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Lay up treasures in heaven
16 A man came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17 Jesus said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? Only one is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said, “What commandments?” Jesus answered them, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, 19 Honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man said, “I have kept all these. What do I lack?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 When the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 23 Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When his disciples heard this, they were amazed and asked, “Then who can be saved?” 26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:16-26)
Here we see a man who came to see Jesus. From the parallel passage we know that he was a ruler. The young man asked Jesus: what good deed must he do to have eternal life? The Lord Jesus said that he must obey the commandments, that is, the commandments of the Old Testament. The young man said that he had obeyed them all, but what was still lacking? The Lord Jesus told him that if he wanted to be perfect, he should sell all he had and give to the poor, and then he would have treasure in heaven. The young man went away sorrowful after hearing this, because he had a lot of possessions. Then the Lord Jesus said that it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. Here the Lord Jesus did not ask all his followers to sell all they had and give to the poor, but to be willing to share.
17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. (1 Timothy 6:17-18)
Here Paul asks the rich to be generous and ready to share, so that they can lay up treasure in heaven.
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done. (Proverbs 19:17)
Here we see that giving to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay.
The Lord Jesus said that it is difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven, but it is not impossible. With God, all things are possible, and He can change the rich. After this passage, Peter asked the Lord Jesus: We have left everything and followed you, what will we have in the future?
28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. (Matthew 19:28-30)
Here we can see that forsaking for the Lord will be rewarded, not just in the
What God has joined together, let no man separate
3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” 10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.” 11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.” (Matthew 19:3-12)
Here we see that the Pharisees came to test the Lord Jesus and asked him whether divorce is allowed. The Lord Jesus said that God created man and woman in the beginning, and man shall leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two shall become one. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate. The Pharisees said that Moses allowed a man to divorce his wife by giving her a certificate of divorce. Jesus said that it was because of the hardness of people’s hearts that Moses allowed this. Jesus went on to say that if a man divorces his wife except for adultery, commits adultery; and if a man marries a divorced woman, also commits adultery.
For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, And the one who covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. You should be on guard, then, for your life, and you must not break faith. (Malachi 2:16)
Here we see that God hates divorce. God is faithful. He wants people to be faithful to one another, and He also wants us to be faithful to Him.
10 To the married, however, I give this instruction (not I, but the Lord): A wife should not separate from her husband 11 —and if she does separate she must either remain single or become reconciled to her husband—and a husband should not divorce his wife. (1 Corinthians 7:10-11)
Here the Apostle Paul also said that people should not divorce, the husband should not leave his wife, and the wife should not leave her husband.
and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” (Mark 10:12)
Here it says that if a wife divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery, just as if the husband divorced his wife.
32 I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. 33 But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, (1 Corinthians 7:32-33)
The Lord Jesus also said that some people do not marry for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, in order to be more devoted to the Lord. The Apostle Paul also says that single people are more devoted to the Lord, while those with wives worry about worldly matters. Paul said this so that people can be more devoted to the Lord.
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Forgive one another
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. 28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. 29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ 30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
When Peter asked the Lord Jesus how many times he should forgive his brother for sinning against him, the Lord Jesus said not seven times, but seventy times seven, which means unlimited forgiveness. Then the Lord Jesus told this parable, a servant owed his master a lot of money, he begged his master, and the master forgave his debt, another servant owed him a small debt, the servant begged him, but he had no mercy. The meaning here is that this servant sinned against God a lot, God forgave all his sins, and his brother sinned against him a little, but he did not forgive his brother from the heart.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
(Ephesians 4:32)
Ephesians says that God forgives us in Christ, and we should also be tenderhearted and forgive one another.
he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. (Psalm 103:10)
he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. (Psalm 103:10)
Here we see God’s mercy. He does not treat us according to our sins, nor does He punish us according to our iniquities. If we confess our sins and repent, He will forgive our sins.
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The Lost Sheep
12 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. (Matthew 18:12-14)
Here it says that a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost. When he finds it, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that were not lost. It is not the will of the heavenly Father that one of these little ones should perish. Who are the little ones here?
See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. (Matthew 18:10)
Here it talks about their angels, that is, their guardian angels. Every Christian has a guardian angel. Who do the little ones refer to? It refers to Christians. They are the Lord’s sheep, but later they are lost. The shepherd does not want any sheep to be lost, and the Father in heaven does not want any of his little ones to be lost, so he wants to find them back.
