Sometimes we serve the Lord in ways that are counterproductive.

In fact, one great man that we'll learn about today actually was behaving more like Satan

than he was like a child of God.

How does that happen?

We'll find out on today's episode.

Welcome to Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelie. We believe

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Now, let's join Kurt for today's episode.

Greetings to my Faith Baptist Church family and many others that are listening and watching today.

Appreciate your faithfulness to the Lord. And what a privilege it is for me to be able to just talk to you every single day, at least every single weekday, and just work our way through the Bible.

I can't think of anything more beneficial than just gathering together around God's word, understanding what it says, and then making some real practical applications to our own lives.

So I hope you're enjoying this series in the book of Matthew.

We're in chapter 16, which is such an important chapter in this book.

And we slowed down a bit last episode and talked about, began to talk about the clarification.

Jesus is the Christ, and he uses us to proclaim that foundational message to the world.

And in that sense, we have authority.

And yet Jesus said, but not yet.

Don't say anything yet because I don't want you to

miscommunicate, misconvey who I am. Understand who the Christ is before you tell people who the

Christ is, lest you be guilty of misrepresenting. So verse number 21 today, the Bible says from that

time forth, interesting. So this marks a real division in the ministry of Jesus because the

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