From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
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… towards good. So please don't give up before God gets finished the work that he wants to do on the inside of your life. Amen, family. Amen. I am in Matthew 16, verse 21 through 23. I have a few other supporting texts that we'll get to later. But the anchor thought for this is now that you know. Now that you know. And to give you some context of what's happening in Matthew 16, Jesus has been in discussion with his disciples. And he asked one of his disciples in particular, he asked Peter, says, Peter, who do you say that I am? This is earlier in this chapter. And Peter reveals to him that he believes that he is the son of God. He is the long awaited Messiah. And Jesus tells Peter, flesh and blood did not reveal that to you, but the spirit did. And then just a few short verses later, he's having a different encounter with Peter. One that is quite intriguing considering the fact that he had just acknowledged that Peter understood who he was and that flesh and blood hadn't revealed it to him. It seemed like Peter was tapped in to who he was and what God was doing in the earth. And yet when we look at verse 21, the tides have changed. From that time after he had that encounter with the disciples where he acknowledged that he was the Messiah, from that time Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem. …
… about his death. Jesus taught, first of all, that his death was central to his mission. For example, in Matthew 16, verse 21, Jesus said, from that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised up on the third day. He told his apostles, this was the plan. Or look at John 12, verses 32 to 33. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself. But he was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which he was to die. Well, secondly, and I want you to write this down. Jesus' death was the payment for our sins and the ransom for our freedom. His death was the payment for our sins and the ransom for our freedom. The Bible uses two metaphors to describe what Christ's death accomplished for us. First of all, it was a payment for our sin debt. …
… voluntarily give it. That was his whole reason for coming. He taught over and over again that his death was central to his mission. For example, in Matthew 16 verse 21, Jesus said, from that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised up on the third day. He told his apostles, this was the plan. Or look at John 12, verses 32 to 33. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself. But he was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which he was to die. Jesus' death was central to his mission. Why was it central? What did it accomplish for me? Secondly, and I want you to write this down, Jesus' death was the payment for our sins and the ransom for our freedom. His death was the payment for our sins and the ransom for our freedom. …
… right? What does Jesus say in the gospel? He says, whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Then he says this massive line. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life. Jesus is making it so clear that we can lose, but no one ever gets beaten out of their soul. They simply forfeit. And we do it in a bunch of different ways. We make little trades, right? We make little compromises. We make little exchanges. We forfeit. Or we violate the rules and we forfeit. Or sometimes we concede. Sometimes we just simply stop playing and we forfeit. And the question we hear is Jesus saying, what profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and yet forfeit his life? Another way to say it here at the beginning of school year is the reality is this. …
… This is high point of His life. And then you come to verse 21, from that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed, be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside. He was feeling His prominence. And began to rebuke him. The man is hopeless. Goes from the high point to that. God forbid it, Lord. Strong language. No, no, no. This shall never happen to You. I'm telling You, Lord, You don't need to suffer. You don't need to be killed. You can do ministry without suffering. There's a path of popularity. You don't need that. But He turned and said to Peter, "'Get behind Me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to Me, for you're not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's.' Set behind me Satan, hupage in the Greek, strong, intense, emotional, fierce, rebuke. It's the same word Jesus used in Matthew 4, 10 when He said, be gone Satan, same word. …
… of places where Jesus talks about how to find spiritual reality, how to find God. And we're going to look at one of those right now. Matthew 16, 21 to 27. From that time on, Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. Never, Lord, he said, this shall never happen to you. Jesus turned and said to Peter, get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me. You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men. And then Jesus said to the disciples, if anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his soul? …
… From that time, that is, of that conversation in Caesarea Philippi, Jesus Christ began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised up on the third day. Well, when He said that, the Scripture says, And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, God forbid it, Lord, this shall never happen to You. But he that is Jesus turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on God's interest, but on man's. Now in this passage, we see the difference between the voice of God and the voice of Satan. Now I want you to listen very carefully to what I'm going to say because it's important you hear this before I continue. If you are a believer walking in the Spirit, you understand the meaning of the cross, and you have experienced that crucifixion, and Christ Jesus is living His life in and through you, and the Holy Spirit has filled you, and you are a walking believer full of the Holy Spirit, It should be very, very easy for you to determine that what you're hearing is of God and not of man or of the flesh or the devil. …