Welcome back to our
Books of the Book series
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on the Gospel of Mathew.
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We continue our
discussion Mathew, Chapter 16.
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We were just talking
about Peter's confession
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that Jesus is the
messiah, the Christ.
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We were just at such a
critical passage Ranko.
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Help us
understand Jesus response
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because His
response is very significant.
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Yeah. Peter's response
was you are the Christ.
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You know, Christ
is Greek, Christos.
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It's equivalent to
the Jewish messiah.
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So actually Peter
said, you are the messiah,
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the promised one
that we were waiting.
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So he got a ride
and Jesus affirmed him.
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Well keep in mind that
Peter's response is completely
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different from what
people were saying around.
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And now Jesus makes
this statement to Peter.
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"You are
blessed, Simon Bar-Jonah,"
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which it says is translation.
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Bar, its Aramaic
means son of Jonah because
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"flesh and blood did
not reveal this to you,
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but my father who is in heaven."
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This text indicates
to us that the confession
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that Peter made was
not actually his invention.
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It is not the product of his
mindset, what his calculations.
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Actually it was really
the revelation from God.
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Keeping in mind
that the disciples.
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The all time they had
role concept of Jesus.
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He would establish His kingdom.
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There would be
His prime ministers.
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But at these times
Peter got a special incite
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that came from the Holy Spirit,
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really admitting who Jesus was.
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He was that messiah.
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Messiah would come to redeem
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the fallen humanity
by virtue of his death.
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We often hard on Peter
but that was a good response.
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He was right on side.
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He is the spokesman of
the group of the holy people.
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And then Jesus said to Peter.
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And I say to you,
you are Peter and now,"
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this is very
interesting statement.
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"And up on these rock
I will built my church
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and the gates of Hades
will not overpower it."
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There are some Christians
who believe that actually
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here Jesus made Peter to
be the rock of the church.
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Upon which the church
is supposed to be built
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and because of that the
church cannot make mistake.
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The church
cannot apostate because
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it's built on the rock of Peter.
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Actually, I'll suggest
you that this is completely
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opposite to what
did the text said.
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Let's put it here in
the original context.
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The word Peter the name Peter
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actually its Greek
Petros which was not common.
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But it came from the word
Petra in Greek which means rock.
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So Petra which is feminine
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becomes Petros
that is masculine.
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What do you mean with that?
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Glenn, I will
appreciate if you open
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the Gospel of John
Chapter 1, verse 42.
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Okay, John 1, verse 42, okay.
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And I'll also open
Mathew, Chapter 4:18.
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John 1:42. Yes.
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"And he brought him to Jesus.
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Now when Jesus
looked at him and said,
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"You are Simon the son of Jonah,
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you shall be called Cephas,"
which is translated as storm.
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Okay. Let me talk
about these disciples.
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How do you call him? Petros.
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But let's keep in
mind. It was his nickname.
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His real name was
Simon which is Jewish name.
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Petros is actually
Greek which is not a name.
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Actually Jesus
invented His name from Petros
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probably Peter was
always of that hot temper.
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As Galilean he
could be very stubborn.
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So Jesus named him to
be Petros after Petra.
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So Jesus is here
playing with the words.
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Jesus gave him and he
says, you know, you are Petros.
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And on these
Petra, which is rock,
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I will build my church
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and the gates of
Hades will not overpower.
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So we have--now
we have to explain,
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is Peter that rock upon which
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Jesus planned to
build his church?
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Actually the
context of the Bible
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does not support that idea.
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Number one, nowhere in
the New Testament Peter
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is the rock upon which God
planned to build the church.
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Let's start first
with the Old Testament.
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In the Old Testament the rock
is frequent metaphor for God.
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Glenn, I would appreciate
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if you can open
Deuteronomy chapter 32:4.
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And I'll read Psalm 18:2.
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I believe it's important
that we read this text.
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Deuteronomy Chapter 32:4
and I'll read Psalm 18:2.
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Just 2 verses. Okay.
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Deuteronomy 32:4. Yes.
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Going back away as
in the scriptures here,
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"He is the Rock,
his work is perfect,
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for all his ways are justice
the God of truth and without
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injustice, righteous
and up righteous he."
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Who's rock? Certainly
not Peter as long before--
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Let's look at Psalm
18:2, "The Lord is my rock,
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my fortress and my deliverer,
what else, my God is my rock."
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Two times it's repeated. Okay.
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Let's invite
brother Peter and ask him
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brother Peter, are you rock?
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Or the rock upon reaches.
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Let's see what Peter would say.
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I would like you
to invite you to open
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1st Peter
Chapter 2, verses 4 to 8.
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And I'll read the Book of Acts.
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We don't have just one statement
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that Peter made about this.
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He made two times and
Peter actually made this claim.
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So we're asking Peter
himself are you the rock?
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Yes, brother
Peter who is that rock?
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Let me first start
with the book of Acts
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Chapter 4 verse 8, Peter said,
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"Peter filled with the
Holy Spirit said to them
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to the Jewish
leaders, rulers and elders
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of the people if we are
on try today for benefit.
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Then to sick man
is to how this man
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who has been made well.
