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ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>(From:
MATTHEW #26 - 16:1-20) </b>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">E. 16:1-12 WARNING AGAINST
PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">1. 16:1-4 THE SIGN OF JONAH FOR
CARPERS</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a. 16:1 JEWISH LEADERS SEEK A
SIGN</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, <i>and</i>
trying <i>him</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Kai pro-selTHONtes hoi
Pha-riSAIoi kai Sad-douKAIoi, peiRAzon-tes<i><b> </b></i><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[3985]</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>asked him to show them a sign from :heaven.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">e-p<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">R</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-san
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1905]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
auTON s</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEIon
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4592]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
ek tou ou-raNOU e-piDEIxai </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1925]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
auTOIS.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b. 16:2 WEATHER FORECAST FOR
EVENING</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>But he answered <i>and</i> said to them, When <i>it</i>
is evening,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho de a-po-kriTHEIS EIpen
auTOIS, O-PSIas ge-noMEn<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">s,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>you say, Fair weather: for the heaven is red.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">LEge-te, EuDIa <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2115]</font>:
purRAzei <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4449]</font> gar ho
ou-raNOS.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>c.
16:3a</span></font><b> And in <i>the</i> morning, Foul weather
today: for the heaven is red and lowering.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">kai
pr</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">I,
S</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">me-ron
cheiM</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">N
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[5494]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">:
purRAzei gar stugNAz</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4768]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ho ou-raNOS.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">d. 16:3b WEATHER FORECASTING
FAILS IN SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>You know <i>how</i> to discern the face of the
heaven;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">to men PROs<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-pon
tou ou-raNOU giN</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">ske-te
di-aKRInein </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1252]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">but
you cannot </span><i>discern</i><span style="font-style:normal"> the
signs of the seasons.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">ta
de s</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">MEIa
t</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
kaiR</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">N
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2540]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ou DUnas-the.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">e. 16:4a DESIRE FOR SIGNS :
INDICATION OF AN EVIL GENERATION!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign;</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ge-neA po-n<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">RA
kai moi-chaLIS </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[3428]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
s</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEIon e-pi-z</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TEI;</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai s<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEIon
ou doTH</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">se-tai
auT</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">, ei m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
to s</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">MEIon I</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">NA.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">f.
16:4b </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>
And he left them, </b></span></font><font size="3"><i><b>and</b></i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal"><b>
departed. </b></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><b>
</b></span><span style="font-style:normal">kai ka-ta-liP</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">N
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2641]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
auTOUS, aP</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Lthen.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2. 16:5-12 BEWARE OF LEAVEN OF
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>a.
16:5</span></span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
And the disciples came to the other side </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">and</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
forgot to take loaves.</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Kai
elTHONtes hoi ma-th</span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">TAI
eis to PEran e-peLAthon-to </span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1950]</span></span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ARtous laBEIN.</span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b. 16:6 JESUS WARNS DISCIPLES
OF FALSE LEAVEN</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And :Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho de I<u>e</u>SOUS EIpen
auTOIS, HoRAte <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3708]</font> kai
proSEche-te <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4337]</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">aPO t<u>e</u>s ZUm<u>e</u>s
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2219]</font> t<u>o</u>n
Pha-riSAI<u>o</u>n kai Sad-douKAI<u>o</u>n.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>c.
16:7</span></span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
And they reasoned among themselves, saying [that], We took no
loaves.</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">hoi de di-e-loGIzon-to <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1260]</font>
en he-auTOIS, LEgon-tes [HOti], ARtous ouk eLAbo-men.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">d. 16:8 JESUS REBUKES THEIR
MISUNDERSTANDING</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And :Jesus perceiving <i>it</i> said, You of little
faith,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">gnous de ho I<u>e</u>SOUS EIpen,
Ti di-a-loGIzes-the,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>why do you reason among yourselves, because you have
no loaves?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">en he-auTOIS, o-liGOpi-stoi
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3640]</font>, HOti ARtous ouk
Eche-te?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">e. 16:9 JESUS REASONS WITH THEM</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Do you not yet perceive, neither remember the five
loaves</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">OUp<u>o</u> noEIte, ouDE
mn<u>e</u>-moNEUe-te <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3421]</font>
tous PENte ARtous</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took
up?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">t<u>o</u>n pen-ta-kis-chiLI<u>o</u>n,
kai POsous koPHInous <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2894]</font>
eLAbe-te?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>f.
16:10 </span></font><b> Neither the seven loaves of the four
thousand, and how many hampers you took up?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ouDE tous hepTA ARtous t<u>o</u>n
te-tra-kis-chiLI<u>o</u>n, kai POsas sphuRIdas <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4711]</font>
eLAbe-te?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>g.
