Why is the pope important to the roman catholic church
Why Catholics Have a Pope
how many ins father may know it start
again okay here we go
hammer names father Mike Schmitz and
this is Ascension presents so um the
Pope right now like our current Pope I
like the idea of the Pope is a the
reality of the Pope is the thing that a
lot of times people don't understand
whether they're not Catholic and they're
like what the heck what's the Pope I
don't think he's very important or
they're our Catholic and they're like
what the heck what's with the Pope I
don't understand this whole thing
because I'll think a lot of people buy
into the idea that the papacy is the way
you say it the the Pope the idea the
role of the Pope is a thing that like
the church invented false actually was
invented by God himself in the same way
that God invented the universe here's a
long story I'll start way back in the
big one at the beginning but orally
enough in the beginning to give you kind
of a context for how it's very very
clear that Jesus establishes Peter as
the first pope and that he expects not
only Peter but all subsequent subsequent
successors of Peter to be that role of
the the Pope the Pope the Pope role so
it all actually kind of starts in many
ways with the Kingdom of Israel it's go
way way way way back
you have Abraham and has a son Isaac who
has a son Jacob Jacob his name it's
changed by God to Israel okay so Jacob /
Israel has twelve sons and one of them
is digital Joseph with his Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat but then you have
the whole rest right and so at one point
after years and years nears these twelve
sons end up having being that the names
of the twelve tribes right so so the the
tribes of Israel so Israel / Jacob who
has his twelve sons those sons become
like tribes so the twelve tribes of
Israel because it based off of twelve
sons of Israel / Jacob right okay so
this family you know this all these
tribes coming together they're made into
a royal Kingdom under one guy his name
is David David brings all twelve tribes
into one royal Kingdom why because David
is the Anointed One right remember
Samuel the Prophet goes to David as
Jesse his father Jesse it says where are
your sons and he shows me all these sons
now not that one not that one not that
one Oh David anoint him
he's the Anointed One he is the Christos
right mashiac is the
is the word right Christ Messiah means
The Anointed One
he's the Anointed One that brings all
twelve tribes into one royal Kingdom
David establishes the kingdom you have
Solomon who was David's son still the
king does pretty good does pretty bad
the next the next son basically kind of
breaks the kingdom because he's not a
very good King and so the kingdom of
twelve tribes splits into ten tribes in
the north and two tribes in the south
and okay that's how it is that's how it
is for a while and then Assyria comes in
from the north and destroys those ten
tribes in the north and that fact
they're lost to history we have no
remnant of them there's no there's there
never read they're gone obliterated
those ten tribes gone the only true
tribes are left are the tribes of Judah
and Benjamin and then you have some leap
you know people descendants of Levites
of course years and years and years pass
and then here comes Jesus okay so okay I
just did a lot of history in a very mana
sort showed him on time but when Jesus
comes on the scene what's important for
us to understand that he didn't just
come to UM heathens come to save us I
mean if you come to save us but not just
to come to save us came to save us
through a particular means yes through
the cross uh-huh but also through the
kingdom by reestablishing the kingdom
why how do I know this well because
think about this every time in Matthew's
Gospel almost I mean gosh in a lot of
the Gospels been in Matthew's Gospel in
particular is very very important
because Jesus his first words in Matthew
chapter is 4 what does he say it says
after he gets baptized by John in the
Jordan he goes out and does some battle
with Satan in the wilderness and he
comes back to the north to the Sea of
Galilee and his first words I'll repent
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand now
we hear that leggo the kingdom of heaven
as they have yeah because that's just
kind of a code word for like I'm here
everyone which shirt fine but no because
Jesus came as the Christ right he's
anointed a Holy Spirit comes upon him
baptized by John in the Jordan holy
spirit was upon him because the
wilderness I was back to the north the
kingdom is here why because the Anointed
One the Messiah the
Christo's is going to reconstitute the
twelve tribes of Israel he's there to
bring them back together he's dead he's
there to establish the kingdom that's
what everyone was waiting for when it
came to the Messiah and where does he
did this is so incredible he begins this
in the north what about the north in the
land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali
the first two tribes of those ten in the
north that got obliterated he starts
right there with his first public
ministry in what's he do in the land of
Zebulun land of Naphtali he starts
calling to people he says okay uh Andrew
and Simon you come follow me and then
James and John you come follow me
and how many people does he come call to
come follow him like that
there's many disciples but there are how
many Apostles twelve of them why because
Jesus is very clearly reconstituting at
the twelve tribes of Israel he's there
to clearly establish a new kingdom so in
the old kingdom there was a king in the
new kingdom there's a king his name is
Jesus and the old kingdom there were the
12 tribes a new kingdom there are the
Twelve Apostles in the Old Kingdom there
was a prime minister and the new kingdom
there is a prime minister if you flip
ahead to Matthew chapter 16 you see what
you see is Jesus do he goes up to
Caesarea Philippi when he gets up to
Caesarea Philippi it's placed about 29
30 miles north of Capernaum which is on
the north of the Sea of Galilee he asked
his disciples he says who do people say
that I am and they say well sums like
Jeremiah one of the prophets Elijah
they're all wrong and he says but who do
you say that I am and Simon stands up
and he says you're the Christ the Son of
the Living God and Jesus looks at Simon
and says flesh and blood has not
revealed this to my heavenly father
revealed this to you therefore I say to
you you are Kepha you are rock and upon
this rock I will build my church and the
gates of the netherworld shall not
prevail against it now there's a whole
thing about going to Caesarea and
Philippi and calling renaming Simon Rock
and saying upon you all build my church
because if you ever go to see some real
Philippi it's pretty amazing there is
this massive rock upon which are built
temples a pagan temples and so Jesus has
