PETER "THE MESSIAH" PART 1

WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH

IN OCTOBER 2018 - IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE A CHILD SUPPORT JUDGE NAMED LU ANN BALLEW, ORDER A MOTHER TO CHANGE HER 8 MONTH SON’S FIRST NAME FROM MESSIAH TO MARTIN. SHE SAID THE CHILD’S NAME SHOULD BE CHANGED BECAUSE “MESSIAH” IS A TITLE THAT IS HELD ONLY BY JESUS CHRIST”

THE BOY’S NAME WAS MESSIAH DESHAWN MARTIN. SHE HAD IN HER WRITTEN ORDER THAT THE NAME “MESSIAH WAS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE BABY AND LABELING THIS CHILD “MESSIAH” PLACES AND UNDUE BURDEN ON HIM THAT AS A HUMAN BEING, HE CANNOT FULFILL.”

SHE WENT ON TO STATE THAT THE NAME WOULD LIKLEY OFFEND THE MANY RESIDENTS OF COCKE COUNTY, WITH ITS LARGE CHRISTIAN POPULATION.

HOWEVER, IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH SEPTEMBER 2018 - JUDGE TELFORD FORGETY OVERTURNED BALLEW’S DECISION, SAYING THAT SHE ACTED UNCONSTITUTIONALLY.

JALEESA MARTIN THE MOTHER AND HER TWO OTHER SONS NAME MICAH AND MAISON, ALONG WITH KRISTI DAVIS HER ATTORNEY AND THE BOY’S FATHER NAME JAWAAN McCULLOUGH, SAID THE ORIGINAL RULING WAS RIDICULOUS.

NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? IS MESSIAH A NAME OR A TITLE? WHO CAN BE CALLED MESSIAH?

THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF “MESSIAH”

LET’S LOOK BACK IN FIRST CENTURY TO SEE WHEN IT COMES TO PETER, TO HELP US DISCOVER WHAT WAS “THE MESSIAH” TO HIM

PETER

A FISHERMAN AND ONE OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST AND AN APOSTLE OF THE EARLY CHURCH

PETER SPOKE OF CHRIST WHO SAVES US FROM OUR SINS

PAUL SPOKE OF CHRIST WHO DIED FOR OUR SINS

PETER WAS A HUMBLE FISHERMAN WHO THE HOLY SPIRIT LIFTED UP

PAUL WAS A HIGH OFFICIAL IN THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY WHO CHRIST HUMBLED ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD.

WE CAN AGREE THAT BOTH MEN WERE POWERFUL PRO CLAIMERS OF JESUS CHRIST

IF WE CAN, IN THIS TALK, I WANT TO FOCUS ON PETER.

PURPOSE THIS SESSION

TO EXPLORE PETER’S MIND SET (VIEW) OF JESUS

AND TO EXAMINED OURSELVES AS TO HOW WE VIEW JESUS IN OUR EVERY DAY LIFE.

LET’S START OUT BY LOOKING AT HOW PETER WAS INTRODUCED TO JESUS.

LET’S LOOK AT JOHN CHAPTER 1 VERSE THIRTY-FIVE THROUGH VERSE FORTY-TWO

J0HN:1 35 TO 42

35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”

They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”

39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).

40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).

42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone).

PETER’S INTRODUCTION TO JESUS AS “THE MESSIAH”.

JOHN 1:35-42

THE BOOK OF JOHN IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR GOSPEL THAT GIVE THIS DETAIL ACCOUNT OF ANDREW AND PETER FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS. CHAPTER 1 TELL HOW ANDREW WAS FIRST A FOLLOWER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. AND HOW ANDREW CAME TO HIS BROTHER, AND TOLD HIM ABOUT JESUS.

IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW CHAPTER FOUR AND THE BOOK OF MARK CHAPTER ONE IT GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF ANDREW AND PETER FISHING WHEN JESUS SPEAKS TO THEM SAYING FOLLOW ME AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHER OF MEN, AND THEY FOLLOW HIM.

IN THE BOOK OF LUKE CHAPTER 5 IT GIVES A DETAIL ACCOUNT OF SIMON PETER AND OTHER FISHERMEN NEAR THE SHORE, WASHING THEIR NETS AFTER FISHING ALL NIGHT. JESUS GETS INTO SIMON PETER’S BOAT AND ASK PETER TO PULL LITTLE AWAY FORM THE SHORE, AND JESUS STARTED TO PREACH TO THE CROWD OF PEOPLE FROM SIMON PETER’S BOAT. AFTER JESUS HAD FINISH TALKING TO THE CROWD, HE SAID TO SIMON PETER, LAUNCH OUT IN THE DEEP AND LET DOWN YOUR NETS.

EVEN THOUGH PETER WAS HESITANT HE DID IT ANY WAY. AND WHEN HE DID, THEY CAUGHT SO MUCH FISH FROM PETER ‘S BOAT TO THE POINT THAT THEY HAD TO CALL FOR HELP FROM OTHER FISHER MEN THAT WAS IN A BOAT CLOSE BY. IT WAS ENOUGH FISH TO FILL BOTH BOATS.

EVEN WITH THE ACCOUNT IN MATHEW AND MARK AND THE DETAIL ACCOUNT IN THE BOOK OF LUKE, WE SEE SOMETHING OF A FOCUS ON PETER.

