Shabbat Shalom everyone. It's wonderful to be able to come together and to be able to be under the sound of the Word. What a privilege it is for us to spend the time to read the Scripture together and to go especially through this wonderful gospel, the gospel of Marcus. And today, in this Shabbat ministry meeting, we are going to read from Mark chapter 8, verses 27 to 38. The theme here in this portion of scripture is Yeshua, the Son of Man, who must die and also rise again.

so please open your Bibles and read with me from Mark chapter 8 verse 27 to 38 and I'm reading and Yeshua went out and his disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi and by the way he asked his disciples saying unto them whom do men say that I am and they answered John the baptizer but some say Eliyahu or Elijah and others say one of the prophets and he saith unto them but whom do ye say that I am and Peter answered and saith unto him thou art the Christ thou art the Messiah and he charged them that they should tell no man of him and he began to teach them that the son of

man must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise again and he spake that saying openly and Peter took him and began to rebuke him but when he had turned about and looked on his disciples he rebuked Peter saying get thee behind me Satan for thou savest not the things that be of God but the things that be of men and when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also he said unto them whosoever will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me for whosoever will save his life

shall lose it but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospels the same shall save it for what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with the holy angels thus far well I read from Mark chapter 8 verses 27 to 38 this is a very very important passage beloved brothers and sisters to remind you that in our

previous ministry meeting we dealt with Mark 8 verses 10 to 26 where Yeshua warned his disciples that they have to be careful from the 11 of the Pharisees and Herod.

And he taught them the importance of being sound and to be careful not to be legal on the one hand, not to be liberal on the other hand, and to understand that he was the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world.

If you remember in the very same chapter 8, when the pharisees wanted from him that he will show them a sign he said unto them why does this generation seek after a sign verily i say unto you there shall no sign be given unto this generation and when we read along with this passage of mark 8 verse 12 we read matthew chapter 16 and matthew chapter 12 we learn that Yeshua the Messiah gave the Pharisees the Sadducees the Herodians the truth concerning the sign of Jonah the prophet Yonah Hanavi as Yonah was three days and three nights in the fish's belly so must the son of man be three days and three nights in the

belly or in the heart of this earth so this is very very important because when we understand the importance of the death burial and resurrection of the messiah we will understand the he is the one that will come to fulfill all what god had promised our forefathers the people of israel through the law through the prophets and through the writings but now dear brothers and sisters as we continue on to that last portion of mark chapter 8 we see how it was important for yeshua the messiah that his very own disciples will understand it that they will grasp the necessity of christ of the mashiach to die to be buried and to rise again and

he wanted them individually to understand it they already have accepted him they followed after him he have already called them and he sent them away to minister his word to heal the sick he already have done so but it seemed to be that even though they were his disciples and others that follow after him from among the nation of israel yet they didn't quite sink it down deep into their hearts and i would say that even many of us today we would not quite understand all these things especially that in his days they didn't have the new testament the brit hachadasha they only have the tanakh messiah did not die yet the church age did

not begin and so they were limited with the information that they have had yet they had enough information to accept what he is teaching them so here is now he is taking them their disciples along with others that have accepted him and he lead them out towards the north of Israel to remind you that earlier in the previous chapters the end of chapter 7 the beginning of chapter 8 Yeshua went north beyond the borders of Israel to Tzor and Sidon he went to the north present-day Lebanon then he went east he crossed the Jordan River went east to the Decapolis the 10 cities there he ministered to the Gentiles as well to the Goim then

he returned back and now again he is in Galilee and now he's taking his disciples again from the Galil and he take them again north this time he take them as far as a place that is called Caesarea Philippi And so you notice in this 8th chapter of Mark, from verse 27 to verse 30, you notice that Yeshua is questioning his disciples when he takes them further north, just to the place called Caesarea Philippi, just below Mount Hermon.

Mount Hermon is called still today the eye of Israel, is one of the highest mountains in the Golan Heights, and this is the location where Yeshua is taking the disciples. You notice the name in verse 27 of Mark chapter 8, and Yeshua went out and his disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi now Caesarea Philippi is named after Augustus Caesar and Herod Philip that's why it's called Caesarea Philippi and in the name that it is given today it's called the Banias why it is called the Banias because in olden days there was a city you might say a place where the Pan-God of the Greeks were there worshipped.

