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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm doctor Tony Evans, and I'm excited for you

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Speaker 2: to join me on heroes in the Bible, Jesus. Please

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the greatest story ever told. It is a

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Speaker 2: tale of a shepherd's heart for his sheep, a father's

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Speaker 2: love for his children, and a hero's triumph over death

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Speaker 2: and darkness. This is a story that continues to shape

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Speaker 2: In this episode, Jesus's identity is revealed in splendor. Up

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Speaker 2: Christ's divine nature. Before we get there, though Jesus wrestles

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Speaker 3: His face shone brighter than the rising sun. It was

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Speaker 3: as if his humanity was unzipped in the essence of

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Speaker 3: his deity shone through the cracks. The sight was amazing

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Speaker 3: and terrifying. The three of them watched in awe as

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Speaker 3: two other bursts of light broke forth from the heavens,

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Speaker 3: descending like falling stars. Beside Jesus descended Moses and Elijah.

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Speaker 3: The three disciples watched as Jesus spoke to them. Only

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Speaker 3: he did not speak as an equal. It almost seemed

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Speaker 3: as though he was teaching Moses and Elijah. He had

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Speaker 3: revealed something to them that had been long awaited. The

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Speaker 3: two historic men of faith bowed to Christ as their

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Speaker 3: lord and spoke to him as God. Peter's heart was racing.

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Speaker 3: He was standing before the three greatest men God had

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Speaker 3: ever sent on earth. James and John watched as Peter

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Speaker 3: ran towards them like a little boy. Peter jumped up

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Speaker 3: and down. Lord, he shouted, it is good that all

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Speaker 3: of us are here. We can set up three tabernacles,

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Speaker 3: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

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Speaker 3: It will be. As Peter was frantically speaking, a bright

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Speaker 3: light fell down from heaven and consumed him like a whirlwind.

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Speaker 3: A cloud of holy radiance whistled around them like a tempest.

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Speaker 3: Peter and the other two disciples cowered in fear. This

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Speaker 3: was much more frightening than Jesus's rebuke the night before.

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Speaker 3: It was as if the heavens opened up all around Peter.

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Speaker 3: He covered his eyes from the light, laying in the

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Speaker 3: fetal position on the ground. A voice burst through from

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Speaker 3: the tempest, saying.

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Speaker 8: This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.

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Speaker 8: Hear him and only him. Then, in an instant, the

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Speaker 8: light disappeared. Peter's eyes were clenched shut. He waited for

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Speaker 8: the wind to cease and peeked open one eye. He

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Speaker 8: looked up to see Elijah and Moses gone. Jesus stood

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Speaker 8: there alone in their place. His radiance was gone, but

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Speaker 8: he still carried himself with the same holiness. Jesus extended

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Speaker 8: a hand to Peter and then led the three disciples

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Speaker 8: down the hill.

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Speaker 5: Tell now of what you saw this morning.

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Speaker 3: Jesus commanded the three.

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Speaker 5: Not until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.

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Speaker 3: As they were descending down, one of the disciples asked.

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Speaker 5: Isn't it said that Elijah will return before the Son

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Speaker 5: of Man.

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Speaker 3: Jesus nodded and said, it is.

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Speaker 5: True, but Elijah has already come back. You did not

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Speaker 5: just recognize him.

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Speaker 3: The disciples understood who he was referring to. John the

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Speaker 3: Baptist was a voice crying from the wilderness. He was

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Speaker 3: the one who came before Jesus declaring the way of

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Speaker 3: the Lord. Peter realized he had put Jesus on a

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Speaker 3: similar pedestal as Moses and Elijah. However, he now knew

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Speaker 3: that all the law of Moses and the entirety of

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Speaker 3: the prophets, including Elijah, were all pointing towards their true north,

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Speaker 3: Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: This episode took us to a new level of understanding

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Speaker 2: as Jesus revealed his glory and splendid to Peter, James,

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Speaker 2: and John. Many revelations and warnings were given to us

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Speaker 2: in this episode. We will unpack a few of them together. First,

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Speaker 2: we were given a glimpse into Jesus's mission to the Gentiles.

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Speaker 2: A woman with a demon possessed daughter found Jesus and

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Speaker 2: begged him to help her. Jesus initially refused and reminded

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Speaker 2: her that his primary call was to the Jews. This woman,

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Speaker 2: perhaps unbeknownst to her, revealed God's ancient plan. Jesus told her, plainly,

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Speaker 2: do you not know that I need to feed the

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Speaker 2: children before allowing the dogs a chance to eat? Why

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Speaker 2: would I give the children's food to them? But the

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Speaker 2: woman's reply was brilliant. She said, that may be so,

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Speaker 2: my Lord, but even the pups are allowed under the

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Speaker 2: table to eat the crumbs that fall. This gentile woman

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Speaker 2: knew that although she was not a member of God's

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Speaker 2: chosen people, she could still receive God's mercy. A part

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Speaker 2: of Jesus's mission was to bring the Gentiles into the

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Speaker 2: promise of God, and we got a glimpse of that

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Speaker 2: in this episode. In between miracles and moments of tenderness,

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Speaker 2: the Pharisees and religious leaders chimed in. They challenged Jesus

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Speaker 2: and ask him to show them a sign, as if

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Speaker 2: bringing people back from the dead, healing the lame, and

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Speaker 2: giving sight to the blind were not good enough. They

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Speaker 2: wanted a spectacle. Send fire down like Elijah, they said,

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Speaker 2: call for fire to fall down from heaven. They goaded.

