GROWING FOR WAR WITH SATAN (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
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Sermon: Growing For War With Satan (3 of 5)
Preacher: Jeff Strite
Sermon Series: Growing As A Church
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
When I went to Israel, I visited a place about 25 miles north of the Sea of Galilee called Caesarea Philippi. The area lays in the shadow of Mt. Hermon, whose ice caps (when they melt) supply clean fresh springs for the waters of the Jordan River. This abundant water supply made the area fertile and attractive as a Roman resort, and also for a place of religious worship. While I was there at Caesarea Philippi, I got a chance to see THE GATES OF HELL. Seriously. The "Gates of Hell" was what the Romans called it. Josephus described it as a deep cavern filled with water, the bottom of which no one had ever reached. And thus (because it seemed bottomless) the Romans believed it was a gate to the underworld. (https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/scenes-from-caesarea-philippithe-grotto-of-pan)
At the time of Jesus, this cave was called the "Grotto of Pan" - dedicated to Pan, the pagan god of (among other things) fertility. And, as a result, because Pan was the god of fertility, the worship here at the Grotto included sacrifices to Pan, along with a fair amount of drinking and... sex. This was not a place where good Godly Jews would go to hang out - but Jesus took His disciples there!
Jesus took them on a 70-mile trek from Nazareth to Caesarea Philippi - that was about a 3 day hike - and the only thing they visited while there was "the gates of Hell." It was there, after Peter made the good confession where he declared: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" that Jesus told Peter "upon this rock (Peter's confession of Who Jesus was) I will build my church, and the gates of Hell will not overcome it." Matthew 16:16-18
Jesus was essentially telling His disciples: "I've come to conquer Hell. I've come to rip the gates right off of Satan's Kingdom. And I want you to know this because it's my church that's gonna get it done." Jesus w ...
Preacher: Jeff Strite
Sermon Series: Growing As A Church
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
When I went to Israel, I visited a place about 25 miles north of the Sea of Galilee called Caesarea Philippi. The area lays in the shadow of Mt. Hermon, whose ice caps (when they melt) supply clean fresh springs for the waters of the Jordan River. This abundant water supply made the area fertile and attractive as a Roman resort, and also for a place of religious worship. While I was there at Caesarea Philippi, I got a chance to see THE GATES OF HELL. Seriously. The "Gates of Hell" was what the Romans called it. Josephus described it as a deep cavern filled with water, the bottom of which no one had ever reached. And thus (because it seemed bottomless) the Romans believed it was a gate to the underworld. (https://www.thattheworldmayknow.com/scenes-from-caesarea-philippithe-grotto-of-pan)
At the time of Jesus, this cave was called the "Grotto of Pan" - dedicated to Pan, the pagan god of (among other things) fertility. And, as a result, because Pan was the god of fertility, the worship here at the Grotto included sacrifices to Pan, along with a fair amount of drinking and... sex. This was not a place where good Godly Jews would go to hang out - but Jesus took His disciples there!
Jesus took them on a 70-mile trek from Nazareth to Caesarea Philippi - that was about a 3 day hike - and the only thing they visited while there was "the gates of Hell." It was there, after Peter made the good confession where he declared: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" that Jesus told Peter "upon this rock (Peter's confession of Who Jesus was) I will build my church, and the gates of Hell will not overcome it." Matthew 16:16-18
Jesus was essentially telling His disciples: "I've come to conquer Hell. I've come to rip the gates right off of Satan's Kingdom. And I want you to know this because it's my church that's gonna get it done." Jesus w ...
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