1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:03,800 You're listening to the Bridgetown Church Podcast with 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,840 Pastor Casey Kendall, where our vision is Jesus, our mission is 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,760 people, and our cause is love. Thanks for tuning in. 4 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:12,200 Let's dive in. Amen. 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,200 As you've come, we're switching up our order of service a little 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,000 bit for you. I just believe we just need to 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,800 enter in to the word and all that has transpired in our 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:28,720 nation and and I want to give to us just the revelation of Jesus 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,040 in Matthew chapter 16. If you have your Bible handy, 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:36,640 Matthew chapter 16, Matthew chapter 16, if you have your 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,440 Bible ready. I just want to read 1 scripture 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,520 and we'll go through many more, but I just wanted to read this 13 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:51,720 to all of us today, Reminding us, instructing us, inspiring 14 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:57,080 us, standing on what is true and the life that Jesus has given to 15 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:58,720 us. I don't know what type of week 16 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,280 you've come in here from. I don't know where you have 17 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,200 travelled in from, or the pain of your family or the pain of 18 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,320 being single, the pain of being married or the pain of the 19 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:13,680 finances that you're in. But I just want you to hear 20 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,680 something in Matthew chapter 16, verse 18 that Jesus told one of 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,720 his disciples. The reason being, if there's one 22 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,920 word that could have described my week this week, it is shaken. 23 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,640 I've been shaken. And I want us to know that on 24 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:34,680 Christ we could be unshakeable even though we feel shaken and 25 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:41,200 we're feeling that that power and this darkness, the evil in 26 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,520 our land. In Matthew chapter 16 verse 18, 27 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,320 the Bible says and I. Also say to. 28 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:52,960 You that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church 29 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:59,560 and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 30 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,160 If you would just look at your neighbor this morning and tell 31 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:09,479 them, neighbor, my neighbor, we will never quit. 32 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:20,080 We will never quit. These last few weeks for me have 33 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,160 been overwhelming. They've been disturbing, and 34 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,840 there's been a lot of grieving, not just with me, but in our 35 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:31,520 community. There's been the grieving of 36 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:37,000 Rosanna, who was a woman in our church who sat right in that 37 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,760 corner and battled cancer bravely. 38 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,600 She worshipped Jesus passionately, she lived for 39 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:51,920 Jesus fully and on Monday night she entered in to heaven. 40 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,320 And although we celebrate the fact of her homecoming towards 41 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,920 Jesus, we feel the pain and the agony of the loss. 42 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:07,080 In our own community. From not only just Rosanna, but 43 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,200 from. Seeing a mother in. 44 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,400 Minnesota running down? A street. 45 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:22,440 To rescue her child from an active shooter while her child 46 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,400 was praying. It's an image that has seemed 47 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,560 to. Catch us it is. 48 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,440 An image that seemed. To grab hold. 49 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:39,240 Of our attention to just again this week, the innocent. 50 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,280 Slaying of a refugee from Ukraine. 51 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:47,360 On a. Train in North Carolina from 52 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,960 that now. Moving to a place of watching 53 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,760 Charlie Kirk be assassinated. On a college campus. 54 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,760 In Utah. While he exercised the freedom 55 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:05,240 of speech and dialogue, a brother in Christ, a man who 56 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:10,640 stood for Jesus, a man who proclaimed the life of Jesus. 57 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:15,560 From now, the next day, on September 11th, that we had 58 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:22,160 celebrated the memorial of 911. And in that moment? 59 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:28,760 We saw 2977. People lose their lives, and 60 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,000 even more than that from the. Toxicity of the building. 61 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:38,400 Collapsing now have lost their life in this moment. 62 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,880 I remember 3 months after September 11th in 2001. 63 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:49,000 Standing on a. Platform overlooking a pit where 64 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,200 the World Trade Centers used to. Stand and I. 65 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,480 Waited there. As a pastor for. 66 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:03,200 People who had lost loved ones to arrive on that platform when 67 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:07,320 I was there, it wasn't a time where we saw them rescuing 68 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,080 people. They weren't rescuing people at 69 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,240 this point in time. They were simply. 70 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,400 Pulling out body parts of people to identify. 71 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,800 Them and I remember one family member in New York City. 72 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,040 Overlooking the pit that walked up and she asked this question, 73 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:28,480 and that one question was why? Why has this happened at this 74 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,520 time? Why in this place, Why in this 75 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,400 moment? And why to them and maybe? 