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Speaker 2: Here's the thing. People say they want a grand sign

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Speaker 2: in order to believe, but that's not actually how human

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Speaker 2: beings work. The Israelites witnessed God part the Red Sea,

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Speaker 2: send fireballs from heaven and rain down manner from the sky,

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Speaker 2: yet they still lost their faith in God multiple times.

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Speaker 2: Peter in our last episode walked on water, yet lost

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Speaker 2: his footing because of his disbelief. The Pharisees ignorantly thought

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Speaker 2: a grand sign would persuade them, but Jesus knew better.

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Speaker 2: Hardened hearts don't automatically become so often because God gives

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Speaker 2: them a sign remember Pharaoh in Egypt. The more signs

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Speaker 2: God showed him, the heart of his heart became once again.

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Speaker 2: Jesus told them the only sign he would give was

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Speaker 2: a sign of Jonah. This was once again a foreshadowing

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Speaker 2: of the three days he would spend in the grave

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Speaker 2: before rising on the third day. Later that day, Jesus

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Speaker 2: gave his disciples a warning beware the leaven of the Pharisees.

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Speaker 2: He spoke in metaphor regarding the corrupting influence of the

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Speaker 2: Pharisees and scribes. Just as a little bit of leaven

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Speaker 2: can affect the entire loaf of bread, just a little

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Speaker 2: influence from the Pharisees can corrupt their hearts. The disciples

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Speaker 2: got a bit tripped up by this metaphor since they

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Speaker 2: had forgotten to pack bread for the trip. They thought

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Speaker 2: Jesus was making a passive, aggressive jab at their forgetfulness.

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Speaker 2: You can sense a bit of Jesus as annoing several

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Speaker 2: times in this episode, even anger. Jesus was trying to

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Speaker 2: engage with his disciples on a deeper level, and they

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Speaker 2: were getting caught up and shallow nonsense. This episode with

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Speaker 2: the disciples was a challenge and a warning to all

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Speaker 2: of us. Jesus wants to engage you on a deeper level.

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Speaker 2: He wants to touch the deeper parts of your heart

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Speaker 2: and mind. He wants you to think philosophically and spiritually.

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Speaker 2: Be careful to not get too caught up in vapid

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Speaker 2: and shallow arguments. The Disciples had moments of stupidity and spirituality,

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Speaker 2: just like the rest of us. Sometimes those moments were

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Speaker 2: within the same hour. That was certainly the case for Peter,

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Speaker 2: who had a high moment followed by a low moment

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Speaker 2: with Jesus. When they were all by the fire, Jesus

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Speaker 2: asked the famous question, who do people say that I am?

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Speaker 2: Jesus gave the disciples a second chance at conversation since

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Speaker 2: they failed so miserably earlier. They answered plainly, saying that

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Speaker 2: Some said he was John the Baptist, and others said Elijah.

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Speaker 2: Those were interesting answers. John the Baptist was a revolutionary

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Speaker 2: and disruptor. It was a compliment and a curse at

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Speaker 2: the same time to compare Jesus to him. Others said

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Speaker 2: he was Elijah, who had returned to make way for

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Speaker 2: the Messiah. This was another fine guest. Elijah was a

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Speaker 2: great prophet. However, both those answers are wrong. It is

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Speaker 2: important for us to note that these are two different

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Speaker 2: ways people describe Jesus today. Many people see Jesus as

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Speaker 2: a revolutionary and great teacher. Some religions reduce Jesus to

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Speaker 2: just a prophet like Elijah. Jesus is much more than

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Speaker 2: a revolutionary or a prophet. Peter, in a moment of

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Speaker 2: complete clarity, describes who Jesus is. You are the Christ.

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Speaker 2: He says, you are the son of the Living God.

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Speaker 2: We have walked through this story long enough together to

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Speaker 2: ask this question, who do you say Jesus is? This

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Speaker 2: is the preeminent question we all must ask ourselves. Seeing

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Speaker 2: what you have seen, hearing what you have heard, who

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Speaker 2: would you say Jesus is? Many people speculated he was

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Speaker 2: Elijah or John. The Baptist, the Pharisees, and religious leader

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Speaker 2: came to the conclusion he was a blasphema or madman.

