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 You may be seated.

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 Kids, you can now go to your King's Kids class,

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 and as they're on their way,

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 would you open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 16?

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 If you've got a pew Bible,

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 I'm going to be reading a passage on page 977,

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 Matthew chapter 16, verses 13 through 20.

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 Hear God's Word.

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 Now, when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi,

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 He asked His disciples,

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 Who do people say that the Son of Man is?

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 And they said, Some say John the Baptist,

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 others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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 He said to them, But who do you say that I am?

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 Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 And Jesus answered him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona,

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 for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,

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 but my Father who is in heaven.

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 And I tell you, you are Peter,

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 and on this rock I will build my church,

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 and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,

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 and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,

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 and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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 Then He strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.

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 May God bless the hearing of His Word.

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 So what are you doing this summer?

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 What you got planned?

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 It's a fun question to ask people in early June,

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 because the summer lies in front of us.

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 It's full, full of possibilities and fun.

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 Maybe you're planning to go to the Harbor Market on every Saturday morning,

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 or maybe you're going to hit Twilight Jazz,

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 or July 4th at Wolf and Butyl,

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 or you're going to grill out as much as possible to perfect your burger.

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 Sure, maybe that's your plan.

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 Maybe you're going to go north,

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 cabin on a lake,

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 relax in a hammock,

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 for sure,

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 spend some time with friends.

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 It's not unusual when you ask someone that question,

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 and I've been asking that question all week long.

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 People's faces light up.

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 There's a twinkle in their eye before their answer,

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 because it's fun.

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 Summer's fun.

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 Summer in southeast Wisconsin is worth all of the winter cold, right?

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 But let's think outside the box a little bit.

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 What if you were to ask Jesus that question?

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 Jesus,

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 what are you doing this summer?

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 Jesus, what you got planned this summer?

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 What are you going to be doing?

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 Well, I think if you know your Bibles at all,

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 Jesus would reply likely,

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 referencing maybe Hebrews 1.3.

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 He'd say,

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 well, you know,

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 as the radiance of the glory of God,

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 and as the exact imprint of His nature,

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 my plan is to

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 continue upholding the universe

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 with the word of my power.

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 And we would say,

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 yes and amen.

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 That's a great plan.

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 Do you have anything else planned?

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 And He does.

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 He's told us this much

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 in the passage I just read you.

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 Matthew 16,

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 13 through 20,

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 we learn about who Jesus is

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 and what He's doing this summer.

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 Matthew 16,

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 13 through 20

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 is essentially a Q&A with Jesus.

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 Jesus asks a couple questions.

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 Peter gives a great confession.

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 And then Jesus responds to that confession

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 with some explanation,

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 framing the confession.

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 It's really interesting.

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 It all points to who Jesus is

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 and what He is doing this summer

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 in Kenosha and in Liberia

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 and in Kenya

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 and in Nepal

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 and in China

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 in addition to upholding the universe

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 by the word of His power.

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 So let's look at this Q&A with Jesus.

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 Starting with these two questions.

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 Now when Jesus came into the district

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 of Caesarea Philippi,

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 which was an area

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 that was mostly populated by Gentiles,

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 and so there's kind of a lull

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 with Jesus and His disciples.

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 And so He asked them,

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 the first question is kind of like a straw hole.

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 It's like,

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 what's the popular opinion?

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 Guys, guys,

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 what is the word on the street about me?

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 Who are people saying I am?

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 And His disciples say,

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 well, some say John the Baptist

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 in chapter 14 of Matthew,

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 he has been beheaded.

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 He's dead.

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 So they think he's,

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 some people think he's John the Baptist,

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 come back.

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 Some people think he's Elijah,

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 come back.

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 Some people think he's Jeremiah

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 or one of the other prophets.

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 What they all have in common is

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 people are saying that Jesus

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 is one who speaks for God,

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 a prophet of some type.

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 Let's fast forward

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 from the first century

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 to the 21st century,

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 and let's say Jesus asks us

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 this same question.

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 Who do people say the Son of Man is?

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 And now we're kind of thinking

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 about those people around us

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 and who they say Jesus is,

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 and maybe we'd say,

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 well, they think that,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 You are the kind of the authority on love,

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 and You taught on love,

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 and only love.

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 You taught on love,

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 or you were before your time,

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 or you were a good teacher.

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 You spoke truth to power.

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 You were a way to salvation.

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 Some people think that you were

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 a historical figure,

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 but you're kind of tough to figure out.

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 Even some people think

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 that you're irrelevant.

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 Some people think

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 you're a crutch.

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 Some people will equate you,

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 Jesus,

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 with some kind of like

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 anxiety med for the soul.

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 So what people are saying

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 about you

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 is that you're probably

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 a good guy,

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 but mostly irrelevant.

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 Jesus moves on to the next question.

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 But who do you say that I am?

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 Jesus has a way of making things personal,

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 doesn't He?

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 And with that question,

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 He moves from having His disciples

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 kind of talk about

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 what other people think about Him,

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 which is relatively easy,

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 to now getting personal.

