Matthew 16:27.



In contrast to Mark, in Matthew's narrative the disciples "understand" the teaching of Jesus (cf. Discipleship is named, founded, and commissioned in this confession. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament.Compiled & Edited by Crosswalk Editorial Staff. Matthew 16:24.

Cela, c'est de la gloire. he asked.

Master and disciples are bound together in identity. What would it look like for us to claim such a blessing and to have such imagination as to join in this confession and community -- as Peter speaks on our behalf? New question and answer.

Jesus confirms this "confession" by Peter as a mark of God's blessing and as the "rock" upon which he will build his church (16:17-18). One cannot emphasize that invitation and mission too strongly in Matthew's conception of the continuing call and responsibility of discipleship.The questions remain. Now in parallel manner the confessor's name is given significance. Smile politely but secretly scoff?

16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."
And what if our hope should be constantly to be part of that vision that to the ends of the earth the will of God might indeed be realized -- that not one of these little ones should be lost to the saving love of God (1:21; 18:14)?13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he.Join Profs.

Matthew 16:20.

At his birth Jesus' name is interpreted as signifying that "he will save his people from their sins (1:21). Imagine it so?

And what if we could then catch even a glimpse of what it means to be part of this new community authorized and empowered as agents to exercise the task of forgiving and welcoming in the name of a God who desires "mercy and not sacrifice" (9:13; 12:6)? Matthew alone of the gospel writers uses the word translated here as "church" (see also 18:17) and links it with talk of the kingdom (16:19).

But in addition Matthew uniquely calls attention to the signal and central mission of this community. Matthew 16:15-16. Matthew 16:19. Matthew 16:15-16 New International Version << Matthew 15 | Matthew 16 | Matthew 17 >> 15 "But what about you?" Matthew 16:23.
For one of the first times in this gospel Jesus does not criticize or qualify Peter's disciple response as one of "little faith" but instead commends it for its revelatory power.Consistent with a unique and major theme in Matthew it is described as a mark of God's "blessing," a blessing that so often defines and accompanies what it means to be a righteous disciple of the kingdom. Meg Bucher. Matthew 16:25. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password.He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier.

Matthew's story has from the beginning drawn us in with the good news announcement of salvation that is to be for us in this one who as "Immanuel -- God with us" will "save his people from their sins" (1:21-22). Why?Brainwave 189: Lectionary Texts for the 21st of August 2011.Sign up for email news about Working Preacher resources. "Who do you say I am?" 15 “But what about you?” he asked.

At the end of the gospel Jesus will commission these disciples as representatives of a new community to go in his name and make disciples of all nations (28:18-20; 13:52).Thirdly, it is precisely to that new community that Matthew now uniquely calls attention. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Matthew 16:28. As a key signifier of the promises of God, this blessing is repeated at key points in Matthew's narrative (cf. Cela c'est une autre histoire. "But who do.Several features of this story, so well-known and established in churchly tradition, are noteworthy for the preacher and hearer of Matthew's message. What Does Christ Mean? Matthew 16:18. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Read full chapter

say ye that I am?—He had never put this question before, but the crisis He was reaching made it fitting that He should now have it from them.

Matthew 16:15. And Jesus' reply is pointed, "Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me" (11:3-6).Even foreigners as in last Sunday's lesson have expressed "great faith" in their acknowledging of this "Lord" as the agent of God's mercy (15:21-28). Now it is time for Jesus' disciples who have followed him in his Galilean ministry to come clean and acknowledge the identity of this one who has called them and led them in this mission to the world.Today's lesson has fittingly been acknowledged as pivotal and climactic in Matthew's narrative of Jesus' Galilean ministry.

What if we were to see ourselves, too, as called and blessed in our encounter with God's Messiah? Karoline Lewis and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Pentecost10: Isaiah 51:1-6, Exodus 1:8-2:10, Psalm 124 (7), Romans 12:1-8, Matthew 16:13-20. We may suppose this to be one of those moments of which the prophet says, in His name, "Then I said, I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain" (Isa 49:4): Lo, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree; and what is it? How Are We to Be Transformed, not Conformed to the World? Robert Hampshire . What if we were to then know ourselves to be called by this promise and given a new identity as disciples and ambassadors of the kingdom?

His name is Peter, Jesus says, and it is on this "rock" that he will build his church (16:18).

Artwork held in the Luther Seminary Fine Arts Collection, St. Paul, Minn....that what you do this week could change the world?Would you believe me? Yet some there are that have beheld My glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father, and I shall hear their voice, for it is sweet.He said to them, But whom say you that I am?He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. He saith unto them, but whom say ye that I am?] The Sermon on the Mount has been delivered and Jesus' ministry of teaching and healing is well underway when John the Baptist still asks that question at issue for every hearer of the good news today, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" "Abraham and Isaac," John August Swanson.Image © by John August Swanson.