The building of the Church

Introduction

Old Testament -

New Testament -

The Gospels -

Acts - The Church

Epistles - The Letters

Revelation - Prophesy

The Asking of the Religious leaders. (vv 1-4)

The religious leaders/our identification

Pharisees

Exalting Jesus in Matthew The Characters in Matthew 16 (Matthew 16:1–12)

The Pharisees were a conservative body of leaders who held to strict observance of the law and tradition

Sadducees

Exalting Jesus in Matthew The Characters in Matthew 16 (Matthew 16:1–12)

The Sadducees, on the other hand, were a bit different. They were marked by self-indulgence: pleasing themselves apart from God. The Sadducees were predominantly from the wealthy class of Jewish people.

YOLO - don’t believe in the resurrection.

Asking for a sign (v. 1)

Jesus’ response (vv. 2-4)

The weather… (vv. 2-3)

Jonah… (v. 4)

Matthew 12:38-41 “38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” 39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; 40 for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 “The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.”

The Acknowledgement of Peter. (vv. 13-15)

Jesus’ questions (v. 13)

v 13

V 15

The Affirmation of Jesus. (vv. 17-18)

Rock

Peter - Petros

Rock - Petra

Conclusion (vv. 19-20)

Acts

Ch. 2 - Pentecost - 3000 Jewish men (v 1-5)

Ch. 8 - Phillip - Samaritans (v. 14-17)

Ch. 10 - dream - gentile (v. 44-48)

Church - Ekklesia

Galatians 3:26–28 NASB95

26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.