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 What do you say?

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 Who do you say that I am?

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 What do you believe

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 to be true about me?

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 So let's get personal.

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 Imagine Jesus asks you

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 that question.

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 Who do you say that I am?

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 Maybe you're a Christian

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 and you've been walking

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 with the Lord Jesus for decades.

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 Who do you say that I am?

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 Maybe you're a Christian

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 and you have walked away

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 from the church,

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 even walked away from Jesus.

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 Who do you say that I am?

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 Maybe you're a non-Christian

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 but you're curious about Jesus.

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 Who do you say that I am?

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 Maybe you're a middle school

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 or a high school student

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 and you've been raised

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 in a Christian home.

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 And if Jesus were to ask you

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 that question,

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 who do you say that I am?

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 You might respond by saying,

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 well, my parents think.

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 But what Jesus wants to know is,

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 who do you say that He is?

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 With these two questions,

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 Jesus is very intentionally

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 focusing His disciples and us

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 on who He is.

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 But we can even be

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 a little bit more to the point.

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 We can ask a question like this.

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 Do you believe

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 that Jesus is presently dead

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 or alive?

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 Because depending on how

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 you answer that question

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 will kind of reveal

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 what you think that Jesus

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 is doing this summer.

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 If He's dead,

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 He's not doing anything this summer.

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 But if He's alive,

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 well, there's all sorts

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 of interesting possibilities.

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 possibilities.

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 This Q&A with Jesus

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 starts with two questions

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 posed by Jesus,

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 raising the question,

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 who do you say that I am?

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 And from there,

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 we move to verse 16.

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 Because Peter

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 answers the question.

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 Simon Peter replied,

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 you are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 It's a confession.

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 It's a declaration.

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 Did you notice

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 the word the

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 before Christ?

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 That might seem

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 a little bit unusual

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 to you.

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 The Christ.

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 And if you didn't know it,

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 that word Christ

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 is actually a title.

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 It means Messiah.

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 The Christ

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 means the same thing

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 as the Messiah.

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 So what Peter is saying is,

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 you are the Messiah,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 So,

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 what's Messiah?

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 It means anointed one.

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 And all throughout

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 the Old Testament,

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 there are these prophecies

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 after prophecies

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 of this one

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 who would come,

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 an anointed one,

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 a promised one.

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 And all throughout

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 the Old Testament,

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 we are told

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 of who he is

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 and what he will do.

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 He would be a king

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 descended from David.

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 Last week,

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 we finished off

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 the book of Amos.

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 And Amos ends

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 with hope

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 that God is going

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 to restore

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 the booth

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 of David

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 in which this

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 one who would come

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 in the line of David,

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 he is going to gather

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 for himself

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 a people

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 called by his name

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 from both Jews

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 and Gentiles.

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 It's the Messiah.

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 We learn from 2 Samuel 7

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 that God promised

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 to David himself

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 that he would have

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 a descendant

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 who would sit

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 upon his throne

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 forever.

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 I want to point you

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 to one of my favorite

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 prophecies

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 of the coming Messiah.

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 It's in Isaiah chapter 9.

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 If you want to open up

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 your Bibles

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 to Isaiah 9,

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 turn there.

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 It's on page 680

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 of your Pew Bible.

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 You're familiar

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 with this passage

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 because we say it a lot

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 during Christmas time.

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 But it's

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 for all year round.

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 For to us,

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 a child is born.

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 To us,

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 a son is given.

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 And the government

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 shall be upon

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 his shoulder,

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 his being the Messiah.

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 And his name

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 shall be called

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 Wonderful Counselor.

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 He's going to have

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 a wisdom like no one else.

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 Mighty God.

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 He is divine.

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 And so when Peter

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 confesses him

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 as you are the Christ,

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 the Messiah,

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 the Son of the living God,

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 he's saying,

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 you are God.

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 Divine.

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 God's divine Messiah.

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 Everlasting Father

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 is talking about

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 the everlasting

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 kingly reign

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 of the Messiah,

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 the Prince of Peace.

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 He's going to bring

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 he's going to bring

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 shalom

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 of the increase

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 of his government

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 and of peace

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 that will be no end

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 on the throne of David

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 and over his kingdom

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 to establish it

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 and uphold it

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 with justice

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 and righteousness

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 from this time

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 forth and forever.

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 The zeal of the Lord

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 of hosts

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 will do this.

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 And so do you know

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 what Peter is saying

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 here?

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 He's saying,

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 you are God's king.

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 God in the flesh

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 who has come

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 to establish

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 an everlasting kingdom

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 of increasing peace.

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 It's quite a confession.

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 Jesus asks,

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 who do you say I am?

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 And Peter's like,

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 you're the man.

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 You're the king.

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 The Christ,

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 the Messiah.

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 It has this confessional quality

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 as we read in Romans 10, 9.

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 If we confess with our mouths

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in our hearts

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 that God has raised him

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 from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 It's this confession

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 that Jesus is the Christ.

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 But here's the deal.