He was there worshipped, called the Pan-God. And in Arabic, instead of saying Pan-Yas, they say Ban-Yas. And therefore the name came to be called the Banyas. There the Pan-God of the Greeks was worshipped. It was a place where idol worship existed. And here Yeshua the Messiah is taking his disciples right to this very same place where at once the worship of a false god was in order for them to see who is the true Messiah, the true and living God of Israel and the Messiah who is the Savior of this world.

so you notice dear brothers and sisters that in verse 27 Yeshua went to Caesarea Philippi the city at the foot of Mount Hermon it is about 40 kilometers further north from the Galil and there he asked them a very important question notice he is now speaking to those among the people of Israel who have accepted him who believe that he was indeed the Mashiach the Messiah so he asked him in verse 27 at the end of this verse whom do men say that I am now this is an essential question today when you really think about the importance of knowing one's destiny everything depended upon the knowledge of the person of yeshua the messiah you

notice that everyone will have one day to stand before god and to give an account to whether he or she know who is this person by the name of yeshua jesus the messiah and he asked them whom do men say that i am i'm sure you have heard many many opinions about the person of jesus of yeshua the messiah some say that he was a good rabbi some say that he was just a leader that have led the whole world to follow after him others say that he was a prophet others say that he was a good man and a man that somehow was successful to influence all the world and that's why there are

so many people who named the name of Yeshua, of Jesus, the Messiah, and the world in which we live in today.

But the important thing, beloved brothers and sisters, is to know Him, to know not only about Him, but to know this person, who He is, why is He claiming to be the Mashiach, the purpose that He came to this world, all this about the person of Yeshua the Messiah is important to know individually. Everyone has to know the person of Yeshua the Messiah. So he asked them whom do men say that I am? And the men notice is the population. Of course in those days the people of whom he was speaking are from among the nation of Israel.

You remember as we studied a few earlier chapters from chapter 1 all the way to chapter 8 where we are today in this ministry you remember how we read the whole gospel of mark the beginning of the gospel of yeshua the messiah the son of god as it is written in the prophets behold i send my messages before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee and how john the baptizer cried and said prepare the ways of the lord that's how the gospel began he is the one that was sent from heaven to come to this world to become the redeemer the savior of sinners and so the question was asked and you and

i whoever is here whoever listened to my voice you will have to give an account one day to know whether you have known about this person what think ye of him of the messiah of the person by the name of yeshua by the name of jesus and so in the next verse mark 8 28 here is the response of the disciples who have already accepted him as the mashiach but they come up with the answers because they have heard what many in the land of israel thought about jesus yeshua himself and they answered and they said to yeshua she says some say that you are john the baptizer yohanan but some say that you are

elijah or elihu in hebrew and yet others said that you are one of the prophets one of the prophets you notice that even in these days where Yeshua was here on earth some 2,000 years ago people had an opinion about him well obviously they saw the miracle that he had accomplished he fed the multitude he gave sight to the blind the lame were able to walk the deaf could hear the dumb could speak he have accomplished so much in the land of israel specifically in the galil in the area surrounding the kineret the sea of galilee so they say that some say that he's yohanan Hamadbil John the baptizer John the baptizer if you remember

he called he went down to the Jordan River and all Judea and Jerusalem came down to him and he baptized many there and he said prepare the way of the Lord because the Messiah was going to come get ready the Messiah is coming others thought that he that Yeshua the Jesus the Lord Yeshua was Elijah Elijah is an important figure among the nation of Israel he is the one if you remember that prayed and the heavens were shut for three and a half years and he prayed again and God have responded to his prayer and that he was the one that answered to Elijah to Eliyahu and the rain came back to the land of

Israel Elijah Eliyahu was also promised to our forefathers that he will come and he will restore the hearts of the fathers unto the children and the children unto their fathers as we read in Malachi chapter 4 verse 5 where we read behold I send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers lest I come and smite the earth with a curse so the last prophet of Israel had promised Malachi promised that Eliyahu Elijah will come to restore the hearts of the fathers to the children and

the children to their fathers well but yeshua was unique he was the one that came from heaven and therefore elijah was really not the messiah himself and of course the third answer some said that he is one of the nevi'im one of those prophets like for example he may be in isaiah or jeremiah or any one of the prophets Ezekiel or Daniel and so on the people of Israel may thought about the Messiah when he would come about Jesus assuming that he may be one of those prophets but beloved brothers and sisters that was the opinion of the population surrounding the land of Israel and today we might say as we live here this country