I HAVE FOUND THAT WHAT JOHN HAS SAID HERE IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING PETER PERCEPTION AND EXCEPTION OF JESUS. IT IS HOW PETER VIEWED JESUS.

I WILL ATTEMPT TO SHARE EVENTS IN (THE FOUR GOSPELS) MAINLY IN MATHEW, FROM THE VIEW POINT OF “WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH” IN THE BOOK OF JOHN, IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE HOW PETER’S PERCEPTION AFFECTED HOW HE INTER-ACTED WITH JESUS CHRIST.

WITH THAT, I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH FOR US TO EXAMINE OUR VIEW OF JESUS AND OUR OWN EXCEPTION TO THE POINT THAT WE SEE HOW WE ARE INTERACTING WITH JESUS AS FOR AS TRUSTING HIM AND OBEYING HIM. I FIND THIS PERSONALLY HELPFUL FOR ME. MAYBE THIS CAN APPLY TO YOU TOO.

NOW WHEN ANDREW WENT AND TOLD PETER HIS BROTHER “WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH”.

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DID THAT MEANS TO PETER WHEN HE HEARD ANDREW SAY THAT. “WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH?

FIRST LET US GET AN UNDERSTAND OF WHAT “THE MESSIAH” MEANS.

IT MEANS THE ANOINTED ONE - THE CHOSEN ONE - JESUS IS THE ANOINTED ONE.

THE MESSIAH AND THE CHRIST BOTH MEANS THE ANOINTED ONE. THE MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE CHRIST IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT YOU FIND

-THE ANOINTED PROPHET

IN FIRST KING 19 AND VERSE 16 - ELIJAH ANOINTS ELISHA

-THE ANOINTED PRIEST

WHEN AARON WAS ANOINTED AS THE FIRST HIGH PRIEST OF ISRAEL IN LEVITICUS 8:12

-THE ANOINTED KING

WHEN SAMUEL ANOINTED SAUL AND DAVID AS KINGS OF ISRAEL. IN FRISR SAMUEL CHPTS. 10 AND 16

WE SEE THESE MEN AND OTHER HELD “ANOINTED POSITIONS”

YET THE OLD TESTAMENT TOLD OF A DELIVERER ANOINTED BY GOD TO REDEEM ISRAEL IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 40 AND CHAPTER 61

PASTOR’S TAYLOR SAYS THAT ANOINTED MEAN THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE ABILITY AND THE AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT GOD’S ASSIGNMENT FOR YOUR LIFE.

IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY WE HAVE BOOKS AND MOVIES THAT ARE TITLED “THE CHOSEN ONE” “THE ANOINTED ONE” OR “THE MESSIAH”. MANY MORE, AT LEASE, MENTIONS IT IN THEIR STORY LINE.

LET’S LOOK AT THEIR EXPECTATION OF THE MESSIAH

THE OLD TESTAMENT GIVES US SOME EXPECTIONS THAT ANDREW AND PETER MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AND HOPING FOR WHEN THEY THOUGHT OF “THE MESSIAH”.

THE MESSIAH WOULD BE HEBREW MALE CHILD WHO WILL GOVERN ISRAEL AND CARRY THE NAME OF WONDERFUL, COUNCILOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE, (

ISAIAH 9:6

“MIGHTY GOD” COULD HAVE BEEN WHAT PETER HAD IN MIND WHEN HE HEAR “WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH” WE HAVE FOUND THE MIGHT GOD.

THE MESSIAH ALSO HAD TO HAVE BEEN BORN OF A VIRGIN

THE MESSIAH HAD TO BE: A PROPHET LIKE MOSES

DEUT. 18:18

I WILL RAISE UP FOR THEM A PROPHET LIKE YOU FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN, AND WILL PUT MY WORDS IN HIS MOUTH, AND HE SHALL SPEAK TO THEM, ALL THAT I COMMAND HIM.

THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY GIVES A LOT OF INSTRUCTION AND REQUIREMENT OF A PROPHET. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM. WE REALLY WON’T BE ABLE TO HIT THEM ALL.

THE MESSIAH HAD TO BE:

A PRIEST IN THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK FOUND IN PSL. 110:4.

FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING

THE LORD HAS SWORN AND WILL NOT RELENT, “YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.

JESUS IS THAT PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER MELCHIZEDEK. HE HAD NO BEGINNING AND HE HAD NO END. THAT SPEAKS TO JESUS ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD

THE MESSIAH HAD TO BE:

A KING IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 9 VERSE 7

ISAIAH 9:7

THE MESSIAH HAS TO BE THE SON OF DAVID FROM THE STEM OF JESSE

OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT AND PEACE THERE WILL BE NO END, UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID AND OVER HIS KINGDOM, TO ORDER IT AND ESTABLISH IT WITH JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE FROM THAT TIME FORWARD, EVEN FOREVER. THE ZEAL OF THE LORD OF HOST WILL PERFORM THIS.

PETER MAY HAVE ANTICIPATED THE MESSIAH AS A FUTURE DELIVERER AND SAVIOR OF ISRAEL WHO WOULD RESCUE HIS PEOPLE AND USHER IN A TIME OF PROSPERITY AND BLESSING.

