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[139.96 --> 140.84] and the teachers of the law, |
[141.08 --> 142.30] and that he must be killed, |
[142.42 --> 144.92] and on the third day be raised to life. |
[147.08 --> 148.34] So there's our passage. |
[149.82 --> 150.76] As the title says, |
[150.82 --> 152.24] on this rock I will build my church, |
[152.32 --> 154.50] so we're kind of going to look especially at that part. |
[154.96 --> 157.00] But I'd like to deal with just a few things |
[157.00 --> 157.88] in this passage, |
[158.48 --> 161.08] but first I want to start with this opening scene. |
[161.40 --> 162.66] I want you to be able to see it. |
[162.94 --> 164.06] So we've got a picture up here. |
[167.44 --> 169.36] Jesus and his disciples are here, |
[170.88 --> 172.52] standing in front of this cave, |
[172.60 --> 174.54] which contained a very deep pool |
[174.54 --> 177.52] that supposedly couldn't be measured. |
[177.52 --> 181.44] That's according to the Jewish Roman historian Josephus. |
[182.10 --> 185.26] It was believed to be the gates of hell, |
[185.26 --> 188.88] the way to the underworld in Greek and Roman mythology. |
[189.66 --> 191.62] You can see it had several niches, |
[191.70 --> 192.84] or little window things, |
[193.38 --> 198.78] and those held images of the gods Pan, Echo, and Hermes. |
[199.36 --> 201.98] Those who know your mythology will recognize those names. |
[201.98 --> 203.76] Herod the Great, |
[204.28 --> 205.88] and then his son Herod Philip, |
[206.24 --> 208.26] built a complex of buildings there, |
[208.60 --> 210.38] some of the residents of a palace, |
[211.14 --> 212.72] another part was a temple, |
[213.66 --> 215.90] and he was trying to honor Caesar. |
[216.52 --> 217.58] So there he's foreign name, |
[218.14 --> 219.36] Caesarea Caesar, |
[219.66 --> 220.88] but notice Caesar Philippi, |
[220.96 --> 222.48] so he honored himself while he was at it too. |
[222.48 --> 226.62] And they have all sorts of crazy, |
[226.84 --> 230.68] pagan, awful stuff happening around here. |
[233.34 --> 235.98] And here's where Jesus takes his disciples |
[235.98 --> 238.04] for a field trip. |
[239.40 --> 240.76] Crazy place to be, right? |
[242.28 --> 244.14] And he takes the time here, |
[244.40 --> 246.36] so picture yourself standing there, |
[246.46 --> 248.02] there you are by the gates of hell, |
[248.40 --> 248.98] and Jesus says, |
[248.98 --> 251.96] so who do people say I am? |
[253.32 --> 254.96] Here, at the gates of hell, |
[255.02 --> 256.06] let me ask you this question. |
[257.56 --> 259.32] Here, among these pagan idols |
[259.32 --> 261.06] that are still visible today, |
[262.86 --> 265.40] Rome had this big tent kind of perspective |
[265.40 --> 266.42] when it came to religions. |
[266.56 --> 267.76] Whatever god you worship, |
[267.88 --> 268.64] that was fine, |
[268.70 --> 269.76] as long as you participated |
[269.76 --> 273.44] in the civic aspects of Roman religious life, |
[273.58 --> 276.06] and as long as you recognized Caesar as Lord, |
[276.18 --> 276.84] then you were fine. |
[277.20 --> 278.64] Rome was about options. |
[278.64 --> 279.92] You can do you, |
[279.98 --> 281.44] as long as you include us. |
[282.86 --> 284.60] And Jesus seems to be asking, |
[285.28 --> 288.46] so am I just another one of the options? |
[290.72 --> 293.26] I'm just another choice among many. |
[293.88 --> 296.66] Who do people say I am? |
[297.96 --> 300.28] Jesus asks the question of his identity |
[300.28 --> 303.66] in a place far removed from the Jewish heartland. |
[303.74 --> 305.56] He's in the midst of what you might call |
[305.56 --> 307.32] enemy territory, as far as that goes. |
[307.32 --> 308.36] And notice, |
[308.36 --> 308.38] and notice, |
[308.38 --> 310.06] he goes out there. |
[310.52 --> 312.56] I think that's important for churches to realize. |
[312.90 --> 314.62] Jesus is stepping into it, |
[314.96 --> 316.20] not hunkering down and hiding. |
[316.76 --> 317.38] And the disciples, |
[317.54 --> 318.42] they respond to the question, |
[318.52 --> 320.26] who do they say I am? |
[320.28 --> 320.40] They say, |
[320.44 --> 321.78] well, some think you're John the Baptist |
[321.78 --> 322.58] who's come back to life, |
[322.92 --> 323.96] proclaiming the Messiah again. |
[324.24 --> 325.48] Some think you're like Elijah, |
[325.84 --> 326.90] fiercely righteous prophet. |
[327.02 --> 327.74] Some think Jeremiah, |
[327.86 --> 328.80] the suffering prophet. |
[329.36 --> 330.18] Basically saying, |
[330.72 --> 330.96] yeah, |
[331.10 --> 332.42] they kind of think you're another prophet. |
[332.42 --> 335.66] This question Jesus asked, |
[335.70 --> 337.24] I think also has a feel for this. |
[337.68 --> 338.98] Who rules? |
[339.72 --> 340.18] Herod? |
[341.34 --> 341.78] Caesar? |
[342.58 --> 343.06] Philip? |
[343.62 --> 344.48] These gods? |
[344.98 --> 345.44] Or |
[345.44 --> 347.14] something else? |
[349.46 --> 350.72] And then Jesus gets it personal. |
[350.88 --> 351.08] He says, |
[351.16 --> 351.30] now, |
[351.74 --> 351.98] okay, |
[352.04 --> 352.74] let me ask you this. |
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