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Well, it's been two weeks, but if you remember in our study in Matthew, we left off in chapter 15 verse 10.
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All right, Matthew 15 verse 10.
This is after Jesus has corrected the Pharisees on following tradition instead of God's Word.
And he tells them he called the people the crowds from the other day and said hear and understand.
It's not what goes into a person's mouth that defiles a person, but it's what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.
It's not what goes into a person that defiles them, but what comes out of them.
Disciples said do you not know the Pharisees were offended when the hernda sang?
He answered every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
Leave them alone.
They are blind guides that the blind lead the blind both will fall on a pit.
Remember we talked before about how many of our expressions in English come from the Bible.
Blind leading the blind but Peter said explain the parable to us.
See Peter's the honest one of the bunch.
He's like, can you explain this to us?
And he said are you still without understanding?
Do you not see whatever goes into the mouth passes out of the stomach and is expelled?
Whatever comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart and this defiles a person for out of the heart come evil
Thoughts murder adultery sexual morality theft false witness and slander.
These are what the file person boy.
He eats with unwashed hands does not defile a person.
Jesus said this differently later on he says out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
So remember the Pharisees are upset at disciples for eating food without washing their hands and Jesus said it's not what goes into a person.
That follows them.
Well, it comes out because what comes out Originated from the heart we've been over that before so I won't teach on that
again.
But Mark's account.
Let's just real quick go over there.
Mark's account of this Mark adds a phrase.
Since it's not what enters his heart, but a stomach and then is expelled thus he
declared all Foods clean if you look over here on the Greek side.
Excuse me, but sorry son.
I thought I saw him Banta ta Brahmata.
He declared clean Panta all
foods all foods he declared clean so
Jesus says it's not what goes into someone that the files them what Jesus is doing is saying
You are no longer under the dietary restrictions of The Old Covenant law you're
not under the Sun I covenant.
You are morally under the moral law, but not under the civil and ceremonial law
at least.
Not in the same sense.
So he declares all foods clean.
The dietary laws were ceremonial.
They were the training wheels.
They were the Guardian until Jesus came so.
Yeah, yes, that's barbecue and bacon.
Amen.
I'm about to go eat some barbecue in a minute.
Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon and behold a Canaanite woman now
If I remember correctly Make sure yeah, I believe this is the Canaanite, but she's specifically a
Syrophoenician.
That means she could speak Greek but she was a Canaanite a
Leftover of the old Inhabitants that the Israelites were to drive out and
She calls and says have mercy on me.
Oh, Lord Son of David courier who yes, David Son of David
that is a messianic title.
She is declaring him Lord and Messiah.
She asked for help because her daughter's oppressed by a demon.
He didn't answer her a word.
He didn't say a word.
Disciples begged him to send her away.
And he said I was only sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
She came and knelt before him and said Lord help me.
He said it's not right to take the children's bread and Throw it to dogs.
Now She says yes, Lord yet.
Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table and Jesus answered her Oh woman
great is your faith be it done for you desired her daughter was healed Instantly
Incredible.
Jesus notes and and tests her humility by saying I
Was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
You're not one of them and she says yes.
But even the dogs eat the crumbs from the master's table.
In other words, she recognizes that her state is a lowly and humble state yet.
She's still part of the family.
The woman accepts her place in the hierarchy of the family with full humility and Jesus responds accordingly to that
humility and Accompanying faith with the healing of her daughter an incredible example of humility there that we could all
take example from.
Then Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee.
This is where a lot of his ministry has been up there in Capernaum and all that area up there in Azareth.
He went up on the mountain and sat down.
Now Jesus has been trying to get some alone time.
But great crowds came bringing with them lame blind crippled mute and many others and he put them at their feet and he healed them.
He didn't say I'm exhausted.
He was but he saw the need and he forgot about himself and thought of them so the
crowd wondered when they saw the mute speaking and crippled healthy lame walking blind saying and they glorified the
God of Israel.
Gentile people glorifying the God of Israel I think is indicative of a changed heart and mind.
In other words I think before this moment most of these people would have been unbelievers, but they glorify the God of
Israel.
Remember, he's in Cainites our Phoenician land.