and around the world many people have an opinion human opinion about Jesus the Messiah many many views about him all sort of thoughts concerning the person of Yeshua the Messiah but it is essential for everyone to make it personal and to know truly who Yeshua who Jesus the messiah is and that's what he wanted to bring out from the disciples he wanted them to understand who he is the reason he came and what he will accomplish he wanted them to understand because soon and very soon he's going to leave the galil to leave the north of israel and go down to Jerusalem and Judea and Jerusalem and there he will accomplish the greatest thing that

ever have been accomplished upon the face of this earth not so much as even creation but he is going to provide redemption that is the reason why it was essential for the disciples to exclaim and to know who Yeshua is and so that's why he asked the question whom do men say that I am and the response was some say that you are Yohanan Amatbil John the baptizer Eliyahu Elijah or one of the prophets of Israel well you notice how the Lord Yeshua the Messiah is drawing out the disciples Israel's view about the person of Yeshua the Messiah and so in verse 29 you notice he said unto them but whom do ye say that

I am notice that okay it's one thing for someone else to say something about me but what do you think about me what do you and I would like to challenge everyone that hears this message what do you think about the lord yeshua the messiah what is your opinion about him and is your opinion lines up with the scripture with the hebrew scripture with the word of god and you notice how he wanted the disciples whom do ye say that i am and of course simon peter always seems to be the one that respond quickly he had been the kind of a person that is reacting maybe quickly just to remind you that he loved

the lord he wanted to serve him he wanted to live for him he was one of those early apostles or disciples that were chosen by the Lord Yeshua and if you remember it was he the one that the Lord said to him follow me and I will make you fishers of men and he's the one that followed after the Lord he left the fishing if you remember and he followed after the Lord you remember in chapter one of the gospel of Mark Yeshua said to Simon and Andrew his brother come ye after me and I will make you to become fishers of men and straightway they forsook the nets and they followed him so shimon

petros simon peter really responded to the call of the lord jesus the messiah so here he is speaking responding and actually he is responding on behalf of all those disciples because he was you might say the spokesman and so Simon we read Peter in verse 29 answered and he said unto him thou art the Christ you are the Messiah thou art the anointed now I want to pause here for a moment and just to mention a few important things about one who is anointed to remind you that in Israel's history there were many who were anointed.

If you remember the priest in Exodus 29 7 and Exodus 40 verse 13 the priest of Israel Aaron he was anointed to become the high priest of Israel.

The prophets of Israel they also were anointed in 1st Kings chapter 19 and verse 16 a prophet was anointed the anointed come from the hebrew word limshoach or mashiach the oil was placed upon one's head and he was an anointed to a certain office so aaron eron was anointed to the office of the high priest the prophet was anointed to the office of a prophet but not only that even the kings of our nation Israel they were also anointed to become kings of Israel to take the office of a king king Shaul was anointed in first Samuel chapter 10 to be the king of Israel he was the first king of Israel and of course

David Melech Israel David the king of Israel was anointed to become the king of Israel by Samuel in 1st Samuel chapter 16 he was anointed in the midst of his brethren to become the king of Israel so there were many anointed ones you might say an anointed an anointed priest an anointed king an anointed prophet in fact according to the word of God in Isaiah chapter 44 and 45 we find out that once in the whole history of the world there was a person who was not from among the people of Israel whom God called him an anointed and that was King Cyrus.

If you remember when God raised Cyrus to become the one who will restore our people Israel back to the land after 70 years in Babylon according to Isaiah 45 thus says the Lord verse 1 to his anointed to Cyrus whose right hand I have holden to subdue nations before him and i will loose the loins of kings to open before him the two leaves gates and the gates shall not be shut he was going to defeat babylon and he was going to become the ruler the king but as far as god is concerned he was an anointed one he was a chosen one but he was anointed for this ministry to allow the people of

