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Now enjoy this message. 
John chapter one verse 35 it 

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says this. 
And again the next day John was 

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standing with two of his 
disciples, and he looked at 

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Jesus as he walked and said, 
behold the Lamb of God. 

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The two disciples heard him 
speak, and they followed Jesus, 

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And Jesus turned and saw them 
following and said to them, what

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do you seek? 
And they said to him, Rabbi, 

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which translated means teacher, 
where are you staying? 

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And he said to them, come and 
you will see. 

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So they came and saw where he 
was staying, and they stayed 

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with him that day, for it was 
about the 10th hour. 

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One of the. 
Two who heard John speak and 

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followed him was Andrew Simon 
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 

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He found first his own brother 
Simon and said to him, we have 

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found the Messiah, which is 
translated means Christ and he 

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brought him to Jesus. 
And Jesus looked and said, you 

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are Simon the son of John. 
You shall be called Cephas, 

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which is translated Peter 
Hallelujah. 

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Peter first heard about Jesus 
from his brother Andrew. 

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G Peter heard. 
I said, Peter heard. 

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Peter heard from someone else, a
family member who came to 

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announce to him that I found the
Messiah. 

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The Christ is here. 
The Christ is here. 

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Now in context you must 
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nation of Israel and and and 
then the New Testament, the four

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gospels, they are spoken of as 
the Jews. 

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So he is of Jewish descent and 
so he knows the writings of the 

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the law and the writings of the 
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He understands the history and 
lineage of his nation, and he 

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knows as well as everyone else 
that they are waiting for this 

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Messiah to come, this Messiah 
that was prophesied about in 

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Isaiah Chapter 9, verse six. 
It said a child will be born, a 

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son will be given, and the 
government shall rest on his 

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shoulders and there'll be no end
to the increase of his 

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government or peace that he 
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David. 
So they're expecting this 

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Messiah to come, this Christ, 
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who will come and set up his 
Kingdom that will have no end. 

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And Andrew comes home to his 
brother and says, I found him 

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every generation before us have 
been looking for him, but he's 

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here. 
The one that has been prophesied

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about is in town. 
I've met him. 

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I saw him. 
Can you imagine the excitement, 

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the elation, the thoughts and 
the emotions that must have been

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going through Peter's mind when 
Andrew is saying we have found 

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him? 
It had to be mixed emotions 

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because number one, it's like 
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And my brother, he could be 
kidding with me, you know, he 

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always, you know, pick do 
different things, you know, 

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brotherly things, right in one 
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the whole nation is looking for 
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He's like, my gosh, man, is this
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Could this be true? 
And so Andrew obviously in the 

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conversation did a little more 
than just say I found him, he 

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compelled him, says come on, 
I'll take you to him. 

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And so he came to Jesus, and 
Peter came to Jesus after he 

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heard. 
That he was the Christ. 

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That the Messiah was here, and 
when Jesus saw him, he said, 

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you're Simon, but I'm going to 
call you Peter. 

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And at that juncture, because 
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record everything in the same 
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And so a lot of times, if we 
don't watch out because we read 

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Matthew first, the encounter 
with Jesus and Matthew looks a 

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little different and we think 
this is his first encounter. 

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However, the the John account 
lets us know that Peter met 

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Jesus before Jesus found him, 
came to him. 

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So first Peter heard, then Peter
came and then Jesus spoke about 

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his destiny. 
But Peter went home and Peter 

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went back to work and Peter did 
the business of his father then 

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in Matthew chapter 4 starting in
verse 8 and said now as Jesus 

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was walking by the sea of 
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So obviously this is not the 
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This could not have been an 
after account. 

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It was obviously a former 
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There was a conversation, 
there's this passing off of John

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the Baptist to Jesus and Andrew,
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Jesus and then from there went 
to his brother, said We found 

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the guy. 
He met the guy. 

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But their lives continue to do 
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They're aware he's there, but 
their actions have not changed. 

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They've heard and they've seen. 
They've heard his voice, yet 

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they're still doing the same 
thing. 

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But one day Jesus in Matthew 
chapter 4 comes by the Sea of 

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Galilee, saw two brother Simon, 
who was called Peter, 'cause he 

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gave him a different name. 
Because you understand Andrew as

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the brothers like you. 
May Simon no more. 

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You heard the Christ tell you, 
you're Peter. 

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I'm going to call you Peter. 
From now on I'll only call you 

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Peter, Right. 
So the names picked up and so it

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says. 
And Andrew his brother, casting 

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Nets into the sea for they were 
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And he said to them, follow me 
and I'll make you fishers of 

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men. 
And look what it says in verse 

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20 immediately. 
They left their Nets and 

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followed him. 
Here Peter became a follower of 

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Jesus. 
Many in the church world today 

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are much like Peter right now. 
They have heard about Jesus. 

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They've even come to him. 
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Most come through the church 
because Jesus Christ is the head

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of the church. 
So when you come to church, you 

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can encounter Jesus if it is the
church He's building. 

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If it is the church He's 
building, then you will 

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encounter Jesus because the 
church and the scripture is 

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Jesus. 
For in the beginning was the 

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Word, and the Word was with God 
and the Word was God. 

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John 11 and John 114 says the 
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So when you hear the Word, the 
scriptures, you are hearing from

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Jesus, and when you come to 
church, the one he's building, 

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you'll be in the presence of 
Jesus because he's the head of 

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the church which is his body. 
So many have heard of Jesus from

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someone and even have been 
invited by that someone to come 

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see him, just like some today 
are here because somebody told 

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you about Jesus and said why 
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come see? 
And maybe before this thing's 

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over you'll be a follower. 
I said you'll be a follower. 

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Are you hearing me? 
So Peter became a follower. 

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But it's not good enough to just
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Peter's herd of Jesus. 
Peter came to Jesus, had an 

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encounter with Jesus, but went 
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But then when God called him, I 
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said, I'll leave everything and 
I'm going to follow you. 

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And now here's the follower of 
Christ, the one who is going 

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with him from town to town. 
Not only is he going from town 

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to town, but he's seeing the 
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I mean, he's seeing miracles, 
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He's seeing the dead raised, the
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He's seeing the blind eyes open.
I mean, he's seeing miraculous 

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things happen constantly. 
And there comes this time in the

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ministry of Jesus, for he's 
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the time. 
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is like this and the Kingdom of 
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And He's ministering along these
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Then he would tell parables to 
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to his disciples and say to 
them, I'm holding back this 

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mystery, or I'm I'm, I'm not 
giving them the answer to the 

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mystery, but to you, I'm going 
to give you insight. 

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I'm going to give you 
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I'm going to give you hidden 
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don't reveal, but to you I 
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And so he had an in depth 
insight to things concerning 

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God's Kingdom, his reign and his
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And then we get to Matthew 16 
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and 19. 
Says when Jesus came to the 

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district of Caesarea Philippi. 
He was asking his disciples, who

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do people say that I that the 
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And they said to him, some say 
John the Baptist, others Elijah,

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but still others Jeremiah, are 
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So he goes on to verse 15 and he
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who do you say that I am at this
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He wants to know your belief in 
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Is it based upon what you've 
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And many people have a belief of
Jesus only based upon what 

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someone else has said to some 
Jesus. 