even a power point back then he had to
bring them 29 miles north of Capernaum
to have this visual demonstration for
them of here's what
when I say Peter your assignment now you
are rock Peter and upon this rock I'll
build my church in case you might be
mistaken enough to think that I'm saying
hey Peter you're a chip off the old
block false because right behind him is
a massive rock upon which our built
temples upon which our built churches so
it's very very clear to all the Apostles
that Jesus is saying I'll build my
church upon you Peter used to be Simon
some of us would call you Simon Peter
still he goes on to say though it's
phenomenal why's this have to do with
Kingdom he goes on to say he says I will
give you the keys to the kingdom of
heaven remember that word kingdom give
you the keys of the kingdom of heaven
what you bind under should be bound in
heaven when you loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven
now if we're listening to it like wow
that's really cool that's a lot of power
that's really interesting
neat got the keys like the keys of the
city
well done hometown boy no no if you were
one of the other disciples one of the
other apostles were listening to Jesus
speak to your buddy used to be named
salmon Simon now his name is Kevin aim
is Peter you'd be like oh my gosh Jesus
who's the Messiah he's the Anointed One
he's the King to re-establish the
Kingdom of Israel he just made Simon
Peter the prime minister what do you
mean because in the Old Kingdom there
was the role of the all haba I got this
from my friend Jeff Cavins who has as
little he's a channel on this on this
little channel - um Jeff Cavins talks
about this the Alpha by which means over
the house the prime minister so the role
of the Alpha bite over the house the
Prime Minister was when the king was
away the AL Hawaii the Prime Minister
had the authority of the king and you
can see this in Isaiah chapter 22 with
this whole story about this guy named
Sheba and he like em if you read Isaiah
chapter 22 shebna was the previous al
Xavier he was a previous prime minister
and he did some not great things and so
the Lord said now I'm taking your role
away from you shebna I'm giving it to a
guy named I like him and here's how he
describes the role of the Alpha bait he
says this on that day I will clothe him
with your robe hurt him with your sash
and give over to him your authority
because this is the thing the world the
Alpha beat is not a figurehead thing
it's not a prime minister who's just
like stands there and doesn't have any
power he has authority that sash is a
sign of authority the robe is a sign of
authority and the word of Thor
a sign of authority goes on to say he
will be a father to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem into the house of Judah and I
love this Jeff gave him points points
this out cave-ins points us out he says
he could be a father to inhabitants of
Jerusalem in the house of Judah what we
call the Pope come the Holy Father in
fact even the word Pope comes from the
Italian Papa and then he says I will
place the key of the house of David on
his shoulder when he opens no one shall
shut when he shuts no one shall open so
here's Jesus at Caesarea Philippi and he
says Peter I'll give you the keys to the
kingdom of heaven what you bound an
Earthbound in heaven what you open on
earth is open in heaven you loose on
earth let's open it loosed in heaven
every one of those disciples were like
oh my gosh Jesus just made Peter the
Alpha bite he just made Peter the prime
minister peter now is in charge when
Jesus will be gone because he gave him
that role why because this is not just
about Jesus coming to save every one of
us yes that is about that he came to
establish a kingdom eqing establish a
church and in that church it has a
structure in that structure there is the
role of the prime minister who has real
authority when he buys on earth is bound
in heaven when he loses on earth is
loosed in heaven it goes on to say I
will on him shall hang all the glory of
his family he'll be a bit like a peg in
a sure spot to be a place of honor for
his family that's the role of the Holy
Father he's a peg in a sure spot you
know there's so much confusion there's
so many different beliefs people have
her like I think of this budges I think
that about Jesus but the role of the
al-hadith the role the prime minister
the role of the Pope that Jesus himself
established is a pagan assure spot it's
what unites all Christians it's what
United all Christians for a long long
time until recently why see recently i
means v 500 years for some 1,000 years
for others but this is not something
that the church made up this is
something that jesus himself established
and did not on a whim in matthew 16 but
as part of his massive program to
re-establish the kingdom of heaven on
earth
because the church is not some invisible
intangible kind of a thing the church
has a structure Jesus is the head he's
the head of the church
and the body is not just this kind of
wispy amorphous nothing it has a
structure as well and part of that
structure is the Apostles meaning
current bishops and the AHA bate
meaning the current Pope and part of the
structure are are the bishops the
successors of the Apostles and the Pope
who is the successor of Peter that first
Prime Minister that first al Hobbit the
great news is missus not actually meant
to be a divisive thing so for all my
friends who are non Catholic Christians
for all my Orthodox friends who are who
were separated this is not meant to be
divisive in fact it's the opposite this
was meant to be by God it meant to be a
sign of our unity the role of the Holy
Father the role of the Alpha by their
all the prime minister was meant to be
that peg in a sure spot that United the
holdout he says upon him the whole glory
of his father will rest the whole glory
of the kingdom would rest the whole
family would be united with this prime
minister by the Pope so the role the
Pope is meant to be a role at the unity
so my invitation is if you've never
thought of this if you're Catholic II
never thought about the fact that the
Pope is meant to be a sign of unity
think about this if you if you're non
Catholic and realized wait second so the
role of the Pope is that was by Jesus
not by some medieval church but
established by Jesus it's meant to be a
sign of unity then what's my
relationship with the Pope is it
possible that God is calling me let's
take another look at what I might have
written off as being just in another
invention you know what I wouldn't think
of another invention of the Catholic
Church or is it possible that God is
inviting me to say wait a second
maybe the Pope is meant to be a sign of
unity for me too I think it's something
worth praying about something worth
considering for almost a distance from
all of us here the center presents my
name's father Mike god bless you