Israel the Jewish people to be restored back to the promised land after the 70 years of captivity in Babel so there were many anointed ones the kings were anointed the priests were anointed the prophets were anointed but you see beloved brothers and sisters here we learn that yeshua the messiah was the anointed not only mashiach but hamashir the messiah and that's why peter says thou art the anointed hamashir the christ the word christ comes from the greek word christos and the christos come from the hebrew word mashiach which is translated in the english language to the word messiah or anointed and so how wonderful to see the exclamation that simon peter that shimon petos gave

concerning yeshua jesus the messiah you are hamashiach you are the messiah but we don't have it here in the gospel of mark but when we go back to the gospel of matthew the gospel of matthew was specifically geared for our people israel the nation of israel there in the gospel of matthew we have something that is written that the spirit of god added that was spoken by peter that mark did not record and this is very important because in matthew chapter 16 and verse 16 after yeshua asked the disciples but whom say ye that i am the response of simon peter is this and simon peter answered and said thou art the mashiach the anointed

and then he adds the son of the living God now this is extremely important that's why it's good to read all the four gospels along together so it will help us to get the combined truth that all these evangelists declare concerning the person of Yeshua he is not only the anointed but the reason that he was qualified to be the anointed, the Mashiach, Ham Mashiach, is because of the fact that he was the eternal son of the living God, Ben Elohim Chaim.

He could never be the anointed one unless he was that holy one of Israel, the son of God who came from heaven, who was born to the virgin Miriam in the city of Bethlehem who lived throughout his life here in this earth in the Galil in the land of Israel in the city of Jerusalem ministered there throughout the land and died in the city of Jerusalem was raised and have gone back to heaven he is the messiah because he entered into this world because he came as the sinless one who was the son of god ben elohim chayim now you remember beloved brothers and sisters that when the prophets of israel spoke years ago for example isaiah said in chapter 7 and verse 14 the virgin shall conceive and bring forth a son and she shall call his name Emmanuel.

Emmanuel means with us in Hebrew. El means God, God with us. In chapter 9 and verse 6, we read in the prophet Isaiah this beautiful statement concerning the birth and the coming of the Messiah. We read in Isaiah chapter 9, and I'll read it.

In verse 6, it says, for unto us a child is born this is the incarnation the humanity of the messiah but then they continue but unto us a son is given this is the eternal son of god as a son he was given as a child he was born that teaches us the fact that the messiah have existed from eternity past he was always the one that was the beloved son of the father god the son it says here in isaiah 9 6 and the government should be upon his shoulder looking to the future when israel will be restored and his name shall be called wonderful counselor the mighty god the father of eternity the

prince of peace sar shalom so here is isaiah is speaking about the messiah who will come but he actually is called in scripture a son that was given god with us you remember the psalmist of israel the psalmist said in psalm 2 where we read in verse 12 the last verse kiss the son let he be angry and he perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him so he is the son of god ben elohim in order for him to become the anointed one he is the one that came from heaven the sinless one the undefiled one the separate from sinner

one the one was qualified to be not only an anointed but the anointed hamashiach well after they gave him this answer wonderful answer then the lord yeshua said to them it's kind of very interesting he said to them he charged them verse 30 mark 8 verse 30 he charged them that they should tell no man of him well why did he say it do you think he didn't want people to know that he is the messiah of course he wanted people to know but the reason he said it and he said it more than once according to the gospel of mark in mark 1 44 and 45 in mark 5 verse 43 in mark 7

36 and even in this passage in mark chapter 8 and verse 26 he said to the one who was blind he sent him away to his house and he said neither go into the town nor tell it to any in the town he said it again and again because he wanted that people will not come to him only as a healer to fix their bodies to make them to be able to see and to hear and to walk and so on he wanted people mankind to know that he is much more than a healer of the body but a healer of the soul we're going to talk about it in a moment the importance of

the soul and the healing of the soul so beautiful passage thus far mark 8 verses 27 to 30 yeshua's questioning his disciples whom do men say that i am and they gave him the answer of what men thought of him but he also wanted the disciples to answer but whom do you say that i am and peter's great confession you are the mashiach and as we read in matthew chapter 16 the son of the living god and to remind you that in matthew 16 verse 17 he continued and he said to Peter, Peter flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you but my father which is in heaven.

God gave this revelation to the people whom he revealed the truth concerning Yeshua the Messiah and we need to pray that the Lord will reveal it to the hearts of many family members, friends and loved ones and even the enemies that God will open the hearts of people that they will know who yeshua is that he is the eternal son of god and that he is the anointed hamashiach very very important well in the next portion of this passage in mark chapter 8 from verse 31 to verse 33 those three verses yeshua now teach his disciples of the necessity for him to suffer to die and to be resurrected to suffer and to die and to be buried and raised from among the dead on the third day and again beloved brothers and sisters this is very important now you and i might say if he is the son of god if he came from heaven and he could heal the sick he could feed the multitude.

