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And remember: If you looking to be A better preacher and are not a validly ordained Catholic Priest or Deacon, the Triune God of Jacob has and IS calling you by name to stop immediately. Playing church with good intentions does not waive Christ’s explicit mandate for absolute ecclesiastical unity under Peter and his successors if Peter. Let’s rewind about two thousand years to Caesarea Philippi , to the events recorded in Matthew 16:19. Jesus says to Peter, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven” (NASB). Seems obvious enough, right? But many opponents of the Catholic faith have worked hard to pick apart this verse to establish the papacy, and many Catholics have offered well known defenses for the Catholic interpretation of it. So it’s worthwhile to look deeper into what Jesus is saying and see where our Lord is coming from. He didn’t come up with these words out of nowhere; rather, Jesus is drawing from Isaiah 22. In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open (vv. 20-22). So what does Isaiah reveal that Jesus is doing here in Matthew’s Gospel, and how does it affirm the papacy? Jesus is in effect appointing Peter as chief steward (similar to a prime minister today) over the Church, as Eliakim once was over Israel. The chief steward in the Old Testament had remarkable authority. Archeologist Roland de Vaux and Old Testament scholar Tryggve N.D. Mettinger liken the office to Joseph’s position under Pharaoh. Recall that all of Pharaoh’s possessions, including his own house or palace, were placed under Joseph’s care (Gen. 39:5; Ps. 105:21). Eliakim is similarly described as “over the [king’s] house” as its master or chief steward (2 Kings 19:2; Isa. 36:22). His jurisdiction as “father” extends not only over the house of David, but “to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah” (Isa. 22:21). (It’s worth noting here that after King Solomon’s reign ended, Israel split in half, into the northern kingdom, called Israel, and southern kingdom, called Judah. During the stewardship of Eliakim under King Hezekiah, the northern kingdom was under Assyrian occupation. Thus, by process of elimination, all that remained of Israel was under Eliakim’s jurisdiction. It is still appropriate to say that he possessed universal jurisdiction over the kingdom.) Let’s talk about the connection between Eliakim and Peter. First, note the common structure: someone with key(s) of a kingdom (David/heaven) exercises definitive use of them (open-shut/bind-loose). “Opening and shutting” probably refers to the chief steward’s ability to decide who may see the king based on the steward opening or shutting the doors of the palace or any other royal estate. “Binding and loosing” is a common Jewish phrase for the authority to interpret Scripture and thereby decide who may enter or be excommunicated from God’s community. There are other uncanny similarities between Peter and Eliakim that bolster the papacy. Both are compared to an object-Peter to a rock (Matt. 16:18) and Eliakim to a peg (Isa. 22:23). Their names always appear first on the list of their kings’ servants (2 Kings 18:18; Matt. 10:2). They both represent a transition from corruption to purity: Eliakim replaces the corrupt Shebna (Isa. 22:15-22), and Peter (as the rock of Christ’s Church) triumphs over the pagan rock of Caesarea Philippi. The rock had been a worship site for the deity Pan, and the city itself was named in honor of Caesar Augustus by Philip the Tetrarch, Herod the Great’s son. Jesus’ bold proclamation about Peter and the Church occurs in a location entrenched in paganism. The final and most important sign pointing to the Isaiah-Matthew parallel is Jesus himself. Nathan prophesies in 2 Samuel 7:8-17 that one of David’s sons will establish David’s kingdom forever and be God’s son. Luke 1:32-33 boldly declares, “He [Jesus] will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” Jesus even quotes Isaiah 61:1-2 to disclose his messianic identity (Luke 4:16-21). Not only does the Isaiah-Matthew parallel make perfect sense in light of Jesus’ royal ancestry, but it is expected, given Jesus’ tendency to mention Isaiah when his identity is revealed. No matter what controversies surround the papacy, we can know with confidence that the office was instituted by Christ. The pope is not just another bishop or theologian, but is the highest royal official in Christ’s Davidic kingdom. Like the Israelites in the Old Testament, we are under the kingship of David’s son and the chief steward of the son’s kingdom. In this passage from the Gospel of Mark, we hear, John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is for us” (Mark 9:38-40). Jesus teaches us that a person who performs miracles in his name, including the exorcism of a demon, recognizes Christ’s authority. Here we are reminded of the words of Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), which teaches that “many elements of sanctification” that are proper to the Catholic Church are operative, by God’s grace, “outside of its visible structure” and work “toward Catholic unity” (8). In other words, as A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture provides on page 920, The dispositions and faith of such a person may be imperfect, but his miracles are a commendation of Christ and his teaching. Unlike the Scribes and the Pharisees who were [seemingly] irreconcilable in their opposition, he is making common cause with the disciples. And so we work with other Christians and others of goodwill wherever possible, and pray that we are ultimately all one as Jesus and the Father are one (John 17:20-23).

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Action is what matters! Jesus taught us that!