PETER’S EXPECTATIONS OF “THE MESSIAH” IS THAT “THE MESSIAH” WAS TO BE THE CONQUERING KING.

PETER MUST HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A DELIVERER WITH AN ARMY WHO WOULD DELIVERER ISRAEL.

“THE MESSIAH” THAT WOULD TAKE OVER THE ROMANS, AND ESTABLISH THE THRONE OF DAVID.

“THE MESSIAH” WHO WOULD RULE THE WORLD.

PETER MUST NOT HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WEAK MESSIAH, NOT A KIND, AND TENDERHEARTED MESSIAH.

PETER WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WITH POWER

A ROD OF POWER TO TAKE OVER AND RULE WITH A ROD

AND PETER WAS GOING TO HELP “THE MESSIAH” TO TAKE OVER.

PETER’S MIND SET WAS “THE MESSIAH” CAN COUNT ON ME TO PROTECT HIM

YOU KNOW HOW WE ARE, AS MEN WE WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING TEAM. AND WIN. WE WANT TO RULE OVER EVERYBODY AND NOT BE RULED UNDER BY NOBODY

WE AS MEN FELL THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CHARGE. AND TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. WE ARE LIKE PETER, WE WILL TRY TO PROTECT OUR OWN INTEREST.

AS PETER AND HIS BROTHER ANDREW, GREW UP TOGETHER AND GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR HISTORY AT HOME

THEIR HISTORY ALWAYS GAVE THEM HOPE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO SEE THE DAY THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD COME.

LET ME INTERJECT THIS REAL QUICK; SPEAKING OF COME.

{(JESUS SAID TO ANDREW AND ONE OF THE OTHER DISCIPLES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, WHEN THEY ASKED HIM WHERE WAS HE STAYING “COME AND SEE”). THESE THREE WORDS MUST HAVE RESONATED WITH ANDREW.

THIS WAS JESUS’S WORDS OF INVITATION COME AND LET ME SHOW YOU

MEN DO WE INVITE OUR BROTHERS TO “COME AND SEE”? COME AND SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME.

SUPPOSE SOMEONE THAT IS LOST ASK YOU, WHAT ABOUT THIS? OR WHAT ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY COME, AND SEE? OR COME AND LET ME SHOW YOU?

PLEASE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD (THE SAVED AND THE LOST) ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.

DO WE HEAR THE QUESTIONS AND DO WE HAVE THE ANSWER? ANDREW CROUCH PUT IT THIS WAY. “JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR THE WORLD TODAY FOR THERE IS NO OTHER FOR JESUS IS THE WAY”.

IN ACTS 4 12 PETER

SAYS NEITHER IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER: FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN UNTO MEN WHEREBY MEN MUST BE SAVED. .. THAT NAME IS JESUS CHRIST.

I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE LOST LIVES MATTER.

BACK TO THE MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE PEOPLE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT JUST LIKE PETER HAD STRONG EXPECTATION OF THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH

IT CAN BE COMPARED TO WHAT WE AS BELIEVERS LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY.

THE RAPTURE OF THE SAINTS AND THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST.

LAST YEAR AS PASTOR TOOK US THOUGH THE BOOK OF REVELATION, HE LET US KNOW THAT THESE ARE TWO GLORIOUS EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE.

WHEN IN COMES TO THE RAPTURE, IN FIFTEENTH CHAPTER OF 1 CORINTHIANS VERSE 50-52: SAYS IN A MOMENT IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO MEET HIM IN THE AIR

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AS PASTOR TAYLOR WOULD SAY, YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THE MOMENT.

IN THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER OF REVELATION IN TALK ABOUT JESUS RETURNING TO THE EARTH TO ESTABLISH HIS REIN ON EARTH. AND THAT WE THE CHURCH “THE ANOINTED ONES” WILL REIN WITH HIM FOREVER AND EVER. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THE REIN.

WHEN IT IS RAINGING PEOPLE SAY YOU NEED TO GET IN OUT OF THE RAIN. BUT HERE YOU WANT TO GET OUT IN THE REIN.

3) Q: LET ME ASK THIS. HAVE YOU TOLD YOUR BROTHER OR BROTHERS ABOUT JESUS? I KNOW YOU HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK.

IT IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT ANDREW WENT AND TOLD HIS BROTHER PETER ABOUT JESUS. BUT JESUS KNEW PETER EVEN BEFORE THEY MEET. JESUS CALLED HIM BY HIS BIRTH NAME SIMON SON OF BAR JONAH. THEN JESUS SAID I WILL CALL YOU PETER (A NEW NAME) (PETER IS NOT THE BIRTH NAME THAT HIS MOTHER AND FATHER GAVE HIM) PETER’S BIRTH NAME WAS SIMON.

WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY IS THAT JESUS ALREADY KNOWS YOUR BROTHER AND HE EVEN KNOWS HIS NICK NAME OR HIS NEW NAME? ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TALK TO YOUR BROTHER AND INTRODUCE HIM TO JESUS. JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL DO THE REST.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT? JUST TELL YOUR BROTHERS IN YOUR FAMILY, BROTHERS ON THE JOB AND BROTHERS IN YOU CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE AND SAY “LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT JESUS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME” YOU GOT A STORY, JUST TELL IT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.

