n
923
\n01:01:37,280 –> 01:01:41,840
\nNow calling ourselves a church
\nwould be like the 1st century <\/p>\n
924
\n01:01:42,240 –> 01:01:45,000
\nbelievers calling themselves a
\nsynagogue, right? <\/p>\n
925
\n01:01:45,320 –> 01:01:48,720
\nJesus is not creating.
\nNow this is the important thing.<\/p>\n
926
\n01:01:49,040 –> 01:01:53,160
\nJesus is not creating a man made
\nbuilding. <\/p>\n
927
\n01:01:54,400 –> 01:01:57,120
\nThe whole point is he’s not
\nbuilding something man made. <\/p>\n
928
\n01:01:57,240 –> 01:02:00,440
\nThis is exactly Peter’s point in
\nfirst period chapter 2. <\/p>\n
929
\n01:02:00,720 –> 01:02:04,840
\nYou are being built up as a
\nliving stones. <\/p>\n
930
\n01:02:04,920 –> 01:02:09,360
\nWe’re not building a building.
\nWe are living stones. <\/p>\n
931
\n01:02:09,480 –> 01:02:13,360
\nYou know what is it that the
\nworld, let’s say the world, <\/p>\n
932
\n01:02:13,360 –> 01:02:16,040
\ndestroyed every Christadelphian
\nhall in the world. <\/p>\n
933
\n01:02:17,040 –> 01:02:20,600
\nThey wouldn’t destroy us, would
\nthey? <\/p>\n
934
\n01:02:21,360 –> 01:02:25,000
\nWe are not a building.
\nIt does not matter that we do <\/p>\n
935
\n01:02:25,000 –> 01:02:29,240
\nnot have property.
\nWe will meet in alleys, we will <\/p>\n
936
\n01:02:29,240 –> 01:02:32,520
\nmeet in homes, we will meet in
\nhired halls. <\/p>\n
937
\n01:02:32,640 –> 01:02:35,920
\nIt does not matter.
\nWe are not tied to property. <\/p>\n
938
\n01:02:37,120 –> 01:02:41,040
\nThe ecclesia is not property.
\nThe ecclesia is not something <\/p>\n
939
\n01:02:41,040 –> 01:02:45,760
\nman made.
\nWe are a spiritual house made <\/p>\n
940
\n01:02:45,760 –> 01:02:55,280
\nfrom living stones.
\nIf you build a stone onto a <\/p>\n
941
\n01:02:55,280 –> 01:02:58,600
\ncornerstone, it’s useful.
\nNow. <\/p>\n
942
\n01:02:58,880 –> 01:03:03,080
\nIt’s not that a petros is
\nintrinsically useful, it’s <\/p>\n
943
\n01:03:03,080 –> 01:03:06,000
\nuseful because it’s part of
\nsomething larger than itself. <\/p>\n
944
\n01:03:07,160 –> 01:03:10,440
\nIf you take a Petro, if you
\ntake, if you take a brick or a <\/p>\n
945
\n01:03:10,440 –> 01:03:13,840
\nstone built on a house and you
\nthrow it to the ground, it’s, <\/p>\n
946
\n01:03:13,960 –> 01:03:17,600
\nit’s now useless.
\nThe stone is not useful because <\/p>\n
947
\n01:03:17,600 –> 01:03:21,000
\nit’s useful in and of itself.
\nIt’s useful because you put it <\/p>\n
948
\n01:03:21,000 –> 01:03:23,520
\non a foundation and it becomes a
\nbuilding. <\/p>\n
949
\n01:03:24,200 –> 01:03:29,600
\nIt’s not intrinsically useful.
\nAll right, so there and then. <\/p>\n
950
\n01:03:55,960 –> 01:04:04,600
\nOK, sorry for the interruption.
\nWe’re not in ecclesia because we<\/p>\n
951
\n01:04:07,920 –> 01:04:13,000
\nbecause we have buildings.
\nWe’re ecclesia because we’re <\/p>\n
952
\n01:04:13,000 –> 01:04:19,760
\nbuilt on Christ.
\nIt’s because brothers, sisters, <\/p>\n
953
\n01:04:21,120 –> 01:04:23,800
\nit’s because we know a unique
\ntruth about the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
954
\n01:04:23,800 –> 01:04:28,880
\nChrist.
