Matthew 16:13-24

Hey everyone! This is a short outline for a recent message I taught to a local Youth Ministry's DNOW. What is the most important question in the world? For me, when in school, it was something like: What am I going to wear today? What am I going to do after school? Who’s going to the game tonight? When I got older it was, what am I going to do after HS? (Play soccer for UofL or join the Army) I joined the Army. Then what college will I go to? Who will I marry? These are all important questions in life, but none of them compare to the question we will look at this morning. Everyone will answer this question, either on earth or find out the answer in death. We are going to pick up the story at the peak of Jesus’ ministry. For 2 ½ years Jesus had been moving toward this moment. He was going to give the ultimate lesson of who He was to His disciples. Let’s read. Read, Matthew 16:13-24 vv 13-20 I. When Following Jesus, we must know whom we’re following. Jesus is the Messiah! The Savior of the World. The Confession: The Christ, or Messiah. Through Jesus is salvation ...

Pop Quiz

POP QUIZ! Ever taken a test?  Kind of like a pop quiz?  But this test only had one question, and everything leading up to this (all the studying, preparation, even the future) would rise or fall according to how well you performed on this quiz?  Think about a quiz so important that it could literally change your life.  Everything rides on this quiz, and only you can take it. This isn’t a quiz to take haphazardly or think of it as just a bad day and there will extra credit at the end of the semester.  It is a question that no one can escape or avoid (ignored). - READ THE PASSAGE 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?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ (Messiah) the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not ...