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Let it be known to all of you
and to all the people of Israel
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that by the name
Jesus Christ, the Nazarene,
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whom you crucified whom
God raised from the dead
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by these name these man stands
before you in good health.
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He is the stone which was
rejected by you the builders
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by which became
the chief cornerstone
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and there is
salvation in no one else."
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There is no other
rock according to Peter.
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"For there is no other name
under the heaven that has been
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given to man by
which we must be saved."
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So he never says, I'm the rock.
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No. Very clearly
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Not only he
said, I'm not the rock.
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He said, there is no other rock.
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Can you read also First
Peter. Also comes from Peter.
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First Peter 2:4. "Coming to him
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as to a living stone
rejected indeed by men,
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but chosen by God and precious.
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You also has living stones
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are being built up
to spiritual house.
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The holy Priests are to
offer up spiritual sacrifices
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acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
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Therefore is also
contained in the scripture,
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behold the lands lie
on a chief cornerstone.
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He left precious. And
he who believes on Him
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will by no
means be put to shame.
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Therefore to you who
believe He's precious
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but to those who ae disobedient.
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The stone which
the builders rejected
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has become the
chief cornerstone.
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And a stone of
stumbling a rock of the fence."
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Is that clear? But Glenn,
I asking one tricky question
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be careful how you answer.
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All right. Is Peter a rock?
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Is Peter a rock? He is.
Really he'd a nick name.
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And he makes very clear then
you and me an all our viewers.
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We are all rocks
into that building.
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But who is the chief
rock, the cornerstone?
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It's actually Jesus
Christ. Does it make clear?
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Yes, Peter is
rock as any one of us.
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This is what makes that
building called the church.
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The Jesus, I mean I say building
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we mean spiritual building.
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Made of the
believers but we're all built
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on that
cornerstone of Jesus Christ.
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So, now what is the point
that Jesus try to make here.
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That's the
question. Okay, let's make it.
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When Peter confesses that
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Jesus is the
Messiah he is the rock.
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But he's not the chief rock
he's not that unmovable stone.
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Okay. However when Jesus denies,
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that Jesus is the Messiah,
do you know what he becomes?
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I don't want to waste--
When Peter denies the Jesus?
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You see, when He confesses
the Jesus Messiah he's rocks.
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When he denies what is
he? Let's read verse 23.
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It's better that
the Bible says, than me.
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Sure. I can't be misunderstood.
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Verse 20 and we're
back in Mathew, Chapter 16.
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Yeah, let's read from 21 to 23.
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"All right, from that time
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Jesus began to
show to his disciples.
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That he must go to Jews.
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So many suffer many
things from the elders
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and the chief
priest and the scribes
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and be killed and be
raised the third day.
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Then Peter took him
beside and began to rebuke him.
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Saying, forbid from you Lord
this shall not happen to you.
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And he turned and said to
Peter get behind and Satan.
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You're offense to
me for you not mindful
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of the things of God
but the thing's of men.
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Now, I'm asking you
very important question.
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When Peter confessed that Jesus
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is the messiah, he's the rock.
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When he denies the Jesus
messiah who's suppose to die.
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What is he?
He's a tool of Satan.
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He's tool of Satan.
He's not a infallible rock.
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So you see, Peter
is not that solid rock
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in which the church
is suppose to believe.
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You know we've before
in the text we read it.
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When Peter walks on the water
then he is the stone of faith,
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however when he
sinks under the water,
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he's the person of little faith.
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You see, the Bible
never proclaims when person
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who's the foundation
and forever he's the pillar
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when we are faithful to God.
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Then we're rocks. We're
the followers of Jesus Christ.
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When we really
deny who Jesus truly is
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then we can become
the instruments of Satan
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and here this
movement Satan was using Peter
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to prevent him
to go to the cross.
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Jesus said, we're
going now I'll die and Peter
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tried to prevent Jesus
actually Jesus recognized.
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It was not about Peter.
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You remember,
before Peter did not say,
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he's blush and flood, blood
did not make the confession.
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In the same way not his blood
and flesh made the confession.
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Actually it was Satan
who was working through him.
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And it was the
issue of the cross.
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Wasn't it? Yes.
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It was the issue
that disciples now
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and so Jesus is the messiah.
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But their definition of
messiah needed reshaping.
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And when Jesus says,
now that you understand
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I'm the messiah, let me
tell you what's ahead for me.
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And He's heading to
the cross. Excellent.
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And though Jesus makes
the warning in verse 24,
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I would like to
conclude with this.
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Then Jesus said to His disciples
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"if anyone
decides to come after me.
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Let him deny himself, take
up this cross and follow me."
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Okay, what is that Peter needed?
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He needed to take the
cross of Jesus upon himself.
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If Peter refuses to do
it, what happens to him?
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He'll lose his
disciples in salvation.
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You see, Praise God.
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I would like now to
turn to our viewers.
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So many times we feel like
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Peter we are
carried without emotions.
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We see the beauty of
Jesus and his character,
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but so many times
our hearts are filled
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with the doubt
about the Jesus Christ.
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But praise God,
the Gospel of Mathew
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is telling us that
Jesus Christ we have
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a wonderful
Savior, who understand us.
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He looks under the
surface and we're accepted.
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We're loved in him and
we can become those rocks,
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built into that
house of his church.
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