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People have said to you that 
Jesus is the savior of the 

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world, and he is, But that's all
they've ever told you about 

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Jesus. 
So your only thought process is 

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about Jesus, is that Jesus died 
on the cross for your sins, that

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he will ultimately save you, 
that if you ask him to come into

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your heart when you die, you get
to go to heaven. 

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And that's all you know about 
Jesus. 

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Is that the Jesus You know 
because of what others have 

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said? 
But maybe you're one of those 

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that say, well, you know, I've 
heard about Jesus this way, Then

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He is the one who saved us from 
our sin and is the lamb that was

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slain before the foundation of 
the world and paid the prize for

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our wrongdoing. 
And if you call on your His 

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name, you would be saved. 
But he also undo you with power 

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from on high and the Holy Ghost 
that lives in you to bear 

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witness with you. 
You're a child of God. 

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He'll also come upon you, and 
He'll give you power and and and

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and and outward evidence that 
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you'll speak in the language of 
the Kingdom the Bible calls an 

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unknown tongue. 
And you're functioning in. 

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Is that the Jesus that you've 
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Maybe you've heard that Jesus is
the healer, and that's the Jesus

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you've heard. 
But he crosses over and says, 

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well, who do you say that I am? 
Because your revelation of who 

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he is will determine what he is 
in your life. 

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I said your revelation of who he
is will determine who he is in 

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your life, he said, But who do 
you say that I am? 

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In verse 16 it says Simon Peter 
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Are you hearing me? 
Simon Peter answered. 

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You are the Christ, the Son of 
the living God. 

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Hallelujah. 
Look what Jesus says in verse 

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17. 
He says and Jesus said to him. 

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Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, 
because flesh and blood did not 

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reveal this to you, but my 
Father who is in heaven, I also 

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say to you that you are Peter, 
and upon this rock I will build 

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my church. 
Now just to correct the 

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tradition and wrong theology, It
is not upon Peter that the 

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church is built. 
Peter is Little Rock. 

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He says it's upon this rock. 
Jesus is the chief cornerstone. 

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He said It's upon this 
revelation that I am the Christ,

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Peter that I'll build my church.
Because he said who do you say 

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that I am? 
Peter says you are the Christ. 

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Upon that revelation that I'm 
the king, I'll build my church. 

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Not upon the revelation I'm the 
Savior, but upon the revelation 

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I'm the King. 
And the king did save us. 

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Glory to God. 
Our king is a conquering king. 

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Our king went down into the 
grave. 

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Our king was the seed of all 
kings that would come after him,

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because unless a grain of wheat 
falls in the ground and dies, it

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remains alone. 
But because he was the king, 

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God, and he sowed himself, he 
put himself back in the ground. 

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It allowed him to harvest. 
When we come in Christ, we all 

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become kings because he's the 
king of the Lord. 

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Of Who are those kings? 
You are, And you're those kings 

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now. 
You rule and reign today. 

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But we're not like kings of the 
earth that are selfish and 

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looking for power. 
We're like our king who lays 

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down his life for others and 
only does the will of the 

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Father. 
But we do reign. 

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I said we do reign and we reign 
now and we don't have to wait 

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till we go to heaven to get 
heaven's resources to show up in

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our lives, he said. 
Now when you pray, pray this 

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way. 
Our Father, so many people pray 

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this prayer, but don't get the 
results of the prayer. 

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When you pray, pray this way. 
Our Father who art in heaven, 

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hallowed be your name. 
Your Kingdom come, Your will be 

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done on earth as it is. 
Is anyone sick in heaven? 

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Is anyone broke in heaven? 
Is anyone depressed in heaven? 

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So there's no reason for you to 
have it down here, because His 

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Kingdom can come now. 
Physically it will manifest, but

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we can receive from it today. 
When you know who you are, when 

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you have the revelation that 
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king. 
He's done more than just saved 

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me. 
He has set me up forever. 

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He has put me on his seat. 
He has caused me to reign in 

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him. 
He has paid the ultimate price 

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so I could walk in his life. 
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Christ. 
And Jesus says upon this rock, 

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this revelation, I will build my
church, and the gates of hell 

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will not prevail against it, he 
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of the Kingdom of heaven, and 
whatever you bond on earth shall

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have been bound in heaven, and 
whatever you loose on earth 

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shall have been loosed in 
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He's given us keys because our 
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us the Kingdom. 
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Kingdom. 
We can enter the Kingdom. 

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We can see the Kingdom the 
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Hallelujah. 
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the king and we get to reign 
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one to come. 
Hallelujah, are you reigning? 

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Peter has this revelation. 
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Jesus is the Christ. 
So Peter has heard. 

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Peter came to Jesus. 
Jesus spoke to him and it 

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didn't. 
It didn't change his life. 

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It didn't make him have a course
correction, although he had 

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heard about him and even heard 
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But when Jesus said follow me, 
when Jesus spoke to him and said

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Leave what you do when you come 
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began to follow, 'cause he 
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And how do you deny the king 
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you to come, you come. 
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Then he has the revelation, not 
because he heard what someone 

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else was saying, but because 
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revealed to you who I am. 
You have spiritually discerned, 

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You have revelation, knowledge. 
I'm the Christ you know, and I 

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know that he knows that you know
who I am. 

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So a person can hear about 
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him speak, can ultimately follow
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that he's the king. 
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what he says because his word 
never fails. 

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I said never fails. 
I said never fails. 

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Yet Peter, who's heard, who's 
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has revelation, knowledge, and 
now that Jesus is my Father's, 

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let you know who I am. 
You have insight and information

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and revelation that no one else 
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Of. 
For I've told you. 

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The Kingdom of heaven is like 
and then I explained the parable

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and I explained it here and I 
explained it there and then 

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Jesus went on. 
If you continue in the same 

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chapter, it says from that time 
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Heard. 
They came, they followed, and 

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they had revelation. 
He began to show his disciples 

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that I must go to Jerusalem and 
suffer many things from the 

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elders and chief priests and 
scribes, and be killed and be 

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raised up on the third day. 
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spoke to them plainly about 
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In essence, he's revealing to 
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And he has said before this 
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him and they're like, how do you
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He said, Look, only whatever I'm
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the father's told me. 
I only do what the father says. 

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I only submit to the will of the
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I only do what he says. 
Everything you're saying if 

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you've seen me, you've seen the 
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Because I only do what the 
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I'm submitted to him because 
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function, because this was God's
design, Because when God first 

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created man in his image 
according to his likeness, he 

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gave them dominion. 
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submitted to the Father who 
ruled in heaven, and they ruled 

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on the earth. 
And I'm demonstrating to you 

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what you lost in the garden. 
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lost, I'm walking in now. 
I am the last Adam, and I'm the 

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seed. 
I came from heaven, not of the 

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earth. 
And I'm going to give you back 

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what the first Adam lost. 
And it was the dominion for you 

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to rule on the earth, for you to
hear the voice of your king, for

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you to follow the voice of your 
Father and and act out whatever 

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do whatever the Father says And 
whatever the Father says it had 

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come to pass. 
And then he said, now let me 

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tell you what the Father has 
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I got to go to Jerusalem. 
I'm going to suffer many things 

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by the elders and the chief 
priests, the scribes and they go

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kill me. 
But I'll be raised up on the 

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third day. 
Verse 22. 