\nWe’re in an ecclesia because we <\/p>\n
955
\n01:04:28,880 –> 01:04:33,840
\nknow and believe that this man
\nis the son of the living God. <\/p>\n
956
\n01:04:39,020 –> 01:04:43,420
\nAnd because of that, we are
\nbuilt into a building that has <\/p>\n
957
\n01:04:43,420 –> 01:04:47,780
\nnot, that’s not made of material
\nthings. <\/p>\n
958
\n01:04:47,780 –> 01:04:50,660
\nIt’s a spiritual building, you
\nsee. <\/p>\n
959
\n01:04:50,660 –> 01:04:54,900
\nYou know Augustus Caesar, he
\nbuilt a vast empire and it’s <\/p>\n
960
\n01:04:54,900 –> 01:05:02,640
\ndestroyed.
\nOur Ecclesia rejects man made <\/p>\n
961
\n01:05:02,640 –> 01:05:06,440
\nmonuments.
\nWe reject temples. <\/p>\n
962
\n01:05:07,000 –> 01:05:12,760
\nWe have no temples.
\nThe Ecclesia rejects man made <\/p>\n
963
\n01:05:12,760 –> 01:05:18,040
\nreligion.
\nIt rejects Pagan understandings <\/p>\n
964
\n01:05:18,200 –> 01:05:21,040
\nof things like God and pain that
\nhave been rejected long ago. <\/p>\n
965
\n01:05:21,200 –> 01:05:24,000
\nIt rejects man made ideas about
\nGod. <\/p>\n
966
\n01:05:26,680 –> 01:05:31,560
\nThose things are dead, those
\nthings can be burned, those <\/p>\n
967
\n01:05:31,560 –> 01:05:35,080
\nthings can be consumed and those
\nthings can be destroyed. <\/p>\n
968
\n01:05:36,880 –> 01:05:42,080
\nThe true ecclesia is called out
\nto believe the truth about Jesus<\/p>\n
969
\n01:05:42,080 –> 01:05:45,240
\nand His Kingdom and reject man
\nmade objects that will be <\/p>\n
970
\n01:05:45,240 –> 01:05:51,760
\ndestroyed and burned.
\nSo in our last few moments, I <\/p>\n
971
\n01:05:51,760 –> 01:05:54,880
\nwant to consider the much
\ndebated words of Matthew 16, <\/p>\n
972
\n01:05:54,880 –> 01:05:56,640
\nverse 18 and what they actually
\nmean. <\/p>\n
973
\n01:05:57,200 –> 01:06:02,000
\nSo Matthew chapter 16, verse 19
\nsays this. <\/p>\n
974
\n01:06:02,800 –> 01:06:05,600
\nAnd I will give unto thee, to
\nthee the keys of the Kingdom of <\/p>\n
975
\n01:06:05,600 –> 01:06:07,200
\nheaven.
\nAnd whatsoever thou shalt bind <\/p>\n
976
\n01:06:07,200 –> 01:06:08,480
\non earth shall be bound in
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
977
\n01:06:08,800 –> 01:06:11,800
\nAnd whatsoever thou shalt loose
\non earth shall be loosed in <\/p>\n
978
\n01:06:11,800 –> 01:06:13,400
\nheaven.
\nNow it’s tempting to comment on <\/p>\n
979
\n01:06:13,400 –> 01:06:16,680
\nwhat these words don’t mean, but
\nwe’ll save that for our next <\/p>\n
980
\n01:06:16,680 –> 01:06:20,760
\nclass.
\nI want to stop and ask the <\/p>\n
981
\n01:06:20,760 –> 01:06:23,040
\nquestion, what would the
\ndisciples who have heard, who <\/p>\n
982
\n01:06:23,040 –> 01:06:25,520
\nheard this, what would they have
\nunderstood Jesus to mean here? <\/p>\n
983
\n01:06:25,920 –> 01:06:27,320
\nSo we got to take it piece by
\npiece. <\/p>\n
984
\n01:06:27,320 –> 01:06:29,520
\nFirst, the keys.
\nWhat are keys used for? <\/p>\n
985
\n01:06:29,720 –> 01:06:33,000
\nWell, keys unlock things.