JUST LIKE JESUS KNOWS WHAT’S IN OUR MIND, JESUS KNEW WHAT WAS IN PETER’S MIND. THAT COULD BE WHY JESUS ASK TWO CRITICAL QUESTIONS IN CHAPTER 16: VERSES 13 - 15

WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I, THE SON OF MAN AM?

WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” So, they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

MATTHEW 16:13-17

JESUS ASKED TWO QUESTION AND HE GOT FOUR ANSWERS TO ONE QUESTION AND ONE ANSWER TO THE SECOND QUESTION.

LET’S LOOK AT THESE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I, THE SON OF MAN, AM?

1. SOME SAY JOHN THE BAPTIST -

WHY SOME SAY JESUS IS JOHN THE BAPTIST?

JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD NOT TO LONG BEEN BEHEADED BY HEROD, UPON THE REQUEST OF HIS WIFE AND HER DAUGHTER; OR SHOULD I SAY, HIS STEP DAUGHTER/NIECE. HEROD THOUGHT JESUS WAS JOHN THE BAPTIST RAISED FROM THE DEAD, AS HE HAD MENTION IN CHAPTER 14. AND THERE WAS OTHERS WHO TOOK THAT SAME VIEW. THE VIEW OF REINCARNATION WHICH IS A WRONG VIEW, I MUST SAY.

2. SOME SAY ELIJAH

WHY SOME SAY JESUS IS ELIJAH

ELIJAH THE PROPHET WAS FED BY RAVENS DURING A DROUGHT THAT HE HAD PROPHESIED

SOME SAW JESUS AS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECY THAT ELIJAH THE PROPHET WOULD COME AGAIN AS MENTION N MALACHI FOUR AND VERSE FIVE

3. OTHERS SAY JEREMIAH

WHY SOME SAY JESUS IS JEREMIAH

JEREMIAH A CRYING AND COMPANSIONATE PROPHET, JEREMIAH WAS A GREAT PROPHET AND A GREAT MAN. HE DID A LOT OF THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. SOME OF THE PEOPLE OF THAT TIME WAS LOOKING FOR SOME ONE TO RETURN IN THE FORM OF JEREMIAH. SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT OF JESUS AS JEREMIAH COMING BACK.

4. SOME SAY ONE OF THE PROPHETS

WHY SOME SAY JESUS IS ONE OF THE PROPHETS

THERE WAS A LIST OF PROPHETS IN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL THAT THE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED JESUS WITH. EACH HAD THE OWN REASON OF ASSOCIATING JESUS AS ANY ONE OF THE PROPHETS

PLEASE NOTE HOW THE PEOPLE HAD THEIR OWN VIEW OF JESUS. ALL OF THEIR VIEWS WAS OFF. WE CAN FIND THAT IN OUR SOCIETY EVEN NOW. YOU CAN ASK PEOPLE THIS SAME QUESTION, WHO DO YOU THINK JESUS IS? YOU WILL BE SURPRISED BY THE DIFFERENT ANSWERS YOU WILL GET. IT IS UP TO US TO TELL PEOPLE WHO JESUS IS AND WHAT HE HAS AND IS DOING ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.

LET ME INTERJECT THIS IN HERE IF YOU WILL

WHEN I WENT ON A HOLY LAND TOUR WITH DR WYRTZEN

WE STOOD AT THE VERY PLACE WHERE JESUS ASK THESE TWO QUESTIONS

IT WAS A PLACE WHERE ONE OF THE SPRINGS THAT GAVE WATER TO THE JORDAN RIVER BEGAN TO FLOW. IT REALLY JUST COMES OUT OF THE GROUND AT THE BASE OF MT. HERMON. IT BLEW ME AWAY, I WAS LOOKING TO SEE THE WATER FLOWING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, LIKE A RIVER, BUT IT DIDN’T. IT JUST CAME OUT OF THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN. WE ALSO WENT TO THE ENGIE SPRING WHERE WATER JUST FLOWED OUT OF A ROCK (SEE PHOTOS)

WOW, HOW THAT TOLD THE ME THE BIBLE IS TRUE AND GOD IS REAL. HE IS REAL. HE’S REAL! HE’S REAL TO ME

THIS WAS AT A PLACE CALLED CAESAREA PHILIPPI AT THIS SAME PLACE THERE WERE OTHER TEMPLES WHERE PAGAN GODS WAS SERVED. THE TEMPLE OF AUGUSTUS, THE TEMPLE OF PAN, THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS, THE UPPER TOMB TEMPLE AND THE LOWER TOMB TEMPLE. THE GOD OF PAN AND THE GOD OF THE GOATS AND THE GOD OF THE DANCING GOATS WERE WORSHIPED THERE..

ONE OF THE PLACES OF PAGAN WORSHIP WAS A SHALLOW CAVE IN THE SIDE OF THE HILL. IN THIS CAVE THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE GROUND, WHERE GOATS AND HUMAN SACRIFICES WAS OFFERED TO THE PAGAN GOD CALLED PAN. THIS PARTICULAR PLACE IS CALLED THE GATES OF HELL.

BACK TO THE QUESTION.

WHO DO MEN SAY I THE SON OF MAN AM?