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Peter. 
Peter Come on, say Peter. 

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Peter. 
Peter who has heard. 

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Peter who came to Jesus and 
heard his voice. 

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Peter who Jesus called and told 
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follower. 
Peter who has revelation, he's 

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the cry when he heard the plan 
of the father. 

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Peter took Jesus aside and said 
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May it never be, God forbid it. 
Lord, this shall never happen to

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you. 
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Get behind me Satan. 
You are stumbling block to me, 

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for you are not setting your 
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man's. 
Here's a person who's heard a 

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person who came, a person who's 
following a person who has the 

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revelation that Jesus is the 
Christ. 

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He They've made the Him Lord. 
They're following him. 

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They know that He knows, and the
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Jesus. 
Is. 

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And yet they will willfully say,
I got another plan. 

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And there are plenty of Peters 
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own plans. 
They have their own plans. 

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They're all in essence, they're 
going to tell Peter told Jesus 

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we're not going to do it that 
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We'll do it a different way. 
Did Peter have some kind of 

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revelational insight that Jesus 
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That Jesus later on in the 
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something. 
Let me ask the father Father's 

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there's any other way for this 
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But if not, let no, Peter didn't
have other revelation because he

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knew where Peter was talking 
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voice. 
Get behind me. 

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Which tells me one who's heard, 
one who's come to Jesus, one 

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who's a follower who has 
revelation can still have a boy 

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a ear to the enemy when 
self-interest is within them. 

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Because for some, you know why 
it's easy. 

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They only show up on Easter 
Sunday. 

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You know it's easy because you 
are following who someone's told

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you Jesus was, and you don't 
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That all you got to do is ask 
Jesus to come into your heart 

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and save you. 
So when you die, you'll go to 

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heaven and there's really 
there's nothing you can do to 

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earn it. 
So there's nothing that can 

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happen to end it. 
That's all you have to do. 

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Now for those that aren't in 
this this situation, y'all 

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should shout Amen to help the 
other ones that are struggling 

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right now. 
Don't get quiet with them. 

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Don't get quiet with them. 
Just go ahead and say Amen. 

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Amen. 
My pastor's being pretty bold. 

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We'll go ahead, be bold with me.
OK? 

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All right. 
Call we followers. 

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We have revelation. 
We submit our will to His will 

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because I don't want to be 
Peter. 

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I don't want to be called of God
and they question everything 

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he's doing. 
I mean, I don't want to have 

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heard him come to him, be a 
follower of him, giving away 

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change my whole life just to go 
in a direction he's going and 

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then have the revelation that he
knows that I know that I know 

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who he is. 
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and everyone in the room, God 
has a planned purpose, a 

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direction for your life, 
something that the father needs 

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you to do and is going to say, 
now listen, we going to go here 

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and you're going to hear that 
it's going to be uncomfortable. 

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It's going to be a little bit of
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It's going to be a situation. 
It's going to, there's going to 

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be some issues. 
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He said, Now, look, in this life
you're going to have what trials

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and tribulation. 
But be of what good cheer for 

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I've overcome the world and God 
to tell you a plan like this. 

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Well, you know what? 
Just forgive them. 

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God forbid it that I ever 
forgive them for what they just 

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did. 
We're telling God this. 

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God forbid I have to go to 
church every time it opens. 

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God forbid that I would have to 
serve the local body church. 

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God forbid That I forgive my 
spouse. 

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God forbid that I let this God 
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put that much time into him, God
forbid. 

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That I should have to study to 
make myself approved unto God, 

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God forbid. 
Because a person who's heard a 

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person who's come, a person 
who's followed a person who has 

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revelation, and Jesus knows that
you know that you know who he is

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and that he's Lord. 
And then he says I'm going to 

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speak to you plainly, this is 
what I need you to do. 

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And you say, God forbid, Peter 
had his own ideas of how to 

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accomplish the will of God, and 
many believers have that still. 

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Because the reality. 
Is most believers really don't 

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want to follow Jesus, They just 
don't want to go to hell, just 

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say Amen anyway. 
I know we're talking about 

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people, you know, not yourself. 
I get it. 

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It's all the people on YouTube 
right now because they're 

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watching on YouTube because they
didn't go to church. 

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God forbid I submit to a pastor.
God forbid I submit to the 

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fivefold ministry. 
God forbid. 

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I let someone hold me 
accountable. 

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Because what revelation of Jesus
are you serving? 

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That's why Jesus asked the 
disciples. 

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Who do you say that I am? 
Because your life's going to be 

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predicated on who you think I 
am. 

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But Jesus said who he was. 
Well, I'm not John. 

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Although I was among him in him,
I gave him his assignment. 

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I'm not Elijah. 
Although I would gave him his 

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assignment, I'm not Jeremiah, 
although I gave him his 

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assignment. 
I'm not the prophets. 

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That did it right. 
Even though I gave them the 

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their assignment. 
I am the Christ. 

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I am the one they prophesied 
about. 

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I am the one they were looking 
for. 

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I am Him. 
I am. 

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And you know I am. 
And since you know I am, here's 

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the plan. 
But as long as we hold our idea 

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on how we're going to fulfill 
God's will, because everyone in 

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the room is not going to be 
called a fivefold minister, you 

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have to be concerned about that.
It's not the issue. 

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The issue is just do you lay 
yourself down daily? 

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Do you passively pursue him and 
his purpose and so he can use 

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you in the realm or the sphere 
of influence that you are? 

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How are you making decisions 
when things happen in your life?

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Are you hearing his will on how 
to handle it? 

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Or are you saying God forbid I 
say that God forbid I do that 

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because he had a self-interest 
of how he would accomplish? 

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The will of God on the night in 
which Jesus was betrayed, he 

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told one disciple, go ahead and 
go and do what you're going to 

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do and do it quickly. 
And he left. 

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And then the rest he said, are 
we going to take communion? 

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And he served them the bread, 
said it's in my body. 

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Then he gave him the the drink 
and said this is the my blood 

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and my cup of my covenant. 
And then he says to them, he 

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said. 
Now listen. 

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All y'all going to desert. 
Me because the scripture says 

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they'll strike the sheep, the 
the shepherd and the sheep are 

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going to scatter. 
And Peter was the first to 

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answer. 
Ain't going to happen. 

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Ain't going to happen. 
It's never going to happen. 

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Not going to do it. 
I am not going to do it. 

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I will be loyal. 
I am there by your side. 

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I am there. 
I'm ready to die. 

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I am ready to die. 
The rest of these, I mean. 

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He pointed out his brothers, the
other ten that were in the room.

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The rest of these, They may 
leave you, but not me. 

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I'll be right there. 
I'll die with you before I deny 

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you. 
Then Jesus says these words in 

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Luke chapter 22, verse 31. 
Simon. 