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Speaker 2: The disciples are ever intimately aware of Jesus's character, came

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Speaker 2: to a different conclusion. He was the Messiah Christ, the

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Speaker 2: chosen hero of God, the redeemer of our souls. If

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Speaker 2: you've been listening to this series and are still unsure

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Speaker 2: about who Jesus is, then I pray you continue to listen.

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Speaker 2: The true identity of Jesus will continue to unfold before

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Speaker 2: us as the series continues. The true identity of Jesus

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Speaker 2: was like this thinly veiled image. The disciples were able

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Speaker 2: to get an idea of him on their own, but

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Speaker 2: only the Spirit of God could have shown Simon Peter

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Speaker 2: the truth. Jesus gave Simon Peter a new name, Rock

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Speaker 2: or Peter. Can I share a very important theological distinction

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Speaker 2: that was made in this episode. Jesus held up a

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Speaker 2: stone and gesture towards Simon Peter. From this day forward,

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Speaker 2: you are Peter Rock. Jesus said, you are a rock, Peter,

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Speaker 2: an integral brick in the household of God. However, I

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Speaker 2: am the Rock, and it is on this rock I

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Speaker 2: will build my church. The gates of Hell will not

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Speaker 2: prevail against it. The words used in the original Greek

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Speaker 2: matter quite a bit. In this portion of scripture, Simon

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Speaker 2: was given the name Peter, which is Petros in Greek.

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Speaker 2: The word is translated to mean a rock or a stone.

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Speaker 2: This is a stone that is solid but movable, like

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Speaker 2: a brick on a house. Or a rolling stone on

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Speaker 2: a river bank. When Jesus says, on this rock, I

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Speaker 2: will build my church, he uses a different word than petros.

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Speaker 2: He uses the word petro, which is translated as the rock.

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Speaker 2: This is a reference to a foundational rock, cliff, or

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Speaker 2: mother rock. It is a word used for something fixed, immovable,

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Speaker 2: and huge. Jesus is calling Peter a rock and himself

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Speaker 2: the rock. Jesus is the foundation on which the church

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Speaker 2: was built, and the gates of Hell will not prevail

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Speaker 2: over him. Peter is just a chip off the old rock,

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Speaker 2: so to speak. It was a high moment for Peter,

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Speaker 2: but it quickly turned into a low moment. Out of

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Speaker 2: insecurity and ignorance. Peter rebuked Jesus's claim that he had

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Speaker 2: to die. Jesus, who had just praised Peter ours earlier,

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Speaker 2: looked him in the eye and called him satan. Quite

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Speaker 2: a step down for Peter. Don't you think Jesus could

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Speaker 2: not have followers getting in the way of what must

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Speaker 2: be done on the cross? This moment serves as a

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Speaker 2: warning to any of us who belittle the necessity of

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Speaker 2: the Cross. As believers, our salvation and faith are fixed

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Speaker 2: on what happened on good Friday, where the sins of

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Speaker 2: humanity were placed on Christ's shoulders in our place. This

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Speaker 2: episode ended with a brilliant scene where the glory of

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Speaker 2: Jesus was completely revealed. Moses and Elijah showed up, and

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Speaker 2: Peter could barely contain himself. Can you blame him? Moses,

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Speaker 2: the representative of the law of God, Elijah, the representative

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Speaker 2: of the prophece of God, both were there with Jesus

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Speaker 2: in splendor and glory. Naturally, Peter didn't want the moment

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Speaker 2: to end. He wanted to erect tabernacles for them to

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Speaker 2: dwell so people could come worship. In an instant, Peter

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Speaker 2: was caught up in a whirlwind. God rebuked him, and

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Speaker 2: all that was left was Jesus. God spoke clearly, saying,

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Speaker 2: this is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased.

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Speaker 2: Hear him and only him. I will leave you with

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Speaker 2: these parting thoughts. What good things have you revered above

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Speaker 2: or equal to Jesus? We often talk about drugs, alcohol,

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Speaker 2: unhealthy relationships as idolatry, But what about the good things

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Speaker 2: in life? What about ministries, marriages, a good job? What

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Speaker 2: good thing have you put above Jesus? Peter learned that

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Speaker 2: it was Jesus and Jesus alone who was worthy of

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Speaker 2: his worship. My prayer for you today is that the

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Speaker 2: glory and goodness of God would be fully revealed to you.

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Speaker 2: I pray that you would be able to take the

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Speaker 2: warnings in this episode seriously while also feeling and powered

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Speaker 2: by the encouragement as well. I look forward to speaking

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Speaker 2: with you next time as we unpack one of the

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Speaker 2: greatest teachings ever given. Join me for episode twelve, The

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Speaker 2: Good Shepherd. Thanks again for listening. For more inspiring stories,

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Speaker 2: Apple or Spotify to get the newest episodes right as

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Speaker 2: they come out, so you can strengthen your relationship with Jesus,

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Speaker 2: God bless