1 00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:13,420 It's about design. Good afternoon. 2 00:00:14,350 --> 00:00:21,720 Very good for our boy. So don't even say yeah, with 3 00:00:21,730 --> 00:00:31,130 Ireland coming on and we'll have and we are coming on and 4 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,450 preaching that we will be hearing today. 5 00:00:33,460 --> 00:00:37,870 This afternoon is for is originally written and preached 6 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,870 by Reverend Martin at the table. I preach first Evangelical 7 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,390 Reformed Church, so Singapore and this was originally reached 8 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:57,430 last two thousand 2120214. Those who worship Christ are 9 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,760 called Christians at that point. I think that would be 1 of 10 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:08,450 Christians people though initially for 11/19 11:19 the 11 00:01:08,460 --> 00:01:14,370 scripture in your new original and distinctions adding China, 12 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:19,320 India again again within our Christians during the times of 13 00:01:19,330 --> 00:01:22,380 the apostles. Actually the early believers 14 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:25,950 were not initially called as Christians but rather they were 15 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:32,350 called disciples or specifically the disciples of the way into 16 00:01:32,890 --> 00:01:35,960 power. But as time passed and as 17 00:01:35,970 --> 00:01:42,350 Christianity became famous like even upon they are already 18 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,090 starting to call them Christians as we know it. 19 00:01:46,390 --> 00:01:49,880 They were called Christians not for the sake of acknowledgement 20 00:01:49,890 --> 00:01:54,470 alone or not question our sign of respect towards those 21 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,610 Christians, but rather detonated. 22 00:01:57,620 --> 00:02:04,040 It is part of how they ridicule those people, how they show 23 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:10,160 insult by naming them Christians as it was named after Christ 24 00:02:10,169 --> 00:02:14,110 whom they worship. Who made the Manians Manoranjan 25 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:19,180 in our million Christians as an insult? 26 00:02:19,190 --> 00:02:23,920 People who believe in Christ. They were for 1st called 27 00:02:23,930 --> 00:02:31,280 Christians in Antioch Yeah ask Chapter 11 and a good 12 years 28 00:02:31,370 --> 00:02:34,940 ago 12 years for Hindi one year after resurrection. 29 00:02:34,950 --> 00:02:38,520 Indeed five years after the resurrection of Christ, but 30 00:02:38,530 --> 00:02:43,800 rather a good 12 years after Christ's resurrection doing 31 00:02:43,810 --> 00:02:48,600 paramedic Simula that they now axilla not Christians. 32 00:02:49,150 --> 00:02:52,920 It was 12 years after his resurrection so he wouldn't 33 00:02:52,930 --> 00:02:56,360 start until dieting. However panels in the garage. 34 00:02:56,850 --> 00:03:01,400 Now Christians you know believers, but you another 35 00:03:01,410 --> 00:03:04,540 question is can and simulating. However, can you singers in 36 00:03:04,550 --> 00:03:10,790 Jesus Christ, if you if you may ask, when was the time when 37 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,550 Jesus was already distinguished or cold as Christ? 38 00:03:15,780 --> 00:03:21,730 It was actually during his ministry he gathered 441 and 39 00:03:21,740 --> 00:03:26,210 this was when he was already casting out demons in which some 40 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:31,150 verse 41 Michigan at Indigo. It says that and Dimas also came 41 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,450 out of many of that person crying. 42 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:38,290 You are the Son of God. That was the confession of those 43 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:43,770 demons who were being passed out by Christ. 44 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:48,710 But here's it says that Christ rebuked them and would not allow 45 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:55,630 them to speak because they know that he was the Christ and only 46 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,470 after this great Galilean ministry did his disciples 47 00:03:59,580 --> 00:04:04,090 acknowledge this and it was a very remarkable acknowledgement 48 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:08,870 from the disciples were in they are starting to acknowledge that 49 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:15,470 Christ or Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the Christ and that's why 50 00:04:15,550 --> 00:04:17,890 that is our sermon this afternoon. 51 00:04:17,940 --> 00:04:23,260 The title is Christ and his anointed people become 52 00:04:23,270 --> 00:04:27,670 tightening wedding ceremony now happened to and from her passage 53 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,460 Matthew 16 have been fascinating. 54 00:04:29,470 --> 00:04:33,970 Kanina, we will examine 3 remarkable truths you bring 55 00:04:33,980 --> 00:04:38,520 argument appoints happily though first I remarkably confession 56 00:04:38,530 --> 00:04:40,380 made. That's the first point. 57 00:04:40,550 --> 00:04:47,230 Second, a remarkable Kingdom and vision and 3rd are remarkable 58 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,640 condition realised. But before we proceed any 59 00:04:51,650 --> 00:04:54,440 further, want to let us go above our heads and pray before our 60 00:04:54,450 --> 00:04:58,670 God. Heavenly Father own word be are 61 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:05,280 here to acknowledge the glory of your name and the truthfulness 62 00:05:05,290 --> 00:05:08,100 of your word in the scriptures that we have. 63 00:05:08,470 --> 00:05:11,960 We pray OHH God that by your Holy Spirit that you allow us to 64 00:05:11,970 --> 00:05:18,860 be able to be nurished, to fully appreciate and I just 65 00:05:18,870 --> 00:05:22,750 appreciate, but to have that delight to be fully transformed 66 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:27,120 by your word when you establish us more with virtues, make us 67 00:05:27,130 --> 00:05:31,560 fail to make our faith grow stronger by hearing your work 68 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:34,300 and they continue to surrender or steps to you. 69 00:05:34,310 --> 00:05:36,740 OHH God. Thank you for this afternoon all 70 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:43,440 God and they speak to us and we we ask all have mercy on us all 71 00:05:43,890 --> 00:05:49,000 and speak to ourselves for we are in need of you more than 72 00:05:49,010 --> 00:05:52,200 anything else. So in coming before you over 73 00:05:52,210 --> 00:05:57,350 with reverence and fear and this we pray in this in Jesus name, 74 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,770 Amen and Amen. So information first point. 