\nThey grant access. <\/p>\n
986
\n01:06:33,280 –> 01:06:36,360
\nSo when Jesus giving Peter the
\nkeys to the Kingdom, he’s saying<\/p>\n
987
\n01:06:36,360 –> 01:06:39,440
\nthat Peter is being given the
\nresponsibility to open the door <\/p>\n
988
\n01:06:39,440 –> 01:06:42,880
\nof the Kingdom based on the
\nfaithful statement that he just <\/p>\n
989
\n01:06:42,880 –> 01:06:45,840
\nuttered.
\nNow, how do we know that this is<\/p>\n
990
\n01:06:45,840 –> 01:06:48,720
\nwhat Jesus understands when he
\nuses the word key? <\/p>\n
991
\n01:06:49,000 –> 01:06:51,680
\nHow do we know that Jesus is
\nusing the word key about <\/p>\n
992
\n01:06:51,680 –> 01:06:55,080
\nunderstanding things, about
\nunderstanding the kind of things<\/p>\n
993
\n01:06:55,080 –> 01:06:59,080
\nthat Peter had just said about
\nwho Jesus really was? <\/p>\n
994
\n01:06:59,080 –> 01:07:02,040
\nBecause Jesus is going to use
\nthe word key himself in Luke <\/p>\n
995
\n01:07:02,040 –> 01:07:05,200
\nChapter 11 verse 52, which is a
\ngood cross reference to have in <\/p>\n
996
\n01:07:05,200 –> 01:07:07,680
\nyour margin if you haven’t
\nalready, next to this verse <\/p>\n
997
\n01:07:07,680 –> 01:07:10,840
\nwhere he says, why won’t you
\nlawyers for you’ve taken away <\/p>\n
998
\n01:07:10,840 –> 01:07:14,960
\nthe key of knowledge.
\nSo the key is knowledge. <\/p>\n
999
\n01:07:14,960 –> 01:07:19,040
\nWhat is knowledge do it unlocks
\nthings and and the problem with <\/p>\n
1000
\n01:07:19,040 –> 01:07:22,760
\nthe lawyers is that you entered
\nnot in yourselves and you’re <\/p>\n
1001
\n01:07:22,760 –> 01:07:25,720
\nkeeping keeping them that were
\nentering hindered. <\/p>\n
1002
\n01:07:26,560 –> 01:07:31,440
\nSo so having knowledge and
\nrefusing to pass it on or <\/p>\n
1003
\n01:07:31,440 –> 01:07:35,240
\npassing on the wrong knowledge
\nis refusing to open a door so <\/p>\n
1004
\n01:07:35,240 –> 01:07:37,160
\nthat people can come through.
\nIt’s hindering them. <\/p>\n
1005
\n01:07:37,760 –> 01:07:40,760
\nSo this is how Jesus understood
\nand understands what a key is. <\/p>\n
1006
\n01:07:41,960 –> 01:07:45,480
\nAnd in Acts chapter 2, what
\nhappens is that Peter stands up <\/p>\n
1007
\n01:07:45,480 –> 01:07:47,960
\nthe day of Pentecost and he
\npreaches the gospel for the <\/p>\n
1008
\n01:07:47,960 –> 01:07:51,560
\nfirst time and he gives them
\nknowledge about Jesus, about his<\/p>\n
1009
\n01:07:51,560 –> 01:07:53,800
\ndeath and resurrection, and
\nabout the hope of the Kingdom of<\/p>\n
1010
\n01:07:53,800 –> 01:07:57,760
\nGod.
\nIt says there in in Acts chapter<\/p>\n
1011
\n01:07:57,760 –> 01:08:00,400
\n2 verse 36.
\nTherefore, let all the House of <\/p>\n
1012
\n01:08:00,400 –> 01:08:04,840
\nIsrael know assuredly that God
\nhave made that same Jesus whom <\/p>\n
1013
\n01:08:04,840 –> 01:08:07,320
\nyou crucified, both the Lord and
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
1014
\n01:08:07,560 –> 01:08:10,600
\nAnd thousands of people respond
\nand repent and are baptized. <\/p>\n
1015
\n01:08:10,760 –> 01:08:14,320
\nAnd Jesus, excuse me, Peter has
\njust unlocked the Kingdom for <\/p>\n
1016
\n01:08:14,320 –> 01:08:17,960
\nthem.
