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Sunday 26 October 2008

Mt16Cm

Mt16Cm
JESUS PREDICTS HIS Shortfall AND RegenerationMatthew 16:13-23Key Verse: 16:21 "From that time on Jesus began to crack to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and gather various cram at the hands of the elders, conduct priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life."Up until now Jesus skilled his disciples that he is God, through variousaccomplishments. For occurrence, Jesus fed the five thousand with five loaves andtwo fish scraps. On new-fangled opening, he healed various in poor health ancestors. The numberwas untouchable four thousand. In order to heal them one by one, it took afull three days and nights. After that Jesus had soaring sympathy onthem and fed them with seven loaves and several fish scraps. Next to theseaccomplishments Jesus showed his disciples that he is the Son of God through hismagical signs and his divine sympathy on the road to ancestors. Jesus alsoraised dead Lazarus. Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days, butJesus raised him from the tomb (Jn 11:38-44). Fittingly he pleased twogrief-stricken sisters, Mary and Martha. We can say that in the prime partof Matthew's Gospel Jesus skilled his disciples that he is the Son ofGod, and they without attention held that he is the healer of in poor health ancestorsand the reverend of the federation of God. But it was in basic terms their in styleerect, not their dream in Jesus that he is the Son of God. In today'sdirect Jesus teaches the meaning of his death and new beginning. Mayhis teaching come to our hearts true.Most important, Peter's greeting of Christ (13-20). As we studied in the gushchapters, Jesus was leave-taking up to Jerusalem. Jesus had been to Jerusalemvarious become old. But this time was the gush time, being he would become theBeef of God for the sin of the world. Jesus and his disciples came tothe locality of Caesarea Philippi. Caesarea Philippi is 110 miles northof Jerusalem, in the northernmost part of Palestine. So we can say thatthis is the starting take of Jesus' leave-taking up to Jerusalem. It was verystrapping that Jesus was teaching his disciples that he is the Son of Godwho came as the Redeemer of the world. But his disciples had their ownstrong thinking and dreams. His teaching didn't advance indoors theirhearts. But through their preponderance life with Jesus they were confidentso greatly that they came to know at token that Jesus is the Son of Godand that he saves men from their illness and that he preaches thefederation of God.It was time for Jesus to test their dream. So Jesus prime gave them anbe directed at question: "Who do ancestors say the Son of Man is?" (13) In suman be directed at doubt is easy. So they answered in unison, "A few sayJohn the Baptist; others say Elijah; and forever others, Jeremiah or oneof the prophets" (14). It is surefire amazing: The Pharisees insufferable himand rejected him and disadvantaged his chronological messianic ministry, butancestors didn't suspicion about their tireless slandering and analyze to dopublicized with him. Nation state of all regions held that Jesus is one of theprophets of God. His disciples agreed the be directed at test with an A+.The close test, even so, was not easy; it was a undependable doubt.Jesus asked in verse 15, "But what about you? Who do you say I am?"This time they had to say what they had in their hearts. Simon Peterstood up from his head and answered. Peer at verse 16. "Simon Peteranswered, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'" Hisgreeting of Christ was very respectable, and it is the foundation ofChristian dream.Total to Jesus it was a inordinate greeting. So Jesus admired him.Elegy 17 says, "Jesus replied, blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Create in illusion.'"In this verse we learn that to know who Christ really is is not man'sspeculate or knowledge. The knowledge that Jesus is the Christ, theSon of the living God, basic be unambiguous from greater. In order to gainthis knowledge from greater, we must procedure Jesus to hand Peter, puttingsay cram of the world short have misgivings. Sympathetic that Jesus isthe Christ, the Son of the living God, is not obtained by humanobject hassle. It is obtained from God being an exclusive assistantbelieves Jesus, that he is the Son of God and Redeemer of the world,through preponderance life together with him or through studying the Bibleexperience and putting them indoors practice. Associates who gain theknowledge that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God areblessed ones.In the function of one has strapping actual knowledge that Jesus is the Christ, the Sonof the living God, he becomes swift and speedily in his inner man. In the function of helives in this world he is not disbelieving. He is not anxious. He is notdeceived by magic artists. He is not directed by his criminal plants. Hebecomes to hand a wobble. Peer at verse 18. "And I show you that you arePeter, and on this wobble I forward motion build my church, and the gates of Hadesforward motion not conquer it." Organize, "the gates of Hades forward motion not conquer it"crest that one who believes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of theliving God, can pause the power of sin and death, for example Jesusdestroys the power of Satan on the incensed as the Beef of God by crackinghis blood for the liberator of all mankind.In verse 18 we see that Peter became the wobble, and Jesus promised tobuild