75 00:06:00,780 --> 00:06:04,880 First point is our remarkable confession made. 76 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:11,230 Do you think Karina Jesus had already finished his great 77 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,290 Galilean ministry? Kakapo Slamannan. 78 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:22,030 Ministerial or human running as a guiding and for context that 79 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:26,630 joining the early parts of his ministry, Sobrang Daming Telecom 80 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,800 thought we had even ridiculous rain. 81 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:34,260 It's not just hundreds of people, but rather thousands of 82 00:06:34,270 --> 00:06:37,640 people. Even the point of 5000 men, 83 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:41,940 women and children were already following him. 84 00:06:42,690 --> 00:06:46,860 But eventually, after time goes by as I see his medicine 85 00:06:46,870 --> 00:06:50,090 continued. But I mean indeed to, Malloy 86 00:06:50,250 --> 00:06:53,880 said. Anything even a funding pointing 87 00:06:53,890 --> 00:06:59,070 around United are nothing. The followers near the fire. 88 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,590 This is even said in in terms of what he's doing in terms of his 89 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,190 ministry. The pharmacist said that he cast 90 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,890 of Beyoncé not by the power of God, not by the power of Christ 91 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:15,030 himself, but they proclaim or confessed that he is casting 92 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,290 demons by the power of the devil. 93 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:24,750 Venkat indeed you you you my buddy said ohh so so it was 94 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,770 clear here to Jesus that the gospel seed were not always fall 95 00:07:29,780 --> 00:07:34,050 on good soil and that the Kingdom would be mix of wheat 96 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,420 and theirs is how we could see it. 97 00:07:36,860 --> 00:07:40,340 So this is the time when he took the remaining disciples Simon 98 00:07:43,090 --> 00:07:46,690 come here and took them from Galilee to teach them these 99 00:07:46,700 --> 00:07:50,350 things when I cinnamony you might decide that since the fire 100 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,210 and see them then you wouldn't then afternoon said the 101 00:07:55,220 --> 00:07:58,590 capitalists. And now here he does assessoria 102 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,290 Filippi with signalling Abbasi in Matthew 16. 103 00:08:02,660 --> 00:08:09,570 It was in this Pagan lands that they saw that the Gentiles also 104 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:15,150 are starting to believe in him. I think in Somalia, and we would 105 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:19,110 miss animal disciple in there, that genitals are starting to 106 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,930 believe in Christ more than the Jews do. 107 00:08:23,790 --> 00:08:27,530 So the table successfully appealed by detonating, throwing 108 00:08:27,870 --> 00:08:32,070 you might be simple again. And I think if I didn't do 109 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:39,260 nothing go on having a toy thing to run anything people of view 110 00:08:39,510 --> 00:08:43,299 or in as they are being taught by Christ, they could see on the 111 00:08:43,309 --> 00:08:48,070 background Mount Hermon into Omaha kidnapping Nito Aladdin's 112 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,920 accessory. Philippine, not Herman was the 113 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:54,960 tallest and the largest mountain in Israel. 114 00:08:55,230 --> 00:08:58,490 That's their view while they are in this city, Varanasi. 115 00:09:00,030 --> 00:09:04,410 Take it back, look at the view and the island. 116 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:12,220 Cesaria Philippi. I know I've been Storia meron 117 00:09:12,230 --> 00:09:17,760 dito Sanlucar necessary time passionate community certified 118 00:09:17,770 --> 00:09:23,820 by the soil or you look God. Typically the irony here Philip 119 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:29,270 the second it eventually sorry open on the beginning of 120 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:36,830 paramedics and left so sorry don't see Sharia Philippi 121 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:43,570 actually Indian and it has already existed even before even 122 00:09:43,580 --> 00:09:47,680 the time of Abraham. The game exists and it is 123 00:09:47,690 --> 00:09:51,570 originally lined. Laish Union Panala and Roger 124 00:09:51,580 --> 00:10:00,160 Neto checking pastor currently few Sundays ago. 125 00:10:00,710 --> 00:10:06,820 Related interdisciplinary panel on your story and acronym Guerra 126 00:10:06,830 --> 00:10:13,970 between Kings Sakina and Unique going to battle against king on 127 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:18,490 those place eventually the medics appointment even sailor 128 00:10:18,540 --> 00:10:28,750 Shinagami Hari but nothing that and that was in 11 Abraham told 129 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:36,620 us how we could remember it as well from rescue and another guy 130 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:45,820 sorry and then he he brought with him to fight against those 131 00:10:45,830 --> 00:10:50,180 kings and we all know the story that eventually they were able 132 00:10:50,190 --> 00:10:56,830 to successfully rescue love so you like ish you Laish now look 133 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:02,230 at that area is somewhere within that larger in region which sign 134 00:11:02,380 --> 00:11:09,750 Nangyari installation. It is within this area judges in 135 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:15,170 the book of judges specifically, surprisingly, dying Americans. 136 00:11:15,180 --> 00:11:20,900 You don't time and now he and Paris and eventually they 137 00:11:20,910 --> 00:11:28,110 travelled N to conquer that land which is called Laish Simon 138 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:33,270 exceptionally long city don't seem like set up a stronghold 139 00:11:34,780 --> 00:11:40,670 bang so that's when we call it now the CP of Dan in a basement. 140 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:45,480 It's all testament first need to city of thank you know Ireland 141 00:11:46,230 --> 00:11:52,010 please you upon Moses to join us and join us and he just said Dan 142 00:11:53,690 --> 00:11:57,450 nice to see that membership number ideas. 