09 25 being with jesus who is he matt 16 13-20 final

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Being with Jesus
WHO IS HE?
REV DR NG SWEE MING | 25 SEPT 2016

What is THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION in Life ?

new WWJD Sermon Series …
i. BEING with JESUS : Who… ?
ii. BEING with JESUS : What… ?
iii. WWJD with Worries
iv. WWJD with Children & Families
v. WWJD with Corruption

new WWJD Sermon Series …
2016 Theme Verse
Mark 3:14b-15 “…that they might
BE WITH HIM and that he might send
them out to preach and to have authority
to drive out demons.”
Intro: BEING with JESUS : Who is He ?

Matt 16:13-20
13 When Jesus came to the region of
Caesarea Philippi, …

BEING with JESUS : Who is He ?
Location of
Caesarea Philippi
About 27 mls
2 days walking
Uphill ..

Caesarea Philippi ….
• Elevated plain 1150 ft,
foot of Mt Hermon…
highest mountain in Israel…
• Gentile territory…
• Pagan stronghold …
 Balinas - Baal worship
 Paneas – ‘god’ Pan…
Banias – in Arabic
 Emperor worship
• Source of River Jordan
PAN – Gk
god of the
forest,
shepherds,
hunters,
fertility etc

Augusteum
Temple
Court of Pan &
Nymphs
Caesarea Philippi

Caesarea Philippi
Temple of Zeus

Caesarea Philippi
Court of
Nemesis
(Goddess of
Revenge)

Caesarea
Philippi
Temple of the
Dancing Goats
Tomb of the
Sacred Goats

Caesarea Philippi
Augusteum
Temple
CAVE OF PAN
Court of Pan &
Nymphs
Temple of Zeus
Court of
Nemesis
Sacred Goats
Dancing Goats

Q: WHY did Jesus take his disciples for a
retreat way up north ?
 Pagan country … Idolatrous …. “Sin city”
NB. Jewish rabbi looked down on Jews going
to Caesarea Philippi
 Last 6-7 mths of His earthly ministry, last lap ….
 After this one more stop …
 Then long trip down south …
to Jerusalem … to Calvary

Cave of Pan
Source of River Jordan
Present Day - Caesarea Philippi

Cave of Pan
 ? Birthplace …
 ? Gateway …

Q: WHY did Jesus take his disciples for a
retreat way up north ?
Possible Reasons :
 Time alone with them ….
No crowd …
 Literally staring at …
the ‘gates to hell’ …
 Awesome back-drop to ask
‘the question’
Next stop - Transfiguration ….
‘Mt Hermon’

Matt 16:13
13 When Jesus came to
the region of Caesarea
Philippi,
he asked his disciples,
"Who do people say
the Son of Man is?"

Q: v13 “… he (Jesus) asked his disciples,
"Who do people say the Son of Man is ? "
Jesus referring to Himself as the…
‘Son of Man’
‘Son of Man’ : a Messianic title
Ref Psa 80:17 ; Dan 7:13
Refers to His full humanity…

14 They replied, "Some say …
John the Baptist (Ref Matt 14:2)
Matt 14:1-2 At that time
Herod the tetrarch heard
the reports about Jesus, and
he said to his attendants,
"This is John the Baptist; he
has risen from the dead!
That is why miraculous
powers are at work in him."

14 They replied, "Some say John the
Baptist; others say …
Elijah (Ref Mal 4:5-6)
Malachi 4:5-6a "See, I will send
you the prophet Elijah before
that great and dreadful day of
the Lord comes. He will turn
the hearts of the fathers to
their children, and the hearts of
the children to their fathers; …

Baptist; others say …
Elijah (Ref Mal 4:5-6)
Angel to Zechariah in Luke 1:17
“… he (John) will go on before the
Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of the fathers to
their children and the disobedient to
the wisdom of the righteous —
to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord."

14 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist;
others say Elijah; and still others,
Jeremiah (Ref Apocrypha –2 Maccabees 2)

Baptist; others say Elijah; and still
others, Jeremiah or …
One of the Prophets (Ref Deut 18:15-19)
Deut 18:15 The Lord
your God will raise up for
you a prophet like me
(Moses) from among
your own brothers.

