Peter's Confession of Faith
Questions for Study 21

Matthew 16:1-28
Key Verse: 16

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I. Don't You Remember (1-12)

1. How and why did the religious leaders test Jesus? What does it mean to understand the signs of the times? What is the sign of Jonah? (12:38-41)

2. After crossing the lake, what did Jesus say to his disciples? How did they understand his words?

3. What is the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees? What did Jesus see as the disciples' problem? How did he teach them a sense of history? Why is the important? How had they been influenced by the Pharisees?

II. You are the Christ (13-23)

4. Where is Caesarea Philippi? What was the first question he asked his disciples when he arrived there? What was their answer? What does this mean?

5. What was the second question he asked them? How did Simon Peter answer? How and why did Peter's view of Jesus differ from that of other people? >What does "Christ" mean?

6. Read verses 17-19. How is this confession a rock? What is Jesus' church? How is Peter's confession the keys to heaven? A power source to overcome the gates of Hades (hell)?

7. Why is it important for a person to make a confession of his faith in Jesus? Have you made a confession of your faith?

8. What did Jesus teach his disciples about how he must become the Christ? Why must he suffer and be killed and rise again? How did Peter respond? Why? How did Jesus rebuke him? Why did he call him "Satan"?

III. Jesus' People Life-Style and Hope (24-28)

9. What did Jesus teach about the life-style of anyone who would be his disciple? What does it mean to "save his life and lose it" and "lose his life for Jesus and find it"?

10. What do the rhetorical questions in verse 26 mean? What glorious hope did Jesus give his disciples?