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 After Peter confesses

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 and we're back to Matthew 16,

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 Jesus in verse 21

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 goes on to explain

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 that this Christ

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 must suffer many things

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 and be killed

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 and on the third day

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 be raised from the dead.

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 And Peter's like,

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 not having it.

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 Far be it from you, Lord,

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 this shall never happen to you.

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 Peter got the confession right

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 that he's the Christ,

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 but he seemingly missed

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 the memo of Isaiah 53,

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 that he would be

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 a suffering Christ.

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 We have the benefit

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 of looking back on this

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 with the benefit of hindsight.

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 So not only do we know

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 that Jesus is the Christ

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 who fulfilled Isaiah 9, 6, and 7,

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 but he's the Christ

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 who fulfilled Isaiah 53.

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 Would you turn there?

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 It's on page 729

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 of your pew Bible.

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 Isaiah 53.

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 I'm just going to read you

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 three verses,

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 4, 5, and 6.

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 Again, this is

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 the suffering servant.

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 This is a prophecy

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 of the coming Messiah.

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 He's going to be a king

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 who's going to establish

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 an everlasting kingdom

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 of increasing peace

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 on the throne of David.

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 Surely he has

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 borne our griefs.

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 He, the Christ,

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 and carried our sorrows.

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 Yet we esteemed him,

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 the Messiah,

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 stricken,

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 smitten by God,

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 and afflicted.

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 But he,

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 the anointed one,

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 the Christ,

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 the Messiah,

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 was pierced

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 for our transgressions.

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 He,

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 this coming king,

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 was crushed

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 for our iniquities.

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 Upon him,

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 this,

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 this Messiah,

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 upon him

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 was the chastisement

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 that brought us peace.

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 And with his wounds

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 we are healed.

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 All we like sheep

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 have gone astray.

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 We have turned everyone

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 to his own way.

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 And the Lord

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 has laid on him

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 the iniquity of us all.

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 Jesus is the wonderful counselor,

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 mighty God,

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 everlasting father,

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 prince of peace,

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 who established

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 his forever kingdom

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 through his

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 substitutionary death

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 on the cross.

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 He established

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 his kingdom

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 through suffering

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 and death

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 and resurrection.

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 this

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 is the Messiah.

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 So if Jesus

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 were to ask you,

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 who do you say

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 that I am?

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 We get to say,

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 you

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 are

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 the

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 crucified

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 and

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 risen

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 Christ,

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 the King,

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 the Messiah.

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 Peter's confession

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 of Jesus

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 as the Christ,

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 it informs

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 our own

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 confession

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 of Jesus

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 as the Christ.

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 What you believe,

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 who you believe

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 Jesus is

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 will determine

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 what you believe

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 Jesus will be doing

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 this summer.

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 Which now brings

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 me to

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 verses 17

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 through 19

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 where Jesus

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 responds

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 to Peter's confession

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 that he is

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 the Christ.

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 And by the way,

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 he doesn't deny it.

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 he actually

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 works with it

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 with a three-fold

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 explanation.

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 And it's here

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 that we learn

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 what Jesus

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 will be doing

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 this summer.

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 So,

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 the first

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 explanation,

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 the first

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 aspect

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 is he's talking

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 about Peter's

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 confession

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 confession,

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 and he says

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 it's a revelation.

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 Look at verse 17

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 of chapter 16.

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 And Jesus

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 answered,

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 Blessed are you,

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 Simon Bar-Jonah.

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 That's a reference

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 to his dad,

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 Jonah.

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 For flesh and blood

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 has not revealed

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 this to you,

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 but my Father

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 who is in heaven.

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 So,

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 what Jesus

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 is saying

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 to Simon Peter

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 is that,

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 hey,

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 your confession

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 of me

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 as the Messiah

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 didn't come

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 from your dad.

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 It didn't come

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 from flesh and blood.

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 You didn't figure

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 it out on yourself.

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 You didn't come up

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 with it on your own.

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 No, no.

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 That confession

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 is a revelation

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 of God the Father

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 to you.

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 He gave you eyes

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 to see me

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 for who I am.

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 It's this gracious

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 working of God

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 to give eyes

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 to sinners

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 to see

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 who Jesus

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 truly is,

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 the crucified

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 and risen King.

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 And here's what

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 that means for us.

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 Most of us

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 in the room

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 would say,

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 hey,

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 I'm a follower

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 of Jesus.

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 I've gone

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 from darkness

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 into the light.

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 Jesus has

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 flipped me.

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 He's the great

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 repo man.

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 And he claimed me.

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 But here's the thing.

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 You didn't

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 of yourself

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 figure Jesus out.

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 You didn't

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 of your own

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 flesh and blood

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 come to realize

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 who Jesus is.

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 you yourself

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 have received

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 a revelation

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 from God

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 to be able

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 to recognize

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 Jesus

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 as the crucified

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 and risen Messiah.

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 That's a gift

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 of God to you

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 so that you

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 would believe

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 on Him

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 and be saved.

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 Blessed

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 are you,

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 Christian,

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 for that

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 revelation

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 is from

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 God the Father.