76 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,000 That has been your. Question over this last. 77 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,560 Week is why, and there's a great danger for us in the midst. 78 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,960 Of seeing so much death that everyone of. 79 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,080 Us, because we've seen so much death, we actually stop living 80 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:54,120 the life that Christ has called us. 81 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,520 To live but I. Just want to speak this into 82 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:03,720 your life and over our community today and that is this. 83 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,800 We might be crushed. But we're not quitting. 84 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,600 We might be feeling. Pressure, but we're. 85 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,080 Not going to stop pursuing. We might have come into this 86 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:21,040 place facing tragic, tragic loss, but that doesn't mean that 87 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,920 we actually stop living our lives. 88 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,640 We might have been forsaken, or excuse me, persecuted, but we 89 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,480 are not forsaken. We might have walked into this 90 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:36,280 place feeling as though we are down, but it is the one who 91 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:41,280 lifts us up today, The one who The Pharisees couldn't stand 92 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:45,200 him, and the Sadducees couldn't stop him. 93 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,880 Pilate couldn't find any fault in him, and Herod couldn't kill 94 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:54,160 him, and death couldn't handle him, and the grave certainly 95 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,720 could not hold him. He is the one who is still 96 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,040 seated on the throne. He is in the midst of this 97 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,040 place, even in the all that we have faced in this week, that we 98 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,720 are not going to shrink and cower away out of fear because 99 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,920 what we have seen and then what we have experienced, we are 100 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,280 going to exercise the same boldness and stand on the same 101 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,160 truth of God's Word that we always have in the person of 102 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,600 Jesus Christ. We are not running to hide. 103 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,600 We are not going to a place where we're going to allow all 104 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,880 of these things to silence the voice of the power of the 105 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,840 gospel. That Jesus Christ did die on the 106 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,120 cross for your sin. That you are a Sinner and you're 107 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,600 separated from God. That Jesus, out of his great 108 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,640 love, hung on a cross and died the death that everyone of us 109 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,000 should have died and lived the life that everyone. 110 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,120 Of us should have. Lived. 111 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,920 It is through Jesus alone that we experience the life power of 112 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,600 freedom and forgiveness, and it is now at this high time that I 113 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,960 truly believe that we have to understand that the gates of 114 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,360 hell will not. Prevail against the Church. 115 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,640 And that we come to a spot in our lives where we understand 116 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,600 that we are going to live for the one who has given all, and 117 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,920 that is Jesus Christ. Do you see, the enemy wants to 118 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,480 create fear. He wants to hold you hostage in 119 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,520 anxiety today. He wants to imprison you with 120 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,240 complacency. And he wants you to throw your 121 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,560 hands up now and stop giving your heart out to people today. 122 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:34,240 But that is not the witness of a Christian who is bold enough to 123 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,360 stand up and speak in your workplace, the name of Jesus. 124 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,240 Who is bold enough to stand up and say that this is evil, that 125 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,400 this is sin? Who's bold enough to say that 126 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,080 there is a Savior who is Christ the Lord? 127 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:54,720 That we will come to such a time as this and although we might 128 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,240 feel shaken in our lives and we're grieving, that we can 129 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:03,200 still stand on the solid rock of Christ Jesus and be unshakable 130 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,440 in our faith. I love what Winston Churchill 131 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,520 once said. He said fear is a reaction and 132 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:14,600 courage is a decision. He went on to write that courage 133 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:21,000 is for us the foundational human quality that enables all other 134 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:27,240 virtues and positive traits to be manufactured and manifested 135 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:33,640 and sustained in our lives. So if Jesus really is the answer 136 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,640 in all of these of problems that we are facing, why am I not 137 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:44,440 willing to stand upon His word even in this moment and boldly 138 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:51,240 proclaim that we will not quit, that we will not stop, that we 139 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,880 will not allow pain to be something that pushes us to the 140 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,280 side? Do you see the words of Jesus 141 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,200 come to us in Matthew chapter 16? 