Here’s the Secret

Matthew 16:13-20

Jesus and his disciples have entered the district of Caesarea Philippi, some twenty miles north of the Sea of Galilee. He asks the disciples who people say he is. Most people see Jesus as some sort of prophet, but Jesus wants to know who the disciples think he is. Peter declares that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus then announces that Peter is blessed for this answer and that upon this rock Jesus will build the new Israel, bestowing on Peter and his fellow believers the authority to bind and loose.

 

Scripture reading by Pastor Keith Aurand

Sermon by Pastor Keith Aurand

Recorded September 3, 2017

New Berlin, Wisconsin, USA