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00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,080
Simon. 
Behold. 

453
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:24,600
Why'd he call him Simon? 
Oh y'all. 

454
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:34,040
Don't want to hear this? 
Why has God got to speak to your

455
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:39,080
old self? 
Because every time you want to 

456
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:43,360
do something your way instead of
his way, he'll have to start 

457
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,680
talking to your old self. 
The one that's supposed to be 

458
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,360
dead, the one that's not 
supposed to be alive, the one 

459
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,120
that's supposed to be crucified 
with Christ, he said. 

460
00:29:53,120 --> 00:30:00,520
Simon, Simon Behold, Satan has 
demanded permission to sift you 

461
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:11,160
like wheat because of this issue
with you in you that you want to

462
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,800
work out the plan. 
You want to tell God how you 

463
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,320
going to live for him. 
You want to tell God, How you 

464
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,320
going to do it? 
How you going to serve, How you 

465
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,080
going to worship, How you going 
to interact with the body. 

466
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,320
How you going to interact with 
the world, How you going to 

467
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,880
interact, How you going to do 
stuff. 

468
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,200
You're going to make demands on 
him. 

469
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,480
You're going to tell him I'll 
work this, I'll do this. 

470
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,280
This is all I'll do. 
Anything else? 

471
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,440
Too much. 
I gave you. 

472
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,440
I gave you my heart. 
Get out of my mind. 

473
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,440
I gave you my sin. 
I'll keep my relationships. 

474
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:59,720
Hallelujah, he says some and 
some, and behold, Satan has 

475
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,800
demanded permission. 
This is a guy who has heard, who

476
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:08,720
has come to Jesus, who is a 
follower, who has revelation. 

477
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:16,320
He's the Christ who knows the 
will of God and yet is saying 

478
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:24,080
you can't, God forbid, because 
you're there. 

479
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,400
Satan has demanded to sift you 
like wheat. 

480
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:33,240
But what's Jesus say? 
But I have prayed for you that 

481
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:38,880
your faith may not fail. 
That's very interesting phrase 

482
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,960
may not fail, which tells us it 
could. 

483
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:50,400
And there are some Peters that 
unless you respond today, your 

484
00:31:50,400 --> 00:32:01,160
faith will probably fail because
you're more convinced in prayer 

485
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,320
to try to convince God to do it 
your way. 

486
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,040
Then have an ear to hear his 
way, because you don't want to 

487
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,960
hear his way. 
You want him to bless your way. 

488
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,320
And so you keep coming and 
telling him that you want it 

489
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,480
this way and you want it this 
way and you want it this way. 

490
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,880
And some of you have avoided 
prayer because you've heard him 

491
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,680
say stuff that you don't want to
hear, so you just kind of avoid 

492
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,400
it all together. 
But you'll still come to church.

493
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:31,320
You'll still hear about Jesus, 
and you have revelation. 

494
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:40,200
He is the Christ, and he's 
praying for you right now that 

495
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:44,520
your faith may not fail. 
And when you win once, you have 

496
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,560
what? 
Which means he's turned. 

497
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,280
Peter is a person who's heard 
about Jesus, who's come to 

498
00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:00,720
Jesus, who was a follower of 
Jesus, who has revelation. 

499
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:10,800
He's the Christ, and in this 
moment he's turned, he said. 

500
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,160
I'm praying that once you turn 
again, strengthen your brothers.

501
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:19,920
But what does Peter say? 
But he said to him. 

502
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:28,240
In his religious response, 
'cause it sure wasn't his heart,

503
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:36,520
Lord, with you I am ready to go 
both to prison and to death. 

504
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:42,240
And he said to Peter, the 
rooster will not crow today 

505
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,760
until you have denied three 
times that you know me. 

506
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:55,480
When the rooster crows, you will
have denied me three times. 

507
00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,840
The one who heard about Jesus, 
the one who came to Jesus and 

508
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,600
heard his voice, the one who 
answered the voice of Jesus to 

509
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,080
come follow. 
The one who has revelation. 

510
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:11,960
He's the Christ in his most 
vulnerable hour. 

511
00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:15,880
Even in the moment that he knows
him, sitting at the table, given

512
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,040
the elements to him, talking 
about this new covenant that's 

513
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,199
about to be enacted, he looks at
him and says yourself, Interest 

514
00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:26,400
is so bad that Satan has 
demanded to sift you and it 

515
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,600
can't stop it from happening 
because yourself will to do my 

516
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,639
will is is at odds with each 
other. 

517
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:40,480
It's it's at such odds. 
Yet I'm praying for you and it's

518
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:46,239
at such odds that you're ready 
to deny me and you'll do a three

519
00:34:46,239 --> 00:35:00,600
times 'cause when the rooster 
crows, You gonna know then? 

520
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:06,360
Jesus says to them in Luke 22, 
starting in verse 35, 'cause 

521
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:10,960
he's some troubles coming and he
knows it. 

522
00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:14,600
And he says to them now, when 
you when I sent you out without 

523
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,200
money belts and bags and 
sandals, did you lack anything? 

524
00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:19,360
They said, did you not lack 
anything? 

525
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:20,760
Did you? 
And they said no, nothing, he 

526
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,000
said. 
And then he said to them, But 

527
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,600
now say now. 
Whoever has a money belt is to 

528
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:33,800
take it along, likewise also a 
bag, and whoever has no sword is

529
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,760
to sell his coat. 
And buy one. 

530
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:44,200
For I tell you that this which 
is written must be fulfilled in 

531
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:49,040
Me, and he was numbered with the
transgression, for that which 

532
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,240
refers to me has its 
fulfillment. 

533
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,880
They said, Lord, look, here are 
two swords. 

534
00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:00,560
And he said, it is enough. 
Jesus told him to get the 

535
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:05,640
swords. 
But the swords were not for 

536
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,720
Jesus. 
It was for them. 

537
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,840
It was for their own 
self-defense because of what's 

538
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,640
about to take place, because of 
the scattering. 

539
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:28,320
But Peter, Oh, but Peter. 
So he states they've got the 

540
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,320
source. 
He takes his disciples to the 

541
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,120
guard, he said. 
Now Peter, John, James, y'all 

542
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:33,760
come with me. 
Y'all, pray. 

543
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:41,040
Pray. 
He goes off and begins to pray. 

544
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,880
Father, if there's any other way
for this cup to pass, let it 

545
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,760
pass. 
But if not, not my will. 

546
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,000
But your will be done. 
He comes back and what's 

547
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,000
happening? 
People who want to do God's will

548
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:02,280
their way sleep. 
People who want to do God's will

549
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,800
their way sleeps. 
He kicks them, so to speak, and 

550
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,640
says, what are you doing? 
Get up. 

551
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,960
How come you're not praying? 
Staying attentive, I mean, you 

552
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,360
have no idea what's going down. 
No wonder you're going to be 

553
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:19,440
scattered, he said. 
For the spirit is willing, but 

554
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,600
the flesh is weak. 
Don't yield to the flesh. 

