Instruction: Passing the Test

Instruction: Passing the Test

•A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church

    I.        EXAMINATION
      A.        EXTENDED TRAVEL
          Matthew 16:13a “Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi”

      B.        EXCHANGING IDEAS
          1.         QUESTION
                      Matthew 16:13b He questioned His disciples, “Who do people pronounce Me, the Son of Man, to be?”
         2.         ANSWERS
                   Matthew 16:14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; many say Elijah; and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

       C.        EXPLICIT QUESTION
                  Matthew 16:15 He said to them, “But who do you pronounce Me to be?”

    II.       EXCLAMATION
    Matthew 16:16 And answering, Simon Peter said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the God, the living One.”
       A.        EXPRESSION OF FAITH
    B.        EXALTATION OF GOD

    III.      EXPLANATION
       A.        EXPANSIVE BLESSING
                  Matthew 16:17a And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.”
       B.        EXPOSITION OF SOVEREIGNTY
                  Matthew 16:17b “For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father Who is in heaven.
                  1.         NEGATIVE
                  2.         POSITIVE