From the context of the parallel passages in Luke, we know that the lost sheep refer to the tax collectors and sinners.
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25)
Here it says that we were like sheep going astray before we believed in the Lord. Each of us went his own way. We were all lost sheep, and we did not have the Lord Jesus as our shepherd in our lives.
I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. (Luke 15:7)
Here it says that when a sinner repents and is baptized and becomes a Christian. Heaven will rejoice over him, the heavenly Father will rejoice over him, and the angels in heaven will rejoice over him. The Father loves everyone, and everyone is precious in his eyes. He hopes that everyone will repent and turn to him.
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Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven
18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. (Matthew 18:1-5)
When the disciples asked the Lord Jesus: “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” The Lord Jesus answered, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ” Here the Lord Jesus said that if you want to be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, you must be humble like this little child.
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. (Matthew 23:12)
Here the Lord Jesus said that if a person humbles himself, he will be exalted, and if a person exalts himself, he will be humbled.
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, (Philippians 2:6-9)
The Lord Jesus is the Son of God, he is in very nature God, yet he humbled himself and obeyed to the point of death, even died on the cross. God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name.
Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:19)
Here the Lord Jesus said: Whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; whoever keeps and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
May God bless you and your family!
Get tax coin from the mouth of fish
24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” 25 “Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?” 26 “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. 27 “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.” (Matthew 17:24-27)
According to the Old Testament, every Israelite over the age of 20 must pay a two-drachma tax to the temple every year. But the Lord Jesus is the Lord of the temple, and he does not need to pay the temple tax. So the Lord Jesus said: Others need to pay taxes, but children do not need to pay taxes. But in order not to offend them, the Lord Jesus asked Peter to catch a fish and get a coin from the fish’s mouth to pay the temple tax for the two of them. Here the Lord Jesus performed a wonderful miracle.
17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?” 18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” 21 “Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” 22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away. (Matthew 22:17-22)
Here we see the Pharisees and Herodians came to test the Lord Jesus and asked him whether he should pay taxes to Caesar. Caesar was the Roman emperor, and at that time Israel was under the rule of Rome. The Lord Jesus asked them to show him a denarius, the denarius was with the image and inscription of Caesar on it. The Lord Jesus said, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” They were amazed to hear the Lord Jesus’ answer, and left him.
Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. (Romans 13:7)
Here Paul says in Romans that give to everyone what you owe them, if you owe taxes, you should pay taxes.
May God bless you and your family!
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.” 17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” 21 (Matthew 17:14-21)
Here we see a man whose son has epilepsy, which is caused by being possessed by a demon. He came to the Lord Jesus’ disciples for healing, but the disciples could not cast out the demon. He came to the Lord Jesus, and the Lord immediately cast out the demon. After that, the disciples asked the Lord Jesus why they could not cast out the demon. The Lord said that they had little faith. The Lord Jesus continued, “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move” and then He said that this kind of demon can only be cast out through fasting and prayer. The demons mentioned here are evil spirits. The leader of the evil spirits is the devil, also called Satan, who is a fallen angel.
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. (1 John 5:19)
The evil one mentioned here is the devil, and the whole world is under his control.
There was a couple from China who attended our church. I knew the husband many years ago. Later, they moved to a place which was a bit far away from the church and stopped coming to the church. After that, the wife practiced qigong-a kind of Chinese meditation. After practicing qigong, she was possessed by the evil spirits, then she asked the preacher of our church to cast out the evil spirits. The evil spirits were cast out and came back. Later, the preacher asked her to be baptized and committed her life to the Lord. After she was baptized, she had the Holy Spirit living in her heart, and the evil spirits never came again. Her husband and she were baptized at the same time. Thank God! I hope more people will believe in the Lord and be baptized, receive the Holy Spirit, receive the new life, receive the eternal life, and receive God’s blessing!
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John the Baptist compared to Elijah
10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” 11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist. (Matthew 17:10-13)
Some people believe in reincarnation, that is, after death, a person will be reborn in another body in the next life. This is not in line with the Bible. Some people quote a verse above to support their views. A verse above says that Elijah has already come, the Lord Jesus compares John the Baptist to Elijah here. Some people believe that John the Baptist is the reincarnation of Elijah, Elijah is a prophet in the Old Testament.
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. (2 Kings 2:11)
Here it says that Elijah ascended to heaven. Elijah and Enoch are only two people recorded in the Bible who did not die and were taken to heaven by God. Elijah did not die, so there was no reincarnation to talk about.