PREACHER HAVE PREACHED THIS QUESTION OVER AND OVER. THEY SHOW JESUS IN EVERY BOOK OF THE BIBLE. I THINK THE SAME, AS I LOOK FOR JESUS IN EVERY STORY OF THE BIBLE. I SEE HIS COMPASSION. HIS LOVING KINDNESS AND I SEE HIS JUDGEMENT AS WELL. I WILL JUST REPEAT WHAT I HEARD A PREACHER PREACHED WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT, TESTIFYING OF JESUS.

SOME SAY JESUS IS:

IN GENESIS THE CREATOR.

IN EXODUS THE REDEEMER.

IN LEVITICUS HE IS SANCTIFICATION.

IN NUMBERS HE IS THE GUIDE.

IN DEUTERONOMY HE IS THE TEACHER.

IN JOSHUA HE IS THE MIGHTY COUNSEL.

IN JUDGES HE IS YOUR VICTORY OVER YOUR ENEMIES.

IN RUTH HE IS THE KINSMAN REDEEMER.

IN 1 SAMUEL HE IS THE ROOT OF JESSIE.

IN 2 SAMUEL HE IS THE SON OF DAVID.

IN 1 & 2 KINGS HE IS THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS.

IN 1 7 2 CHRONICLES HE IS THE INTERCESSOR AND HIGH PRIEST.

IN EZRA HE IS THE TEMPLE OF WORSHIP.

IN NEHEMIAH HE IS THE MIGHTY WALL.

IN ESTER HE IS THE ONE WHO STANDS IN THE GAP.

IN JOB HE IS THE ARBITRATOR WHO UNDERSTAND YOUR TROUBLES AND HAS THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

IN PSALMS HE IS THE REASON TO SING

IN PROVERBS HE IS THE WISDOM OF LIFE

IN ECCLESIASTES HE IS THE PURPOSE FOR LIFE

IN SONGS OF SOLOMON, HE IS THE ROSE OF SHARRON, THE LILLY OF THE VALLEY.

IN ISIAH HE IS THE MIGHT COUNCIL THE PRINCE OF PEACE THE EVERLASTING FATHER

IN JEREMIAH HE IS THE BALM OF GILEAD

IN LAMENTATIONS HE IS THE EVER FAITHFUL ONE

IN EZEKIEL HE IS THE WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WHEEL

IN DANIEL HE IS THE ANCIENT OF DAYS

IN HOSEA HE IS THE FAITHFUL ONE

IN JOEL HE IS A REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLES

IN AMOS HE IS THE HUSBAND WHO WILL STAY BY YOUR SIDE

IN OBADIAH HE IS THE LORD OF THE KINGDOM

IN JONAH HE IS THE SALVATION THAT BRING YOU BACK TO HIS WILL

IN MICAH HE IS THE JUDGE OF THE NATIONS

IN NAHUM HE IS THE JEALOUS GOD

IN HABAKKUK HE IS THE HOLY ONE

IN ZEPHANIAH HE IS THE WITNESS

IN HAGGIAH HE IS THE ONE THAT OVER THROWS THE ENEMY

IN ZECHARIAH HE IS THE LORD OF HOST

IN MALACHI HE IS THE SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

THEN JESUS ASK THE NEXT QUESTION.

BUT WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM.?

THAT QUESTION IS TO ALL OF US. TO EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. THAT QUESTION SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY YOU IN YOUR ONE HEART. I HOPE YOU CAN GIVE THE SAME ANSWER PETER DID. IF YOU CAN, GOD IS DOING TO YOU WHAT HE DID TO PETER, RECONCILING YOU TO HIMSELF.

PETER SAID THOU ART THE CHRIST (THE MESSIAH) THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.

PETER IS STILL THINKING THE MESSIAH WHO HAS COME TO TAKE OVER. PETER SAID IT SO PROUD LIKE AND WITH SELF CONFIDENCE THAT HE WAS WILLING TO GO ANY WHERE WITH, AND DO ANYTHING FOR “THE MESSIAH”.

3). JESUS HAD TO CORRECT PETER.

JESUS CORRECTION OF PETER IN SO MANY WORDS IS LETTING PETER KNOW IF I COME TO TAKE OVER AND LET YOU RULE NOW, YOU WILL BE LIKE THE ROMANS AND EVERY OTHER RULER BEFORE YOU. YOU WILL NOT RULE RIGHT. I WILL HAVE TO GET YOUR HEART RIGHT AND HUMBLE YOU. GIVE YOU A CLEAN HEART SO THAT YOU CAN RULE FROM A HEART OF COMPASSION AND NOT RULE WITH A ROD OF STEAL.

I CALLED IT RULING THROUGH LOVING KINDNESS. THE BIBLE SAYS IT IS THE LOVE OF GOD THAT TEACHES US TO SAY NO TO UNGODLINESS AND TO LIVE UP RIGHT AND HOLY LIVES.

WE CAN NOT RULE WELL BECAUSE OUR HEARTS IS NOT RIGHT. THEY ARE NOT LIKE GOD WANT OUR HEARTS TO BE. OUR HEARTS HAS TO BE LIKE HIS. TO THE POINT THAT WE SERVE LIKE HE SERVES. IT’S LIKE PASTOR TAYLOR PUTS IT, THAT IS, “GOD COMES UNDER AND SERVES THAT WHICH HE IS OVER”.