Then Jesus called disciples to him said I have compassion on the crowd because they've been with me now for three days and I've had Nothing to eat.
I'm unwilling to send them away hungry lest they faint along the way.
This is another mass feeding.
Jesus is about to do.
He did it more than once.
This is the feeding of the 4 ,000.
And as disciples said them Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed such a great crowd?
And Jesus said to them how many loaves do you have?
I said seven and a few small fish and directing the crowd to sit on the ground.
He took seven loaves and fish and having given thanks He broke them and gave him disciples and the disciples gave him to the crowds notice.
Jesus is using those under him To help carry out the work of ministry.
He's training them to take his place.
They and were satisfied they took up seven baskets full of broken pieces left over and those rate were 4 ,000
men besides women and children just like the feeding of the 5 ,000 was not the feeding of the 5 ,000.
There's 5 ,000 men plus women and children children.
So this one Could easily be 10 to 12 thousand people.
After sending the crowds away.
He got the boat and went to the region of My maga that I never know how to say this
maga dawn now.
Pharisees and Sadducees came all the way over there to test him to ask him to show him a sign from heaven.
We are in chapter 16 now.
And he answered him when it's evening you say it will be fair weather for the sky is red and in the morning It will be stormy
today for the sky is red and threatening.
Forget how it goes in English the saying the old saying read at night
sailors.
Read in the morning sailors warning read at night sailors delight something like that.
You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky.
But you can't interpret the signs of the times.
In other words you can read the appearance of the sky and know what's coming, but you can't read beside my times and know what's coming.
An Evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given except the sign of Jonah.
If you remember he's already told them this.
He told them this.
I believe it was way back in chapter 12 when they blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
Yes Chapter 12.
After the blasphemy in the Holy Spirit in verse 40 He said just as Jonah was in the belly of the well three days and three nights of a son of man will be
in the Heart of the earth three days and three nights.
He said no sign will be given except the sign of Jonah.
He told them I'm not giving you guys further revelation guys.
Remember there comes a point when someone rejects God's revelation for so long.
He sends them no further revelation until they submit to that which he's already sent.
That's the case of the Pharisees and Sadducees and remember these people hate each other.
The Pharisees and Sadducees they did not work together.
Pharisees believed in the whole Old Testament is expired by God and the oral tradition.
The Sadducees Rejected the oral tradition, which is good, but they also rejected the whole Old Testament except the first five books.
They didn't even believe in angels and Eternal spirits and all that.
Verse 5 of chapter 16 when the disciples reach the other side they had forgotten to bring any bread.
Jesus said them watch him where the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
They began discussing myself saying we brought no bread.
Jesus aware.
They said oh you of little faith.
Why are you discussing yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
Do you not perceive?
Do you not remember the five loaves of five thousand.
How many baskets you gathered.
Number seven loads for the four thousand?
How many baskets you gathered?
How is it you fail to understand?
I'm not speaking about bread, but we're the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
The understood he did not tell them the wear of the leaven of the bread, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
In other words Jesus taught and tell them where the leaven that which is added to
the bread the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
And Jesus is upset at the bonehead in this of his disciples that they actually think he's talking about Literal bread
when bread them forgetting that's not a problem for him as he is God now.
Yeah chapter 13.
Okay.
I mean verse 13.
Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi and asked disciples Who do people say the Son of Man is.
And they said some say John the Baptist others Elijah others Jeremiah one prophets.
But he said who do you say that I am.
And some in Peter? replied You are the Christos the Christ the Messiah
Hoyas to save a son of God to Zone dust
the son of the Living God.
Jesus answered him blessed are you Simon son of Jonah.
Simon bar Jonah?
For flesh Sark flesh and blood has not revealed to you, but my Potter
my father who is in heaven.
Wood on this and I tell you that you are Peter and on this rock I'll build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.
Common misunderstood verse verse 18.
He's not saying he'll build his church on Peter.
I Tell you you are Peter Petras and on this Petra this cornerstone.
Petras means pebble.
Petra means foundation cornerstone.
Jesus speaking of himself on this rock on Me.
I'm Jesus on this rock.
I will build my
Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical the called ones.