142 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,400 He has just been in a debate with the Sadducees and the 143 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,600 Pharisees. And it's interesting that the 144 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,320 Pharisees who believed in the resurrection and the Sadducees 145 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,680 who didn't believe in the resurrection joined a 146 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:15,160 commonality to come against Jesus even though they were 147 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,640 divided in their own lives. And they come to Jesus and 148 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:23,120 they're trying to test him. And in a way they're trying to 149 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:27,920 catch him right where he is at. Jesus, in the midst of Matthew 150 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:33,800 16 also feeds 4000 people. And in feeding of the 4000 he 151 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:38,520 comes to his disciples and the Bible says this in verse 13 that 152 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:43,160 when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked 153 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,880 his disciples saying, who do men say that I the. 154 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:53,080 Son of Man AM. Here, in this moment of 155 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:59,880 questioning, Jesus gives to his disciples a question and I 156 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:02,360 believe we all need. Something in this moment. 157 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,840 I believe we need a revelation of Jesus. 158 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:14,880 We need a deep seated, rooted revelation of Jesus Christ. 159 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,880 We need to anchor ourselves into the person of Jesus. 160 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,520 They saw the miracles that Jesus did. 161 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:29,000 But they weren't. Aware of who Jesus is, we need 162 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:35,480 to have a revelation of Jesus Christ here in this moment. 163 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:40,640 Jesus is not posing a question so he could validate who he is. 164 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:45,640 He's posing this question for his disciples to understand who 165 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:50,320 he is in the midst of their own trial, in their own difficulty 166 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:55,320 and in their own hardship. And he asked them, who do men 167 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,880 say that I am? And then it goes a little bit 168 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:02,160 personal. He goes down a little verse now 169 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,960 verse 15. And he said, but who do you? 170 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,760 Say that I am. He goes now from the crowd's 171 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,560 opinion of Jesus. Now to your own personal 172 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:18,640 opinion. Everything about your life in my 173 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,680 life pivots on this one question. 174 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:28,520 Who do you say that Jesus is? Everything is surrounded in my 175 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,800 life and based in my life simply upon that question. 176 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,640 Because if I don't have the right Jesus, I will live. 177 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,720 The wrong life. If I don't see who Jesus really 178 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:45,640 is, I won't give for what Jesus has for me. 179 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,120 And I believe in our age and our time. 180 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,240 You can settle for a lot of opinions of who Jesus is, or you 181 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,840 could settle for the truth of who Jesus is, that Jesus Christ 182 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:02,760 is Lord, that Jesus Christ is Savior, that Jesus Christ is the 183 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:08,040 one God's Son who was sent to die upon the cross for our sin. 184 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,880 Everything comes down to this revelation. 185 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:17,120 And notice what the Bible says. They come up with four separate 186 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:22,160 opinions of who Jesus is. Some they said verse 14 that 187 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:26,280 you're John the Baptist. The reason why that was brought 188 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,120 up is because Herod thought because of Jesus's life that 189 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,920 John the Baptist has resurrected from the dead. 190 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,640 That opinion was based. Out of the fear. 191 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:43,720 Of a man who committed evil. And then again they went on. 192 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,600 Well, some say Elijah, now Elijah. 193 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,440 The Bible prophecies in the spirit of Elijah that he would 194 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,200 be the forerunner to the person of Jesus Christ, and then they 195 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,960 go on. While others say that you're 196 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,840 Jeremiah, and some say that you were actually the fourth thing. 197 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:06,600 You're the prophets, but. Jesus questions again and says, 198 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:11,240 but who do you say that I am Now you can give into all types of 199 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,960 opinions about Jesus. You can give into all types of 200 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,440 scenarios about Jesus. But if your version of Jesus. 201 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,760 Doesn't match the Bible. 'S version of Jesus. 202 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:25,080 You have the wrong Jesus. If I could stand up here and 203 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,200 tell you anything that Jesus, the Bible says in the beginning 204 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,760 was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word. 205 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,880 Was God, the Bible goes. On to tell us about the word 206 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,240 that the word became. Flesh and dwelt among. 207 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,680 Us and we behold his glory, that he's full of grace and he's full 208 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,080 of truth. You see, all of this is pointing 209 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:52,320 me back to Jesus. Your view of the Messiah was to 210 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,760 be maybe a lot like these people, that he would be the 211 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:59,520 splendid conquering political king. 212 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,000 But that's that's not how Jesus came. 213 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,600 He came as a humble servant, and sacrificed himself on an old 214 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,640 rugged cross, and died for my sin, my iniquity, and my. 215 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,680 Trespasses. And all of these people were 216 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:19,320 looking for something else. But Jesus says, but who do you 217 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:23,720 say that I am? Your view of Jesus will 218 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:30,520 determine what you do for Jesus. And this is the question that 219 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,400 will determine if you quit in the midst of suffering and 220 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,960 hardship. Because things change, but Jesus 221 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,040 never changes. And so he came, the Bible says 222 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:48,200 in verse 16 to Simon Peter and answered and said, Simon Peter, 223 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:54,800 you are the Christ. You are the Son of the living 224 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,600 God. No notice. 