He could raise the dead. He could do miracles, walk on the sea of Galilee. Well, why can't he just say a word and he can fix the problem in this world? He could say, have peace or say one word and he could fix everything and he can make all the bad things disappear and things to be just okay here in this world but you see this will never do why because we have all sinned we have all inherited a sin nature when david confessed he said in sin did my mother conceived me when isaiah spoke to the lord when he saw the glory of god he says woe is me for i am a man of unclean lips.

When Peter, in some of his conversation with the Lord in the boat, he says, depart from me, for I'm a sinful man, he said. And we can look throughout the history. From Adam till today, we realize that all of us have sinned. We have inherited a sinful nature. Just remember what Paul said in Romans chapter 3, verse 23, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Shaul Paul was quoting what the psalmist of Israel have already said years ago in Psalm 14, Psalm 53 that God look from above to see if there is anyone that does right or does good and you know what he declared there is no good not even one and we can say there is no good not even you or not even I because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

And this is the reason why the Mashiach, the Messiah, had to come. He came to deal with the question of sin. Adam, the first man, plunged us into sin. He plunged the whole human race in the Garden of Eden into sin. That's why you and I are called sinners. But Yeshua, the Messiah, came in order to restore back to that which God desired for the people whom he created.

And so in verse 31, Yeshua is saying to the disciples, he began to teach them, verse 31, that the Son of Man, notice that, must suffer many things and be rejected of the elders and of the chief priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise again and this is an amazing verse the son of man must suffer must be killed must be resurrected again on the third day notice the word must heal not should or ought but he must why does he have to die because sin had to be paid for we have all sinned god has to judge sin i don't think many people understand it sometimes man says you

know why god is such a god why is he punishing us you know what kind of a god it is why isn't he a god of love just to allow everything to continue on just love us and never punish us well if God will allow sin to continue on without to judge it well where would you and I be God do not want a creation that he made to live in an evil condition all of us have sinned we have turned away from the Lord in fact Isaiah 59 God reminded our people Israel in verse 2 he says your iniquities have separated between you and your God and your sins have hid his face from

you that he will not hear is this sin separate men from God and god for men according to the book of habakkuk habakkuk said to the god of our fathers in chapter one for thou art pure in your eyes and to behold iniquities and cannot look upon sin john yohanan says in first john 1 he said god is light and in him there is no darkness at all well this is the kind of god we have yeshua quoted what david had said in psalm 22 my god my God why has thou forsaken me if you remember and David continued in verse 3 of Psalm 22 and he answered for thou art holy thou that inhabitest

the praises of Israel Israel's God is a God that cannot look upon sin he is a holy God and therefore beloved brothers and sisters you and I because we have sinned we deserve to be punished this is God's world he is in charge he is the creator he made all things and he is the one who set up the rules that's why he is God and you and I are creatures who are made in the image and the likeness of God and so here we find out that Yeshua is explaining to them the son of man must as he says here he must suffer he must be killed and after three days he must rise

again he was really saying something that isaiah was prophesying concerning the suffering death of the messiah and the resurrection in isaiah 53 and verse 10 it says yet it pleased the lord to bruise him he has put him to grief what does it mean it pleased the lord to bruise him.

The Hebrew word for please is the word chafetz. Chafetz means wanted. Why did God want so much to bruise the Messiah and to put him to grief and ultimately to death? Because that's the only ground upon which God as a holy God could receive a sinful man to himself.

That's why the whole sacrificial system was given to the nation of Israel an animal that was innocent had to be killed its blood had to be shed and placed upon the altar to satisfy the righteous requirement of a living and a holy God this animal became a picture of the Messiah who will come in a future day that's why in John 1 29 we read behold the lamb of god that taketh away the sin of this world you see yeshua is the lamb of god and that's why he came to take away the sin of this world and so in mark chapter 8 we read the son of man must suffer must be killed and

after three days he must rise again and you notice he used the expression the son of man ben ha-adam he was this promised messiah that we read of him in daniel chapter 7 and verse 13 one like unto the son of man that daniel saw in his vision that he saw the one that is coming and ruling over this world it's the same person it's a messianic title that speaks about the messiah the son of man ben ha-adam and just the same here in our passage in mark 8 31 he had to suffer he had to be killed but he also had to be resurrected why because romans chapter 4 tells us that he was