16:11a</span></span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
How do you not perceive that I spoke not to you concerning loaves?</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">p</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">s
ou noEIte HOti ou peRI ARt</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
EIpon huMIN?</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>h.
16:11b</span></span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">proSEche-te
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4337]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
de aPO t</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">s
ZUm</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">s
t</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
Pha-riSAI</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
kai Sad-douKAI</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">i. 16:12 DISCIPLES FINALLY GET
THE POINT</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Then they understood that he bade them beware not of
the leaven</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">TOte suN<u>E</u>kan <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4920]</font>
HOti ouk EIpen proSEchein aPO t<u>e</u>s ZUm<u>e</u>s</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>of the loaves, but of the teaching of the Pharisees
and Sadducees.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">t<u>o</u>n ARt<u>o</u>n, alLA
aPO t<u>e</u>s di-daCH<u>E</u>S <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1322]</font>
t<u>o</u>n Pha-riSAI<u>o</u>n kai Sad-douKAI<u>o</u>n.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">F. 16:13-20 THE IDENTITY OF
JESUS AND HIS PURPOSE</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">a.
16:13 JESUS SEEKS FROM HIS DISCIPLES HOW </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>OTHERS</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
IDENTIFY HIM</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Now when :Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea
:Philippi,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ElTH<u>O</u>N de ho I<u>e</u>SOUS
eis ta MEr<u>e</u> Kai-saRIas t<u>e</u>s PhiLIPpou,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>he asked his :disciples, saying,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">R</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">ta
tous ma-th</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TAS
auTOU, LEg</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n, </span></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Who do :men say that the Son of :man is?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="text-decoration:none">TIna
LEgou-sin hoi ANthr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-poi
EInai ton huiON tou anTHR</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">pou?</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b. 16:14 THE VARIOUS
IDENTIFICATIONS MEN ATTEMPTED FOR JESUS</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And they said, Some <i>say</i> John the Baptist; and
some Elijah; </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">hoi de EIpan, Hoi men I<u>o</u>An<u>e</u>n
ton bap-tisT<u>E</u>N; ALloi de <u>E</u>-LEIan;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">HEte-roi de, Ie-reMIan, <u>e</u>
HEna t<u>o</u>n pro-ph<u>e</u>T<u>O</u>N.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>c.
16:15</span></span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
He says to them, But who do YOU say that I am?</span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">LEgei auTOIS, HuMEIS de TIna me
LEge-te EInai?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>d.
16:16 </span></font><b> And Simon Peter answered <i>and</i> said,
You are the Christ, the Son of the living :God.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">A-po-kriTHEIS
de SIm</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
PEtros EIpen, Su ei ho ChrisTOS, ho huiOS tou TheOU tou Z</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Ntos
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2198]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">e. 16:17 JESUS REVEALS THE
SOURCE OF PETER'S DISCERNMENT</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And :Jesus answered <i>and</i> said to him, Blessed
are you,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">a-po-kriTHEIS de ho I<u>e</u>SOUS
EIpen auT<u>O</u>, MaKAri-os <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3107]</font>
ei,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood has not revealed
<i>it</i> to you,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">SIm<u>o</u>n Ba-ri-<u>o</u>NA:
HOti sarx kai HAIma ouk a-peKAluPSEN soi, </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>but my :Father who is in the heavens.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">all' ho paT<u>E</u>R mou ho en
tois ou-raNOIS.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">f. 16:18 JESUS REVEALS THE
FOUNDATION AND TRIUMPH OF HIS CHURCH</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And I also say unto you, that you are Peter,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ka' 'G<u>O</u> DE soi LEg<u>o</u>,
HOti su ei PEtros <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4074]</font>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and upon this :rock I will build my :church</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai ePI TAUt<u>e</u> t<u>e</u>
PEtra <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4073]</font> oi-ko-doM<u>E</u>s<u>o</u>
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3618]</font> mou t<u>e</u>n
ek-kl<u>e</u>SIan <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1577]</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>and <i>the</i> gates of Hades shall not prevail
against it.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">kai
PUlai </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4439]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
HAdou </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[86]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ou ka-tiSCHUsou-sin </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2729]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
auT</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">S.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">g. 16:19 THE AUTHORITY JESUS
DELEGATES TO PETER AND DISCIPLES</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>I will give you the keys of the kingdom of the
heavens; and whatever you shall bind on the earth</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">D<u>O</u>s<u>o</u> soi tas
KLEIdas <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2807]</font> t<u>e</u>s
ba-siLEIas <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[932]</font> t<u>o</u>n
ou-raN<u>O</u>N; kai ho eAN D<u>E</u>s<u>e</u>s <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1210]</font>
ePI t<u>e</u>s g<u>e</u>s</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>shall be bound in the heavens; and whatever you shall
loose</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">EStai de-deMEnon en tois
ou-raNOIS; kai ho eAN LUs<u>e</u>s <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3089]</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ePI t<u>e</u>s g<u>e</u>s EStai
le-luMEnon en tois ou-raNOIS.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>h.