They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” (John 1:21)
When people asked John the Baptist who he was, he said that he was not Elijah, nor was he the prophet, that is, the Lord Jesus prophesied in the old testament. Here we see that John the Baptist is not Elijah.
And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Luke 1:17)
Here it says that John the Baptist has the spirit and power of Elijah, he prepared the way for the Lord, and turned people to God. This is also what the Lord Jesus meant, John the Baptist is like Elijah and has the spirit and power of Elijah, but he is not Elijah.
2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (John 14:2-3)
The Lord Jesus said that there are many rooms in the heavenly Father’s house, that is, in heaven. If not, He would go and prepare a place. When He comes again, he will take us to our heavenly home. In the millennium, that is, when the Lord Jesus reigns on earth for a thousand years, we will work for the Lord. He does not want people to reincarnate and live on earth again.
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Lord Jesus changes his appearance
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. 4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. (Matthew 17:1-8)
Here it says that the Lord Jesus took his disciples Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, and changed his appearance before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. The Old Testament prophets Moses and Elijah appeared to them and talked with Jesus. The voice of the Heavenly Father said to them: “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
After the Lord Jesus was resurrected from the dead, he appeared to two disciples and talked with them, but the two disciples did not recognize him, which shows that the Lord Jesus could change his appearance and voice.
I also read a testimony about a person who saw the Lord Jesus and Lord Jesus’ body would change and become very big.
This reminds me of a dream I had. In the dream, my wife was with me, and I was floating and flying on the same level in the air. I flew for some distance, I was floating and flying not too high above the ground. The next thing was that I saw the Lord Jesus talking to several people in front of me. I didn’t say anything. The Lord Jesus looked shorter than me. After a while, he became taller, but the picture became blurred. I know that in heaven we can fly, and I also know that the Lord can change his appearance and size.
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Take up your own and follow the Lord
Matthew 16:24-28 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[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. 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. 28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” (Matthew 16:24-28)
Here the Lord Jesus said, “If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” What does it mean to take up your cross and follow the Lord? Taking up your cross means dying to yourself. The Lord Jesus continued, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” If a person wants to save his life and lives for himself, he will lose his life, and if he loses his life for the Lord and for the gospel sake, he will find his life. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? It does not profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his life and lose his soul.
Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. (Revelation 22:12)
The Lord Jesus will come again soon, and He will reward each person according to what he has done. When the Lord Jesus comes, He will come with rewards and give to each person according to what he has done. The Lord Jesus continued, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” The Lord Jesus said these words 2,000 years ago. He said that when he comes again, some of those who were present at that time would not die. The death here refers to spiritual death. Although they died physically, they are alive spiritually.
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Here the Lord Jesus said, “If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” What does it mean to take up your cross and follow the Lord? Taking up your cross means dying to yourself. The Lord Jesus continued, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” If a person wants to save his life and lives for himself, he will lose his life, and if he loses his life for the Lord and for the gospel sake, he will find his life. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? It does not profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his life and lose his soul.
Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. (Revelation 22:12)
The Lord Jesus will come again soon, and He will reward each person according to what he has done. When the Lord Jesus comes, He will come with rewards and give to each person according to what he has done. The Lord Jesus continued, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” The Lord Jesus said these words 2,000 years ago. He said that when he comes again, some of those who were present at that time would not die. The death here refers to spiritual death. Although they died physically, they are alive spiritually.
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Recognize Jesus as the Christ
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 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. 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. (Matthew 16:13-20)
The Lord Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” The Lord Jesus called himself the Son of man, which represents his humanity. From a human perspective, the Lord Jesus is the descendant of David, and he is also the Son of God. He was with the Heavenly Father before the creation of the world. He is the Son of the Trinity God: Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Son of man represents his humanity, and the Son of God represents his divinity. When he asked his disciples, Who do you say that I am? Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” The Lord Jesus did not tell them that he was the Christ. It was the Heavenly Father who revealed it to Peter. Christ means the Anointed One, the Savior. Peter in Greek means rock. To bind means not to allow, and to loose means to allow. There are other scriptures where the Lord Jesus told his disciples: “Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” This is the authority that the Lord Jesus gave to his disciples. The Lord Jesus told his disciples not to tell people that he was the Christ. In the Bible, the Lord Jesus rarely told people that he was the Christ because the timing had not yet come.
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