555
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,520
One moment. 
And when they had an opportunity

556
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:32,200
to perform differently because 
they did not recognize the will 

557
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:38,760
of the Father, they slept. 
We start our prayer and fasting 

558
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,840
tomorrow. 
Tomorrow, 6:00 PM right here for

559
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,680
the next seven days before our 
celebration of 20 years. 

560
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:51,160
Monday through Sunday, we're 
going to be in Fasting Fast Ends

561
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:56,040
After Service on Sunday, the 
Spirit's willing. 

562
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,120
Let's see how strong your flesh 
is because I'll see if I see you

563
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,320
here on Sunday tomorrow at 6:00 
PM. 

564
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:09,480
While he was speaking Judas, one
of the 12 came. 

565
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:13,760
This is after the garden because
a mob shown up a large crowd 

566
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,360
with swords and clubs came from 
the chief priests and elders of 

567
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,960
the people. 
Now he who was betraying him 

568
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:23,800
gave them a sign saying whomever
I kiss he is, the one sees him 

569
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,320
immediately. 
Jesus went Judas, went to Jesus,

570
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:35,720
said hell rabbi and kissed him. 
Man, what a religious word hell 

571
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:39,760
teacher. 
He's not Lord in Judas's life 

572
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:45,320
anymore. 
And Jesus said friend. 

573
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,960
Do what you have come for. 
And they came and laid hands on 

574
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,200
Jesus, and sees him. 
Behold one of those say, one of 

575
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:57,080
those say it was you, not me. 
All right. 

576
00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:01,840
One of those who were with Jesus
reached out, drew his sword, and

577
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,400
struck the the slave of the high
priest and cut off his ear. 

578
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,160
When Jesus said, Jesus said to 
him, put your sword back in its 

579
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:15,080
place. 
Now who was this? 

580
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:22,320
Who was this? 
The one who heard about Jesus. 

581
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:25,320
The one who came to Jesus and 
heard Jesus's voice? 

582
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,640
The one who heard the voice of 
Jesus to follow him. 

583
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,640
The one who had revelation. 
He's the Christ. 

584
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:34,560
The one that the revelator said.
This is how it's going to go 

585
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:39,560
down, and I'm doing it to 
fulfill scripture. 

586
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:49,520
Yet Peter still. 
Wants to take God's will into 

587
00:39:49,520 --> 00:40:00,490
his own hands. 
Peter was constantly overwhelmed

588
00:40:00,490 --> 00:40:07,450
by the emotions led by those he 
could not control them. 

589
00:40:07,770 --> 00:40:12,330
Became the decision making 
factor of his life during Jesus 

590
00:40:12,330 --> 00:40:15,690
time on the planet prior to his 
death, burial and resurrection. 

591
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:23,240
Peter was making decisions based
upon emotions, based upon things

592
00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:26,960
that were uncomfortable for him.
He didn't want it to be uncom. 

593
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,000
He didn't want to lose Jesus. 
He didn't want to be without 

594
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,760
him. 
These were selfish decisions. 

595
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,280
He was only trying to help 
himself. 

596
00:40:43,130 --> 00:40:45,250
So he's going to show the king I
got you. 

597
00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:48,450
I told you I'm ready to die for 
you. 

598
00:40:49,850 --> 00:40:53,210
But Jesus says this concerning 
his thinking. 

599
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,320
He says to him, put your sword 
back in its place. 

600
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:02,440
For all those who what take up 
the sword shall What if you keep

601
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,040
trying to do the will of the 
Father your way? 

602
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:12,640
You gonna die that way? 
But he goes on. 

603
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,360
He says, Do you not? 
Do you think that I cannot 

604
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:20,480
appeal to my Father and he will 
at once put at my disposal? 

605
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:27,800
More than 12 legions of angels. 
What, what? 

606
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:36,880
What now? 
This is a very perplexing 

607
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:42,600
question or statement he makes 
in the form of a question he 

608
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,000
just came out of the guard and 
praying. 

609
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,480
If there's any other way, let 
this cup pass. 

610
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,520
But if not now, he's telling 
Peter in this moment, do you 

611
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,920
not? 
Do you think that I cannot 

612
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,480
appeal to my father? 
And he will? 

613
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:06,160
What at once put where at my 
disposal more than a Legion 12 

614
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:12,680
Legion of Angels? 
Is there somewhere in Jesus that

615
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:16,200
he could have convinced his 
father let humanity go? 

616
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,200
I'm not saying he could, but 
there's something about this 

617
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:31,760
statement that's pretty 
perplexing. 

618
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:39,880
Yet he sold to the will, he 
says. 

619
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:45,240
How then will the scripture be 
fulfilled which says it must 

620
00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:57,120
happen this way? 
And if we remain Peters, who 

621
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:04,480
heard about Jesus, who came to 
him, and heard him, who heard 

622
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:10,760
him call and say follow, who has
revelation, He's the Christ. 

623
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:19,440
Why do we think we can go 
against his will for our lives? 

624
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:29,320
And he's OK with it? 
Because if the Jesus you're 

625
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,560
serving is the one who died on 
the cross and rose from the 

626
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,920
grave so that when you die you 
go to heaven so that you can 

627
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,280
live any way you want to on the 
planet because he really doesn't

628
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:45,080
care, Well, that's not the Jesus
of the Bible. 

629
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:49,680
That's what Paul said is a 
different Jesus. 

630
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:58,760
That's not my king. 
My king says I will fulfill the 

631
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,480
word and be fully submitted to 
it. 

632
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:02,680
And you know what? 
Word. 

633
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:06,600
He was fulfilling every 
scripture that was written about

634
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:13,680
him. 
So if Jesus had to yield to 

635
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,680
everything God said about him, 
why do you not have to? 

636
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:25,200
And the minute we want to, God 
forbid, the will of God, then 

637
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,960
the king who's seated at the 
right hand of the Father is 

638
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:29,800
saying, get thee behind me, 
Satan. 

639
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,760
In essence, he's trying to get 
you to recognize, quit taking 

640
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,720
that thought. 
That thought brings death. 

641
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:40,200
That thought will kill you. 
That thought is not my best. 

642
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,160
That thought is not where I want
you to go. 

643
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,040
That thought, I'm praying that 
you will get rid of that 

644
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,480
thought, get back in the will, 
he said. 

645
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,640
I'm praying for your faith. 
Faith comes by hearing and 

646
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,920
hearing from the word of God. 
I'm praying, Peter, that you 

647
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,960
will yield to my word and 
believe it. 

648
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:02,560
So in your life, it's when I'm 
praying and when you decide I 

649
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,200
will do your word no matter 
what, then go strengthen your 

650
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:13,960
brothers. 
Because as I am, so are we in 

651
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:21,520
the earth. 
Matthew 26 starting in verse 57.

652
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:27,800
Y'all doing all right. 
And those who had seized Jesus 

653
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,480
led him away to the high priest,
where the scribes and the elders

654
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,880
were gathered together. 
But Peter say Peter was 

655
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:38,480
following him at a distance as 
far as the courtyard of the high

656
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,080
priest and entered in and sat 
down with the officers to see 

657
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,560
the outcome. 
Now the chief priests and the 

658
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,960
whole council kept trying to 
obtain fault false testimony 

659
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,200
against Jesus so that they might
what? 