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 So this

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 confession

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 is a revelation,

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 but in verse

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 18,

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 this confession

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 is foundational

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 to something.

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 It's in verse

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 18 where we learn

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 what Jesus is doing

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 this summer.

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 And I tell you,

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 you are Peter

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 and on this rock

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 I will build

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 my church

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 and the gates

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 of hell

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 shall not prevail

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 against it.

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 I mean,

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 there's a lot here.

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 There have been

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 some serious

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 theological fights

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 fought over

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 this verse.

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 There's a play

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 on words here.

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 when Jesus says,

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 and I tell you,

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 you are Peter,

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 the Greek word

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 for that

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 is petros.

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 It's a masculine

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 noun.

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 And the play

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 on word

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 comes next.

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 And I tell you,

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 you are petros

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 and on this

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:49.000
 petra

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:51.080
 rock

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:51.840
 I will build

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 my church.

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.300
 We're not talking

00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:53.900
 about the Christian

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:55.000
 band from the 80s.

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 Any petro fans

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.460
 in the room?

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.579
 Amen.

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.519
 What Jesus

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.259
 is doing here

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.759
 is a play

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.319
 on words.

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:06.139
 This rock

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:08.259
 that Jesus

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.879
 is going to

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:09.519
 build

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:11.379
 his church

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.059
 upon

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.940
 is not

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:15.299
 Peter per se.

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.700
 It's Peter's

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.359
 confession.

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:22.259
 You are the Christ.

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.859
 You are the Christ.

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:28.240
 Jesus says,

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 hey,

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 you are Peter

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 and on this

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:33.480
 confession

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.579
 I will build

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.379
 my church.

00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.799
 Your confession

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:38.000
 that you are

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.579
 the Christ.

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.859
 I will build

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.500
 my church

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.000
 and the gates

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.839
 of hell

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.819
 shall not prevail

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.599
 against it.

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:48.659
 this confession

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.179
 it's

00:21:49.179 --> 00:21:50.279
 foundational

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.059
 to Jesus

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.659
 building

00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:52.519
 his bride

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.179
 his church.

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:54.899
 Jesus

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.459
 is the

00:21:55.459 --> 00:21:56.259
 cornerstone

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 of the church.

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 Who he is

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.459
 is the very

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 basis

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 of who we are.

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 When you read

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 the word

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 church

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 he's not

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.039
 building

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.619
 a building

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.179
 per se

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.740
 he's building

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 a people.

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 A gathering

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 of people

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 from every

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 tribe

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 tongue

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 and nation

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 around the world.

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 The word

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 for church

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 is a Greek

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 word called

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 it's

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 ekklesia

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 and it

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 literally

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 means

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 called out

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 from.

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 To be

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 called out

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 from.

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 And it

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 came to be

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 used to

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 describe

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 the assembly

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 or congregating

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 of God's

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 people.

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 It's

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 God's

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 people

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 gathered.

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 And in the

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 New Testament

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.200
 that word

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 church

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.140
 is used

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 for both

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 local churches

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 like our

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.740
 church.

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 A church

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 a people

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 in a time

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 in a place

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 with a specific

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 leadership

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 structure.

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 But it's

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 also used

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.339
 to describe

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 the universal

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 church.

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 The church

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 of all time.

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 All who

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 would ever

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 believe in

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 Jesus.

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 And it's

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 the universal

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.240
 church that

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 Jesus is

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.259
 talking about

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 building here

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 in verse

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 18.

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 I will

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 build my

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.940
 church

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 and the

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.519
 gates

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:14.140
 of hell

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.460
 will not

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 prevail against

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 it.

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 You know

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 what my

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 favorite

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.580
 word

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:18.240
 in this

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 verse is?

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 It's the

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.460
 word

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.019
 my.

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 My

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 church.

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 He's

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 talking about

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 a

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 possession.

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 by virtue

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.339
 of his

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.980
 shed blood

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 he has

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 purchased

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.519
 for himself

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.799
 a people

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.319
 from every

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 tribe,

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:38.980
 tongue,

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.400
 and nation

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 around the

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.059
 world

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 from all

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:40.900
 time.

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.400
 My

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 people.

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.660
 The

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.039
 booth of

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.359
 David

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.140
 being

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.579
 restored.

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.759
 I will

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.380
 build my

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.740
 church.

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.160
 I will

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.700
 grow it.

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.180
 I will

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.759
 gather.

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 I will

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.819
 add.

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 And I

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.039
 will edify

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.940
 my

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.460
 church

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.839
 for all

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.359
 time.

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 And the

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.279
 gates of

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.720
 hell will

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.159
 not prevail

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:03.779
 against it.

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.740
 Gates is a

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.339
 reference to

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.740
 the front

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.399
 doors of a

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.619
 city,

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:08.899
 of a

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.339
 fortified

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.700
 city.

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.759
 And those

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.519
 gates were

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.559
 a defensive

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.259
 mechanism.

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.460
 And so

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.279
 in order for

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.899
 gates to

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.700
 prevail means

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.299
 they're being

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.879
 assaulted.