143 00:11:57,670 --> 00:12:03,570 That's what happened there. You missing Apple emojis running 144 00:12:03,580 --> 00:12:07,430 out of people. Fast forward in joining the 145 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,820 Times of the Kings during the time of King Jeroboam long time 146 00:12:12,830 --> 00:12:17,920 ago published Calorie thing Jerod Bohemian power in an 147 00:12:17,930 --> 00:12:21,000 influence the Madam Sharp and you know what it's like 148 00:12:21,010 --> 00:12:25,940 establish now idle worship specifically for worship them, 149 00:12:25,950 --> 00:12:31,170 though not golden calf establishes a belonger is some 150 00:12:31,180 --> 00:12:37,190 longer is something established and new Paolo Lugar is Saddam. 151 00:12:39,330 --> 00:12:44,970 The reason is that parenting about Albanian Jerusalem, and 152 00:12:44,980 --> 00:12:53,320 instead, Ryan said Dan said Basil then preserve you power, 153 00:12:53,330 --> 00:12:57,670 your influence. But because of that desire we 154 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:03,350 all know that it led to idolatry that ultimately destroyed that 155 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,070 whole nation. Okay Jackson eventually during 156 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,950 this city during the Greek times contained move forward patio. 157 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:17,550 We displaces became well known for its worship of the Greek God 158 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:24,090 made bang familiar. Dubai Don campaign Sipahi you 159 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:28,490 Greek God were in on the children is around half human 160 00:13:28,500 --> 00:13:33,310 half kabayo without nothing take Valium, she finally surrender 161 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:42,070 half human compass another one Bahyo aparam combing papers 162 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:50,100 mention horns or medicine. Zoom in the parent company good 163 00:13:51,670 --> 00:13:59,140 they made my images and enjoying now we know worship and even in 164 00:13:59,150 --> 00:14:01,450 this place. The surrounding caves were 165 00:14:01,460 --> 00:14:06,290 commonly thought thought to be the entrance to hates you nobody 166 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:11,340 will and like you know, Greek version Inanam Hill Now then, so 167 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:21,180 gonna put in the young story the Irish at Vernon idolatry and 168 00:14:21,190 --> 00:14:25,450 paraguana solo varnado successfully defended by. 169 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:30,210 So this was indeed a very significant city in that sense 170 00:14:30,220 --> 00:14:33,710 of those things that had happened on that place. 171 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:40,030 It symbolised the vanity of man, his political and earthly 172 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,030 ambition. And it also reflected the 173 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:48,030 superstitions of man in terms of the spirituality and the beliefs 174 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,330 of men. And here we could see the desire 175 00:14:51,340 --> 00:14:56,010 of man to be great for someone that to build a Kingdom for 176 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:59,330 their own. And others wanted to have this 177 00:14:59,430 --> 00:15:04,510 strong religious influence in this place and this place called 178 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:05,740 Syria. Philippi. 179 00:15:07,230 --> 00:15:08,090 Peter. Peter. 180 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:11,470 Miss Moore, my love. It's a banana with Doctor Mount 181 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,390 Hermon, something I know. Mama Disciples. 182 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:23,050 Yeah, I know about at least no. And then we have read there that 183 00:15:23,060 --> 00:15:28,200 the design was heard that others believe that he was Elijah or 184 00:15:28,210 --> 00:15:32,340 jump to the Baptist or even Jeremiah or one of the prophets. 185 00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:37,010 But when he asked them who they thought he was, Peter answered 186 00:15:37,020 --> 00:15:42,780 in 1st 16. You are the Christ, the Son of 187 00:15:42,790 --> 00:15:47,260 the living God impressed with the having confession he Apostle 188 00:15:47,970 --> 00:15:53,000 Peter, Apostle Pedro and this was indeed a very remarkable 189 00:15:53,010 --> 00:15:56,180 confession. Imagine, I don't, I don't know, 190 00:15:58,170 --> 00:16:04,430 I don't even understand the Conservancy 18 damaging impact. 191 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:09,480 Yes, Cortana on how he did his ministry and how he healed the 192 00:16:09,490 --> 00:16:14,240 sick, how he created miracles and how he breached and caused 193 00:16:14,250 --> 00:16:16,860 people towards her attendance and faith. 194 00:16:17,130 --> 00:16:22,620 And also they have seen here how his works became controversial 195 00:16:22,950 --> 00:16:26,940 among the religious peoples of those times, those religious 196 00:16:26,950 --> 00:16:33,070 lives of their time. And they also saw here how Zen 197 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:37,640 parents are starting to believe in him. 198 00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:42,290 That's why something is already brewing in them. 199 00:16:42,380 --> 00:16:47,400 They saw in Jesus those characteristics of that very 200 00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:53,720 person they hope for in the Scriptures that even if not 201 00:16:53,730 --> 00:16:57,900 everyone is believing that he is, the price they are starting 202 00:16:57,910 --> 00:17:01,870 today believe that he is that person. 203 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,630 And so they confessed that he was this Christ, the Son of the 204 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,780 living God. And actually in Peter's answers, 205 00:17:09,790 --> 00:17:15,940 Aboriginal language, the pronoun you that is actually in an in 206 00:17:15,950 --> 00:17:20,720 fact the world because it made the Indian because I've been in 207 00:17:20,730 --> 00:17:25,579 a new people and apparently you are the Christ. 208 00:17:26,170 --> 00:17:28,250 I don't know. Maybe it's being a confession 209 00:17:28,260 --> 00:17:32,500 and I don't even sipping knocking manifestly people Sarah 210 00:17:34,170 --> 00:17:40,610 Mashad and Christo looks having Christ when we talk about Christ 211 00:17:40,620 --> 00:17:42,650 and when we hear the word Christ. 212 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,550 This is actually the Greek equivalent of the name or the 213 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:51,410 title Messiah. You you even said you know world 214 00:17:51,660 --> 00:17:55,670 Christ. Even Sabina is the anointed 1 215 00:17:55,880 --> 00:18:01,520 the anointed some of the events Helical Solana Galaxy, 216 00:18:01,530 --> 00:18:07,870 Pentecostal grounds. But I need to know anything and 217 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:13,420 knowing that grabbing take it the anointing and commitment. 218 00:18:13,620 --> 00:18:17,680 Though most of the time it was taken in around direction and we 219 00:18:17,690 --> 00:18:21,570 were made, we were made to believe it in a different sense 220 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:26,890 rather than what it really means in the Old Testament persona. 