3. He puts their traditions into perspective Matthew 15.1-9
Teaches on true defilement Matthew
The faith of a Canaanite woman Matthew
Heals the sick Matthew
Feeds four thousand people Matthew
Refuses the demands for a sign Matthew
Condemns their hypocrisy Matthew

4. Matthew 16:13-16 (niv)
[13] When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” [14] They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” [15] “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” [16] Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

5. “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him [Jesus]: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”
C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity

6. Matthew 16:13-16 (niv)
[13] When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” [14] They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” [15] “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” [16] Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

7. Matthew 16:13-16 (niv)
[13] When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” [14] They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” [15] “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” [16] Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Isaiah 9:6-7 (nkjv)
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. [7] Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

8. [1] Wonderful: ‘Full of Wonder’

9. [1] Wonderful: ‘Full of Wonder’
…feel admiration, amazement & marvel… to be astonished, awed by/stand in awe of, dumbfounded, flabbergasted…

10. [1] Wonderful: ‘Full of Wonder’
…feel admiration, amazement & marvel… to be astonished, awed by/stand in awe of, dumbfounded, flabbergasted…
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Hebrews 1.3a
…became flesh and made his dwelling among us… John 1.14
...is himself God [that] is in closest relationship with the Father, [He] has made him known… John 1.18

11. [1] Wonderful: ‘Full of Wonder’
…feel admiration, amazement & marvel… to be astonished, awed by/stand in awe of, dumbfounded, flabbergasted…
Isaiah 40:18-20 (msg)
[18] So who even comes close to being like God? To whom or what can you compare him? Some no-god idol? Ridiculous! It's made in a workshop, cast in bronze, Given a thin veneer of gold, and draped with silver filigree. Or, perhaps someone will select a fine wood--- olive wood, say---that won't rot, Then hire a woodcarver to make a no-god, giving special care to its base so it won't tip over!

12. [1] Wonderful: ‘Full of Wonder’
…feel admiration, amazement & marvel… to be astonished, awed by/stand in awe of, dumbfounded, flabbergasted…
Isaiah 40:21-26 (msg)
Have you not been paying attention? Have you not been listening? Haven't you heard these stories all your life? Don't you understand the foundation of all things? God sits high above the round ball of earth.
The people look like mere ants. He stretches out the skies like a canvas--- yes, like a tent canvas to live under. He ignores what all the princes say and do. The rulers of the earth count for nothing. Princes and rulers don't amount to much. Like seeds barely rooted, just sprouted, They shrivel when God blows on them. Like flecks of chaff, they're gone with the wind. "So---who is like me? Who holds a candle to me?" says The Holy. Look at the night skies: Who do you think made all this? Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls each by name---so magnificent! so powerful!--- and never overlooks a single one?

13. [2] Counsellor: ‘Full of Wisdom’

14. [2] Counsellor: ‘Full of Wisdom’
…the weakness of God is stronger than men, and the foolishness of God is wiser than men… 1 Corinthians 1:25
…who knows the beginning from the end… Revelation 1:8
…inhabits eternity… Isaiah 57:15
…knows every hair on our heads… Matthew 10:30
…whose eye is on the sparrow… Matthew 10:29
…the heavens & calls each star by name… Psalm 147:4
…no need of a councilor… Isaiah 40:14

15. [2] Counsellor: ‘Full of Wisdom’
Job 38
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge… vs.2
Tell me if you have understanding… vs.4
Declare if you know this… vs.18
You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great… vs.21
vs (esv)
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? [35] Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? [36] Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind? [37] Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, [38] when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together?
Job 40:1-2 (esv)
And the LORD said to Job: [2] "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

16. [2] Counsellor: ‘Full of Wisdom’
Job 38
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge… vs.2
Tell me if you have understanding… vs.4
Declare if you know this… vs.18
You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great… vs.21
vs (esv)
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? [35] Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? [36] Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind? [37] Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, [38] when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together?
Job 40:1-2 (esv)
And the LORD said to Job: [2] "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

17. [3] Mighty God: ‘Full of Power’
Job 38
Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge… vs.2
Tell me if you have understanding… vs.4
Declare if you know this… vs.18
You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great… vs.21
vs (esv)
"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? [35] Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? [36] Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind? [37] Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, [38] when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together?
Job 40:1-2 (esv)
And the LORD said to Job: [2] "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

18. [3] Mighty God: ‘Full of Power’
John 1:1-4 (esv)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. [4] In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

19. [3] Mighty God: ‘Full of Power’
John 1:1-4 (esv)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. [4] In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Colossians 1:15-17 (esv)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. [17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

20. [3] Mighty God: ‘Full of Power’
John 1:1-4 (esv)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. [4] In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Colossians 1:15-17 (esv)
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. [17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
2 Samuel 9:1-13

21. [4] Everlasting Father: ‘Full of Compassion’

22. [4] Everlasting Father: ‘Full of Compassion’
Isaiah 42:5-9 (esv)
…the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: [6] "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, [7] to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. [8] I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. [9] Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."

23. [4] Everlasting Father: ‘Full of Compassion’
Isaiah 42:5-9 (esv)
…the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: [6] "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, [7] to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. [8] I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. [9] Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.“
Romans 8:15 Abba! Father!
Galatians 4:6 Abba! Father!

24. [5] Prince of Peace: ‘Full of Authority’
Isaiah 42:5-9 (esv)
…the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: [6] "I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, [7] to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. [8] I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. [9] Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.“
Romans 8:15 Abba! Father!
Galatians 4:6 Abba! Father!

25. [5] Prince of Peace: ‘Full of Authority’
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

26. [5] Prince of Peace: ‘Full of Authority’
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Psalm 110:1-4 (esv)
The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool." [2] The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! [3] Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. [4] The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

27. [5] Prince of Peace: ‘Full of Authority’
Revelation 1:8 ESV
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Revelation 1:17 ESV
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last,
Revelation 21:6 ESV
And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

28. [5] Prince of Peace: ‘Full of Authority’
Hebrews 12:2 (nkjv)
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

29. Wonderful - Wonder
Counsellor - Wisdom
Mighty God - Power
Everlasting Father - Compassion
Prince of Peace - Authority

30. Who has scooped up the ocean in his two hands, or measured the sky between his thumb and little finger, Who has put all the earth's dirt in one of his baskets, weighed each mountain and hill? Who could ever have told God what to do or taught him his business? What expert would he have gone to for advice, what school would he attend to learn justice? What god do you suppose might have taught him what he knows, showed him how things work? Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren't enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him--- less than nothing is more like it. A minus.
D.L. Moody

31. Wonderful - Wonder
Counsellor - Wisdom
Mighty God - Power
Everlasting Father - Compassion
Prince of Peace - Authority

32. Wonderful - Wonder
Counsellor - Wisdom
Mighty God - Power
Everlasting Father - Compassion
Prince of Peace - Authority
""Lord, you don't really mean that we shall preach the Gospel to those men that murdered you, to those men that took your life?" "Yes," says the Lord, "go and preach the Gospel to those Jerusalem sinners." I can imagine Him saying: "Go and hunt up that man that put the cruel crown of thorns upon My brow, and preach the Gospel to him. Tell him he shall have a crown in My kingdom without a thorn in it""
- Dwight L. Moody