Matthew
16 – Misunderstandings
People
believe the weather report but not God’s Word! They fail to see what God is
doing in His world. Keep your eyes open and ask God for wisdom to understand
His plan. The Pharisees and Sadducees chose not to believe, despite all the
miracles that proved Jesus was the promised Messiah.
Jesus
compared false doctrine to yeast. It appears small and insignificant, but it
grows secretly and soon permeates everything (Gal. 5:9). The only remedy is to
remove it (I Cor. 5:6-7). God reveals truth to those who honestly seek Him, but
has no use for spiritual frauds.
The
crowd is confused about Jesus; do not follow it. Instead, let the Father reveal
the Savior to you, and confess Him before others. He is the Son of God. Who do
you think Jesus is? Peter understood that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the
living God.
In
his misguided attempt to keep Jesus from suffering and dying, Peter the stone
became Peter the stumbling block. Confessing Christ must lead to following
Christ. The world encourages you to pamper yourself, but the Lord calls you to
deny yourself. The only way to live is to die to self and follow Christ by
faith.
When
believers focus on their own agendas or desires rather than the things of God (Mark
8:33), they can expect the Lord to discipline or rebuke them.
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read the chapter listed so that you can understand God’s Word better.
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Quick Reference Commentary.
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David Jeremiah Study Bible. J. Vernon McGee Through the Bible
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