221 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:30,560 Because thing. Annoying thing to anoint someone 222 00:18:30,570 --> 00:18:35,560 was to appoint them to a very special and very specific job. 223 00:18:35,770 --> 00:18:39,840 You know images of impacting are being annoying thing or to be 224 00:18:39,850 --> 00:18:42,960 anointed. You know, the cement times, 225 00:18:42,970 --> 00:18:49,540 priests were anointed with oil for them to become priests. 226 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:54,880 Kings were also anointed with oil during their coronation as 227 00:18:54,890 --> 00:19:00,960 they are to become kings. And prophets were also anointed 228 00:19:01,090 --> 00:19:05,980 with oil to do the work of preaching or for them to start 229 00:19:06,090 --> 00:19:11,880 speaking the words of God. But here there was one person 230 00:19:11,890 --> 00:19:17,600 and that the people anticipated who went through all these three 231 00:19:17,670 --> 00:19:22,900 things, all these three roles in the Old Testament and that is 232 00:19:22,910 --> 00:19:31,570 the anointed one that is the Messiah that this Christ 13 have 233 00:19:31,580 --> 00:19:37,090 been acting Christ the pushpin legal united finances and Jesus 234 00:19:37,100 --> 00:19:39,730 Christ. You push a surname. 235 00:19:39,940 --> 00:19:45,510 It is a title that has this meaning has this defiance. 236 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:51,290 But knowing that one, the Messiah, the Christ Moses spoke 237 00:19:51,300 --> 00:19:58,590 of him in Jahanam 18 were in God himself told mostly spoke of it 238 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,070 that God himself will race up a prophet. 239 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,970 That the Israeli airlines will listen to this having emotions 240 00:20:07,060 --> 00:20:12,990 and to Eli the negligent priest Sabitha prophet said to him in 241 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:18,290 first somewhere to that God will raise up for himself a faithful 242 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:22,940 priest that will obey God. And it's okay, Ella and God said 243 00:20:22,950 --> 00:20:29,230 that David in second son was 7, but he would raise up a king in 244 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:33,530 David's household to be a king forever. 245 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:38,430 We know that that's not someone he didn't live forever, but 246 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,290 rather there is someone who would become a king and a king 247 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:47,630 forever. We also met, She said that he 248 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:53,920 was a priest and he was also a king, but he was not a prophet. 249 00:20:54,780 --> 00:21:00,370 We know someone, he was a priest and also a prophet, but he was 250 00:21:00,380 --> 00:21:05,880 not a king and we know so well as a king, the king soul. 251 00:21:05,930 --> 00:21:09,870 But when he tried to offer a sacrifice, he was judged because 252 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,080 of what he did. And while Iran was indeed 253 00:21:13,090 --> 00:21:18,280 anointed as priest, when he tried to take over Moses role as 254 00:21:18,290 --> 00:21:22,820 a leader to leave Israel, he was reprimanded because of it. 255 00:21:23,130 --> 00:21:26,460 But there was one who would be all three. 256 00:21:26,810 --> 00:21:31,530 For no one was able to do all these three things in the Old 257 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:36,320 Testament times. So for this disciples, Jesus was 258 00:21:36,330 --> 00:21:39,620 the chosen one, Jesus was the Christ. 259 00:21:39,670 --> 00:21:44,890 Jesus was that Messiah, Messiah that they saw in him, a person 260 00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:51,270 whom the prophets spoke about. He was the prophet, priest and 261 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,000 king who would rescue them from their enemies. 262 00:21:55,010 --> 00:21:57,070 And that's not how we they see it. 263 00:21:58,110 --> 00:22:01,820 And this is seen in some chapter 2 in a Barcelona beginning in 264 00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:06,680 our in our scripture reading where the sum is say that the 265 00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:10,560 world is against God and not just against God, but against 266 00:22:10,570 --> 00:22:15,380 God and his anointed. And she lavished songs to that 267 00:22:15,390 --> 00:22:20,620 those people, the world itself come together and rebel against 268 00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:23,940 God and not just in God, but also in his Christ. 269 00:22:24,130 --> 00:22:28,230 But here we could see the reaction of God Ohh against 270 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,650 those people. He just laughed at them. 271 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:33,810 You know why I didn't No, no, I didn't come in on and I happen 272 00:22:33,820 --> 00:22:35,960 again. I go on 11 though, because we 273 00:22:35,970 --> 00:22:42,080 know that no one can stop him and his group, and so he sent to 274 00:22:42,090 --> 00:22:45,940 his anointed, who he called Son, the Son of God. 275 00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:49,000 I will give you the whole earth to rule. 276 00:22:49,980 --> 00:22:54,170 It means not just the Jews but also the Jantas and the whole 277 00:22:54,180 --> 00:22:58,530 earth is commanded by God to power themselves to the Son of 278 00:22:58,540 --> 00:23:03,650 God who is the anointed. So he portrays a king with a 279 00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:07,150 Kingdom that even the agendas are part of it. 280 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,150 It's not anymore just a single nation, for in they would have 281 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,310 punished. There is a king, but it's a team 282 00:23:14,380 --> 00:23:19,390 that would represent all his people around the world was 283 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,180 going back by using the word Christ in the confession of 284 00:23:23,190 --> 00:23:26,700 Peter. Peter attributed to Jesus all 285 00:23:26,710 --> 00:23:32,080 the hopes, all the promises, all the prophecies and all the 286 00:23:32,090 --> 00:23:36,640 honour and the scriptures about this matter, about this 287 00:23:36,650 --> 00:23:42,840 position, how about this calling and this title of the Messiah of 288 00:23:42,850 --> 00:23:46,760 Christ Jesus for them was not just a prophet who could do 289 00:23:46,770 --> 00:23:52,220 miracles, but was the Son of God, the King that would rule 290 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:57,500 all the world from Zion. That's why Jesus told them or 291 00:23:57,510 --> 00:24:02,080 told him specifically some verse 17 Sabina I think again only so 292 00:24:02,090 --> 00:24:07,240 still beat Peter. Blessed are you Simon Barjona 293 00:24:07,650 --> 00:24:12,740 for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my 294 00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:19,720 Father who is in heaven. In other words, to regard Jesus 295 00:24:19,790 --> 00:24:23,320 as Christ. It is something that natural at 296 00:24:23,330 --> 00:24:26,110 all. It is something unnatural. 