\nAnd then in Acts 10, Peter uses <\/p>\n
1017
\n01:08:17,960 –> 01:08:20,080
\nthe keys again, this time for
\nthe Gentiles. <\/p>\n
1018
\n01:08:20,080 –> 01:08:23,359
\nHe goes to Cornelius and he
\npreaches the gospel and suddenly<\/p>\n
1019
\n01:08:23,359 –> 01:08:25,800
\nthe doors open for people that
\naren’t Jews to come into the <\/p>\n
1020
\n01:08:25,800 –> 01:08:28,359
\nKingdom.
\nSo when Jesus says Peter will <\/p>\n
1021
\n01:08:28,359 –> 01:08:31,760
\nhave the keys, disciples would
\nunderstand that if Peter has <\/p>\n
1022
\n01:08:31,760 –> 01:08:35,359
\nbeen given the responsibility to
\nopen the way for others to have <\/p>\n
1023
\n01:08:35,399 –> 01:08:38,279
\naccess to the Kingdom through
\nthe gospel message, through the <\/p>\n
1024
\n01:08:38,279 –> 01:08:42,080
\nknowledge of the gospel message
\nbased on that same faithful <\/p>\n
1025
\n01:08:42,080 –> 01:08:45,279
\nconfession.
\nThis is how John Thomas puts it <\/p>\n
1026
\n01:08:45,279 –> 01:08:47,760
\nin Elpis Israel.
\nHe says if a reader peruse the <\/p>\n
1027
\n01:08:47,760 –> 01:08:51,600
\nsecond chapter of Acts, he
\nlearned there how Peter used one<\/p>\n
1028
\n01:08:51,600 –> 01:08:54,680
\nof the keys of the Kingdom given
\nto him by its king. <\/p>\n
1029
\n01:08:55,560 –> 01:08:58,520
\nOn that occasion, I say he used
\none of the keys. <\/p>\n
1030
\n01:08:58,800 –> 01:09:04,880
\nHe revealed the mystery of the
\ngospel of God’s Kingdom to the <\/p>\n
1031
\n01:09:04,880 –> 01:09:07,479
\nJews.
\nSo what’s the point there? <\/p>\n
1032
\n01:09:08,080 –> 01:09:12,760
\nThe point there is that the keys
\nrepresent knowledge of the <\/p>\n
1033
\n01:09:12,760 –> 01:09:15,319
\ngospel and the authority to
\nproclaim it. <\/p>\n
1034
\n01:09:17,000 –> 01:09:18,520
\nAnd that’s what Jesus was
\ngranting. <\/p>\n
1035
\n01:09:18,720 –> 01:09:20,279
\nBut what about binding and
\nlucing? <\/p>\n
1036
\n01:09:21,880 –> 01:09:24,640
\nWell, binding and lucing was
\nactually a common phrase in <\/p>\n
1037
\n01:09:24,640 –> 01:09:28,600
\nJewish culture and had to do
\nwith making decisions about what<\/p>\n
1038
\n01:09:28,600 –> 01:09:33,080
\nwas allowed or not allowed.
\nSo things that are bound are <\/p>\n
1039
\n01:09:33,200 –> 01:09:36,960
\nforbidden and things that are
\nloose are permitted. <\/p>\n
1040
\n01:09:38,160 –> 01:09:41,720
\nSo what happened is the Jewish
\nrabbis would go look at the <\/p>\n
1041
\n01:09:41,720 –> 01:09:44,560
\nscriptures and they’d they’d
\nlook at the law of Moses. <\/p>\n
1042
\n01:09:44,800 –> 01:09:48,319
\nAnd if I’m a rabbi and, and I
\nhave disciples around me and <\/p>\n
1043
\n01:09:48,319 –> 01:09:51,240
\nmaybe they’re even sitting at my
\nfeet and I’m discussing with <\/p>\n
1044
\n01:09:51,240 –> 01:09:54,480
\nthem a passage from the from the
\nlaw. <\/p>\n
1045
\n01:09:54,640 –> 01:09:58,960
\nAnd I would look at that passage
\nand I would either bind them to <\/p>\n
1046
\n01:09:58,960 –> 01:10:01,920
\nobey certain interpretations of
\nthat. <\/p>\n
1047
\n01:10:02,200 –> 01:10:06,440
\nSo let me take an example.
