SF408 - PETERS CONFESSION (Matthew 16 13-20)
@PAGE NUMBER = SF408
@TITLE = WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM
@LEVEL ONE = Matthew 16:13‑20
@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION
@LEVEL TWO = Scriptural Background
@LEVEL FOUR = Peter's confession
@LEVEL FOUR = Beginning of the NT church
@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background
@LEVEL THREE = Nothing is more important in life than what you believe about Jesus.
@ILL TITLE = Sounds Like Jesus
@ILL TEXT = During a children's sermon the pastor said the children, "I'm going to describe something to you and I want you to tell me what it is. This thing I have in mind is bushy tailed, it eats nuts and runs up and down trees. What is it?"
@ILL TEXT = After a long pause, a young fellow in back raised his hand. "Well it sounds a lot like a squirrel to me, but I've been around here long enough to know that the right answer always is Jesus."
@LEVEL ONE = 1A. THE SUBSTANCE OF PETER'S CONFESSION (v.16)
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. He Is The Messiah
@SCRIPTURE = "christ"
The Lamb of God
@SCRIPTURE = Rev 13:8 (NIV)<R>... the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
2B. He Is The Master
@SCRIPTURE = "the son of the living God"
@SCRIPTURE = John 10:30 (NIV)<R>I and the Father are one."
@SCRIPTURE = John 14:9 (NIV)<R>...Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. ...
@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2
@LEVEL ONE = 2A. THE SOURCE OF PETER'S CONFESSION (v.17)
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. A Supernatural Revelation
@SCRIPTURE = "for God"
@SCRIPTURE = John 6:44 (NIV) "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, ..."
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. A Spiritual Revelation
@SCRIPTURE = "not reveled to you by man"
@SCRIPTURE = 1 Cor 2:14 (NIV) The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
@LEVEL ONE = 3A. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PETER'S CONFESSION
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Deliverance From The Penalty Of Sin
@SCRIPTURE = Isa 53:6 (NIV) We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
@SCRIPTURE = 1 Pet 3:18 (NIV) For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Deliverance From The Power Of Sin
@SCRIPTURE = Rom 4:25 (NIV) He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
@SCRIPTURE = Rom 6:12 (NIV) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
@SCRIPTURE = Rom 8:37 (NIV) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Deliverance From The Presence Of Sin
@SCRIPTURE = John 14:1‑3
@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION
@LEVEL TWO = Who Do You Say That He Is?
