WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:15.279 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. My 4 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:18.760 name is Chris, this is Jeff, and we are pleased 5 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:19.760 to be here with you. 6 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:21.559 We are so happy and. 7 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.239 We're excited that you tuned in. And we're starting a 8 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:26.879 brand new series this week. And the idea is, what 9 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:27.920 if Jesus had. 10 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.359 A podcast, had his own podcast, Yeah, and he'd say 11 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:32.079 all kinds of good stuff, wouldn't it be fun? Well? 12 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:33.920 You know what, turns out he did say all kinds 13 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.520 of good stuff. He did, and it still works today. 14 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.240 And so we're doing famous quotes of Jesus, not all 15 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:41.439 of them, but maybe fifty or sixty of them, and 16 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:43.719 we're going to dive into I don't even know what 17 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:45.200 today's is. What's today's quote? 18 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:49.600 Today's quote is who do you say I am? 19 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:51.880 Oh, that's a good one. One. Do you say that 20 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:52.119 I am? 21 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:52.840 You say I am? 22 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:53.119 Yep? 23 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.840 Yep. But before we jump into that one, you know, 24 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.600 we are committed to bringing the most important news and. 25 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:01.880 Advice, always dedicated to. 26 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:06.040 Our listeners, and we scour the internet looking for the 27 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.000 very best advice and the very best news, and we 28 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:14.159 think that the most authoritative and least biased news. 29 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:16.400 Did you realize that all of our faithful listeners know 30 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:17.560 exactly what you're gonna say. 31 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.959 It's the Babylon B that's on the whole internet. The 32 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:23.959 Babylon B is the most reliable source. And this one 33 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:27.439 today is it's ade for some of the listeners, the 34 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:32.959 single ladies, all the single ladies that listen that one 35 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:33.879 Ore podcast. 36 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:34.519 You know that song? 37 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:34.959 What's that? 38 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:36.840 You said you didn't know a single Beyonce song, but 39 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:37.159 that one? 40 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:38.079 You know what's that? 41 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:41.519 If you like it, then you should have put a 42 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:42.439 ring on it? 43 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.040 Oh yeah, I know that? Okay, So I do. I 44 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.599 guess I don't know the song, but I'm familiar with it. 45 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:48.439 Okay. 46 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.519 I couldn't sing it, but yeah, okay. And that came 47 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.159 up from a conversation we had where I said I 48 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:53.760 don't know a thing. 49 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:55.959 Yeah, sorry, that was sort of offline. Yeah, it was 50 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:57.640 an offline conversation. 51 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.480 I brought in Beyonce song, but I'm familiar with that one. Okay. 52 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:05.000 So this one is ten dating red flags women should 53 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.319 look out for, right and so ladies, this is helpful 54 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:09.759 for you're writing it. 55 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:12.120 I'm actually caring. We care, We do care. 56 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.479 We care about our lady listeners, especially our single lady listeners. 57 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.479 We want to make sure that they find good, godly men. 58 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:23.280 And this here it is. Here's what it says. The 59 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.039 dating scene is tough these days, with everyone using dating 60 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:29.240 apps to meet and hook up. It's important for women 61 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.479 to be careful about the guys they choose. Protect yourself 62 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.360 by keeping a close eye out for those very concerning 63 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.159 warning signs in the guy you're dating. So look out 64 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:43.199 for these ten dating red flags. Number one, Yep, he 65 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:47.039 doesn't open the door for you. So much for chivalry. 66 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:48.560 Oh these are serious? 67 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:52.159 Yeah, yeah, okay. Number two he does open the door 68 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:57.159 for you. He's too nice, sick right, Okay, these are 69 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.800 not serious. Number three he doesn't text back. He clearly 70 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.560 hates you and is being unspeakably cruel. 71 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:06.319 He should die, he should die, Oh my goodness. 72 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:10.199 Number four he texts back right away. What a weirdo. 73 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.479 He's so needy. So look out for these, ladies. 