C) THE SUFFERING MESSIAH

WHEN JESUS TOLD PETER “FLESH AND BLOOD DID NOT REVEAL THAT TO YOU BUT MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.”

IN OTHER WORDS, JESUS IS SAYING TO PETER

PETER DON’T THINK YOU CAME UP WITH THAT ON YOUR OWN. THE ONLY WAY YOU WERE ABEL TO SAY THAT IS BECAUSE GOD REVEALED IT TO YOU.

SOMETIME WE AS TEACHES AND AS PREACHER WE SAY SOMETHING IN OUR TEACHING, PREACHING, TALKS AND EVEN IN OUR STUDY TIME, THAT WE REALLY HAD NOT PLANNED TO SAY. AND IT SOUND SO PROFOUND AND WE LIKE IT. BUT WE MUST REALIZE THAT GOD GAVE THE TO US. THAT IS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT OUR PASTOR, PASTOR TAYLOR, HE ALWAYS SAY PROFOUND STATEMENT AND HE REALIZES HE DID’T COME UP WITH IT, BECAUSE HE WILL TELL US “SOMEBODY WRITE THAT DOWN AND SENT IT TO ME”

GOD DEALS WITH US WHEN IT COMES TO HIS WORD THE SAME WAY. HE REVEALS TO US SOMETHING IN HIS WORD THAT RELATES TO US PERSONALLY. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BEFORE WE RUN WITH IT, WE NEED TO WEIGH IT WITH THE ENTIRE WORD OF GOD. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS FROM GOD. BECAUSE WE CAN COME UP WITH COME CRAZY STUFF ON OUR OWN, WHICH WE DO MOST OF THE TIME. (WELL, MAYBE IT’S JUST ME}

WE CAN SEE THAT HAPPENING TO PETER IN THE NEXT SECTION TO THE POINT THAT JESUS TOLD PETER IN

MATTHEW 16:22-23

“GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN”

AND WE WILL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

4. PETER’S PROTECTION OF THE MESSIAH

BECAUSE OF PETER’S PERCEPTION OF JESUS AS “THE CONQUERING KING” YOU WILL SEE HOW PETER IS MOST OF THE TIME, IS IN THE “TAKE OVER” MIND SET.

PETER IS READY TO HELP JESUS TAKE CONTROL.

PETER GOT JESUS’S BACK.

PETER IS A RIDE OR DIE TYPE OF GUY

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEXT THAT BRINGS THAT OUT. MATTHEW CHAPTER SIXTEEN VERSE 21 -23

B) PETER SEES JESUS AS THE CONQUERING MESSIAH

FROM THAT TIME JESUS BEGAN TO SHOW TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT HE MUST GO TO JERUSALEM, AND SUFFER MANY THINGS FROM THE ELDERS AND SCRIBES, AND BE KILLED, AND BE RAISED THE THIRD DAY.

PETER TOOK HIM SAID AND BEGAN TOE REBUKE HIM, SAYING “FAR BE IT FROM YOU, LORD; THIS SHALL NOT HAPPEN TO YOU!”

JESUS WAS TELLING PETER AND HIS DISCIPLES THAT HE WAS THE MESSIAH THAT IS GOING TO SUFFER THIS TIME.

WHEN PETER REBUKED JESUS HE WAS TRYING TO PROTECT JESUS. WHEN HE SAID “FAR BE IT FROM YOU, LORD: THIS SHALL NOT HAPPEN TO YOU!”

PETER SAID THAT TO JESUS AS TO SAY THAT “I WILL NEVER LET NOTHING HAPPEN TO YOU” NOT ON MY WATCH. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME. I GOT YOUR BACK. I WILL HELP YOU TAKE OVER. WITH ME HELPING YOU WE CAN TAKE ON OUR ENEMIES, AND WIN. YOU ARE THE CONQUERING MESSIAH. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SUFFER MANY THINGS FROM THE ELDERS, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE SCRIBES? NO, NO, NO THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I AM HERE TO MAKE SURE IT DON’T.

THE ELDERS AND THE CHIEF PRIEST AND THE SCRIBES WILL SUFFER MANY THINGS! NOT YOU LORD! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BE KILLED? ARE YOU OUT OF YOU MIND? THEY WILL BE KILLED BUT NOT YOU. I WILL KILL THEM MYSELF FOR YOU. JUST WATCH AND SEE. IF THEY SO MUCH AS RAISE A HAND TO YOU, I WILL CUT IT OFF. WATCH; WATCH; WATCH. JESUS MAN DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING. DON’T YOU EVEN THINK LIKE THAT.

YOU GOT THE THINK POSITIVE JESUS MAN. I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU TALKING ABOUT RAISING FORM THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY? YOU AIN’T GOT TO WORRY ABOUT RAISING FROM THE DEAD ON NO THIRD DAY CAUSE YOU AIN’T GOING TO BE DEAD. NO, NO LIKE I SAID THAT AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN. THEM ELDERS AND SCRIBES AND THEM CHIEF PRIESTS ARE THE ONES THAT’S GOING TO BE DEAD. LORD NOT YOU! THE MESSIAH.

