Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song.

Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. I Lift My Hands Chris Tomlin And If Our God Is For Us Victor s Crown Darlene Zschech Revealing Jesus Worth it All Ben Cantelon Everything in Color Shout to the Lord Darlene Zschech Shout to the Lord: The Platinum Collection I Have Decided to Follow Jesus Phil Wickham Singalong

Finding Your Life Life of Christ (part 3) Matthew 16:13-27

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Matthew 16:13-17 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, Who do people say the Son of Man is? 14 They replied, Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets. 15 But what about you? he asked. Who do you say I am?

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Matthew 16:13-17 16 Simon Peter answered, You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. 17 Jesus replied, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Jesus the Messiah

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Jesus the Messiah Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Jesus the Messiah

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Jesus the Messiah Jesus the Son of God

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Insight #1: What you believe about Jesus is crucial

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Insight #1: What you believe about John 11:25-27 Jesus is crucial 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?

You have perception! Christ s Identity (vv.13-17) Insight #1: What you believe about John 11:25-27 Jesus is crucial 27 Yes, Lord, she replied, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Matthew 16:18-20 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Matthew 16:18 18 And I tell you that you are Peter [Petros], and on this rock [petra] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Matthew 16:19 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will have been bound [future] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed [past] in heaven.

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Matthew 16:18b 18 I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Matthew 16:18b 18 I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Insight #2: Jesus and His Church are victorious. If you know Jesus, you are victorious!

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Romans 8:35-39 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: Insight #2: Jesus and His Church are victorious. If you know Jesus, you are victorious!

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Romans 8:35-39 For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Insight #2: Jesus and His Church are victorious. If you know Jesus, you are victorious!

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Romans 8:35-39 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, Insight #2: Jesus and His Church are victorious. If you know Jesus, you are victorious!

You have a destiny! Christ s Church (vv.18-20) Romans 8:35-39 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord! Insight #2: Jesus and His Church are victorious. If you know Jesus, you are victorious!

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Matthew 16:21-27 21 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, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Matthew 16:21-27 22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. Never, Lord! he said. This shall never happen to you! 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Matthew 16:21-27 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Matthew 16:21-27 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Insight #3: To find your life, you must lose your life; Following Jesus is the way of the cross

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Insight #3: To find your life, you must lose your life; Following Jesus is the way of the cross What does it mean to carry your cross and to lose your life? Losing our self-sufficiency

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Following Jesus results in true life Insight #3: To find your life, you must lose your life; Following Jesus is the way of the cross I came that they might have life and might have it abundantly (John 10:10)

You are mistaken! Christ s Sufferings (vv.21-28) Following Jesus results in true life Insight #3: To find your life, you must lose your life; Following Jesus is the way of the cross Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6:35)

Conclusion Insight #1: What you believe about Jesus is crucial Insight #2: Jesus and His Church are victorious. If you know Jesus, you are victorious! Insight #3: To find your life, you must lose your life; Following Jesus is the way of the cross