16:20 </span></font><b> Then charged he the disciples that they
should tell no one that he is the Christ.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">TOte e-peTIm<u>e</u>-sen tois
ma-th<u>e</u>TAIS HIna m<u>e</u>-deNI EIp<u>o</u>-sin HOti auTOS
es-tin ho ChrisTOS.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><u><b><span style="font-style:normal">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Unbelievers
like the Pharisees and Sadducees are to be avoided, especially their
teaching! It is like leaven! And leaven in the Bible usually has a
connotation of </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>evil</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>!
My background was in this type of environment. I did not hear the
Gospel clearly presented until </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>after</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
I became a Christian! We will do well to heed Jesus' warning
concerning these types of teachers. Those who take away from the Word
of God (Sadducees), and those who </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>add</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
to God's Word (Pharisees) - </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>they</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
are modern versions of such false teachers. 3 times in the Bible God
warns of these latter (Deuteronomy, Proverbs and Revelation).</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>It
is interesting to note the questions of Jesus to His disciples
concerning His identity. The general answers given by His disciples
did not satisfy Him. He wanted </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>their</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
direct answer as to His identity. Peter by direct revelation of the
Spirit of the Father received the answer Jesus desired. He was the
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Christ</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
the </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Messiah</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
to come, the </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>Son</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
of the living God! What a revelation! And Jesus </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>confirmed</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
that this was what He was looking for! He pronounced a blessing upon
Peter in the light of this revelation.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Now
16:18 has been a verse with a number of interpretations by scholars.
It seems that the majority feel that the revelation God gave Peter
concerning His Son - as a </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>confession</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>,
was the “rock” upon which Jesus would build His church.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">However, the use of the two
Greek words for “rock” might offer another outlook. The word
Peter is “PEtros”, meaning “a little rock”. The rock upon
which Jesus said He would build His church is “PEtra”, a large
rock. Off the Province of Newfoundland and the great fishing banks
off the shores of New England, are the “Grand Banks”, or “PEtra”.
Upon it are numbers of smaller rocks, “PEtros”. Jesus Himself can
be likened to the Grand Banks - “PEtra”, and we like Peter are
living stones built upon Him, to form a Living Temple of Living
Stones, with Jesus the Chief Corner Stone, and also the coming
Capstone, the Alpha and Omega. It is true, that each living stone
needs to receive Spirit revelation from the Father - but I tend to
favor this latter view.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Further,
not only Peter, but all true living stones receive the keys of the
Kingdom. As we faithfully proclaim the Gospel as Peter did, it
becomes a key to open the door to the Kingdom of God. In 16:19 the
“Williams” translation of the NT is perhaps closer to the truth
here than almost all others. It reads, “Whatever you shall bind on
earth, must already in the mind of God </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>have
been bound</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
in heaven (Perfect Passive Participle); and whatever you shall loose
on the earth must already </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>have
been loosed</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
(Perfect Passive Participle) in heaven.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>This
translation requires us to live close enough to God, that knowing His
mind, we can </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>then</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
boldly proclaim on earth </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>His</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
desire, and it </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>shall</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
be done. This is quite a different perspective in the use of the keys
of the Kingdom. It makes </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>us</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
the water-boys of God, not God </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>our</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
water-boy. I am not dogmatic on this point, but I personally favor
it, and personally follow it. George Muller, Rees Howells and Oswald
Chambers did also. I, like them, can be </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>bold</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
in my faith, when I know the mind of God. See 1 John 5:14-15 - </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">this</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything
</span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">according to his
:will</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
he hears us; </span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">15</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
and if we </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">know</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
that he hears us </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">whatever</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
we ask, we </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">know</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
that we </span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal">have</span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
the petitions which we have asked of him.”</span></span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
Our </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>boldness</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
here comes when we ask </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>anything</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>according
to </span></span><b><span style="font-style:normal">His</span></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>
will</span></span></u><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>!
This fully accords with the Williams translation of Matthew 16:19.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">- J.A.Watt</font></p>
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