raised for our justification who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification roman 4 verse 25 when God raised him from among the dead he justified declare just every person that have trusted in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah this is so wonderful to know that and so you notice what happened he wanted the disciples to know that and I hope that you and I grasp this beloved brothers and sisters because this is essential to understand that the messiah had to die to be killed and to rise again there is no other way of salvation for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth on

him should not perish but have everlasting life john 3 16 no works no money no good deeds no any human system could avail one can work as hard as he won't do good deeds and do all the things that we want to do which we should do but still that is not what gives one justification it is only upon the finished work of yeshua the messiah who suffered died rose again and faith in him gives one the ground upon which he can claim redemption and salvation and so after he said this notice once again Peter who loved the Lord who hosted him in his home who left the work that he did before just to

follow Yeshua the Messiah here peter again you could see that he didn't grasp what the messiah what yeshua came to do because he didn't want him to suffer he didn't want him to be killed he loved his mashiach his messiah he did not want anything to happen unto him so notice peter we read in this next verse verse 32 he spec that saying openly and Peter took him and he began to rebuke Yeshua can you imagine Peter he says no no no I don't want this to happen unto you Yeshua we don't want all these things to happen unto you in other words he rebuked him he didn't quite understand what it meant for the

Messiah to come down to this world according to Matthew 16 verse 22 he began to rebuke him saying be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee in other words he says no no no it's not going to happen you are not going to suffer we don't want you to suffer and to be killed and frankly beloved brothers and sisters if you and I were there would we want that to happen to this holy and righteous man this messiah of course not we would probably be like Peter And apparently Peter was the spokesman for all the disciples because he is the one that again and again became that spokesman.

Well, how do we know that he was the one who was speaking on behalf of all the disciples? Because at the very next verse, Yeshua, notice verse 33 of Mark chapter 8, but when he had turn about and looked on his disciples the lord yeshua looked at all the disciples he rebuked peter but looking at his disciples apparently they were probably the ones who have agreed with peter no no this should never come upon you lord you will not suffer and die so the lord yeshua the messiah said these words to peter he said get thee behind me satan for thou savest not the things that be of god but the things that be of men you notice that he aligned here satan and man's opinion men and satan men oftentimes think that no no no the way of being right with god i have my own thoughts my own ways my own plans my own way where i think i should be right with God.

Satan, of course, he is called in a scripture the God with a small letter G, the God of this world has blinded the mind of them that receive not the gospel as the glorious gospel of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah should shine unto them. The God of this world, Satan is the God of this world that rejected the true and living God and the ways of God. In fact, Satan is called sometime in 2 Corinthians 11, he's coming as an angel of light. And then in 1 Peter chapter 5, he's called as one that coming as a roaring lion, coming, seeking who he may devour.

Satan do not want anyone to follow God he does not want the ways of God and really what we learn here that the Lord Yeshua the Lord Jesus the Messiah called Peter and he said to him get thee behind me Satan you are really saying the thing that Satan want to happen that I will not accomplish redemption that man will not be accepting myself and the living God that man will continue in his own ways in a sinful way away from the Lord this is what Satan was and also thou savest not the things of God but the things of men in other words you saying exactly what people say they want to continue in

their own way they want to live their life no God in their life not Messiah in their life men love darkness rather than light john chapter 3 and you notice now this is amazing on the one hand peter said you are the messiah the son of the living god and that the revelation was from the father from god but now it didn't take too long and you might say the same time the same moments after he said to he turned he rebuked Yeshua the Messiah and he says no no no no that will be far from you be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee Peter as well as the disciples

did not grasp the importance of the Messiah's death burial and resurrection and I hope that you and I who listen today to this message for Mark chapter 8, that you grasp this essential truth.