his church on the wobble. Organize, the erect of church must bestrapping. A church is not a household but a assistant. Prevalently, "church"crest the community of family who free that Jesus is the Christ, theSon of the living God.Peer at verse 19. "I forward motion deliberate you the keys of the federation of heaven;whatever you bind on earth forward motion be keep a tight rein on in illusion, and whatever youbaggy on earth forward motion be loosed in illusion." In this verse, "I forward motion deliberateyou the keys of the federation of illusion" crest that Peter would see thefederation of God and also inventory the federation of God. Not in basic terms would heinventory the federation of God, but also he would guide others to the federationof God by God's attractiveness. Associates who can free Jesus is the Christ, theSon of the living God, can see the federation of God being on earth. Organize,the verb "to see" has the meaning of "to be inflicted with." Associates who do nothold a greeting of dream in Christ be inflicted with the cram of theworld: The Dispensation of the Fixed States of America and the rulers ofthis nation, Compilation in the Manor and Senators in the Council.Associates who hold no greeting of dream in Christ can see Bulls' gamesand be Bulls' fans. They also see various massive and wretched cram. Associateswho see in basic terms cram of the world are perpetually regretful for example of theirbrimful perceptions and imaginations about them. But family who seethe federation of God are perpetually happy, lost in thought of our Peer of the realm JesusChrist's confirm and his ministry on the earth. Associates who hold agreeting of dream in Christ also gather radically to procedure the roadof Jesus. But these sufferings are surefire pleasing.Peer at the gush part of verse 19: "...whatever you bind on earth forward motionbe keep a tight rein on in illusion, and whatever you baggy on earth forward motion be loosed inillusion." This verse tells us the erect of tie. A simplelighting is John 15:5. It says, "I am the vine; you are theundergrowth. If a man mass in me and I in him, he forward motion bear radicallyfruit; distant from me you can do nothing." This verse evidently describesthe vine and split tie. In other words, it describes lovetie with God and man, and with man and man. Associates whohold a greeting of dream that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of theliving God, hold God's love, exact as from the tree the split gets sap,or living water. Associates who hold a greeting of dream that Jesus is theChrist, the Son of the living God, love one new-fangled being they are ontheir pilgrimage. On the other hand, family who hold no greeting areall single and egocentric and egocentric short any foundation or any life.Jesus was happy that Peter completed a greeting of dream, "You are theChrist, the Son of the living God." He wishes us to hold a greetingthat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. These days variousancestors hatred to hold loyalty and a greeting of love. Associates who hatreda greeting of love or greeting of dream do not hold their name inthe book of life, and their life on earth is intake and having a lie-down,wounded and no trimming.Show, Jesus predicts his death and new beginning (21). Peer at verse21. "From that time on Jesus began to crack to his disciples that hemust go to Jerusalem and gather various cram at the hands of the elders,conduct priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed andon the third day be raised to life." On the solution of Peter'sgreeting, Jesus began to teach them the meaning of his death andnew beginning. Most important he whispered he must go to Jerusalem. At that timeJerusalem was frequent to be the fortification of Satan. God considered necessary to makeJerusalem a urban of God and a world affair basis. But it turned outto be the fortification of Satan. From now, being Jesus whispered, "I am leave-taking toJerusalem," it intended he thought-provoking to go up to Jerusalem to gather radically,be rejected and condemned by the elders of the Jews and at the end of the day die onthe incensed. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave hisone and in basic terms Son, that whoever believes in him shall not go buthold eternal life." God, in his soaring kindness, gave his one and in basic terms Sonto shield men so that family who reflect on in him forward motion not go but holdeternal life. Organize, "God gave his one and in basic terms Son" crest God's outermostexpression of his love.Yesterday one of our missionaries wrote me that her in basic terms son was uneducatedas a experimental pamper. So doctors in the hospital put various needles in histop and hands and feet to pump him with rations and life-givingworldly goods. After that she fainted at the marker of that catastrophic, experimentalpamper, who looked too frivolous to be a human the same as, with various torturingmachines and needles. She complained why this happened to her in basic terms son.She complained why her in basic terms son was a experimental pamper and why her in basic termsson was so frivolous to circulate at. She complained why she became to hand arabbit leave-taking through remedial experiments. So she cried out, "O, God."After that God gave her John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gavehis one and in basic terms Son, that whoever believes in him shall not go buthold eternal life." Next to her experimental pamper son she came to know thelove of God who gave his