297 00:24:26,230 --> 00:24:32,680 It is something supernatural because it is only God who could 298 00:24:32,690 --> 00:24:37,760 reveal it to him. It is only seen God that it was 299 00:24:37,770 --> 00:24:41,860 revealed to him that Jesus is Christ. 300 00:24:42,170 --> 00:24:46,980 That is why the gender speed even though they were not, they 301 00:24:46,990 --> 00:24:50,800 were as ignorant as they are about that Christ that the Jews 302 00:24:50,810 --> 00:24:54,200 were talking about or that looking they're looking forward 303 00:24:54,270 --> 00:24:58,320 for that Messiah. Yet the Chantas believe because 304 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:04,460 God revealed to them and that is also why the Pharisees rejected 305 00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:08,660 it, because they are hardened in their hearts and they were not 306 00:25:08,730 --> 00:25:14,980 able to see Jesus Christ because God Himself did not reveal to 307 00:25:14,990 --> 00:25:18,740 them. And that's the reason why they 308 00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:23,340 even said that the Americas of Christ are not from God but from 309 00:25:23,350 --> 00:25:27,490 Satan himself. They don't get indeed human 310 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:32,490 blindness in the material if not because the work of God and his 311 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:38,490 revealing work about Christ. I think that there are people 312 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:44,540 who will indeed believe that Jesus is the Christ and also 313 00:25:44,550 --> 00:25:49,010 there are those who will not no matter what kind of presentation 314 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:52,450 and going motor and preached at any pastor landscaping and it's 315 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:56,680 not on the how they presented in a sense that would interest 316 00:25:56,690 --> 00:25:58,630 them. We're convinced them, but rather 317 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:04,010 it depends purely on how God reveals Christ to them. 318 00:26:06,290 --> 00:26:14,570 The tapas dito satiate and issues because here to those who 319 00:26:14,580 --> 00:26:19,210 believe that Jesus is that Christ they will be part of our 320 00:26:19,220 --> 00:26:23,090 remarkable Kingdom that is envisioned and that is 321 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:26,440 proclaimed in the Scriptures. But in point adding second point 322 00:26:26,450 --> 00:26:30,310 where I I think second remarkable truth about this 323 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:36,360 matter in verse 18 and 19, Jesus said, and I tell you, you are 324 00:26:36,370 --> 00:26:41,300 Peter and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of 325 00:26:41,310 --> 00:26:43,360 hell shall not prevail against it. 326 00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:47,620 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven. 327 00:26:47,830 --> 00:26:53,290 You know inside you. It was okay Peter. 328 00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:58,120 And here we could see that Jesus is now giving us that vision or 329 00:26:58,130 --> 00:27:02,820 he is already envisioning a growing Kingdom in this world, 330 00:27:02,890 --> 00:27:07,920 which he called his church young Kingdom and church here is 331 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:14,550 synonymous that and it will grow that not even the gates of Hades 332 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:19,170 can stop this onward March of the Kingdom of God. 333 00:27:19,300 --> 00:27:23,030 So the Kingdom is expanding and will conquer the Kingdom of 334 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,790 Satan. And of course, this is very 335 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,800 significant because of where Jesus was speaking. 336 00:27:29,810 --> 00:27:33,930 This things, Nico said. Bongo, this is Syria, Philippi 337 00:27:35,410 --> 00:27:38,310 Sing. The kingdoms of the genitals, 338 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,150 they're probably earthly kingdoms. 339 00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:45,030 It is within that area that Christ is proclaiming these 340 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:49,470 things and with their with with all their religious 341 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:55,910 superstitions and with all the works and reins of Satan in the 342 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:02,290 midst of this Pagan world. But we all know that all of them 343 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:07,300 would be pushed back by the Kingdom of God. 344 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:13,080 So how would this be achieved? I know about an individual and 345 00:28:13,090 --> 00:28:16,560 I've been planning on packing this out in the scriptures. 346 00:28:16,690 --> 00:28:28,090 How will the Kingdom grow? Grow in Kingdom now it will grow 347 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:32,710 by the gospel of God. It would grow by the gospel 348 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:38,340 through the keys of the Kingdom Christ Christ give gave the keys 349 00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:43,850 to Peter to open or close up the Kingdom of God in a pregnant and 350 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,910 Sabina. Now this is somehow of 351 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:53,050 controversial passage to say 11 position of Roman Catholics for 352 00:28:53,060 --> 00:28:58,250 the things about genital is that Christ will build the church on 353 00:28:58,260 --> 00:29:03,170 him on Peter genuinely clean my Catholic. 354 00:29:03,230 --> 00:29:09,230 But the thing Vito unclean Mila, is that Peter is the Bishop or 355 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:13,370 was the Bishop of Rome, and that the acidic church, the Roman 356 00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:17,270 Catholic Church of Reno, seeing that their claim is they are the 357 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:22,280 only true Church of God. You wouldn't claim that. 358 00:29:22,450 --> 00:29:26,360 But The thing is the position for and it is true that the 359 00:29:26,370 --> 00:29:30,780 Kingdom of God that the keys of the Kingdom according to this 360 00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:34,630 passage are given to Peter context. 361 00:29:36,370 --> 00:29:39,760 I think I need to because the pronoun used there was the word 362 00:29:39,770 --> 00:29:44,960 you are thou in which it is in second person singular so 363 00:29:44,970 --> 00:29:47,630 singularly become world leading depot. 