\nLet’s say that that I look at <\/p>\n
1048
\n01:10:06,440 –> 01:10:09,560
\nthe at the passage that says you
\nshall not boil a kid in its <\/p>\n
1049
\n01:10:09,560 –> 01:10:13,960
\nmother’s milk.
\nNow I might then interpret that <\/p>\n
1050
\n01:10:13,960 –> 01:10:18,800
\nand say, not only are you not to
\nshow cruelty to animals, but I <\/p>\n
1051
\n01:10:18,800 –> 01:10:22,240
\nbind you to never eat milk and
\nmeat together because you can <\/p>\n
1052
\n01:10:22,240 –> 01:10:25,880
\nnever tell when what’s the milk
\nfrom the mother or from the kid.<\/p>\n
1053
\n01:10:26,720 –> 01:10:29,320
\nNow what I’ve done is that’s
\nvery that’s my own <\/p>\n
1054
\n01:10:29,320 –> 01:10:33,280
\ninterpretation, of course, but
\nI’m binding my disciples that <\/p>\n
1055
\n01:10:33,280 –> 01:10:37,160
\nthey have to follow that.
\nAnd another rabbi might come and<\/p>\n
1056
\n01:10:37,160 –> 01:10:38,640
\nsay, well, that’s not necessary
\nat all. <\/p>\n
1057
\n01:10:38,640 –> 01:10:41,000
\nIt means this.
\nAnd so I’m loosening my <\/p>\n
1058
\n01:10:41,000 –> 01:10:43,960
\ndisciples from following the
\ninterpretations of that one. <\/p>\n
1059
\n01:10:45,160 –> 01:10:49,520
\nSo this is now you will know
\nthis because in Matthew chapter <\/p>\n
1060
\n01:10:49,520 –> 01:10:54,120
\n23, and I think verse 4, Jesus
\nsays to about to the Pharisees, <\/p>\n
1061
\n01:10:54,240 –> 01:10:57,800
\nyou bind burdens grievous to be
\nborn. <\/p>\n
1062
\n01:10:58,400 –> 01:11:01,600
\nRemember that passage, You bind
\nburdens grievous to be born. <\/p>\n
1063
\n01:11:01,680 –> 01:11:05,080
\nAnd that’s the idea you look at
\nthe law of Moses, you interpret <\/p>\n
1064
\n01:11:05,080 –> 01:11:07,720
\nit more stringently than God
\neven intended. <\/p>\n
1065
\n01:11:08,480 –> 01:11:11,720
\nAnd on that basis, you, you take
\nyour interpretations and you <\/p>\n
1066
\n01:11:11,720 –> 01:11:16,160
\nbind them on your disciples.
\nSo they have to follow your <\/p>\n
1067
\n01:11:16,160 –> 01:11:19,960
\ninterpretation and of course
\nthat makes you very important. <\/p>\n
1068
\n01:11:21,120 –> 01:11:23,880
\nAnd so you bind these burdens
\ngrievous to be born. <\/p>\n
1069
\n01:11:23,960 –> 01:11:25,840
\nSo what?
\nWhat exactly does that mean in <\/p>\n
1070
\n01:11:25,840 –> 01:11:29,080
\nterms of Jesus saying what you
\nbind on earth shall be bound in <\/p>\n
1071
\n01:11:29,080 –> 01:11:31,440
\nheaven, What you loosen earth
\nshall be loosed in heaven. <\/p>\n
1072
\n01:11:31,520 –> 01:11:36,640
\nWell, first of all, Ettersheim
\nin his Life and Times of Jesus <\/p>\n
1073
\n01:11:36,640 –> 01:11:39,840
\nthe Messiah, book 2 chapter 5
\nsays the same. <\/p>\n
1074
\n01:11:40,080 –> 01:11:44,480
\nTo bind and loose was simply to
\nforbid or to permit, and in the <\/p>\n
1075
\n01:11:44,480 –> 01:11:49,720
\nrabbinic age usage of the words,
\nthe binding or the loosening all<\/p>\n
1076
\n01:11:49,720 –> 01:11:52,400
\nhad had always ultimate
\nreference to the observance or <\/p>\n
1077
\n01:11:52,400 –> 01:11:56,160
\nnon observance of certain laws,
\ntraditions or customs as <\/p>\n
1078
\n01:11:56,160 –> 01:11:59,880
\ninterpreted by the authority of
\nthe rabbi’s. <\/p>\n
1079
\n01:12:01,960 –> 01:12:04,040
\nSo what’s Jesus saying?
