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Intro:
When we come to the New Year, I like to take time, pray, and listen to what the Lord wants to say about the upcoming year.
I did this toward the end of 2018, and the word I shared was MORE.
I preached for the first five or six Sundays on the subject of MORE.
We prayed and fasted that God would give us MORE of Him in our lives.
I looked back to the messages I preached to refresh myself and to see how God answered our prayers, and I noticed something.
I preached on MORE of God’s Word, discussing the importance of reading and studying the Bible.
As I reflect on 2019, I noticed we have had more people in Sunday School, and we’ve gained more knowledge on scripture.
I preached on MORE of God’s Revival, and I think back to our revival in October and what God did.
More than that, I have felt a spirit of revival in many of our services.
I preached on MORE of God’s Healing.
I thought back to the testimonies of healing we had last year.
The Lord was good to us this year.
Now, I want to turn our attention to 2020.
It is hard to think we in three days, we will enter a new decade.
What does God want to do in our lives in the New Year?
The word I hear from God for 2020, both personally and church-wide is DEEPER.
When I think of going deeper, I think of swimming.
I am sure I have shared this before, but I am not an avid swimmer or lover of water.
As a child, we went to the lake every year, I dreaded going swimming.
I would kick, I would scream, I would yell, and I would coerce my mom to let me avoid the danger of swimming.
In an effort to get me to calm down, my mom explained to me how a life jacket worked.
But my mom
Once I learned to trust the life jacket, I loved getting in the water, going out into the deep and floating.
Not much has changed, at Youth Camp this past year, we would swim in the pool and the lake.
I always chose the lake because the won’t let you wear a life jacket in the pool for some reason.
I am sure it looks ridiculous, a grown man floating with a life jacket, but I have no shame!
In our walk with God, He wants to take us deeper.
God sounds a clear call, He wants us to go deeper in Him.
He wants to take us places in Him we have not yet been, but what keeps us from going deeper?
When we go deeper in God, we have to yield our control and go where He wants us to go!
We have to trust that He knows the future, and when we place our life in His hands, He will lead us and guide.
However, with the life jacket I can go as deep as I want because something is keeping me afloat.
Jesus is the one who keeps us.
He helps us and guides
For the next few weeks, I want to study a portion of scripture in and .
They describe Jesus’ conversation with His disciples, specifically Peter.
We will see the process of going deeper.
Before we do that, I want to ask what are the benefits of going deeper?
Let’s look at how God used Peter in the book of Acts:
Clarity- on the Day of Pentecost, Peter explained what God did in the Upper Room, people responded and the church grew.
Healing- Peter and John had deep faith that God could heal the man who was crippled from birth.
Wisdom- when Peter and John stood trial for healing the man, from the depths of their heart came supernatural wisdom.
Spiritual authority- Peter did not mince words when Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit.
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Again in , he rebuked the enemy for trying to use people to purchase the Holy Spirit’s power.
Miracles- he healed man who was paralyzed for eight years
Resurrection Power- he spoke to a woman who died and she was brought back to life.
Insight- he knew how and when to speak to the gentiles of getting saved
Freedom- God set him free from prison
Think of those attributes, I would love to experience those type of miracles and supernatural power.
It is possible, it is available, but we have to go deeper in Him!
Lord, take me deeper!
How do we attain this type of spiritual depth?
Let’s look at Jesus’ conversation with Peter, [Jesus’ Question], [Peter’s Confession], and [Promised Connection].
Let’s begin
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Jesus’ Question
After nearly two years of working with the disciples, Jesus asked a pointed question, what do you hear about me?
Who do people say that I am?
Luke informs us of Jesus’ location at the time of this question.
He was in Caesarea Philippi, which was a heathen area.
People in that area worshipped many gods.
Jesus took time to pray.
While he prayed the disciples came and Jesus wanted to know what people thought of Him.
He knew why He was on earth, He wanted them to know why He was on earth.
The disciples gave a report.
Some say you are Elijah.
The prophet Malachi promised:
Many thought with Jesus’ powerful preaching and miracles that He was the prophet God would send in advance of the Messiah.
Others thought John the Baptist.
By this point John the Baptist died.
Herod, who killed him, heard about Jesus.
He was convinced that Jesus was the resurrected John the Baptist.
Evidently the rumor stuck.
Some claimed Jesus was the Prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah was the weeping prophet, his message was of repentance and serious commitment.
While those three names describe great men, they were not the Promised Messiah.
Jesus came to seek and save that which is lost, but those He came to save did not understand His identity.
John 1:
People looked to Jesus as an interesting figure.
One who had power to heal the sick.
His teachings dripped with divine wisdom.
However, they did not fully grasp His identity or deity.
But Jesus was less interested in what the world thought of Him.
He wanted to know what the disciples thought of Him.
2. Peter’s Confession
After listening to other’s opinion, Jesus wanted to know their opinion.
We know what THEY say, but what do YOU say, who am I?
By the time Jesus asked this question, He worked and walked with the disciples for over two years.
They heard Him teach, they witnessed His healings, and they spent every day with Him.
Peter served as spokesman for the group, with assurance, he confessed, you are the Christ, the son of the Living God.
Peter came to this understanding a little bit at a time.
When Jesus came to earth, He did not announce, “Hey yall, listen to me, I am the Christ, I am the Messiah, and I am the redeemer of Israel.
I will die on the cross because you will put me there.
Then I will rise from the dead!”
Jesus didn’t do that, instead He revealed Himself to them a little bit at a time.
Little by little He showed His power and the disciples took notice.
Before Peter’s confession, He observed all Jesus did:
Jesus called to him as he fished all night.
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