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.440
 For gates

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.980
 to prevail

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:24.139
 means they

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:25.059
 didn't open

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:27.079
 when attacked,

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.720
 when prevailed

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.159
 upon.

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.619
 And what

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.179
 Jesus is

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:32.419
 saying is I

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:33.159
 will build

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:34.139
 my church

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:35.559
 and the

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.079
 gates of

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.679
 hell will

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.220
 not prevail

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.980
 against it.

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.919
 I will

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.759
 plunder

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.960
 hell

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.639
 and it

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.579
 will not

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.599
 rise

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.279
 victorious

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.159
 over me.

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.940
 I will

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.480
 gather for

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.079
 myself

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.240
 dead

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.859
 sinners

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.899
 from every

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.679
 tribe,

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.159
 tongue,

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.839
 and nation

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.699
 and give

00:24:55.699 --> 00:24:56.720
 them life

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:59.919
 unstoppable.

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.939
 What Jesus

00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:03.539
 is building

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.899
 cannot be

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.279
 stopped.

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.279
 Not even

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.619
 by the

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:07.980
 gates of

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.179
 hell.

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.319
 It's

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:13.119
 a description

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.819
 of Jesus

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.379
 on the

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.099
 advance,

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.699
 Aslan

00:25:15.699 --> 00:25:16.079
 on the

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.659
 move.

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.559
 It's a

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.839
 wonder.

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.559
 So what

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.879
 is Jesus

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.299
 doing this

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.519
 summer?

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:26.059
 He's

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.519
 assaulting

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.839
 hell.

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.399
 He's

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:29.639
 building

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.159
 his church

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.740
 globally.

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.240
 Now,

00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.500
 throughout

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.119
 the summer,

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.019
 in far

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.959
 away places

00:25:37.959 --> 00:25:39.699
 in our

00:25:39.699 --> 00:25:40.299
 neighborhoods,

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.379
 Aslan's

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.619
 on the

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:42.959
 move.

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:43.799
 Jesus

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.179
 is at

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.519
 work.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.919
 On

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.740
 this rock,

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.079
 this

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.899
 confession,

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.699
 this

00:25:48.699 --> 00:25:49.859
 foundational

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.639
 confession

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.500
 that I

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.780
 am the

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.200
 Christ.

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:53.880
 That's

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.120
 what I'm

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.540
 building on.

00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:54.759
 That's

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:54.980
 what he's

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.560
 building on.

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.420
 In

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.980
 verse 19,

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.160
 he goes

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.640
 on to say

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.220
 something about

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.960
 this confession.

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.840
 This confession

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:04.080
 that you

00:26:04.080 --> 00:26:04.480
 are the

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.060
 Christ,

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.900
 it actually

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:08.780
 is grounds

00:26:08.780 --> 00:26:09.740
 for admission

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.780
 into the

00:26:10.780 --> 00:26:11.360
 church or

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.740
 not.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.500
 Do you see

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.700
 that in

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.220
 verse 19?

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:14.900
 I will

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.240
 give you

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.680
 the keys

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:15.940
 of the

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.180
 kingdom

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.640
 of heaven

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.380
 and whatever

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:17.759
 you bind

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.059
 on earth

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.380
 shall be

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.720
 bound in

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.019
 heaven and

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.420
 whatever you

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:19.819
 loose on

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.620
 earth shall

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:20.960
 be loosed

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.299
 in heaven.

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.480
 Do you

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.700
 know what

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.420
 keys do?

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:22.940
 Back in the

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.519
 first century,

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.160
 they didn't

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.799
 have cars.

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.720
 Keys were

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.360
 for doors.

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.079
 And what

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.799
 a key would

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.240
 do, it

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.799
 would lock

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.360
 a door and

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.900
 keep someone

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.539
 out or it

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.200
 would open a

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.759
 door and let

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.360
 someone in.

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.620
 And so,

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.860
 what Jesus is

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.519
 giving Peter

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.960
 and the

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.759
 apostles and

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.640
 now individual

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:40.420
 churches is the

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.519
 responsibility for

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.160
 determining who

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.880
 can come into

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.400
 the church and

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.040
 who's to remain

00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:46.440
 out.

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.000
 And the basis

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.460
 of that

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:50.240
 determination is

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.520
 on the

00:26:50.520 --> 00:26:51.040
 confession.

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.980
 You are the

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.420
 Christ.

00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:56.920
 The crucified

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.800
 and risen

00:26:57.800 --> 00:26:58.540
 Christ.

00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.660
 When someone

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.780
 moved by the

00:27:00.780 --> 00:27:02.120
 Spirit is able

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:03.780
 to confess that

00:27:03.780 --> 00:27:05.580
 Jesus is the

00:27:05.580 --> 00:27:07.120
 crucified and

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:08.120
 risen Christ,

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.380
 their lives

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.140
 will change.

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:15.380
 God's

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.900
 God.