\nHe’s giving to Peter, and by <\/p>\n
1080
\n01:12:04,040 –> 01:12:07,080
\nextension in Matthew 18, all the
\napostles. <\/p>\n
1081
\n01:12:07,240 –> 01:12:11,280
\nHe’s giving them the authority
\nto make decisions, to forbid and<\/p>\n
1082
\n01:12:11,280 –> 01:12:16,280
\npermit in how they interpret
\nScripture, but he’s not giving <\/p>\n
1083
\n01:12:16,280 –> 01:12:18,280
\nit to them this power in a
\nvacuum. <\/p>\n
1084
\n01:12:19,040 –> 01:12:21,360
\nHe’s not saying they can just
\nmake things up as they go. <\/p>\n
1085
\n01:12:21,480 –> 01:12:25,360
\nHe’s saying that authority
\nderives and accords with heaven.<\/p>\n
1086
\n01:12:26,000 –> 01:12:28,360
\nIt’s about applying the
\nprinciples of the gospel in real<\/p>\n
1087
\n01:12:28,360 –> 01:12:29,760
\nlife situations.
\nWell, let me give you an <\/p>\n
1088
\n01:12:29,760 –> 01:12:31,360
\nexample.
\nLet’s look at the example of <\/p>\n
1089
\n01:12:31,360 –> 01:12:34,160
\nActs 15.
\nWhat happened in Acts 15? <\/p>\n
1090
\n01:12:34,160 –> 01:12:36,960
\nWe have the the issue of
\ncircumcision and does every <\/p>\n
1091
\n01:12:36,960 –> 01:12:39,400
\nbeliever in Christ have to be
\ncircumcised? <\/p>\n
1092
\n01:12:39,840 –> 01:12:43,320
\nAnd what the, what the, what
\nthey, the apostles figured out <\/p>\n
1093
\n01:12:43,320 –> 01:12:49,760
\nin Acts chapter 15 was that,
\nthat they loosed the requirement<\/p>\n
1094
\n01:12:49,760 –> 01:12:53,080
\nof circumcision for the
\nGentiles, but they bound the, <\/p>\n
1095
\n01:12:53,120 –> 01:12:56,520
\nthe Gentiles to not commit
\nfornication or, or eat things <\/p>\n
1096
\n01:12:56,520 –> 01:12:58,720
\nstrangled or things with blood,
\nright? <\/p>\n
1097
\n01:12:58,880 –> 01:13:00,720
\nSo, or eat meat offered to
\nidols. <\/p>\n
1098
\n01:13:01,080 –> 01:13:04,800
\nSo they bound them with certain
\nthings and they loosed other <\/p>\n
1099
\n01:13:04,800 –> 01:13:06,640
\nthings.
\nNow they didn’t do that in <\/p>\n
1100
\n01:13:06,640 –> 01:13:09,360
\ncontradiction to heaven.
\nThey did that in accord with <\/p>\n
1101
\n01:13:09,360 –> 01:13:11,520
\nheaven.
\nThat was already heaven’s <\/p>\n
1102
\n01:13:11,520 –> 01:13:15,640
\ndecision and the disciples were
\napplying it now on earth. <\/p>\n
1103
\n01:13:16,960 –> 01:13:21,520
\nSo .14 is simply this binding
\nand loosening refers the <\/p>\n
1104
\n01:13:21,520 –> 01:13:24,240
\napostles authority to make
\nbinding decisions about the <\/p>\n
1105
\n01:13:24,240 –> 01:13:28,200
\napplication of the gospel guided
\nby the Holy Spirit and aligned <\/p>\n
1106
\n01:13:28,640 –> 01:13:31,640
\nwith God’s will.
