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Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, and this is our podcast.

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Now, what I want to do, I wouldn't go into the Word of God from Matthew chapter 16 and I want to share an encounter

that Peter had with Jesus while Jesus was still living and this will sort of be

this is us Jack Pearson flashback effect on the Word of God for us to see something that Jesus

said while he was still on earth in bodily form that still echoes with ramifications

for our lives today.

And I want to ask that everyone stand in honor of the reading of the Word of God that is

physically able to stand.

And even if you're watching on a screen somewhere, just stand up for a moment in reverence

and respect for the Word of God. Because the grass withers, the flower fades, and your outfit

goes out of style. But the Word of the Lord endures forever. I modernized it a little bit. Amen.

So I want to look at this scripture, and it's just a conversation that Peter had with Jesus

beginning in Matthew 16, verse 13.

When Jesus came to the region of Cesarea, Philippi, he asked his disciples, who do people

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