NOW WHEN PETER SAID THIS IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 16, HE HAD ALREADY SEEN JESUS DO MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE IN EARLIER CHAPTERS IN. PETER HAD SEEN JESUS MINISTRY FROM THE BEGINNING.

PETER SEEN JESUS;

(FROM THE BOOK OF MATTHEW ONLY)

- CLEANSED THE LEPERS / CHAPTER 8:1 -4

- SPEAKS AND HEALED THE CENTURION’S SERVANT FROM A DISTANCE. YOU DON’T NEED TO COME JUST SPEAK AND HE SHALL BE HEALED / CHAPTER 8:5-13

- CALM THE WIND AND WAVES ON A STORMING SEA, HE SAID PEACE BE STILL / CHAPTER 8:23-26

- CAST DEMONS OUT OF A MAN AND PERMITTED THE DEMONS TO GO IN TO SWINES, THEN THE PIGS RAN INTO THE SEA AND DROWND CHAPTER 8:28-32. IT’S SOMETHING TO SEE HOW PIGS RATHER DIE THAN TO HAVE A DEMON LIVE IN THEM. AND MEN RATHER HAVE A DEMON LIVE IN THEM THAN TO DIE. JOHN SAYS MEN LOVE DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT.

- HEALED THE PARALYTIC MAN THAT WAS LET DOWN THOUGH THE ROOF OF A HOUSE / CHAPTER 9:1-8

- HEALED JAIRUS’ (A SYNAGOGUE RULER) DIEING 12YRS OLD DAUGHTER / 9:18-19

- HEALED THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD / CHAPTER 9:20-23

GIVE SIGHT TO TWO BLIND MEN WHO CRIED OUT HAVE MERCY ON US / CHAPTER 9:27-31

- CASED OUT A DEMON-POSSESSED DUMB MAN, AND THE DUMB MAN BEGAN TO SPEAK / CHAPTER 9:32-33

- HEAL EVERY KIND SICKNESS AND EVERY KIND DISEASE IN ALL THE CITIES AND VILLAGES AROUND / 9:35

- WALKING ON WATER AND PETER WALKED ON WATER TOO / 14:25-32

- HEALED AS MANY AS WHOEVER TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT / 14:35-36 (IT’S THE HIM NOT THE HEM IN THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT) DON’T YOU FALL FOR SOMEONE SELLING YOU A HEALING CLOTH. IT’S JESUS NOT THE CLOTH.

- HEALS THE GENTILE WOMAN’S DEMON POSSESSED DAUGHTER / 15:21-28

- HEAL THE LAME, BLIND, MUTE, MAIMED AND MANY OTHERS / 15:29-31

- FEED 4 THOUSAND WITH 7 LOVES AND FISH / 15:32-38

- FEED 5 THOUSAND WITH 2 FISH AND 5 LOVES OF BREAD IN LUKE

PETER SEEN JESUS DO ALL THIS AND PETER WAS EXCITED SAYING TO HIMSELF,” YOU GO JESUS. YOU ARE THE MESSIAH. AND I AM WITH YOU ALL THE WAY.

WITH THE ALL THE PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU. WE CAN BUILD AN ARMY AND TAKE OVER AND CONCUR THE WORLD.

DO YOU SEE HOW PETER ONLY SEE JESUS AS THE CONCURRING MESSIAH? HE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. BUT WHEN WE GET TO 1 AND 2 PETER, WE SEE HOW HE WAS ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT. JUST IN 1 PETER HE MENTIONS THE WORD SUFFERING 16 TIMES. PETER STARTED TO SEE JESUS AS THE SUFFERING MESSIAH. BUT THAT’S PART TWO OF THIS SESSION.

IN CONCLUSION WE CAN SEE THAT PETER CAME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHO THE MESSIAH IS AND WHAT HE CAME TO DO

IN THE NEXT CHAPTERS PETER DENIES THAT HE EVER KNEW JESUS. JESUS WENT ON TO JERUSALEM AND SUFFERED AND DIED JUST AS HE SAID.

AFTER PETER REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE JESUS’S BACK HE WEPT BITTERLY. PETER THOUGHT HE WAS ALL THAT, AND THOUGHT JESUS COULD COUNT ON HIM, BUT FOUND OUT IT WAS ALL ABOUT JESUS

PETER COULD NO LONGER TRUST HIMSELF. SO, HE WENT BACK TO FISHING.

BUT WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE GRAVE AND THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL UPON THE DECISCIPLES, ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST. PETER BECAME A NEW PERSON.

WE AND READ AND SEE IN THE BOOKS OF ACTS AND THE BOOKS OF 1 AND 2 PETER OF PETER’S MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

PETER BOLDLY SPOKE UP FOR CHRIST THE MESSIAH AND OVER 3 THOUSAND SOULS WERE SAVED. IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, PETER DID WHAT JESUS DID. HE HEALED THE SICK, MADE THE LAME TO WALK AND HE EVEN HEALED THE SICK WITH HIS SHADOW FALLING ON THEM.

JESUS HAD TO CHANGE PETER FROM THE INSIDE OUT, IN ORDER FOR PETER TO BE THE TRUE PERSON GOD CALL HIM TO BE.