660
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:55,520
Put him to death? 
Boy, the religion wants to kill 

661
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:59,560
the king. 
Religion wants to kill the king.

662
00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:02,440
Religion wants you to think he's
only a savior. 

663
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:06,520
Religion only wants you to think
that all he can do for you is 

664
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:09,520
save you from hell. 
Religion wants you to think that

665
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,840
you're a sorry center. 
You're no good. 

666
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,760
And even once you're born again 
under grace, you're still a 

667
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:18,280
sorry center and can't do 
nothing and never do nothing and

668
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,040
always be pursued by the enemy. 
And you'll really never amount 

669
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:23,440
and just be glad that you 
getting in, because that's 

670
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:27,720
that's all he's done. 
Religion wants to kill the king.

671
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:35,320
Religion always wants to sell 
you short of your identity of 

672
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,520
who you are in Christ, of your 
sonship, of who you are. 

673
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,280
Religion always wants to kill 
the king. 

674
00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:48,960
Now the chief priests, they were
trying to put him to death, 

675
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:53,160
verse 60, and they did not find 
any even though many false 

676
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,320
witnesses came forth. 
But later on two came forward 

677
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:59,320
and said This man stated, I am 
able to destroy the temple of 

678
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,640
God and to rebuild it in three 
days. 

679
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:05,560
The high priest stood up and 
said to him, Do you not answer 

680
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,200
what is this that these men are 
testifying against you? 

681
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:14,600
But Jesus kept silent, and the 
high Priest said to him, I 

682
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:18,120
assure you. 
By the living God that you tell 

683
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:21,600
us whether you are the Christ, 
the Son of God. 

684
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:29,080
And Jesus said to him, you've 
said it yourself. 

685
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:36,240
None the less I tell you, After 
you will see the Son of Man 

686
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:40,040
sitting at the right hand of 
power, and coming on the clouds 

687
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:44,720
of heaven. 
Hallelujah. 

688
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:46,400
You'll see. 
You know what that tells me? 

689
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:49,720
You know what that tells me? 
That tells me that all those 

690
00:47:49,720 --> 00:47:55,560
when Jesus left the planet, they
saw him go. 

691
00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:00,240
Up. 
They saw the first ascension of 

692
00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:02,760
Jesus. 
They saw it when the disciples 

693
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:04,760
were watching him in Acts 
chapter one when he left. 

694
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:06,240
Guess who else saw him? 
Don't. 

695
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,800
Know. 
Then the high priest Torres 

696
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:16,040
Robus said he is blasphemy. 
What furthermore further need do

697
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,080
we have of witnesses? 
Behold, you have heard the 

698
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:20,440
blasphemy. 
What do you think? 

699
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,040
And they answered, he deserves 
death. 

700
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,600
Then they spat in his face, 
beating with his fists, and 

701
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:29,920
others slapped him and said 
prophesied to us. 

702
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:34,320
You cries you king, Who is the 
one who hit you? 

703
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,640
And guess who's watching the 
whole thing? 

704
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:44,960
Watching them rail accusations 
at him, talk bad about him 

705
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:50,640
running down character 
assassination, talk gossip, lie,

706
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,040
cheat about the whole guy. 
Then when he testifies of 

707
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:58,040
himself a good report of exactly
who the father said he is for 

708
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:00,520
this and my beloved son, in whom
I'm well pleased. 

709
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:05,000
Then they begin to beat him in 
the face, spit on him, slap at 

710
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:10,720
him, and all the while Peter. 
Who heard about Jesus? 

711
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:13,480
Who came to him and heard his 
voice? 

712
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,680
Who heard his voice call him to 
follow? 

713
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,360
Who had revelation? 
He's the Christ. 

714
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:24,760
Boy. 
There's many people in sitting 

715
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:28,880
in churches all over the place 
saying, oh, I love my Jesus. 

716
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,440
Yeah, you love him so much you 
can't hardly come to church. 

717
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,080
Love him so much you can't 
hardly read the Bible. 

718
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:36,400
Love him so much you can't come 
to corporate prayer. 

719
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,840
'Cause those sacrifices are way 
too much. 

720
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:48,720
In fact, Jesus should just be 
thankful that you asked him to 

721
00:49:48,720 --> 00:50:01,040
be their Lord. 
My God. 

722
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,320
Man, what? 
Mamby, Pamby. 

723
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,200
Christianity. 
There is out there, right? 

724
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:11,520
Not with my king. 
Watching the whole thing, Peter 

725
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:15,400
watching the whole thing. 
Oh, it's easy to say You'll do a

726
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:17,760
lot for Jesus. 
I mean, we can't even do it in 

727
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:23,920
air conditioned environment. 
Can't even do an air conditioned

728
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:28,160
environment. 
I mean, there's already one who 

729
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:31,640
has the ability to dictate your 
life called your work. 

730
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,760
Yet if you are the one who 
reigns, why is your employment 

731
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,160
dictating when you get to come 
to church? 

732
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:46,480
And if you're self-employed, how
is it that you can't rain enough

733
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,440
to know Wednesday nights, my 
night to go to service and I 

734
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,880
refuse to let myself go any 
further? 

735
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:57,720
That would hinder my ability to 
come our own Sunday, for that 

736
00:50:57,720 --> 00:51:00,600
matter, I understand there can 
be isolated incidences. 

737
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:01,920
I don't have a problem with 
that. 

738
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:06,080
Because you know what? 
Anyone can sin and mess up and 

739
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:08,240
blow it. 
Jesus reprimands the one who 

740
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:10,360
practices. 
You've got to ask yourself the 

741
00:51:10,360 --> 00:51:15,160
question, how committed and how 
many times are you? 

742
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:19,360
I mean how much is it? 
Like very rarely do you miss 

743
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:23,720
prayer, the word, attending 
church, serving in the local 

744
00:51:23,720 --> 00:51:25,840
body? 
I mean passionate about the 

745
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:35,480
things of God? 
Or is it 5050 'cause I know in 

746
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:42,640
the room? 
You heard, you came, you 

747
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:47,840
followed, you have revelation, 
Pete. 

748
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,640
You've seen the miracle signs 
and wonders. 

749
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:55,000
You've even done it with your 
own hands. 

750
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:59,800
Just like Peter, I want you to 
go ahead of me and I want you to

751
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:01,800
do this and say the Kingdom of 
God's at hand. 

752
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:07,120
And they came back rejoicing, 
saying even the demons are 

753
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:11,960
subject to us in your name. 
And Peter worked miracles too 

754
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:15,880
and now he's watching his king 
that just a few moments ago, 

755
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:20,840
before he was sleeping in the 
garden and got a little nap, was

756
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:24,440
saying I'll die with you. 
But yet at the barrage of all 

757
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:33,840
that's going on because of self 
will to do his will, he's 

758
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:39,360
paralyzed. 
Now Peter was sitting us outside

759
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:43,000
in the courtyard and a servant 
girl came to him and said you 

760
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:52,200
two were with Jesus. 
But he say it, say it, say it. 