364 00:29:47,770 --> 00:29:52,100 So in this particular passage, Christ is not addressing the 365 00:29:52,110 --> 00:29:56,820 other disciples action, but rather it is from to Peter and 366 00:29:56,830 --> 00:30:01,220 him was given the keys to open the Kingdom of heaven. 367 00:30:01,730 --> 00:30:05,640 So in one sense, yes, this is true and it also reflected in 368 00:30:05,650 --> 00:30:10,700 church history by for example, Peter preached in Acts chapter 369 00:30:10,710 --> 00:30:13,240 2. He preached the gospel and the 370 00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:17,970 Jews really believed in the gospel that he reach Peter and 371 00:30:17,980 --> 00:30:22,690 John went down to Samaria after Philip preached and they prayed 372 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:26,410 that the Samaritans would receive the Holy Spirit. 373 00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:29,230 And what happened? They did receive the Holy 374 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,070 Spirit. Peter was also necessary here. 375 00:30:32,260 --> 00:30:35,910 He preached the gospel to Cornelius and Cornelius believed 376 00:30:36,180 --> 00:30:38,770 and was feared by the Holy Spirit. 377 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,830 He preached the gospel to Jerusalem, Judaea to Samaria, 378 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,890 into the uppermost part of the earth. 379 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,970 And this was being done and Peter was exemplifying it as 380 00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:55,910 this as key events, and he opened the Kingdom for these 381 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,790 people. But here we are to be reminded 382 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:04,120 that Peter was not the only one with the keys of the Kingdom, 383 00:31:04,930 --> 00:31:07,720 because we know that Philip also preach. 384 00:31:08,130 --> 00:31:13,420 We also know that Paul himself preached the gospel, Stephen 385 00:31:13,870 --> 00:31:17,960 preached the gospel, and all others with the gospel had the 386 00:31:17,970 --> 00:31:22,220 keys towards the Kingdom, and the Kingdom of God grew. 387 00:31:22,570 --> 00:31:26,680 And while the disciples loose and unlocks the doors of the 388 00:31:26,690 --> 00:31:31,900 Kingdom of God by the gospel of Christ, the pharmacies on the 389 00:31:31,910 --> 00:31:37,580 other hand bound and locked the doors to God's Kingdom by their 390 00:31:37,590 --> 00:31:40,500 gospel. Not of Christ, not of God, but 391 00:31:40,510 --> 00:31:45,610 their gospel of legalism. Belonging contrast, not going 392 00:31:45,620 --> 00:31:50,710 out, but I say you Home Depot. That's why Jesus Christ them in 393 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:56,310 Matthew 23 verse 13. But who do you scribes and 394 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:02,390 viruses hypocrites for you shutdown the Kingdom of heaven 395 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:06,970 in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves 396 00:32:07,020 --> 00:32:11,040 nor allow those who would enter to go in. 397 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:16,170 Gonna be cutting the pronouncement you are indeed a 398 00:32:17,110 --> 00:32:21,100 pizza Kingdom sleepy girl in your party. 399 00:32:23,830 --> 00:32:29,690 Cutting the curse now you know and this principle because of 400 00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:33,030 what they are teaching that is not from God. 401 00:32:34,350 --> 00:32:37,120 Think about it in detail and contrast the pronouncement of 402 00:32:37,130 --> 00:32:41,290 panorama discipulo at the same time we pronouncement and the 403 00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:44,270 curse of God towards the fire dishes. 404 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,910 So you will be upon this confession my friends that this 405 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:55,660 gospel the the Christ is Jesus himself, but Jesus is not Christ 406 00:32:55,670 --> 00:32:59,670 that they're talking about that he would build his Kingdom. 407 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:03,660 It is through the gospel of Christ and against the 408 00:33:03,670 --> 00:33:06,750 background and I think you mount Hermon. 409 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,530 It was a big rock. It was a rock. 410 00:33:10,580 --> 00:33:15,800 It is a bedrock, and that's the word used by God appeared when 411 00:33:15,810 --> 00:33:19,040 he talked about the Gospel foundation in which he would 412 00:33:19,050 --> 00:33:26,470 build his Kingdom, the rock. But on the other hand, I know 413 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,730 how busy Peter, what was Peter actually? 414 00:33:29,740 --> 00:33:35,180 He was a bad boy. I gotta look, leaving now would 415 00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:38,510 be the beeper. So greed and panelling is agreed 416 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:45,380 I petros, which means a small paper money took my son. 417 00:33:46,830 --> 00:33:52,170 They can get the second bid number structure damage, and so 418 00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:56,730 that the citizens of that Kingdom would be built up on the 419 00:33:56,740 --> 00:33:59,650 rock. And that's rockets, Christiana 420 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,920 Peter. So first Peter 2 verse 5 to 6 421 00:34:06,060 --> 00:34:11,389 call Pedro clarified that specify one other meetings to be 422 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:16,530 into services said first Peter 2/5 to six you yourselves like 423 00:34:16,540 --> 00:34:21,989 livingstones are being built up as a spiritual house to be a 424 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:27,500 holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable 425 00:34:27,510 --> 00:34:32,690 to God through Jesus Christ. For instance, in Scripture, 426 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:39,010 Behold, I am laying in Zionist stone a cornerstone chosen and 427 00:34:39,020 --> 00:34:43,889 precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame. 428 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:48,389 And we know that that's not the third The driving that is Christ 429 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:55,630 Jesus as the Christ is that cornerstone, that bedrock. 430 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,110 We who believe the gospel are like that. 431 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:04,780 Stones built on him. Anything I think you know if I 432 00:35:04,790 --> 00:35:07,540 don't need to either. So verse 9 and suddenly the 433 00:35:07,550 --> 00:35:11,700 repeater. But you are a chosen race, a 434 00:35:11,710 --> 00:35:17,900 royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, 435 00:35:17,950 --> 00:35:22,640 that you may proclaim the excellences of him who called 436 00:35:22,650 --> 00:35:26,560 you out of the darkness into his marvelous light. 437 00:35:28,260 --> 00:35:34,060 We are people. We are kings and priests, my 438 00:35:34,070 --> 00:35:38,690 friends, because we are our royal priesthood. 