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.500
 So, what we

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.220
 see going on

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.880
 here is this

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:19.020
 responsibility that

00:27:19.020 --> 00:27:19.820
 Jesus is giving

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:21.720
 Peter and then to

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:23.220
 the apostles, to

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.760
 the church.

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.400
 We see it in

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.020
 Matthew chapter

00:27:25.020 --> 00:27:25.720
 18.

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:28.000
 The binding and

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.680
 loosing is of

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:32.860
 people, whether

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:34.000
 they are part of

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.800
 the kingdom of

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:36.960
 Jesus or not,

00:27:37.300 --> 00:27:38.020
 whether they are

00:27:38.020 --> 00:27:38.980
 to be welcomed

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.120
 into the church

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:42.039
 church or not.

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:47.279
 When we go

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.659
 through a

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.679
 membership class,

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:52.239
 it culminates in

00:27:52.239 --> 00:27:53.059
 those people

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.959
 seeking membership

00:27:53.959 --> 00:27:55.319
 to have an

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.179
 interview with two

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.719
 of our elders.

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:56.839
 elders.

00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:00.660
 That interview is a

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.900
 keys to the

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:03.220
 kingdom moment

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:05.759
 where two elders

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.440
 are listening

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:10.160
 carefully for a

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.279
 clear profession

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.380
 that Jesus is

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:15.220
 crucified and

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.059
 risen Christ.

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:18.180
 A clear profession

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:20.259
 that a confession

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:22.360
 that Jesus is

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:25.360
 someone's Lord and

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.839
 they believe in

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.259
 their heart that

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.919
 God has raised

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.500
 him from the

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.779
 dead.

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.419
 And so what we

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.959
 have here is this

00:28:31.959 --> 00:28:33.419
 description of this

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:34.720
 responsibility, even

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.839
 authority given to

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:38.099
 churches to protect

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:41.439
 the church based

00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:43.159
 upon this confession.

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.799
 So Jesus responds

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:49.019
 to Peter's confession

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.559
 by saying, that is a

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.539
 revelation of God.

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.539
 On that confession, I

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.619
 am building my church.

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:54.719
 church.

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.919
 And here's some

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:57.879
 keys to protect the

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:59.059
 church, to make

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.959
 sure those who are

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:01.079
 added to the church

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:03.079
 are only those who

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:05.219
 confess me as the

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:05.579
 Christ.

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.939
 Let's come back to

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.519
 this question.

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.299
 Jesus, what are you

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.939
 doing this summer?

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:21.480
 Well, based upon this

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:23.779
 passage, which clearly

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.059
 reveals who Jesus is

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.820
 and what he's doing,

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:29.600
 this summer, Jesus is

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.220
 going to be building

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.820
 his church.

00:29:32.080 --> 00:29:33.259
 He's going to be saving

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.960
 people and growing

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.440
 people.

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.299
 Just think about who

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.000
 Jesus is.

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:43.019
 In Matthew 1, he's

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.819
 connected to Abraham.

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.639
 Jesus is the

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:49.220
 offspring through whom

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.440
 God is going to bless

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.460
 the nations from

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.900
 Abraham.

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.359
 He's descended of

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.700
 David.

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.759
 He is Emmanuel.

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.660
 He, the second Adam,

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.759
 did what the first Adam

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.779
 couldn't do, resisted

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:04.039
 the devil.

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:07.000
 He preached a sermon

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.839
 and he said this,

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.139
 I came not to abolish the

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.140
 law but to fulfill that.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:14.400
 Who says that but the

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.880
 Christ?

00:30:19.280 --> 00:30:20.560
 In chapter 12, he says,

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.280
 I'm the Lord of the

00:30:21.280 --> 00:30:21.540
 Sabbath.

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.700
 Who says that kind of

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.000
 stuff?

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.700
 The Christ.

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:28.080
 Chapter 16, he makes

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:29.340
 sure his disciples know

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:30.920
 that he, the Christ,

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:32.860
 will suffer and he will

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.240
 be killed and he will be

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.320
 raised on the third day.

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.780
 That's why in verse 20,

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.920
 he tells them, hey, keep

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.680
 the fact that I'm the

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.940
 Christ on the down low

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:42.059
 because they didn't

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.380
 understand at that point

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.700
 that the Christ must

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.059
 suffer.

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.920
 Chapter 17, he's

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.279
 transfigured, his face

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.299
 shone like the sun.

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.900
 Chapter 21, he enters

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.840
 the city of Jerusalem

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.960
 and cleanses the temple

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.480
 because he's the Christ.

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.240
 Chapter 22, he gives

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.279
 the greatest commandment

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.980
 to love God with

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.759
 everything you've got

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.700
 and love your neighbor

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.340
 as yourself.

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:05.160
 He says all of the

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:06.740
 Old Testament law, it

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.460
 all depends on those

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.080
 two commandments.

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.279
 commandments.

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:13.639
 In chapter 24 and 25, he

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.919
 gets into the end times.

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.039
 In chapter 25 in

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.079
 particular, he started to

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.319
 talk about final judgment

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:19.679
 and he's referring to

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:21.599
 himself as the king who

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.699
 will judge all the

00:31:22.699 --> 00:31:23.240
 nations.