74 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.879 Hey, you know what, these are the thoughts that men 75 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:20.759 rush a should I wait? Maybe I'll text your but 76 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:21.479 I'll wait a day. 77 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.639 Yeah, so even our male single mail listeners. Care learning 78 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:27.039 from you? Oh, complete take as a cue, open the 79 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.560 door and don't open the door. That's right, reply, but 80 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:33.400 not too soon. Here's number five. He makes less than 81 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:34.599 five hundred k a year. 82 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:35.719 Oh my goodness. 83 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:37.520 Right, you need a man who can give you the 84 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.280 lifestyle you deserve, ladies, that's funny. Number six he makes 85 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:43.680 more than five hundred k year. Sounds like a workaholic. 86 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:48.039 Stay away, ladies, that's great. Number seven he works out 87 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:50.319 at the gym. Right, this is something look for. He 88 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:52.960 works out the gym. This might indicate an unhealthy obsession 89 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:56.800 with his appearance. Gross he doesn't work out at the gym. 90 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:59.240 Who wants a flabby dude who doesn't take care of himself? 91 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:00.800 It's gross, it's true. 92 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:02.479 So medium, So medium yourself. 93 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:06.800 He won't share his feelings. Number nine he's closed off. 94 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:09.439 He's hiding something from you. And he's probably a serial killer. 95 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:15.639 Wow wow, Well you know he should die if he texts. 96 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:18.319 Yeah, and he's probably a serious killer. And number ten, 97 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.000 here's the number ten thing to look out for. He 98 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:24.519 shares his feelings. Great, now you have the itch again, 99 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:27.800 so they go Yike's ladies, If you see any of 100 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.560 these red flags run. Do you know any other dating 101 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.000 red flags? Then you should let us know in the comment. 102 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:33.800 Wow, there you go. 103 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:36.160 Wow, I hope that was helpful. 104 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.439 Clearly dating is a very simple formula. 105 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:43.319 That's right. Oh it's super easy. Yeah, super easy. That's right. 106 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:44.959 He doesn't open the door, he does open the door. 107 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.000 He makes too much money, doesn't make enough money, It 108 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:48.399 works out too much, doesn't work out enough. 109 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:50.160 Have you seen you know? That five hundred k comment 110 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:53.680 reminded me. Have you seen these guys who go viral? 111 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.199 They just walk up to crowds of people and they 112 00:04:56.199 --> 00:04:58.560 have these recordings and they say, hey, let me ask 113 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:02.040 you a question. So they were interviewing women, women who 114 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:04.160 are like sort of I don't know if it's in 115 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:06.480 La or something, but these women look like they're like 116 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.199 sort of on on the town. You know, they're they're 117 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:11.000 on the town. They're all dressed up with you know, 118 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:13.639 like dresses and things, and these these men walk up 119 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.639 to them and they just ask them random questions. And 120 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.560 so the famous thing that that's so funny. He goes, 121 00:05:19.920 --> 00:05:23.079 so let me ask you a question. How tall? If 122 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:24.879 you have you have a preference the guy you're looking for, 123 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:27.439 how tall should he be? And everybody says over six 124 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:29.720 foot okay. And then they say, okay, how much does 125 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:31.600 he need to make in order for him to, you know, 126 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.399 for you to consider being your husband? And all of 127 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.959 them say two hundred and fifty or more two d 128 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.519 and fifty thousand or more, right, And and then they 129 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:43.399 ask a third question. I don't know what it is, 130 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.439 something generic like that, and and and then they look 131 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.439 it up and they go, okay, do you know what 132 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:56.240 percentage of men in the world are your descriptors? Three percent? 133 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.759 And they're like, like, if you need a man, who's who? 134 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:02.759 Say who's over six foot? And it makes over two 135 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.199 hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That's three percent of the world. 136 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:07.519 They said, So good. 137 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:09.319 Luck, good like good luck. Well there you go. 138 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:10.600 It's so hilarious. 