Baptist; others say Elijah; and still
others, Jeremiah or one of the
prophets."
Special & great honor …
but TODAY …
Q: "Who do people say
the Son of Man is ?"
PROPHETS :
Special …
God’s Servants

Interviewing Jews in Israel: Who is Jesus to you?

but TODAY "Who do people say Jesus is ?"
The JEWS, His very own people !!
John 1:11-12
“He came to that which was his own, but
his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who received him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to
become children of God”

Jews - great prophet & teacher but not God.
Muslim - just a prophet, not crucified on a
cross, will return but not God.
Hindu - just one of millions of gods.
Buddhism : Jesus reached ‘Enlightenment’…
Atheist – don’t believe in any god
Agnostic – don’t know if any god exists or
not
Society - great teacher, good man, not God

Matt 16:15
15 "But what about you?"
he asked. "Who do you
say I am?"

Matt 16:15
"But what about you?" he (Jesus) asked.
"Who do you say I am?"
Culmination 3 years of teaching,
discipling & ministry together …
Direct question …
No chance to hide…
Moment of truth …

Matt 16:16
? After a pause, silence …
? Looking around …
16 Simon Peter answered,
"You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God."

V16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God."
What was Peter declaring ?
“Jesus you are …
‘Christos’
 ‘Messiah’, ‘Anointed one’ …
 Jews - long awaited deliverer …
*Jesus – Yeshua : ‘God saves’

V16 Simon Peter answered,
“You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God."
“Jesus you are …
‘Son of the Living God’
- God Himself…
- a God who is Living…
because He is God …
- He has the right to be LORD

Matt 16:17
17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you,
Simon son of Jonah, for this was
not revealed to you by man, but
by my Father in heaven.

V16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Christ, the Son of the living God."
IMPACTED
TRANSFORMED
KNOWING OBEYING

TODAY :
Jesus is still asking the same QUESTION
“Who do you say that I am ?”
What’s your answer ?
It’s the most important question in life
For it determines :
How we live our life TODAY
Where we will spent ETERNITY

Good
moral
teacher …
What do you all
think about JESUS ?
Good man, great teaching..
but nothing to do with us..
Great
stories,
miracles…

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the
really foolish thing that people often say about
Jesus:
I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher,
but I don’t accept his claim to be God.
That is the one thing we must not say.
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of
things Jesus said would not be a great moral
teacher.
Is Jesus Christ a Lunatic, Liar, Legend or Lord?

He would either be a lunatic — on the level with
the man who says he is a poached egg — or else
he would be the Devil of Hell.
You must make your choice.
Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or
else a madman or something worse.

You can shut him up for a fool,
you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or
you can fall at his feet and call him Lord & God,
but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense
about his being a great human teacher.
He has not left that open to us.
He did not intend to.”

Q: “Who is Jesus Christ to you today” ?
Saviour ?
Lord ?
Because if He is Saviour …
and He is Lord …
BEING WITH JESUS makes sense …
He did all to save us …
We need to know Him …
to obey & serve …

“Schizophrenia”
Greek roots words …
schizo - split
Phrene – mind
Q: Are we ‘schizophrenic Christians’ ?
 ‘JESUS as SAVIOUR’
but
‘JESUS as LORD’ ??

Quote:
He is not LORD at all
unless
He is LORD of ALL

Matt 16:18
18 And I tell you that you are Peter (petros, a small
rock) ,
and on this rock (petra, a large rock foundation)
I will build my church,
and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Matt 16:19
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
"keys" - authority and stewardship
Peter "opened the door of faith" to …
 to the Jews (Acts 2)
 the Samaritans (Acts 8) and
 the Gentiles (Acts 10)

Matt 16:19
19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
whatever you bind on earth will bebound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in
heaven.“
NB: The church does not tell heaven what to do,
but obeys on earth what heaven
commands the church to do!
"Whatsoever you forbid on earth must be what is
already forbidden in heaven, and whatsoever you
permit on earth must be what is already permitted in
heaven“.

Matt 16:20
20 Then he warned his disciples not
to tell anyone that he was the
Christ.

I am going to work
among the poor like her,
do charity work, but
without the Jesus
baggage….
"Go and work 20 years or a
lifetime among the poorest of
the poor. Then come back and
tell me how you did it. I know
that the only way I have been
able to do it is because of Jesus."

What then is ….
The Most Important Question In Life …
Who Is Jesus ?
Who Is Jesus To Me ?
Who Is Jesus To Me TODAY ?
Conclusion:

The Christian life ….
is not about being moral & doing good…
is all about our RELATIONSHIP with Jesus
living in the Son and
Him living in and through us.
So BEING WITH JESUS makes perfect sense…
Jesus …
is our SAVIOUR
is our LORD & MASTER
will be our JUDGE
Conclusion:BEINGwithJESUS:WhoisHe?

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