\nI have a lot more to say about <\/p>\n
1107
\n01:13:31,640 –> 01:13:33,680
\nthat, but we’ll leave that to
\nthe next class. <\/p>\n
1108
\n01:13:34,400 –> 01:13:38,840
\nSo if you’re a disciple
\nlistening to Jesus say this, <\/p>\n
1109
\n01:13:38,840 –> 01:13:41,800
\nwhat you’re hearing is that
\nPeter’s being given authority to<\/p>\n
1110
\n01:13:41,800 –> 01:13:46,040
\npreach the gospel and make
\ndecisions about how to interpret<\/p>\n
1111
\n01:13:46,040 –> 01:13:48,680
\nScripture that accords with
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
1112
\n01:13:49,960 –> 01:13:54,680
\nAnd that’s a big responsibility.
\nIt’s not about personal power or<\/p>\n
1113
\n01:13:54,680 –> 01:13:57,000
\ncontrol.
\nIt’s about being a faithful <\/p>\n
1114
\n01:13:57,000 –> 01:13:59,400
\nsteward to the message that
\nJesus has entrusted to them. <\/p>\n
1115
\n01:13:59,400 –> 01:14:02,080
\nAnd it’s not just Peter.
\nThe authority in Matthew 18, <\/p>\n
1116
\n01:14:02,080 –> 01:14:04,960
\nverse 18 is given to all the
\napostles. <\/p>\n
1117
\n01:14:07,320 –> 01:14:08,680
\nWell, how does that help us
\ntoday? <\/p>\n
1118
\n01:14:10,320 –> 01:14:14,240
\nWell, firstly, the keys to the
\nKingdom are still here because <\/p>\n
1119
\n01:14:14,240 –> 01:14:16,200
\nthe keys to the Kingdom are the
\ngospel message. <\/p>\n
1120
\n01:14:16,440 –> 01:14:18,840
\nAnd every time we open our
\nBibles and every time we share <\/p>\n
1121
\n01:14:18,840 –> 01:14:22,320
\nthe truth about God’s Kingdom
\nand the name of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
1122
\n01:14:22,320 –> 01:14:26,040
\nChrist, we’re using the keys
\nbecause we’re showing someone <\/p>\n
1123
\n01:14:26,040 –> 01:14:28,760
\nwho’s outside of salvation the
\nway to salvation. <\/p>\n
1124
\n01:14:29,480 –> 01:14:32,800
\nSo the keys are still here.
\nAnd secondly, the idea of <\/p>\n
1125
\n01:14:32,800 –> 01:14:36,480
\nbinding and loosening reminds us
\nthat the apostles did have the <\/p>\n
1126
\n01:14:36,480 –> 01:14:38,080
\nauthority to interpret
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
1127
\n01:14:38,560 –> 01:14:41,000
\nSo if we look in the New
\nTestament young people and we <\/p>\n
1128
\n01:14:41,000 –> 01:14:44,800
\nsee the apostles interpret
\nScripture, somehow they’re doing<\/p>\n
1129
\n01:14:44,800 –> 01:14:51,000
\nthat with heaven’s authority.
\nAnd so their interpretations are<\/p>\n
1130
\n01:14:51,000 –> 01:14:57,000
\nstill binding on us today.
\nWe are still bound by how the <\/p>\n
1131
\n01:14:57,000 –> 01:14:59,680
\napostles interpreted the
\nScriptures. <\/p>\n
1132
\n01:14:59,840 –> 01:15:01,920
\nSo we want to understand, how do
\nI understand the Scriptures? <\/p>\n
1133
\n01:15:02,080 –> 01:15:04,160
\nLook at the New Testament well,
\nhow do they understand them? <\/p>\n
1134
\n01:15:05,880 –> 01:15:10,160
\nAnd if they bind us to certain
\nresponsibilities, whether they <\/p>\n
1135
\n01:15:10,160 –> 01:15:13,600
\nbe moral laws or they be
\ncultural laws, we are still <\/p>\n
1136
\n01:15:13,600 –> 01:15:21,480
\nbound by those things today.