139 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:13.240 Well, so this this article is all about trying to, 140 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:18.800 you know, really understand who it is that you're dating 141 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.759 and who you're marrying. Did Liz work really hard to 142 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:23.000 figure out who you were? 143 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:26.240 I would yeah, I would say so sure, Yeah. 144 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.319 That's good. You know, Jesus wanted people to figure out 145 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:31.959 who he was. Who do you say, I am wow? 146 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:32.720 That what he said? 147 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.800 What a clever, and yet you reached for it. Yeah. 148 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:38.399 Yeah, I had to reach. I had to reach a 149 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:40.439 little too far or was it far? 150 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:41.079 Yeah? 151 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.879 Yes, if you're a new listener, we try really hard 152 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:47.279 to have the worst possible transitions. Yes, out of these things. 153 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:51.040 But we are looking at when Jesus asks Peter, who 154 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:55.680 do you say I am? Yes, And that's a huge question. 155 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:57.639 I think that is relevant to all of us. So 156 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.240 it's in Matthew chapter sixteen, and we're going to start 157 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:06.600 in verse thirteen and read through. Verse twenty says when 158 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:09.319 Jesus came to the region of Cessareah Philippi, he asked 159 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.199 his disciples, who do people say that the son of 160 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:15.360 Man is well? They replied, some say John the Baptist, 161 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.560 and some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one 162 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.079 of the other prophets. And then he asked them, but 163 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:24.160 who do you say I am? And Simon Peter answered, 164 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:26.759 you are the Messiah, the son of the Living God. 165 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:29.920 And Jesus supplied you are blessed Simon of John, because 166 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:33.199 my Father in Heaven has revealed this to you. You 167 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.639 did not learn this from any human being. And now 168 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:37.800 I say to you that you are Peter, which means rock. 169 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.959 And upon this rock I will build my church, and 170 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:43.879 all the powers of hell will not conquer it. And 171 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:45.680 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. 172 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.639 Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven. 173 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.600 Whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. 174 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.199 And then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell 175 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.800 anyone that he was the Messiah. 176 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:00.000 So there's a lot of discussion around this passage, Yeah, 177 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:02.120 there is, Yeah, there's discussion. 178 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:09.160 Well. So, Cesarea Philippi is located several miles north of 179 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.800 Sea Galilee, in an area that was ruled by King 180 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:19.279 Herod's son Philip. So Cesarea Philippi. Right, So Philip built 181 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:24.160 this this city, and it was a wicked, wicked city, 182 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:27.839 and it had been even before he built the city. 183 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:31.560 There there had been a lot of ritual worship from 184 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.120 the Canaanites and from the Greeks and then finally the Romans. 185 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:37.679 And this is the place, if any of our listeners 186 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.000 have heard us talk about it before, this is where 187 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:44.080 a part of the Jordan River flows out of this 188 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:48.200 this this cave. But the cave had a bottomless pit 189 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:54.919 in it and in Greek and Roman beliefs, bottomless pits 190 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:59.000 often would reference the gates to Hell, and they believed 191 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:03.679 that people or that spirits could come from the afterlife 192 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:08.840 back into this realm through water coming up from deep places. 193 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:13.360 And so they this cave that this river flowed out 194 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:16.679 of that had this bottomless pit in it. Uh that 195 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.759 had this river. There was also a square giant rock 196 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:22.320 out in the middle of it, and they would do 197 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:25.879 sacrifices there and they called that whole place the gates 198 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:26.720 of Hell. Right. 199 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.799 I referenced this with Kyle. Yeah, I got him confused. 