We need the churches to get rid of MAGA, and the hair sniffer Trump!

God’s word is living and truly amazing. Brother Francis is just expounding upon God‘s word, but he’s just reading God‘s word is Better than life! Watch over him, father and keep him safe cover him with your precious blood. Let nothing come against him.

Praise the Lord!

It just gets Annoying when Christians talk crap and say that other religions aren’t true and their gods are not real when they just want to be left alone to believe what they want to believe

No it's not hating people it's hating the dumb crap they believe in

Wait are you saying only Christians get hate when they talk about religion

What’s going on with our culture is we have hostile anti Christians exclusively making our arts, and occupying our government. It can be blamed on the evangelicals for thinking they’re “the chosen people”. Christians. WE. Are the chosen people

Trump is a liar. Trump is a criminal. So are all the people that support him. Fact.

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Great explanation of the relationship between grace and holiness. Love you guys!

Praise God for His grace which frees us to really walk with Him in His enabling power! Love both of these men of God. Titus 2:11-13 NKJV - 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ

You are not being faithful preachers to watt? There is absolutely no proof that anything in the Bible happened the way it said it dead. All of your so-called discoveries happened debunked or have been proven to happen and very different times in the Bible says they did. Nobody knows who wrote the Bible, and nobody will ever know. It’s just a story written by iron, aged people who didn’t know any better.

Holy spirit is not necessary invention anymore

As much as I love brother Dave, do you think his theology and preaching was a lot of works and performance based ?

We know where the sun goes at night. Stop the magic world bs please. You can't handle the truth of death, of ceasing to exist.

There's NOTHING YOU can do to get them to "the Father". The "FATHER" ALREADY HAS THEM - STUDY your scriptures, rather than Listening to the PASTOR who DOES NOT KNOW THIS ONE FACT!!!! SOUNDS good, but it's a LOT OF #BULSHIT!!!

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To whom shall he teach knowledge? To whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breast. Isaiah 28:9. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little, Isaiah 28:10. Receceive ye the Holy Ghost!

Blessed broadcast , wonderful to hear others awakening to Covenant Grace

Amen Get rid of your old self and be reborn in die Christ Jesus live in the spirit not in the flesh its not about me its about Jesus... Hallelujah Amen Jesus loves you

If u think u can love Yah and your neighbor without doing some type of work then you dont understand what is expected of u. Faith without works is dead.

Great podcast, Pastor Lee!

So thankful for my pastor! It’s the grace of God that led us to FNT after searching for where we belonged for years.

Thank you, very good advice.

OUR Faith requires Action. EVERY TIME. DBAH. EVERY TIME.

Good luck- 1) Pick which of the over 400 versions of the bible you chose to follow. 2) Choose which of the 6 main branches of christianity you believe to be correct. 3) Chose from the more than 45,000 subdivisions. 4) Choose whichever irrational voice in your head you deem to be god. Then hope and pray you got the exact right combination to get you the one and only true version. If not, you're going to hell with the rest of us.

Don’t bother, WE HAVE HEARD THE BIBLICAL BULLSHIT FOR MILLENNIA. THERE IS NOTHING NEW ITNIS THE SAME OLD SHIT.

Yes sr, revival starts with Jesús!!! Amen!!

Thank you Pastor John for bringing a topic that is so very needed. A timely word. There was absolutely a time where I carried legalism around like a cape, but Praise God I am growing in His grace more and more. Looking forward to listening next week.

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Heal Your Church, Lord

Thank you pastor john and pastor joshua. Very helpful. We currently have a small church and we want to be equipping our members to go make disciples. Please keep us in prayer. Thank you 👏🏽

Amen.

"It takes 5 miles to turn a ship in the ocean and if you turn to quick you'll flip .." 🙌🏽👏🏽☝🏽

Sometimes as human beings with emotions, we get wrapped up in those emotions and have a hard time deciphering the difference between forgiving someone but creating healthy boundaries so that person can’t damage you anymore and we feel like those are one in the same but they are not

You're a leader ? I'm pretty sure the Bible says you're supposed to be servants.

Last Days is everything post ascension, we have been in the last days for 2000 years.

If you are going to keep advertising the impending doom on humanity do it elsewhere I love you all have a good

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“Until I come”…. god you nasty

People wanted to hear for decades that Ceasar Borgiea was a depiction of Jesus when in all actuality Vladimir Putin has opened up the vaults in Russia showing the true pictures/ paintings of the messiah

Just more B.S. it's been the end of days for the last 2000 years. It's just been a con game for 2000 years now.

Paul never knew jesus. He said so himself. Never talked to jesus about any of these things.

Remember if you sprinkle Sugar on the scriptures you are washing your hands with blood. Jesus said we are the Salt of the Earth. Be Salty with Raw Truth and Scripture.

Last days of an old covenant, not time.

Paul also said Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. Much better then whats in a 2000yr old book.