225 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:03,040 Notice the revelation that Peter has. 226 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:09,000 He says of Jesus that you are the Christ. 227 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,400 Now the word Christ, as you know is not Jesus's last name. 228 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:18,680 Some people go Jesus Christ and they think that that that that's 229 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,840 that was Jesus's last name. When they said, or Peter said 230 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,440 that you are the Christ, what he was saying is you are the 231 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,160 anointed 1 and you are the Messiah. 232 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,480 And then notice the revelation that you are the Christ. 233 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:41,520 Notice this, the son of the living God, the words living God 234 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,680 there would refer back to the true God who would come in the 235 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,760 midst of everything that would be false. 236 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,320 So Peter is pointing us back to who Jesus is. 237 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:59,960 And I think in this moment in our nation, you can be on CNN, 238 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:04,119 you could be on Fox, you could be on consumed with all these 239 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,920 news stations. But are we consumed with the 240 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:12,680 person of Jesus? Have we come to a spot to really 241 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,319 see who Jesus is? I love what Elizabeth Barrett 242 00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:19,560 Browning once wrote. She said earth is crammed with 243 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:25,800 heaven in every common Bush of fire with God, but he, but only 244 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:31,320 he who sees takes off his shoes and the rest sit around and eat 245 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:35,240 blackberries. There is something about this 246 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,520 moment that you're in. There is something about the 247 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:44,040 moment that we are all in that we can deliver the answer to 248 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:49,400 people and the answer is Jesus. The answer for our nation is 249 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,520 Jesus. He is greater. 250 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,320 Than a political. Party he is more powerful than a 251 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,960 medicinal pill that you might take for your your own panic. 252 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:05,200 Jesus gives peace to the heart and in that all of Scripture is 253 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,840 pointing me to the person of Jesus to see Jesus for who he 254 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,160 really is. And Peter comes to the spot of 255 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,120 this revelation of you're the Christ. 256 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,840 You are the Son of the living God. 257 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,600 All of scripture is pointing us to Jesus. 258 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,560 In Genesis, Jesus is the breath of life. 259 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,400 In Exodus, he's the Passover lamb. 260 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,600 In Leviticus, he's the high priest. 261 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,960 In Numbers he is the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of 262 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,440 fire by night. Jesus in Deuteronomy, he is the 263 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,360 prophet like unto Moses. In Joshua, he is the captain of 264 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:44,640 our salvation. In Judges, he is our judge in 265 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,240 Lawgiver. In Ruth he is the the kinsman 266 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,960 Redeemer. In First and Second Samuel he is 267 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,600 our trusted prophet. In Kings and Chronicles, Jesus 268 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,920 is our reigning king. In Ezra and Nehemiah he is the 269 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,440 rebuilder of the broken down walls of human life. 270 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,880 In Esther, Jesus is represented in our Mordecai. 271 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:07,160 In Job he is our everlasting Redeemer. 272 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,680 In Psalms he is our Good Shepherd. 273 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,960 In Proverbs he is the and Ecclesiastes he is our wisdom. 274 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,400 In the Song of Solomon, Jesus is the loving in bridegroom. 275 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,640 In Isaiah he is the Prince of Peace and in Jeremiah he is the 276 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,720 righteous branch and Lamentations. 277 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,640 He is our weeping prophet. In Ezekiel He is the wonderful 4 278 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,080 faced man. In Daniel he is the 4th man in 279 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,760 the fiery furnace. In Hosea, Jesus is the faithful 280 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,720 husband, forever married to the backslider. 281 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,280 And Joel he is the baptizer of the Holy Ghost and fire. 282 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,480 And Amos, he is our burden bearer. 283 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,080 And Obadiah, he's the mighty one to save. 284 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:50,080 And Jonah, he is our great foreign missionary. 285 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,840 And Micah, he is the messenger of beautiful feet. 286 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,680 And Nahum, he is our strength and shield. 287 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,800 And Habakkuk, he is God's evangelist. 288 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,280 Crime, revive thy works in the midst of the years. 