Hey guys, I want to talk to you today about an amazing story. It's a story where Jesus said

there's one miracle that really defines every other miracle. And if this were the only

miracle that Jesus ever did, it would be enough to validate everything he ever said.

So listen in today.

Welcome to Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly.

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friend. Thanks for listening. Now, let's join Kurt for today's episode. Okay, brand new chapter today.

We are in Matthew chapter 16. And if you know anything about the book of Matthew, you know that

this is a very key chapter

in our book as we study. The greater theme, Jesus is king. Remember, Matthew, his purpose for writing

is to demonstrate to Jews, unbelieving Jews, that Jesus is indeed the Messiah that they missed,

but can still embrace if they'll come to him by faith. And we're looking at Matthew 16 today.

We ended yesterday with the miracle of the feeding of the 4,000. And we made the distinction that that miracle was

not to Jews, but to these Greek people in these Greek city states. And now they have gathered up

the fragments that have remained. And they're sailing across to the other side. So they're on the

far side, the east side of the Sea of Galilee,

and they're going to sail in a northwesterly direction to a place called Magdala. It's been my privilege

to spend many, many times at Magdala. They've discovered at Magdalas the first century synagogue that Jesus would

have preached in, the town where obviously Mary Magdalene was from. It was a very rich area.

It was the place where they processed fish, so it was an industrial place. It's the only site in the world where they

have found two synagogues. Think about that. Two different synagogues. So it was a religious place.

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