761
00:52:52,800 --> 00:53:00,360
He denied it before them all, 
saying I do not know what you're

762
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:04,520
talking about. 
When he had gone out to the 

763
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:08,000
gateway, another servant girl 
saw him and said to those who 

764
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:12,600
were there, this man was with 
Jesus of Nazareth and again he 

765
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:17,040
come on, say it, denied it with 
an oath. 

766
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:25,360
I swear I do not know this man. 
I swear I don't. 

767
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:32,560
I don't know him. 
A little later the bystander 

768
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:37,800
came up, said to Peter Shirley. 
You two are the are one of them,

769
00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:40,120
for even the way you talk gives 
you away. 

770
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:45,000
And he began to what? 
He jumped back into Simon fast. 

771
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:50,240
He remembered his roots of a 
sailor, a fisherman out on the 

772
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:56,080
boat, and began to start cussing
F no, I don't know him. 

773
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:00,760
You're full of ass. 
I'm not going. 

774
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:04,240
To say stuff like that, you 
know, preachers get up and say 

775
00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:06,960
it to try to shock people, and 
that's just stupidity. 

776
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:15,560
He began to curse and swear. 
I don't know the man, and 

777
00:54:15,560 --> 00:54:25,400
immediately a rooster crowed. 
But I love. 

778
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:29,400
Just so you'll know the Luke 
account that after this 

779
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:33,040
immediate in Luke chapter 22, 
when that rooster crow look what

780
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:37,960
it says in Luke chapter 22 
verses 61 to 62, look what it 

781
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:40,360
says. 
The Lord turned. 

782
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:54,320
The Lord? 
Who hits you? 

783
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:55,920
Who hits you? 
Who hits you? 

784
00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:59,800
Who hits you? 
Come on, get a robe. 

785
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,440
Put it on him. 
Give me that crown. 

786
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:03,880
Get it on his head. 
Yeah, come on. 

787
00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:21,640
Blood pouring out of his face. 
Crown turned and looked at 

788
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:29,280
Peter. 
The one who heard, the one who 

789
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:38,960
came, the one who followed, the 
one who had the revelation that 

790
00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:49,840
he was a Christ. 
You think you're safe? 

791
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:56,680
We think that's because of the 
world. 

792
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:10,620
His own disciples betrayed him 
once. 

793
00:56:10,620 --> 00:56:13,700
Who walked with him? 
Had church three years with him.

794
00:56:14,980 --> 00:56:18,460
Three years of church greatest 
revival known to man. 

795
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:21,760
The greatest revival known to 
man. 

796
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:29,120
But I hear the justifiers right 
now in the Spirit. 

797
00:56:29,960 --> 00:56:31,640
Yeah, but Peter wasn't born 
again. 

798
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:35,160
You're right, he wasn't. 
But why don't you read about 

799
00:56:36,240 --> 00:56:40,000
Dimas? 
Why don't you read about the 

800
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:46,400
Church of Laodicea? 
Plenty of examples. 

801
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:54,400
Plenty of examples of those in 
the New Covenant born again. 

802
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:58,440
In fact, why don't you read 
Hebrews chapter 6 for those 

803
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:02,360
who've experienced 5 things with
the Lord, if they turn away, 

804
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:07,800
can't even be renewed to 
repentance because nowhere in 

805
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:17,160
the Bible says once you're saved
you're always and to Jesus is. 

806
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:25,680
One of his most trusted. 
His blood, his face is swelling,

807
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:34,860
looks at him. 
I just want you to know that 

808
00:57:34,860 --> 00:57:37,820
Jesus is looking at you this 
morning. 

809
00:57:43,110 --> 00:57:52,060
And Peter remember the words of 
the Lord and how he had told him

810
00:57:52,060 --> 00:57:53,620
before? 
The rooster crowed. 

811
00:57:53,620 --> 00:58:00,200
Today yielded on me three times,
and he went out and wept 

812
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:11,720
bitterly in John Chapter 19. 
As Peter had run away, he had 

813
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:18,600
taken sides with his nation. 
Although he was not there at 

814
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:24,280
this particular moment, his 
absence had demonstrated his 

815
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:29,960
position because he was a Jew 
too. 

816
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:34,320
And when they were accusing him 
and wanted to kill him and are 

817
00:58:34,320 --> 00:58:37,240
crying out, crucify him and are 
beating on him. 

818
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:40,440
And the beatings didn't stop at 
that meeting. 

819
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:48,320
They just got worse because they
took him over to the Romans And 

820
00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:52,360
Pilate honestly only scourged 
him because he wanted him to 

821
00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:56,280
look so bad that it would cause 
compassion to show up in the 

822
00:58:56,280 --> 00:58:58,840
religious. 
He said we'll. 

823
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:01,880
Scourging. 
And then I'll put him in front 

824
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:04,480
of him. 
Surely this religious bunch will

825
00:59:04,480 --> 00:59:07,680
feel so bad for their own 
because there ain't nothing 

826
00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:13,000
wrong with this guy. 
And so with the whip, they 

827
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:16,360
ripped his flesh out of his 
back, sides face. 

828
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:22,520
Rick Renner's account of 
scourging is that as the blood 

829
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:26,120
is pouring off your back, as 
you're tied to a post where your

830
00:59:26,120 --> 00:59:29,640
back's open, they strap you 
around a a, a post down low like

831
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:31,400
this, right. 
You're on your knees and they're

832
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:34,040
and they're in a pit. 
And as they're striking you and 

833
00:59:34,040 --> 00:59:36,440
ripping the flesh out up, every 
time, it grabs, you know, and 

834
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:42,480
pulls the flesh out that the 
the, the sunk place you're in is

835
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:45,600
filling with your blood. 
They'll throw salt in it and 

836
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:49,240
then they'll come and pull that 
blood with salt in it and throw 

837
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:52,840
it into your back. 
The reason why they do that is 

838
00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:57,000
it helps get your blood to 
coagulate so that you won't die 

839
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:05,520
from just bleeding out. 
And then they bring him in this 

840
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:07,320
condition in front of his own 
people. 

841
01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:12,640
And he said, Now the day of 
preparation of the Passover was 

842
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:16,320
the six hour John, 1914 and 15. 
He said to the Jews, Behold your

843
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:19,600
king. 
And they cried out, away with 

844
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:24,240
him, away with him, Crucify him,
Pilate said to them, Shall I 

845
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:26,960
crucify your king? 
And look what the chief priests 

846
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:31,000
answered. 
We have no king but Caesar. 

847
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:36,680
And there's more believers today
in the United States for sure 

848
01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:40,320
that have heard of Jesus. 
They've come to him with 

849
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:41,840
somebody, and they came to 
church. 

850
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,960
Then he called out their name 
and they followed him. 

851
01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:47,760
Then they developed the 
revelation that he was the 

852
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:52,120
Christ, yet they still let the 
world be their. 

853
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:58,120
King. 
Where were you Sunday? 

854
01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:00,600
Had to work. 
Where were you? 

855
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,080
It's Wednesday. 
You know what? 

856
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:05,040
It was a long day. 
How come you're not so well? 

857
01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:09,040
You know, I'm kind of tired. 
Got to have my own family time. 