289 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,680 And Zephaniah, he is our Savior. And Haggai, he is the restorer 290 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,680 of God's lost heritage. In Zechariah he is the fountain 291 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,560 opened up in the House of David for sin and uncleanliness, and 292 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,240 in Malachi He is the Sun of Righteousness rising with 293 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,800 healing in his wings. Can I go on in Matthew? 294 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,400 In Matthew, Jesus is the king of the Jews. 295 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,320 In Mark he is the servant. In Luke he is the Son of man, 296 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,240 feeling what you feel. And in John he's the Son of God. 297 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,440 The Bible goes on to tell us in Acts he's the savior of the 298 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,480 world. In Romans he's the righteousness 299 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,000 of God. In first Corinthians he is the 300 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,360 rock. In second Corinthians he is the 301 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:46,600 triumphant 1 giving victory. In Galatians, Jesus is our 302 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,360 freedom. In Ephesians Jesus is the head 303 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:53,800 of the church, in Philippians he is our joy, and Colossians he is 304 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,960 our completeness. And 1st and 2nd Thessalonians he 305 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,320 is your hope. And first Timothy he is your 306 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,440 faith. And second Timothy he is your 307 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,960 stability. And Titus he is your truth and 308 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,440 Philemon he is your benefactor. In Hebrews he is your 309 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,880 perfection. And James Jesus he is the power 310 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,600 behind your faith. And first Peter he is your 311 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:16,040 example. And second Peter he is your 312 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,880 purity. And 1st John he is our life. 313 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:23,040 And 2nd John, he is our pattern. In 3rd John he's our motivation. 314 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:27,360 In Jude he is the foundation of your faith and in Revelation He 315 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:28,720 is your King. That is coming. 316 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:35,560 Jesus is coming again. He is the 1st and the last, the 317 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,120 beginning and the end. He is the keeper of creation, 318 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,320 the Creator of all. He's the architect of the 319 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,520 universe and the manager of all times. 320 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:50,400 He always was, He always is, and He always will be. 321 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:55,200 On that day, the question will not be, what did you do for me 322 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,120 on that day? The question will be, who is 323 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:04,600 Jesus, Who is Jesus? Because everything centers 324 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:09,120 around Jesus and what He did for you, not for what you can do for 325 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:12,160 him. But I think we've mistaken it 326 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:19,280 now because the time is short. The time is short. 327 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:26,640 If I'm watching Rosanna pass into eternity, I always think if 328 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,440 I could just have one more conversation with her. 329 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,720 Time is short for a woman sitting on a train and not 330 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:40,200 realizing that she would be slain to death in that moment, 331 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,640 or a young man at 31 who's sitting there debating people 332 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:50,120 and assassinated. Time is short. 333 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:54,680 Why do we think that we have so much longer to go? 334 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,800 Tomorrow could be your last day on this planet. 335 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,400 Are you right with Jesus? If there's something that this 336 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,000 should do within every single one of us is open our eyes to 337 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:13,960 how great eternity is and how beautiful Jesus is there there. 338 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,600 There should be something in our lives that causes us to stop 339 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:24,960 being lukewarm, to stop compromising towards Jesus and 340 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,480 our faith and what we allow in our lives and what we talked 341 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:33,760 about and what we watched. Earth is fleeting away. 342 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:42,120 Eternity is what really matters. But we think. 343 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:43,680 That we. Have a long time. 344 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:47,760 We say that if we will live till we're 70. 345 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:54,520 But what if your last breath would be what you breathe today? 346 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,760 What would you leave to this place behind us? 347 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,240 I think it's vital that every one of us hears that God loves 348 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,040 you so much, that he knows who you are and He still. 349 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,680 Loves you right where you are today. 350 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:16,880 Jesus took everything that I've ever done wrong, and he paid a 351 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,560 debt that I could never. Pay. 352 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,680 And that was the perfection of my own. 353 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,080 Life. He did it for me. 354 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,080 So Peter has his revelation of Jesus and then he has this 355 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,040 confession about Jesus. This is the confession of Peter. 356 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,800 You are the Christ. You are the Son. 357 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,800 Of the living God. You are the one, literally, if 358 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,880 we were to read this in the Greek, they say that you are the 359 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:55,640 Christ, you are the Son of God, you are the living one. 360 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:03,680 And if we were just to live in this place today, this we would 361 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,520 understand that there are not many ways to God. 362 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,640 There is one way to God and that is through the person of Jesus 363 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,680 Christ. He is the living 1. 