439 00:35:40,350 --> 00:35:44,940 You're kings and priests, and we are prophets, for we are to show 440 00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:49,760 forth or proclaim the excellencies of Him or the 441 00:35:49,770 --> 00:35:55,130 praises of Him in this world. And we also know that the Church 442 00:35:55,140 --> 00:35:57,740 has officers that function as prophets. 443 00:35:58,510 --> 00:36:06,510 Singapore. There are those who preach the 444 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:12,610 word of God towards His people. There are also kings, the elders 445 00:36:12,620 --> 00:36:18,090 who ruled not by themselves, not by their own authority, not by 446 00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:22,720 their own power, but according only through the Word of God. 447 00:36:23,780 --> 00:36:28,270 And you have priests, the deacons, who show mercy to 448 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,970 exemplify the Word of God through ministry. 449 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:38,990 Acts of service and mercy usher us in worship, but every 450 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,460 Christian is also called to teach one another. 451 00:36:42,870 --> 00:36:48,480 Nilama pastoral mendapat natural the time is my dad encourage 452 00:36:48,490 --> 00:36:51,370 stability. So we are all supposed to pray 453 00:36:51,380 --> 00:36:55,910 for one another and we are also called to hold one another 454 00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:00,880 accountable. It's because we are cold for 455 00:37:00,890 --> 00:37:04,880 that purpose, my friends. But there is a condition 456 00:37:04,950 --> 00:37:08,880 required for every profit, there is a condition required for 457 00:37:08,890 --> 00:37:13,720 every priest and also there is every penny, all a condition 458 00:37:13,730 --> 00:37:17,300 required for every king. And that's the third 459 00:37:17,310 --> 00:37:20,080 acknowledgement. And I think that young people 460 00:37:20,290 --> 00:37:26,220 are remarkable condition realised, then going back home 461 00:37:26,980 --> 00:37:29,700 they decide was only wanted Jesus to be Christ. 462 00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:34,570 We all know that the League also want that to be for him to be 463 00:37:34,580 --> 00:37:37,380 the answer to all their problems. 464 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:42,230 But anyway, he would come and teach the people about God, 465 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:47,850 about his ways to destroy the enemies of the world of the 466 00:37:47,860 --> 00:37:52,550 destroy the enemies of God. And these are blink for him to 467 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:57,440 be that access for him to be that way towards God like all 468 00:37:57,450 --> 00:38:03,150 their heroes of the past 12 in the Moses, Elijah that David, 469 00:38:03,220 --> 00:38:08,150 but here he is all in one in Christ. 470 00:38:08,740 --> 00:38:14,570 And when I hear someone to you my no I didn't buy any issues 471 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:19,310 and Crystal Mashallah and hiring in the head and we are looking 472 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:23,440 position and thing establishment Kingdom. 473 00:38:23,710 --> 00:38:25,840 They could have thought of it that way. 474 00:38:27,140 --> 00:38:30,240 I mean subscriptions. Ohh. 475 00:38:30,250 --> 00:38:35,820 I continue as they were always arguing about who would be the 476 00:38:35,830 --> 00:38:40,860 first in the Kingdom. Pennsylvania is a whole though 477 00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:48,960 idea. Oh, oh, are you devastated? 478 00:38:50,290 --> 00:38:57,380 People breathing, speculating, being busy. 479 00:38:57,390 --> 00:39:02,650 Judas something been kati wala compare Russia and Treasurer 480 00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:09,610 Martin Bhasha passing by the acid jeans back acid Peter Jones 481 00:39:11,150 --> 00:39:15,420 Cortana the Hacienda plowing nandun supposition. 482 00:39:17,060 --> 00:39:19,790 That's the reason why I think would argue about these things. 483 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,670 It would be the first in the Kingdom of God. 484 00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:27,180 Even the disciples themselves are really arguing about this. 485 00:39:28,270 --> 00:39:34,380 They're going to pull out 1000 to have this self-centered 486 00:39:34,390 --> 00:39:36,830 tendency even in the presence of God. 487 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:42,530 And this was what Caesarea Philippi his significant signify 488 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,830 that all men aspire to greatness. 489 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:52,220 All men inspire this great glory in this world. 490 00:39:53,610 --> 00:39:56,920 Incidentally, they tried to do it through conquering or through 491 00:39:57,210 --> 00:40:00,690 wrong means like deceit or theft. 492 00:40:01,450 --> 00:40:06,320 For one's own sake or one's own glory, but here Christ revealed 493 00:40:06,330 --> 00:40:11,240 a very important point to them. So the bassinet is scripture 494 00:40:11,470 --> 00:40:16,960 after they left Cesaria Philippi verse 21 Jesus began to show his 495 00:40:16,970 --> 00:40:21,000 disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many 496 00:40:21,010 --> 00:40:24,840 things and that he would be killed and eventually be 497 00:40:24,850 --> 00:40:27,950 resurrected. Now what do you think would 498 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,140 there would be their response to this. 499 00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:35,330 Remember they really always also want to be little kings like in 500 00:40:35,340 --> 00:40:40,800 them of God and Peter said in verse 2248 be from you Lord. 501 00:40:40,910 --> 00:40:45,100 This will never happen to you. What we waiting people? 502 00:40:46,700 --> 00:40:50,950 What kind of person? One thing that people didn't 503 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:55,680 understand was that as like Christ being pulled by Christ, 504 00:40:55,730 --> 00:40:59,260 before he would drain and have his Kingdom, he needed to 505 00:40:59,270 --> 00:41:04,400 perform the role of a priest to offer up a sacrifice for his 506 00:41:04,410 --> 00:41:07,240 people. But the sacrifice here is not 507 00:41:07,250 --> 00:41:11,600 another animal, not another sheep or cafe or anything, but 508 00:41:11,610 --> 00:41:17,420 rather the sacrifice his overall was himself as prophesied in the 509 00:41:17,430 --> 00:41:20,540 scriptures. Before he would train, he had to 510 00:41:20,550 --> 00:41:23,720 die. And therefore Peter's denial of 511 00:41:23,730 --> 00:41:28,400 this was truly satanic in a sense that this remark is 512 00:41:28,410 --> 00:41:32,440 totally against the will of God and the redemptive plan of God. 513 00:41:33,610 --> 00:41:37,440 And as the first country says, For you are not sending your 514 00:41:37,450 --> 00:41:42,280 mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. 