\nSo .15 is this. <\/p>\n
1137
\n01:15:21,480 –> 01:15:25,280
\nThis is our last point.
\nWe have the key to unlock the <\/p>\n
1138
\n01:15:25,280 –> 01:15:29,360
\ntruth of Jesus identity and the
\nresponsibility to live by what <\/p>\n
1139
\n01:15:29,360 –> 01:15:32,560
\nthe apostles have taught,
\nhelping others to do the same. <\/p>\n
1140
\n01:15:34,960 –> 01:15:40,760
\nBut once the keys were used to
\nopen the doors, the doors <\/p>\n
1141
\n01:15:40,760 –> 01:15:45,760
\nremained open.
\nSee, it wasn’t for Peter to open<\/p>\n
1142
\n01:15:45,760 –> 01:15:48,040
\nthe door and then shut the door
\nor open the door. <\/p>\n
1143
\n01:15:48,040 –> 01:15:49,520
\nThen that’s what the Catholics
\nthink. <\/p>\n
1144
\n01:15:49,520 –> 01:15:51,960
\nHe can open or shut it, Open or
\nshut it, open or shut it. <\/p>\n
1145
\n01:15:52,640 –> 01:15:54,640
\nSee what Peter does.
\nHe opened and they stayed open. <\/p>\n
1146
\n01:15:55,440 –> 01:15:59,040
\nThis is what John Thomas says in
\nElpis Israel, Part 1, chapter 3.<\/p>\n
1147
\n01:15:59,720 –> 01:16:02,200
\nWhen he had accomplished this
\nwork with the Gentiles through <\/p>\n
1148
\n01:16:02,200 –> 01:16:05,480
\nCornelius, Peter no longer
\nretained the power of the keys. <\/p>\n
1149
\n01:16:06,280 –> 01:16:08,880
\nThey were transferred to the
\nmultitude of believing Jews and <\/p>\n
1150
\n01:16:08,880 –> 01:16:11,400
\nGentiles.
\nThe keys became the common <\/p>\n
1151
\n01:16:11,400 –> 01:16:17,360
\nproperty of all believers.
\nSo Jesus was giving the apostles<\/p>\n
1152
\n01:16:17,360 –> 01:16:21,560
\nthe authority to lay the
\nfoundation of the ecclesia, but <\/p>\n
1153
\n01:16:21,560 –> 01:16:24,760
\nthe work they started now
\ncontinues. <\/p>\n
1154
\n01:16:27,640 –> 01:16:31,840
\nWhat I’m saying to you is this,
\nbrothers and sisters, we have <\/p>\n
1155
\n01:16:31,840 –> 01:16:35,680
\nthe keys.
\nWe’ve been entrusted with the <\/p>\n
1156
\n01:16:35,680 –> 01:16:40,400
\nmessage, the message that Jesus
\nChrist is the Son of the living <\/p>\n
1157
\n01:16:40,400 –> 01:16:43,720
\nGod.
\nIt’s only on that basis that God<\/p>\n
1158
\n01:16:43,720 –> 01:16:47,640
\nbuilds his ecclesia.
\nAnd it’s our job, with heaven’s <\/p>\n
1159
\n01:16:47,640 –> 01:16:52,840
\nhelp, to continue building that
\necclesia where God can dwell, <\/p>\n
1160
\n01:16:53,960 –> 01:16:57,280
\nusing the keys to unlock the way
\nof salvation to others. <\/p>\n
1161
\n01:16:59,000 –> 01:17:05,040
\nAnd it’s a reminder to stay
\nfaithful to what the apostles <\/p>\n
1162
\n01:17:05,320 –> 01:17:12,560
\nhave done in interpreting the
\nlaw and to share that with <\/p>\n
1163
\n01:17:12,640 –> 01:17:15,840
\nothers around us.
\nAnd that’s the accretation. <\/p>\n
1164
\n01:17:16,400 –> 01:17:20,600
\nTake the keys, open the door and
\nhelp others to find the way to <\/p>\n
1165
\n01:17:20,600 –> 01:17:23,240
\nthe Kingdom.
\nAnd I’m a little bit over, so <\/p>\n
1166
\n01:17:23,240 –> 01:17:24,280
\nI’ll stop there.
\nThank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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