364 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:18,080 He is the Christ. And because of this confession, 365 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:25,360 I now will live in a place that this confession produces 366 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:30,200 boldness and my boldness produces action. 367 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,520 Peter didn't wasn't satisfied, staying on the fringes and 368 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,040 watching. The life of Jesus. 369 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:47,000 He was not a spectator. I think if I've done anything 370 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,600 wrong in the American church, it is that we have. 371 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:55,040 Become a spectator place where we watch cool things. 372 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,000 Happen up on a. Stage we produce cool. 373 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:04,480 Screens and cool images but. What about a holy life? 374 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,200 What about a? Confessional life. 375 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,800 A life. That is willing to say this is 376 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,280 what I'm going. To do actively now to follow 377 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:19,680 after. Jesus Christ Peter came not with 378 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,720 all of his compliments, but he came with conviction. 379 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:30,720 And the conviction was, I see Jesus and I will not quit. 380 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,440 He's not the just the confession towards our sin, He's the 381 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,080 confession that Jesus is our Savior. 382 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,720 And in the midst. Of this time here Peter makes 383 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,720 this bold statement and the Lord says this to Peter. 384 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:54,240 Jesus answered and said in verse 17, Blessed are you Simon 385 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,000 Barjona. For. 386 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,320 Flesh and blood. Has not revealed this to you, 387 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:03,760 but my. Father, who is in heaven? 388 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,160 My father has revealed this to you. 389 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,160 Blessed are you. And then he says this about 390 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,760 Peter. Peter's confession. 391 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,040 And I also say to you that you are Peter and on the rock. 392 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,120 I will build my church and I want you to hear this. 393 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,640 The gates of hell will not prevail against it. 394 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,640 Oh, how easy it is for us as pastors not to talk about things 395 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:35,920 that are controversial, not to get into things that would would 396 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,240 would stir up the church or you would lose church members. 397 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,040 Doesn't matter about that anymore. 398 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,800 What matters is are you right with Christ? 399 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,960 And the Bible brings up things that are counter to our culture. 400 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,040 They go against what is popular in our world. 401 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:57,160 And so the Bible gives to us the complete line that we're called 402 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,600 the walk by and the power of the Spirit to actually live by. 403 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,120 And here in this moment, Peter says you're the Christ. 404 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:12,680 And Jesus says to him, to his confession, I'm going to. 405 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,760 Build my church. And the gates of. 406 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,960 Hell shall not prevail against it, but I wonder like Keith 407 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:27,480 Green, when Keith Green died so young on a plane and he would 408 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:33,040 sing about our lives as he he. Says that we've become. 409 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,560 So numb that we're asleep in the light. 410 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,960 Peter makes this confession. He has this revelation, but I 411 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,720 want you to know today. That with this. 412 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,760 Confession. There's also restoration. 413 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,360 This wasn't the end. Of Peter's story. 414 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,680 Peter just didn't end this story with this. 415 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,600 Great. Proclamation of who Jesus is. 416 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,480 It wouldn't just be days later that Peter would do. 417 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,760 Something that you never thought he would do. 418 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:08,120 Peter denied Jesus. Jesus told him that he would. 419 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:12,840 And Peter said no way, no way. And they're in this. 420 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,480 Midst of this revelation in this confession. 421 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,240 Peter's. Story also shows me that there's 422 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,040 restoration and I just want you to know that today there's 423 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,840 restoration. There is a restoration for you 424 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,960 to come back to who Jesus is. There is forgiveness today for 425 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,240 us there. There is life. 426 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,680 There is boldness, there is courage and confidence that's 427 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,160 found in the person of Jesus Christ. 428 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,400 And it is. Here, in this moment. 429 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,200 That Jesus, as Peter denies him three times. 430 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,360 Jesus, in the Gospel of John chapter 21, restores him three 431 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:50,400 times. Peter becomes the mouthpiece, 432 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,840 the patriarch, the leader in the church movement. 433 00:29:56,160 --> 00:30:03,680 But it wasn't until Peter backslid and came to a. 434 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,040 Place where? He said. 435 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:10,120 Forget all this Jesus stuff. He's died. 436 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:16,120 All my dreams are dashed. And in that moment Jesus rises 437 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:21,320 again on the third day. And in this moment Jesus appears 438 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,000 to Peter. He appears to his disciples and 439 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,440 he tells them, tell Peter, I'm alive. 