515 00:41:42,990 --> 00:41:47,200 And that is a problem if we set our minds and the things of this 516 00:41:47,210 --> 00:41:53,200 world, of the things that would take gold and entities, our 517 00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:57,020 desires. This was the pattern of Caesarea 518 00:41:57,030 --> 00:42:00,190 Philippi that they think that they have left behind, but 519 00:42:00,250 --> 00:42:03,340 actually they have nothing left it at all. 520 00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:08,620 Ohh, no anyone or anyone in the garden again. 521 00:42:08,630 --> 00:42:16,320 And then Akisha Soto me when you're looking for dancing, you 522 00:42:16,330 --> 00:42:23,610 know the masala when I seen the Buchan Umalis, actually they 523 00:42:23,620 --> 00:42:28,260 desire some gardening in the money and open appointment. 524 00:42:29,540 --> 00:42:33,600 They struggled to see the things of God and focus on the things 525 00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:38,580 of this world. But here we are being reminded 526 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:42,980 that if Christ is to reign, he had to die. 527 00:42:43,290 --> 00:42:47,400 And this was the lesson for this Christians of this time. 528 00:42:47,470 --> 00:42:50,920 This was the lesson for those disciples who are with Christ, 529 00:42:50,970 --> 00:42:56,170 the followers of Jesus. And these are also lessons for 530 00:42:56,180 --> 00:42:59,780 all of us. And verse 12 Jesus told his 531 00:42:59,790 --> 00:43:07,210 disciples, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself 532 00:43:08,110 --> 00:43:15,050 and take up his cross, and follow me, not for your sake, 533 00:43:15,060 --> 00:43:21,910 but for Christ. Because as Jesus died for sin, 534 00:43:22,130 --> 00:43:28,220 we are to die to sin. And as Jesus denied himself the 535 00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:34,280 honour due to him for others, we are to serve others and become 536 00:43:34,290 --> 00:43:37,740 servants. For the first would be the last 537 00:43:37,750 --> 00:43:40,980 and the last would be the first, and whoever wishes to be the 538 00:43:40,990 --> 00:43:43,520 first should be the servant of all. 539 00:43:44,850 --> 00:43:49,420 And as Jesus took off his cross, we are to take up that shame as 540 00:43:49,430 --> 00:43:53,320 how he did. And when we do so, Christ 541 00:43:53,330 --> 00:43:56,240 rewards us openly to 11 inside the vaccination. 542 00:43:56,250 --> 00:44:01,060 So verse 27 that he will come back and he will repay each 543 00:44:01,070 --> 00:44:04,540 person according to what he has done. 544 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:10,570 And the wonderful thing is this really belonged, that we are 545 00:44:10,580 --> 00:44:13,040 exactly the disciples in this picture. 546 00:44:13,790 --> 00:44:16,580 You have all of those tendencies as well. 547 00:44:17,690 --> 00:44:22,060 Even in this place of worship, we can still have our sinful 548 00:44:22,070 --> 00:44:27,290 tendencies and selfishness. Selfishness, Italy, Buhari 549 00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:32,580 meeting Pala Pala away there and I think my attitude about even 550 00:44:32,590 --> 00:44:39,640 talking about, but at 9% sure we have this self-serving attitude. 551 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,830 We have this tendency to be proud to be selfish. 552 00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:50,020 We have the sinful mindset. That is why, my friends, we need 553 00:44:50,030 --> 00:44:55,920 Christ, someone to teach us our need of salvation, someone to 554 00:44:55,930 --> 00:45:00,200 subdue our sinful hearts, and someone to save us from the 555 00:45:00,210 --> 00:45:05,040 wrath of God. And as Christians, we need Him 556 00:45:05,230 --> 00:45:10,780 to as a prophet to teach us how to live to him and to holy 557 00:45:10,790 --> 00:45:15,380 lives, our King. We must serve in a priest who 558 00:45:15,390 --> 00:45:19,260 will pray for us daily because we are weak. 559 00:45:20,010 --> 00:45:24,680 That's right, your complication. Never forget that Jesus calls us 560 00:45:24,690 --> 00:45:28,400 his church. He said on this rock I will 561 00:45:28,410 --> 00:45:35,020 build my church, but I'm running sound from outside and and we 562 00:45:35,090 --> 00:45:38,390 are his Nina Pattaya Nabubuhay Palace. 563 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:44,970 Now my diet. Like Arlene and Rohingya Parasa, 564 00:45:44,980 --> 00:45:53,870 I've been Nanjan Samahan. I think that the island that I'm 565 00:45:53,880 --> 00:46:00,520 lagging boy Nina and Pakistan and Christians as Christians to 566 00:46:00,530 --> 00:46:03,980 one another. We who are limping along in this 567 00:46:03,990 --> 00:46:07,080 life. We need to teach one another how 568 00:46:07,090 --> 00:46:13,060 wonderfully Christ is. Let's continue with this one 569 00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:16,610 another. How wonderful He is if it's 570 00:46:16,620 --> 00:46:19,550 faithful to one another and show mercy. 571 00:46:20,830 --> 00:46:25,300 Let us bear each other's burdens, my friends, and let us 572 00:46:25,310 --> 00:46:30,020 keep one another close to God, but not in hand. 573 00:46:30,750 --> 00:46:36,840 Me when I did nothing on competing, that guy, nothing at 574 00:46:36,850 --> 00:46:41,620 all. Nothing is of spending in this 575 00:46:41,630 --> 00:46:42,970 election meeting that they have been. 576 00:46:42,980 --> 00:46:48,590 So let us never forget that we are the anointed people of God 577 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:53,390 only in the Lord Jesus Christ. Going to the one. 578 00:46:54,230 --> 00:46:56,980 I mean. I mean because of bothering 579 00:46:56,990 --> 00:47:05,830 hints, you know, I mean just when I'm Donato. 580 00:47:08,050 --> 00:47:15,300 But divided better than them in the family from Manhattan 581 00:47:15,310 --> 00:47:18,680 yesterday, no doubt. Then tablets. 582 00:47:18,690 --> 00:47:26,990 Anyway, Super League naming Neelam Salahaddin this evening. 583 00:47:28,540 --> 00:47:32,840 Things that he did, but only we'll see. 584 00:47:34,250 --> 00:47:43,370 Valley Lahan in India that you are king and you will always be 585 00:47:43,380 --> 00:47:47,170 there for us, but you will be our peace and you will always be 586 00:47:47,180 --> 00:47:51,240 the way for us towards God and you are a prophet. 587 00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:55,700 It would continuously guide us and teach us the marvel. 588 00:47:55,710 --> 00:48:02,590 Come, we are lost without you. We deserve him, if not because 589 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,840 of you. That's why we thank you and we 590 00:48:04,850 --> 00:48:09,290 worship you today and may you be pleased with the worshippers of 591 00:48:09,300 --> 00:48:12,100 your sins. And then you transform our lives 592 00:48:12,110 --> 00:48:16,470 and protect us as we continue our days and we look forward 593 00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,470 again for another week that we will be with you in our people. 594 00:48:19,990 --> 00:48:23,190 And this we pray in Jesus name, Amen.