I'll build my church and the gates of hell will not stand against it.
So Jesus is not saying he's building the church on Peter though.
The Apostles do lay in the foundation.
He is saying that he is the cornerstone and will be built on Verse 19.
I'll give you the keys to the kingdom heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth.
We've bound to heaven whenever you loose on earth will be loose and ever remember as we're both seen.
Chapter 18.
The church is the highest spiritual authority God left on planet earth.
The church as a whole not the pastor not the Pope.
The church as a whole.
We have the keys to the kingdom of heaven and so long as we are abiding by the Word of God.
What we say is binding.
Then he strictly charged I was so no one he was the Christ.
Now this is an important verse.
Verse 21.
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples.
He must go to Jerusalem.
Remember, he's only been there a couple times and only for a few days.
Suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes.
Be killed on the third day.
Be raised.
Jesus was predicting his death burial and resurrection right now.
Now later on in chapter 21, I believe it is he'll give detail that he'll be crucified but for now, he's just
saying they will deliver him be killed and raised on third day.
Peter took him aside and Rebuked him.
Rebuked Jesus the Son of God and said far be it from you Lord.
This shall never happen to you.
But he turned to Peter and said get behind me Satan you are a hindrance for me for you're not setting your mind on the things Of God but on things of man.
Now whether or not we view this as Satan.
Influencing Peter possessing Peter or or Jesus just saying that Peter is doing the things of Satan.
The point is When you're thinking of the things of man not the things of
God you are doing Satan's bending.
Don't miss this church.
When you're thinking of the things of Anthropom.
When you think of the things of man and not the things of God you are walking in accordance with
Satan.
And we've been over this Ephesians 2 2 we all walked according to the ruler who exercise authority over lower
heavens.
We walked according to him not him holding us on a leash.
Turning to our own way is turning to the way of Satan because our own way is corrupt and
evil.
Or does desperately deceitful and incurable.
Verse 24.
Then Jesus told his disciples if anyone would come after me let him deny himself.
Take up his cross and follow me.
Luke adds the word daily.
Whoever would save his life will lose it.
Whoever loses life for my sake will find it.
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole?
Cosmos the whole world, but he loses his
Suitcase he loses his soul.
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his father and he will repay each one according To what he's done.
Truly I said to you there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man
coming in his kingdom now.
This is our last verse for the day.
And this one can be a doozy.
I'm gonna read what I wrote.
What does that mean truly?
I said you there's some standing here will not taste us until they see the Son of Man coming in his into his kingdom.
Because if he means there are some standing here Now he's only talking to his disciples
at this point.
And I think we need to see that they will not die.
Until they see the Son of Man, that's Jesus Coming in his kingdom.
Now.
What does that phrase mean coming in his kingdom?
We also have to understand that only some of them will see this.
Now I'm gonna read what I wrote here.
There's been much debate in Christian circles for some time about this verse.
Let's break down the sentence and see if we can find some clarity in what our Lord is saying here.
There are some standing here meaning not all only some not none.
Not all only some of them of the 12th.
The Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
This is the real question.
Is this a referring to a second coming or his transfiguration which will take place one week after he says this phrase?
If it's a second coming that would flow nicely with what he just said in verse 27.
And coming to repay each person according what he's done in Reference to returning in judgment with his angels.
However, how could he say some of those standing there were not taste death until seeing that he still hasn't come in our day.
And they're all dead now with a couple thousand years to spare and counting if it's a reference to his
transfiguration, I Think that makes more sense as only three of his disciples were allowed to see
that event.
It flows nicely with verse 27 as that when all the world would see him coming in the glory of his father.
But in one week, he's allowing a sneak peek for the three apostles to see What it would look like in his returning.
We'll talk more about this next week.
We'll talk about the transfiguration.
But I think this is clearly a reference to the transfiguration because if I'm not mistaken
Yes, Mark and Luke both have this phrase coming directly
before the transfiguration.
And he says only some of them will get to see what it will look like at his returning.
Not at his returning but getting a sneak peek because remember only the inner circle Peter James and
John See the transfiguration, so next week we'll study the transfiguration and I think you'll see
what I'm referring to.
All right guys.
That's all I have for today.
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