THE SAME IS TRUE WITH US TO DAY GOD IS CALLING US TO GIVE US A CLEAN HERART IN ORDER THE WE CAN TRULY FOLLOW HIM

MY PLEA TO US, AS MEN OF GOD, IS TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GIVE US A NEW HEART TO FOLLOW CHRIST. AND SERVE AS HE SERVED.

WE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE THAT ROUGH, TOUGH, HARD RULE THE WORLD TALKS ABOUT TO BE A MAN.

IN CONCLUSION

{“PETER DENIED JESUS TO POTENTIALLY SAVE HIS OWN LIFE BUT WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE PETER GAVE HIS LIFE TO JESUS AND FOR JESUS

SIMON PETER ASKED JESUS IF IT’S YOU ALLOW ME TO WALKED ON THE WATER TO COME TO YOU AND BEFORE HE COULD GET TO JESUS HE STARTED TO SINK IN THE WATER.

SIMON PETER WAS THE FIRST TO CONFESS THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD AND IN THE NEXT CHAPTER PETER TRIED TO REPRIMAND JESUS AS TO SAY THAT WHAT JESUS SAID HE MUST DO, WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

SIMON PETER WAS A RIDE OR DIE KIND OF GUY FOR JESUS. HE SWORE THAT HE WOULD DIE FOR JESUS, BUT WHEN JESUS NEED PETER TO SPEAK UP FOR HIM PETER DENIED JESUS THREE TIMES.

SIMON PETER GAVE UP HIS LIVELIHOOD TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE GENTILES YET AT A LATER TIME SIMON PETER REFUSED TO EAT WITH GENTILES.

JESUS CALLED SIMON PETER TO BE A FISHER OF MEN, BUT SIMON PETER WENT BACK TO FISHING FOR FISH. 153 WAS SIMON PETER’S LAST CATCH OF FISH, AND SIMON PETER’S FIRST SERMON SAVED 3, 000 SOULS.

JESUS CHANGED SIMON PETER

JESUS CHANGED SIMON PETER FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

JESUS CHANGED SIMON PETER’S NAME AND HIS SELF-IMAGE,

JESUS CHANGED SIMON PETER’S PROFESSION AND HIS PREJUDICES.

JESUS CHANGED SIMON PETER’S EXPECTATIONS AND PRIORITIES,

JESUS CHANGED SIMON PETER’S FAMILY LIFE AND PRAYER PETITIONS.

JESUS CHANGED SIMON PETER COMPLETELY

SIMON PETER’S LIFE LETS US SEE OF GODS FAITHFULNESS IN

PHILIPPIANS 1:6

GOD WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL CARRY IT ON TO COMPLETION UNTIL, THE DAY OF CHRIST JESUS.” THE LIFE OF SIMON PETER SHOWS US THAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT EASY. IT IS NOT WITHOUT PAIN. IT IS NOT RISK. IT IS NOT WITHOUT HEART ACES. IT IS NOT WITHOUT TRIALS. IT IS NOT WITHOUT TRIBULATIONS. IT IS NOT WITHOUT BEING LIED ON. IT IS NOT WITH BE LIED TO. IT IS NOT WITHOUT REJECTION. IT IS NOT WITHOUT BEING OSTRACIZES. IT IS NOT WITHOUT BEING MISTREATED. IT IS NOT WITHOUT BEING USED AND ABUSED

NEITHER IS IT NOT WITHOUT FAITH, OBEDIENCE AND JOY. BECAUSE OF YOUR FAITH, YOU OBEY AND EXPERIENCE THE JOY IN KNOWING THAT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS WELL WORTH IT. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. WE MUST REALIZED THAT WHAT YOU GO THROUGH ON EARTH IS TEMPORARY, BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ETERNAL REWARD. ONLY WHAT YOU DO FOR CHRIST WILL LAST.

SIMON PETER LIVED HIS LIFE OUT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE HIS EMOTIONS, AND HOW THEY EFFECTED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST, IN DO SO WE LEARN HOW TO LEAN AND DEPEND ON JESUS, IN ORDER TO BE CONFORMED MORE AND MORE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD ON A DAILY BASES. WE BECOME IMAGE BEARERS, AS PASTOR TAYLOR SAYS, WE BECOMES WALKING, TALKING, LIVING MANIFESTATIONS OF JESUS CHRIST HERE ON EARTH.

WHEN GOD ENTERS OUR HEARTS, HE MAKES A TOTAL CHANGE. HE MAKES US A “NEW CREATION”

2 COR 5:17

THEREFORE, IF ANY MAN IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THING HAS PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAS BECOME NEW.

SIMON PETER SHOWS US HOW. AS BELIEVERS WE ARE TRANSFORMED BY GOD IN OUR INNER BEING, AND WE LEARN TO GROW IN GRACE, TO BE WHO WE REALLY ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, AGAIN WALING TALKING LIVING MANIFESTATIONS OF JESUS CHRIST. WE BECOME LIKE HIM.

WE REALIZE THAT JESUS IS THE SUFFERING MESSIAH AND THE RULING MESSIAH ALL IN ONE. HE SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE CROSS OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO FOR US AND HE ROSE FORM THE DEAD AND NOW HE RULES IN OUR HEARTS, MAKING US LIKE HIM.

BUT, WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?