This is fundamental. You don't need to be a theologian to know that. It is simple fact. You and I have sinned. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans 3.23. Romans 6 23, the wages of sin is death. We deserve to die. So if God is going to allow you and I who have sinned to turn to him and to receive eternal life, someone else have to die in our stead. And that's why Yeshua the Messiah is the one who had suffered and he died, but ultimately he will rise again and he sure did rise and he is now seated at God's right hand waiting for the day that he will come to take us to be with him in glory and also to come and establish the messianic kingdom in a future day and reign as king of kings and lord of lord and so after he minister to the disciples there you notice in the last verses of mark chapter 8 we have these final thoughts that are very important from verse 34 to verse 38 there the lord teaches the disciples the value of a living soul and the value of being a disciple a follower of yeshua of jesus the messiah And it is very important, dear brothers and sisters, when you and I became believers in the Lord, true believers, of course, accepted him into our hearts, have acknowledged that he is the Christ, the Mashiach, the Anointed One, confessed our sins, and he had given us the Holy Spirit to indwell us that very same moment.

we didn't only receive eternal life but we also have entered into the school of god from here on we became what it's called in hebrew talmidim we would call them disciples all of us are now in the school of god and we are going like an ordinary learner we are learning we are growing we sometimes stumble we sometimes fail but yet we are growing we are part of a discipleship course we might say the school that God teach about followers of Yeshua the Messiah every one of us are in different stages some of us just began others are a little bit ahead otherwise even further ahead we're all in a different stages but we all

have entered into the discipleship school of God and here in these verses the Lord is showing the disciples the importance of continuing on and living a life for him and so we read in Mark 8 34 and when he had called the people unto him with his disciples you know that these are the people that have acknowledged him that follow after him in additional to the talmidim to the disciples he called them and he said unto them notice that whosoever will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me for whosoever shall save his life shall lose it but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the

gospel's sake the same shall save it you notice what he does here in verse 34 and verse 35 he is focusing first of all upon himself as the one after whom all to follow whosoever will come after me verse 34 let him follow me notice it is me it is him it is the messiah himself in verse 35 whosoever loses his life for my sake see he must be the leader the central figure in the life of god's people and here he teaches very very important lesson because here in verses 34 and 35 we learn the importance of true discipleship true discipleship has to do with how do we live our life do we waste

our life or do we gain here in the way that we live for the lord unfortunately we have to confess that many times in the lives of god's people we think that if we will live here in this world we'll gain so much more we'll have everything the pleasures of this world we will be happy and we will yes we are saved we have our ticket we have our salvation secure because we have accepted yeshua jesus the messiah but we can carry on in our life neglecting to follow after him you see that shows us that the person that is belong to the lord actually instead of gaining instead of saving and using his life

for god is actually wasting it's a matter of wasting one's life you know think about it how long time are you going to live here on earth you know 50 60 70 80 90 100 years how many years one can live but then we have to go out of this world we're not going to be here forever we're going to end up leaving everything behind obviously and we're going to stand once before God and us who are believers the Lord going to ask us how did you spend your life you remember what we read in second corinthians chapter five for we must all appear before the judgment seat of the messiah we're all going to

have to stand before god all believers not only the unbelievers but the believers as well second corinthians 5 and verse 10 so he says listen if you come after me you will need to learn doing your life to deny yourself to take up his cross and to follow after me denying oneself that does not mean that we don't have responsibilities and families and a work and all what we have to do here in this world but the point is that everything that the disciples do here in this world are to have god and the lord jesus the messiah as the center we cannot live our life without having him as the focus as the center

of our life and notice he says taking up the cross the word for cross always remind us of sufferings shame and ultimately death when you speak like this when you think about what it means sometime to take up the cross that means that we have to identify with the messiah that already said earlier the son of man must suffer he must suffer to identify with his rejection with his suffering here in this world it's easily said we are not always like these experiences of identifying with the messiah but here is the importance of discipleship identifying with the messiah i often think of the verse that we read of shaul paul's statement when he wrote to

the galatians if you remember in galatians chapter 2 especially there in verse 20 where shaul paul said i am crucified with christ with the mashiach nevertheless i live and he says yet not I but the Messiah lives in me and the life which I now live I live in the flesh I live by the faith of the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me you see Paul Shaul Paul he loved Yeshua he loved the Messiah and he wanted to live his life for the Lord and indeed he did suffer much he experienced rejection persecution such as you and i would never experience but it is amazing how the apostle paul presented

so yeshua says whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and for the gospel's sake actually he will save his life in other words a healthy life that is a blessing and joyful is when we for the gospel sake for the messiah's sake a time will have to lose things in this world that we might in the flesh will want very much yet to allow the lord to lead us in our life is the best thing that is a gain so there is a gain versus loss and one that will save his life says listen I want to carry on my own pleasures and carry on in my own way eventually that person going to