440 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:37,400 You ever failed, you ever messed up so bad you think that God can 441 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,000 never forgive me of. And you fill in the blank. 442 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,720 This was Peter's God could never forgive me of. 443 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:50,520 And in this moment Jesus appears with Peter and he has breakfast 444 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,200 with Peter. Peter goes back to his old way 445 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,920 of life of fishing, and maybe you're going back to your old 446 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:02,560 way of life of drinking, drugs, another relationship, something 447 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:07,800 else to cover the agony of our week that we escape into. 448 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:12,680 Netflix, Instagram. I just need something to quiet. 449 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:16,080 All these voices around. Me and to know what you need is 450 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,560 Jesus, and I want you to know that Jesus will forgive you just 451 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:24,320 like he forgave Peter and Peter's revelation and 452 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,000 confession. His failing Jesus brought 453 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,400 restoration. And that's the same thing that 454 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,200 Jesus wants to bring to your life today. 455 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:35,440 In the midst of all that we have faced in this week, we are not 456 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:40,960 quitting. We're not quitting everything 457 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,680 that you've gone through in this week. 458 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,920 We're not giving up. I've been reading this book 459 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,440 called The Wild Goose Chase about living the adventurous 460 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:53,800 life that God calls you to and the author shares this story 461 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,160 about a woman by the name of Agnes. 462 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:02,560 She felt called into ministry when she was a teenager and she 463 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,160 did all of her ministerial training in Ireland and in 464 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,400 India. And one day she approached her 465 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,240 superiors with a God ordained passion and this is what she 466 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,280 said to them. I have 3 pennies and a dream 467 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:24,120 from God to build an orphanage, her superior said. 468 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,960 You can't build an orphanage with just three pennies. 469 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,400 With three, these 3 pennies, you can't do anything at all, they 470 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,520 told her. And Agnes smiled and said, I 471 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:38,160 know, but with God and three pennies I could do anything. 472 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,760 For 50 years, Agnes worked among the poor in the slums of a city 473 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:49,520 called Calcutta, India. And in 1979, the woman that we 474 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,880 know as Mother Teresa won a Nobel Peace Prize. 475 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,480 Listen, he writes, It's a long way from three pennies to a 476 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,840 Nobel Peace Prize. And my question is, is how did a 477 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,040 woman with so little to do, with so little do so much? 478 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:10,160 And the answer is simple. Never underestimate someone who 479 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,440 has the courage to come out of. The cage. 480 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:21,480 And to pursue a God ordained passion in restoration with all 481 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:27,320 these school shootings, a Catholic Church shooting while 482 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:36,470 kids are praying, the death of a refugee who was seeking safety 483 00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:41,870 in America, the death of a young man who now leaves behind a 484 00:33:41,870 --> 00:33:46,430 widow and two children. Can I ask? 485 00:33:46,430 --> 00:33:50,480 You Christian? What is your Calcutta? 486 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:01,200 Where is your Calcutta? Eternity is at stake. 487 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,200 And some of you, you've you've never experienced forgiveness, 488 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,480 you've never experienced freedom. 489 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,760 And maybe even all that you have faced this week and what you've 490 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,400 seen has brought you into a place to seek refuge. 491 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,080 And I just want you to hear this, that God sent Jesus 492 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:24,960 because he loves you and we all. The Bible says in Hebrews 927 493 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,760 it's appointed unto man to die once. 494 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,719 But after this comes the judgement. 495 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,360 We all will be judged, we all will stand before Jesus. 496 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,280 But I wonder what 3 pennies God has given to you that you 497 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,480 believe that he could do nothing with because it's not a lot. 498 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,600 God wants to restore your life. And for some of you, I believe 499 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,560 this is a specific word. He wants to restore your 500 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,880 calling. He wants to restore your 501 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,600 calling. He called you by name. 502 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:01,440 He called you into this. He's the one that brought you to 503 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,000 this place. And because he called you, he'll 504 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:09,920 strengthen you to endure. And I believe this is for some 505 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,080 of you, that he's not just restoring your life, He's 506 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,200 restoring your calling through this. 507 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:19,320 We hope you enjoyed this message and we'd love for you to join us 508 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,480 in person every Sunday at 10:30 AM. 509 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,880 For more information and updates, visit 510 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,520 wearebridgetown.com. Thanks for tuning in and we'll 511 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:27,360 see you next week.