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:25.699
 The Christ.

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:30.960
 In chapter 26, he

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.059
 institutes the Lord's

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.299
 Supper.

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.339
 Passover.

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:37.019
 He reworks Passover and

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:38.859
 says, now it's about me.

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.519
 Do this in remembrance of

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.619
 me.

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.220
 Who does that?

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.419
 The Christ does that.

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.779
 In chapter 27, he's handed

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:47.839
 over to sinful men and he

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:49.680
 is brutalized and then

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:51.919
 crucified, dead and buried,

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.000
 just like he said.

00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:55.899
 Chapter 28, he's raised

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.839
 from the dead on the third

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:58.359
 day, just like he said.

00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:01.259
 And then he appears to

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.919
 his disciples and he says

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:04.339
 to them something that is

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.579
 just amazing.

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:07.679
 He says, all authority on

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:08.539
 heaven and earth has been

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:10.599
 given to me because he's

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.219
 the Christ.

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:14.119
 Go make disciples of the

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.459
 nations.

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:18.500
 Join me in building my

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.859
 church.

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.199
 Do you know what this

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:24.059
 Christ is doing this

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.279
 summer?

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:27.579
 He's building his church.

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:31.259
 He's gathering people from

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.579
 every tribe, tongue, and

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.559
 nation around the world.

00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:37.579
 So you know what the call

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:37.899
 is?

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.859
 Let's join him.

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.799
 Let's join Jesus in what

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.000
 he's doing here in our city

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.719
 and around the world.

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:51.379
 It's possible to view the

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:55.699
 summer as kind of let's

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:57.439
 bring it down a notch with

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.900
 Jesus.

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.500
 With Jesus?

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:06.840
 So here are four ways that

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:09.700
 we can join Jesus as he

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.620
 builds his church this

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:10.820
 summer.

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.600
 You've heard him before.

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.259
 First is this.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.860
 Treasure Jesus above all

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.180
 else.

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.660
 Treasure Jesus above all

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:17.960
 else.

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.140
 What you treasure, you

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.620
 prioritize, and what you

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:23.059
 prioritize, you treasure.

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.940
 Treasure Jesus above all

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.380
 else.

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.500
 Here's how to do that.

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:31.900
 You spend unrushed time

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:34.320
 looking at Jesus.

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.080
 Open a gospel.

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:39.500
 Ask God to show you the

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:41.100
 glory of the Son.

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.779
 And you bask.

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.279
 You just delight.

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:46.620
 You stand in awe of who

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.279
 Jesus is.

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.559
 And here's what will

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.900
 happen.

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.279
 There's this phenomenon.

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.140
 I've used this illustration

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.500
 before.

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:54.039
 Imagine two grand pianos up

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.579
 on this stage.

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.639
 They might not fit, but

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.180
 bear with me.

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.440
 If they're both in tune and

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.879
 you hit center C on one, do

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.579
 you know what happens in the

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.779
 other?

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:06.220
 It starts to hum center C.

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.759
 They're both in tune.

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.559
 And so when more and more of

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:14.279
 us are treasuring Jesus above

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:19.220
 all else, we will be in tune

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.860
 together.

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:24.200
 There's a great book.

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:26.380
 If you want to read more about

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.700
 it, I've got five up here,

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.620
 gentle and lowly.

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.000
 Read it this summer about

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.340
 Jesus.

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.019
 How about this?

00:34:32.060 --> 00:34:33.240
 You get to the end of August

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:35.340
 and you're saying, man, I love

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.580
 Jesus more than I've ever loved

00:34:36.580 --> 00:34:36.720
 him.

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:40.480
 Treasure Jesus above all else.

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.300
 It all starts there.

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:44.980
 And then obey Jesus in all.

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.320
 Obey what he's commanded you to

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.539
 do.

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.199
 If you don't know where to

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:52.199
 start, go to Matthew chapter 5,

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.980
 6, and 7.

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:55.719
 He lays out his expectations for

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:59.800
 those who follow him and then

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.719
 seek to obey him.

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:03.000
 Not only do we obey him in moral

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:05.440
 commands, we obey him in the

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:07.079
 commission which he's called us

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.079
 to, the great commission, to go

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.299
 make disciples of the nations.

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.480
 We obey him in that.

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:14.099
 So here are two ways that we can

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:16.279
 obey Jesus this summer in

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:17.319
 fulfilling the great commission.

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:19.139
 We can move in a direction.

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.340
 First one is this.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:23.659
 Would you be praying this?

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:26.420
 Jesus, where are you at work in

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.299
 my world?

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:31.059
 Where are you at work in the lives

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.960
 of people around me?

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:34.099
 Who are you drawing to yourself?

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:36.579
 Would you cause me to cross paths

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:38.860
 with people that you are seeking

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:41.079
 to draw to yourself or grow,

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:42.980
 become a greater follower of you?

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.880
 That's one.

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.480
 Be praying.

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.659
 Second is this.

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:48.539
 Be positioning yourself.