200 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:33.559 I said something about Gehenna. I was oftentimes, you know, 201 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:36.559 Hell was referred to as something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And 202 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:38.639 I was like, and I got confused for a minute, 203 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:40.679 but I was thinking of this, I was, I said, 204 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:43.360 I said, isn't there a town somewhere? I just felt 205 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:44.840 like I couldn't think of the town. 206 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.759 So that was this. So Jesus literally takes these And 207 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:53.480 by the way, the worship there was incredibly perverted. H 208 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:55.919 There was a lot of temple prostitution, and a lot 209 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:58.399 of animals and all kinds of stuff. It was. It 210 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:02.600 was really really a wicked place. So do you remember, 211 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.120 for anybody who's read through the Gospels a few times, 212 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:11.159 there's this references of like Jesus doing his ministry mostly 213 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:14.720 on the western and northern sides of the Sea Galilee, 214 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.159 and then they would reference the ten Cities or the 215 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.799 decapitalists is another thing, right, and it was these gentile 216 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:27.759 cities over on the eastern side, and so the good 217 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:30.759 Jewish kids would never go that direction. The good Jewish 218 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.639 people never went over there. That's where the pigs were. 219 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:37.039 That's where all of the stuff that they couldn't participate 220 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.600 or wouldn't participate in that would defile them. And then 221 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:44.799 Cesarea Philippi was the most wicked place, and Jesus takes 222 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:48.919 his disciples there right before he goes to Jerusalem to 223 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:51.879 give his life. He starts heading towards Jerusalem. And so 224 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:54.840 in that context, he's telling them, hey, listen, no matter 225 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:56.840 how bad it gets, the gates of Hell will never 226 00:10:56.919 --> 00:10:59.879 be able to prevail against against you guys. 227 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:03.720 Right, yeah, and so against yeah. And so it's interesting 228 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:06.279 how first of all he says, who do you say 229 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:09.120 that I am? Because there's rumors out there, right, you know, 230 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:11.279 which is I think the rumor of John the Baptist 231 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:14.240 was weird because John the Baptist was still alive during 232 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:16.320 the time, right, so you know, it's. 233 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:18.320 Like, oh, no, John the Baptist had already been executed 234 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:18.840 at this point. 235 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:21.200 Oh he do you really? Yeah, okay, but but oh 236 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:23.320 I guess I guess the reason why that's weird thought 237 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.679 Jesus was born and seen with John the Baptist. Right, 238 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:29.080 That's that's that's what I was meaning. 239 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:31.720 Yeah, they were saying, it's like you have the spirit 240 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.799 of John the Baptist in you kind of as what right, right? 241 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:39.159 And and so anyway, I think that that is a 242 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:41.120 little weird, you know that they would even say John 243 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.320 the Baptist, but some people must have thought that. And 244 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:49.279 then also others say reincar reincarnate, reincarnation of Elijah or Jeremiah, 245 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:51.639 or maybe in the spirit of or you know, just 246 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:55.039 all these weird rumors. People didn't know what to believe. Uh, 247 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:58.200 and and and Jesus was uh asking one of the 248 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:02.360 most prominent questions, which is which is, Hey, I want 249 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.840 to know what you think. And that's a question that 250 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:07.120 all of us have to face for ourselves, don't we 251 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:10.200 We have to ask ourselves, like in light of the 252 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:15.840 fact that everybody my phone. I put it on airplane mode. 253 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.360 What what is it doing? Why is it doing this? 254 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:20.960 Why it's on airplane mode? I don't know. I thought 255 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.039 airplane moment. Stop it. 256 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:25.879 Well, you got to turn off you have both oh 257 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:29.039 Wi Fi there it is, okay, So it's a user error. 258 00:12:29.919 --> 00:12:33.080 So anyway, the point is is that we all have 259 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:38.360 to wrestle with the fact that, uh, you know, regardless 260 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:40.639 of who people think Jesus is around us, we have 261 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:44.200 to answer that for ourselves. Who is Jesus to you? Right? 262 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.440 That's why it's such an important question. Who do you 263 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:49.240 say that I am? And then Peter gets the right answer, 264 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:52.279 ding ding ding ding ding right, and and then he 265 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:55.679 says this. Then he says, you are Peter, uh, and 266 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:59.240 he's no longer Simon right blessed, or you Simon son 267 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.080 of John. But then and now I'm going to give 268 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:06.200 you a new name, Peter, which means rock. It actually 269 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:09.480 translates into stone, like a stone that you can hold 270 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:13.440 in your hand. Right. And then he says, you know 271 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:15.639 this was revealed to you by your heavenly father. And 272 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:17.840 