lose his life I remember about Abraham we read in Genesis chapter 12 you remember when God called Abraham our father in Genesis chapter 12 and he said to him get thee out of thy country out of thy kindred in thy father's house and go into the land which i will give you i will tell thee of and we read how abraham have done so and he departed as the lord had spoken unto him that's what abraham our father you remember moses we read of moses in hebrews 11 verse 24 to 26 he rather suffer affliction with the people of god than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season and we can just continue

on we think of David in the first Samuel chapter 24 where he is the one that chose to follow God he could take the kingdom from King Saul but he said no no no I'm not going to take the kingdom I will wait on God and he will give me the kingdom in his time and he chose to identify with the God of Israel rather than with his own flesh while his own people said to him here you have an opportunity David kill King Saul and take the kingdom and David's heart was smitten when he even cut the part of the garment of King Saul David David Moshe Moses Abraham Abraham all these fathers of

the nation of Israel gave us a great example in the history how they chose the better way rather than the ways of the world and Saul Paul said this the same New Testament followers of Yeshua gave us the very same example whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospels the same shall save it and now quickly as we draw to the end of this eighth chapter of mark in verse 36 we have a wonderful statement where yeshua said for what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world but lose his own soul amazing the context here is discipleship believers who follow the messiah loss and gain gain and

loss but we often take this passage and preach the message of the gospel so let's say a person will what will it prove the man if he or she will gain the whole world everything but lose his own soul can you imagine you know it didn't doesn't take too long and the years pass by you were young you were 10 you were 20 you are 30 you are 40 you are 50 you are 60 you are 70 you are 80 and then you had to let go and leave everything behind and note that you will have to stand before the living God one day what shall it profit a man if he or she will

gain the whole world but lose his own soul so this is really can be spoken about the nations of the world people who are still unsaved but even for the believer the believer soul need to be refreshed and encouraged and submissive to the person of the lord jesus the messiah and to be occupied with him gain or loss gain is every time we follow the lord it's always gain for us and every time we do not follow the lord eventually it is a loss even for the believer in Yeshua the Messiah we read in verse 37 of Mark 8 or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul there's nothing that one can

give in exchange for his or her soul why because the soul is precious and a soul needs someone paying more than just money but someone who paying the price for a sinful soul.

Psalm 49 says in verse 6, the psalm for the sons of Korach that David may have written and given to them, but we read, they that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches, none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him why because the redemption of their soul is precious and it ceases forever that expression and it ceases forever means and no one can ever pay enough to redeem a soul no matter how much one has how much one does to pay the price for a sinful precious soul is the precious precious blood that yeshua the messiah had shed for redemption of mankind and so i encourage you dear friend as you listen to this message that you will realize that your soul is precious there is nothing that you can give in exchange for the soul the price was paid by Yeshua the Messiah who explaining this to his disciples what shall it prove a man if he should gain the whole world and loot his own soul?

what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

nothing the only price that was given in exchange for the soul is the price that Yeshua the Messiah paid when he died he suffered and died and rose again for our justification and so mark chapter 8 and verse 38 conclude this chapter where yeshua said whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with the holy angels he said that the believers need not to be ashamed of the messiah who suffered bled and died and the disciples needed to learn that that when they follow the messiah they ought

not to be ashamed of the person of the messiah and the words that he taught not to be a shame of me and not to be a shame of what i taught my words my saying yeshua said because a day coming in which the son of man will be the one who's going to be judging the whole world and as we read here the one that will be ashamed and reject the messiah he is the one that the son of man be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his father and the holy angels here beloved brothers and sisters the lord jesus the lord yeshua the messiah promise that he's going to

come again he's going to come he doesn't speak about the rapture here it's about the second coming of the messiah he's going to come in the glory of his father and with the holy angels of whom we read in the book of Revelation and also in the book of Daniel by Revelation chapter 1 and verse 7.

Behold he comes with clouds and every eye shall see him and they also which pierce him and all the kinders of the earth shall wail because of him even so. Amen. revelation chapter 1 and verse 7 he is coming he is returning eventually he will establish the messianic kingdom israel will be restored the world will be blessed that is yet in the future but until then until the future day the gospel is being presented for all of us today and the lord said what shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world but lose his own soul make sure he's saying that you know who Yeshua is accept him recognize that he suffered died buried and rose again for yours and mine justification may the Lord encourage us and that we will appreciate what Yeshua Jesus the Messiah have done for us can we say amen to that