858
01:01:09,040 --> 01:01:12,920
When your family's going to fall
apart If you're not in church, I

859
01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:15,640
guess you're going to work your 
family your way instead of God's

860
01:01:15,640 --> 01:01:17,720
way. 
I guess you're going to work 

861
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:20,440
your promotion your way instead 
of God's way. 

862
01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:23,600
I guess you're just going to go 
ahead and navigate through life 

863
01:01:23,720 --> 01:01:25,600
because you really have another 
king. 

864
01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:28,680
It's called the world's way of 
living. 

865
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:32,400
And then you want me to be 
compassionate and side and 

866
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:35,480
merciful and just say, oh, it's 
OK Well, you know what? 

867
01:01:35,480 --> 01:01:44,560
You can do what you want to do. 
Come on, come on. 

868
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:49,440
And keep denying your service to
the Lord. 

869
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:05,720
Because I can tell you right 
now, there's a lot of churches 

870
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:08,600
in our county right now 
preaching about Jesus dying and 

871
01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:15,840
being raised from the dead and 
that you should call on him and 

872
01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:19,800
you should. 
But you should call on him to be

873
01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:22,720
your king. 
And you need to forsake the king

874
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:27,560
of this world. 
Because let me tell you who your

875
01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:32,480
king is after all this. 
And Peter has sided with this. 

876
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:39,280
Matthew John, chapter 21. 
Jesus dies, risen from the dead,

877
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:45,120
comes out, a woman shows up not 
there, runs back, says Jesus is 

878
01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:46,160
gone. 
Someone's taking them. 

879
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:47,600
They're like freaking out. 
What? 

880
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:50,200
He only said he'd be raised on 
3rd day, right? 

881
01:02:50,760 --> 01:02:54,120
OK, they run back. 
Peter was one that ran, walked 

882
01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:56,640
in there, looks gone. 
One of them out ran him, got 

883
01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:58,480
there first. 
They're like, perplexed. 

884
01:02:58,760 --> 01:03:02,160
The woman who told them came 
back with them perplexed. 

885
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:07,040
She's crying, they leave. 
She's crying just in. 

886
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:11,600
Just she's distraught and all of
a sudden what she thought was a 

887
01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:15,360
gardener shows up and she's 
begging the gardener. 

888
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:19,000
At least she thinks he is. 
Where's his body? 

889
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:27,400
Just tell us. 
And then he says Mary, not his 

890
01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:36,040
Mama, the one who cast 7 demons 
out of He revealed his 

891
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:41,640
resurrection first to a woman, 
just like he revealed he was the

892
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:48,960
Christ first to a woman. 
He said Mary, and she knew he 

893
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:54,240
was the Christ. 
He said go back, tell the 

894
01:03:54,240 --> 01:04:00,800
disciples I'm alive, and make 
sure you tell Peter. 

895
01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:10,680
He shows up. 
They seem. 

896
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:14,120
They're in awe. 
I mean, they can't even hardly 

897
01:04:14,880 --> 01:04:26,240
fathom it. 
Peter sees him, but he's 

898
01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:30,520
perplexed because every time he 
sees his king, he knows he 

899
01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:36,360
denied him. 
So he goes back to work. 

900
01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:44,520
He's heard. 
He came and heard him, he heard 

901
01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:46,480
his voice to follow, and he 
followed. 

902
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:48,840
He has revelation. 
He's the Christ. 

903
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:53,720
And now he's back on a boat. 
And the Lord in his resurrection

904
01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:55,520
says, did you catch anything, 
boys? 

905
01:04:56,760 --> 01:04:59,440
No, throw your net on the other 
side. 

906
01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:05,040
And they did. 
And just like a former time, the

907
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:10,480
fish started coming and John 
said it's the Lord. 

908
01:05:11,360 --> 01:05:16,280
And Peter covered himself, comes
to shore. 

909
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:20,720
Jesus has already started 
breakfast, and as they're 

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01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:24,200
sitting down after they eat 
breakfast, he leans over to 

911
01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:35,800
Peter in John, 2115 to 19. 
Look what he says now, he says, 

912
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:43,280
Simon, Peter Simon, son of John,
do you love me more than these? 

913
01:05:45,080 --> 01:05:52,000
And he said to him, Yes, Lord, 
you know that I love you, but 

914
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:54,400
look what Jesus says. 
Why does Jesus say this? 

915
01:05:55,160 --> 01:05:59,080
Because in John 1415 he's 
already told him if you love me,

916
01:05:59,720 --> 01:06:03,200
you'll keep my commandments, 
says Simon, son of John, Do you 

917
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:05,240
love me more than Jesus says? 
You know that I love you, you 

918
01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:10,480
said to him. 
Tend my Lambs. 

919
01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:18,720
Second time, he says. 
Simon, son of John, do you love 

920
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:23,320
me? 
And he says, yes, Lord, you know

921
01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:28,400
that I love you. 
And he said to him, shepherd my 

922
01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:34,200
sheep, you're going to tell him,
my lambs, because the kingdom's 

923
01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:38,200
here, the church is coming. 
There's a whole bunch of people 

924
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:40,360
coming into the Kingdom. 
I need you to care for them. 

925
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:43,120
But it doesn't stop there. 
You're going to have to oversee 

926
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:47,520
their lives as they mature. 
This is a lifelong call and I'm 

927
01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:49,480
bringing you to. 
I need you to obey what I'm 

928
01:06:49,480 --> 01:06:51,600
saying. 
The third time you said, Simon, 

929
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:58,400
do you love me? 
And Peter was grieved because he

930
01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:00,080
said it the third time, Do you 
love me? 

931
01:07:00,080 --> 01:07:05,920
And he said, Lord, you know all 
things, you know that I love 

932
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:10,320
you. 
And he said, 10 my sheep, 

933
01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:15,160
Because even as they mature in 
my body, they're always going to

934
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:21,840
need someone to care for, he 
said, Truly, truly, I say to 

935
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:25,800
you, say when you were younger, 
you used to gird yourself 

936
01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:31,000
wherever you wished, wherever 
you want, wherever you wished. 

937
01:07:31,320 --> 01:07:34,160
But when you grow old, you will 
stretch out your hand and 

938
01:07:34,160 --> 01:07:37,040
someone else will gird you and 
bring you where you do not wish 

939
01:07:37,040 --> 01:07:41,400
to go. 
Look what it says verse 19. 

940
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:44,760
Now he said these things 
signifying what kind of death he

941
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:49,080
would glorify God. 
In essence, Peter will come to a

942
01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:53,240
moment that he always had a self
will to do the will of God. 

943
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:55,520
But there'll be another time 
where he will not want to do 

944
01:07:55,520 --> 01:08:00,880
this, but not my will. 
His will be done and Peter will 

945
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:07,480
be crucified, but he'll say 
don't put me on that cross like 

946
01:08:07,480 --> 01:08:19,859
my savior turn me upside down. 
And when he had spoken this, 

947
01:08:19,859 --> 01:08:25,979
look what Jesus says to him. 
Follow me. 

948
01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:35,640
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949
01:08:35,760 --> 01:08:39,120
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