then he says on this rock and he and this 273 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:19.879 time he uses a different word for the word rock 274 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.240 in the Greek. This this word rock when he when 275 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:26.320 he says on this rock is the is the word 276 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:30.679 that is used to describe mountain side or cliff right 277 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:35.440 on this rock. And it's interesting because a lot of people, 278 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:38.200 I mean, this is what the Catholic Church is built on, 279 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:41.000 I should say, the structure of the Catholic Church. Right, 280 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:43.960 So he says on this rock, So the Catholic Church 281 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:46.519 would say that Peter was the first pope. He was 282 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:49.279 given the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven and it 283 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:53.799 was given to Peter specifically, and then on on Peter 284 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.720 is the church built. And so that structure of the 285 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:00.240 pope being in charge of the church. They would say 286 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.120 that the pope that was just elected was in you know, 287 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:08.120 direct succession to Peter. And which is really interesting coming 288 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:12.279 from this verse. But if you if you, if you 289 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:16.360 were to take other scholars, in fact, any scholar outside 290 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:19.799 of I would say the Catholic Church, they would say 291 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:23.120 that the rock that that you're going to build your 292 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.840 church on is a different Greek word than the stone 293 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:28.879 that you hold in your hand, and the mountain side 294 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:32.279 or the big huge cliff side thing that you would 295 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:34.879 build a church on would be the statement that Peter 296 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:39.440 actually made. So the little rock made a big rock statement, right, 297 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.799 so that the stone made a mountain statement. He came 298 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.240 up with it, that was revealed from his father in heaven. 299 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.279 And if you think about it, what is the one 300 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.960 thing that the church Capital c is built upon? 301 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:58.159 Right, I mean, he's the messiahs Yes, I've described it before. 302 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:03.519 The Greek word for Peter is almost pebble, yes, right, 303 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.120 stone you can fit in your pocket, right, right, kind 304 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:06.559 of pebble. 305 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.039 Yes. 306 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.360 And then the Greek word that Jesus uses, or the 307 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.799 word that Jesus is using for on this rock is 308 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:18.000 like rocket gibraltar size, yes, right, yes, he said this 309 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:21.399 little pebble made this rocket gibraltar statement. That's right, And 310 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:23.399 that's what the church is going to be built on. 311 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.320 That I am the Messiah, the son of the Living God. 312 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:27.039 Yeah. And if you think, if you think about it. 313 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:28.519 And that's why he warned them, don't go tell people 314 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:30.960 I'm the Messiah. He doesn't say, don't go tell people. 315 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.120 I just made Peter in charge of the church, right, 316 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.039 He doesn't say that, He says, don't make don't tell 317 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:39.200 anybody I'm the Messiah. That's how this passage ended. That's right, right, 318 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:42.279 So the whole thing was never all about Peter. It 319 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.960 was only all about Jesus. 320 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.799 That's right, right, that's right. Yeah, and and and again 321 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:50.120 there's you know, we we try to honor a lot 322 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.399 of great things about every nomination every church. Right, is 323 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:57.200 really clear that the Catholic Church has done great things 324 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:00.440 for the human race over the years, there's no doubt 325 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.159 about it. But some you know, some pretty bad things. 326 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.679 But also it's also clear when you have a when 327 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:10.399 you have a fundamental belief difference, right now, I don't 328 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.480 think we should be afraid to point that out. And 329 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:18.000 I think that so again, no disrespect in that disagreement, right, So. 330 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:20.200 Anybody misapplication of this passage. 331 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.679 That's that's what we believe. That's correct. And by the way, 332 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:24.879 think about it. Right, So, if we were to gather 333 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:28.279 all of the churches in the area, we would disagree 334 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.480 on a lot of things. What makes a church a church, Well, 335 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:35.000 a church is only a church if they believe in 336 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:37.960 Jesus Christ as the way to heaven. Right. If a 337 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:41.360 church preaches that the way to heaven is that Jesus 338 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.480 Christ came down on the earth to die for the 339 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:46.159 sins of humanity and that all we have to do 340 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:50.240 is believe and accept that sacrifice by faith in our lives. 