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.840
 This fall, I'm going to preach

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.420
 through the gospel of Mark.

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:54.779
 And it's just, it's going to be

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:56.159
 Sunday after Sunday of Jesus.

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:59.739
 How can you use this summer in the

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:02.880
 lives of non-believers to eventually

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:05.319
 invite them to come to church with you

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:06.000
 come fall?

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.880
 How do you use the summer?

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:11.500
 Treasure Jesus.

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.580
 Obey Jesus.

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:14.860
 And all that he's commanded,

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:18.460
 magnify Jesus among all people.

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.200
 Magnify him.

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:23.480
 Not a microscopic magnification

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.740
 where you take something small

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.460
 and make it big.

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:27.300
 What we just saw in Matthew is

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:28.840
 Jesus is not small.

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:30.160
 He is big.

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:33.379
 What we're talking about is a

00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:35.719
 telescopic magnification where you

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:38.500
 are bringing something gigantic

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:41.099
 and you're making it more visible

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:44.440
 for people to magnify him,

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:46.739
 to confess him before men.

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:57.079
 If you find yourself ashamed of Jesus,

00:36:57.079 --> 00:37:01.059
 afraid to confess him before men,

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:04.340
 afraid to identify yourself with him

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:05.400
 before other people,

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:08.719
 you need to confess that to him.

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:12.819
 You fear man more than him.

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:15.819
 That's not magnifying him.

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:17.500
 That's being ashamed of him.

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.759
 So maybe you should think about it.

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:21.139
 If you haven't been baptized yet,

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:23.340
 this August we're going to have a baptism.

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:26.320
 That's a great step to magnify Jesus,

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:29.300
 to go public with your union with Christ.

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.260
 You may also need to put a stake

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.380
 in the ground in a relationship

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:35.760
 where you're saying,

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.820
 you know what,

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.559
 I just want to let you know

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.660
 that I'm a follower of Jesus.

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.800
 I can't do that

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:45.440
 because I treasure him

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.360
 and I will obey him.

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.680
 You may lose friends over that,

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:50.640
 but you're magnifying him in that.

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:55.519
 Magnify Jesus among all people.

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:58.339
 Treasure, obey, magnify, belong.

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:01.960
 Belong to Jesus with all who treasure him.

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:05.699
 Would you make this summer

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:08.500
 a summer about building the church,

00:38:09.379 --> 00:38:11.960
 about joining Jesus in what he's doing?

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.940
 And that can look like this.

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:17.480
 It means inviting people over to your house.

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.559
 Use your grill.

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:19.779
 Use your deck.

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.940
 Use your patio.

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.540
 Gather people.

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:24.019
 And when you bring brothers and sisters

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:25.040
 from the church over,

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:26.080
 ask them questions like,

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:29.600
 so how did you become a follower of Jesus?

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:31.980
 How did God reveal Jesus to you?

00:38:33.040 --> 00:38:34.200
 If you're new here,

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.140
 just find someone.

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.820
 Invite them over.

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.840
 If you've been around for a while,

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.120
 invite someone.

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.880
 Bring them over.

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.780
 Use the summer

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:45.600
 to get sticky,

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.480
 to knit together.

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:50.440
 But the greatest way

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:53.019
 is showing up every Sunday.

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.139
 Gathering as the church.

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:59.319
 Sunday after Sunday.

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:02.400
 Belonging together to Jesus.

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:04.699
 There's going to be some great preaching here

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.480
 this summer.

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 I'm a little bummed I'm going to miss it.

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:13.160
 But I am really excited for you.

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:15.060
 This is how we join Jesus.

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:17.380
 T-O-M-B.

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:20.000
 The Christ went to the tomb dead

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.240
 and came out alive

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:22.820
 so that you can treasure him

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.519
 and obey him,

00:39:23.720 --> 00:39:24.460
 magnify him,

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.940
 and belong to him.

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:30.360
 The summer of 2023 lies before us.

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:34.099
 What is Jesus doing this summer?

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:35.599
 Well, he's definitely upholding

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.599
 the universe with the word of his power,

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:39.780
 but because he's such a great multitasker,

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:42.500
 he's also building his church.

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:45.500
 So maybe the question is,

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:45.920
 Christian,

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:49.340
 will you join him

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:52.620
 in what he's doing this summer?

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.840
 Treasure,

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.680
 obey,

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.960
 magnify,

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.000
 belong.

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.500
 Let's pray.

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 Lord Jesus,

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.720
 we are so grateful

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:04.019
 that you are not dead,

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.700
 but alive,

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.700
 and that you are

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:09.640
 not maybe working around the world,

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.599
 but you are certainly

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:13.480
 at work around the world.

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:15.320
 Gathering a people

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:16.820
 that you've purchased with your blood

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:18.420
 into local churches,

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.620
 building your universal church.

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.900
 Lord Jesus,

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:24.800
 would you exalt your name

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:26.579
 throughout the summer,

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:28.740
 not just in Christ the King Church.

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:31.099
 but in all the churches

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.739
 of Kenosha.

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 We pray this in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.