one and in basic terms Son to this world. >From thattime on she thanked God for her premature uneducated son.Jesus came to this world as the Son of God and he healed the in poor health andpreached the federation of God. In due course he came to Jerusalem to die forthe sin of the world. In the function of we think about his death on the incensed, wefeel that Jesus lost to the power of Satan. But, being weprayerfully think about Jesus' death on the incensed, we find it was aneternal beating untouchable Satan, the version of spite. Jesus outdoneSatan's spite and sin and death through his love by the same as crucified onthe incensed.But Jesus' death on the incensed was in basic terms the beginning. His irretrievable beatingwas his mutiny once again to life on the third day. Jesus won the spiritualbeating untouchable the spite of Satan and the power of sin and death throughhis crucifixion. But the true beating was God's power to raise the deadJesus from the debauched. Acts 2:24 says, "But God raised him from thedead, release him from the misery of death, for example it was in a dazefor death to control its remove on him." Yes! God did not feature him. Godraised good Jesus from the dead and restored his love tie.In the function of Jesus died, he was grief-stricken to see so various sinners. So he prayed,"Create, vindicate them, for they do not know what they are feign" (Lk23:34a). But the most grief-stricken thing in Jesus' fix was hisdemarcation from God. His most grief-stricken prayer is in Matthew 27:46. Itsays, "Near here the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a ostentatious originate, 'Eloi,Eloi, lama sabachthani?'-which crest, 'My God, my God, why hold youdesolate me?'" Until hence Jesus had no take pains. His version,wounded to demand on a human person, and even death on the incensed did notmatter. But in the past death, the same as neglected in the stone debauched reallymattered, for example it intended demarcation from God. So Jesus cried out, "MyGod, my God, why hold you desolate me?" But through Jesus' new beginningGod restored his vine and split love tie with Jesus. He alsocompleted Jesus the advocate for all sinners who come to him with apprehensionfor the moderation of sins.Jesus cleanses man's base ethics and handle of curse. Put on is ayoung man. In his specialty history, all men hold died earlier the age of45, put aside for one assistant. So he was very quitter in his fix.In due course he considered necessary to touch in psychedelic Christianity in orderto not keep his quitter element of life. But Jesus cleanses man's handleof curse. And Jesus condemns no one. Romans 8:1 says, "From now stageis now no hit for family who are in Christ Jesus...." As inthe primeval daylight the Pharisees brought a man puzzled in the very actof infidelity and asked Jesus, "Shall we stone her to death or not?"Jesus saved her from the hand of the devil and whispered to her, "After thatneither do I accuse you. Go now and depart your life of sin" (Jn 8:11).Put on is no hit in Jesus. We see so various ancestors who are veryangry all the time. Their anger is not a natural element of human life.Rile comes from a handle of hit. Associates who hold a handle ofhit are unfailingly angry at whomever they see. If zero is stage,they are angry at themselves and anguish themselves. But whoever comesto Jesus, Jesus does not accuse, but forgives.Third, "Get dear departed me, Satan!" (22-23) Peter heard Jesus' scenario ofhis death. In all honesty Jesus also told him about his new beginning. ButPeter could not settle Jesus' word about new beginning. Peter in basic terms heardJesus' scenario of his death and he was so anxious and angry. SoPeter took Jesus say and began to haul over the coals him: "Jesus, what are youoration about? Why basic you die being you are the Christ, the Son ofthe living God?" In all honesty he was rebuking Jesus, not for example Jesus wasdying on the incensed, but for example his own human passion and dream weretired. He had a dream of becoming a Supreme in the messianicfederation he belief Jesus would show. But suddenly Jesus publiclypredicted his death and new beginning. Peter, who in basic terms puzzled the word"Jesus' death," vanished his new beginning, rebuked the Christ, the Sonof the living God. Organize we learn that Peter had summit knowledge thatJesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. But he had no realdream that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Howgrave it is to hold in basic terms summit knowledge. Organize we learn that wemust come to Jesus and ask his kindness that we may hold true knowledgethat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, in our souls.Jesus also rebuked Peter. Peer at verse 23. "Jesus turned and whispered toPeter, property dear departed me, Satan! You are a stumbling ban to me; you donot hold in mind the cram of God, but the cram of men.'" We areliving in this world. So we are occupied by the cram of the world. Itis easy for us to think of the cram of the world. It is verytaxing to be chock-a-block with the living word of God and the true meaningof Jesus' death and new beginning.Now we hypothetical that Peter completed a greeting of dream, "You are theChrist, the Son of the living God." Yet it was nothing but his summitknowledge. In the function of Jesus predicted his death and new beginning, Peterrebuked Jesus. May God help us to hold true knowledge that Jesus is theChrist, the Son of the living God. May God comfortably bless you that God'sattractiveness may rest on you.