341 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.279 That's the way to heaven. Then that constitutes a church. 342 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:57.200 But there are churches who disagree, you know. So we 343 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:59.080 had all the church leaders and let's just say in 344 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:02.039 all of Michigan in this room, because we're on a 345 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.079 we're on a stage of a very large room, seven 346 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:08.640 hundred and fifty chairs. In this room, you would have differences, right, 347 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:13.000 people would baptize different, they would send kids to different colleges, 348 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:15.960 they would probably dress different, right, they would, they would, 349 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:20.119 they would, They would have differences in in uh, you know, 350 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.319 all these different different, different, different, different, different across the line. 351 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:25.319 But if you put us all in one room, what 352 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:29.680 is the one thing that we agree upon. Jesus is 353 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.359 the Messiah. He is the son of the Living God, 354 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.200 and that is what God is going to build his 355 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:40.440 church on. That is the thing that is prevalent in 356 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.680 this world two thousand years later. That's the thing we 357 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.759 can measure, that's the thing we can see, that's the 358 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.200 thing that has power. That's the thing that the church 359 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.119 is built upon. So clearly, that is the application of 360 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:52.000 what Jesus is saying. 361 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.200 You know, in the Middle Eastern mindset, they can say 362 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:59.720 two things at the same time, you know. So, so 363 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:04.480 the Western mindset, very oftentimes is very linear. A leads 364 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:07.279 to B, leads to C, leads to the one goes 365 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:09.799 to two goes to the If this, then this that. 366 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:14.200 That's how the Western mind tends to think. But the 367 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:17.920 Middle Eastern mind and in Jesus way, he can be 368 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:22.119 and they don't have any problem with double entendres all 369 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:24.920 the time. Yeah, all the time. They mean two things 370 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:28.000 at the same time and both are true. And so 371 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.799 this little rock made, this Rock of Gibraltar's statement, I'm 372 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:36.799 the Son of God, right, I'm the Messiah. That's what 373 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:38.519 we're going to build the church on. And at the 374 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.519 exact same time, he does hand Peter the keys and say, no, 375 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:42.400 you're going to be the leader. 376 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:42.960 That's right. 377 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.759 He's saying both things, little Rock, I'm gonna use you 378 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:50.279 to push forward the big Rock mission. Right that that 379 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:54.559 that's what he's doing. And and so the whole idea 380 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:58.119 being a Christian is that we're little Christs. It's the 381 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.920 same thing. And so he does give Peter the keys. 382 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:04.200 In fact, in the papal things. There's always the two 383 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:08.839 keys right in the papal seal, that kind of thing. 384 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:12.240 So he does give Peter these keys, not as the boss, 385 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:16.000 but as the leader. And it would make responsibility, Yes, 386 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:18.680 with responsibility. It makes sense because you remember, Peter was 387 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.799 older than Jesus. More than likely history would put Peter 388 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:27.319 somewhere around forty. John, the youngest of the disciples, was 389 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:31.240 a teenager, probably fifteen sixteen years old when Jesus called him. Right, 390 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:35.279 So all these men, when Jesus had to pay taxes, 391 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:41.759 he was over thirty and Peter was over thirty, right, 392 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.079 And they were the only two they had to go 393 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:47.279 pay taxes, right, So all the rest were younger. They 394 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:50.000 were younger men. So it's natural that Jesus would choose 395 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:54.039 the oldest of them, the most experienced of them, the 396 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:56.720 grown up among them. You're going to be the leader. 397 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:01.519 But the focus of this passage, even he's also appointing 398 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:05.039 Peter as a leader. Here, the focus of the passage 399 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:08.599 is not Peter, you are the central focus of my church. 400 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:12.759 The focus is the central focus of the church is 401 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:17.319