Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by ascension using the great adventure Bible timeline. We'll read all the way from Genesis to revelation, made Simon into Peter, and then made Peter into the al habait. You know, it's interesting, because we have bad popes, right? We also have failures of popes. Peter himself was a failure as well. Right?Peter denied knowing Jesus. And yet what does Jesus do with Peter? At the end of the gospel of John, he says, simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? Yes, Lord, you know I love you. Okay.Feed my sheep. Simon, son of John, do you love me more? Do you love me? Yes, you, Lord, you know I love you. Tend my lambs.Do you love me? Yes, Lord, you know I love you. Okay. Feed my sheep. That even though Simon Peter Kepha had failed in his role, Jesus restored him to his role.And that's the thing. That's the thing we trust in so deeply is that Jesus can restore. And Jesus has chosen. He chose a bad pope, you know. Right?I mean, Peter ended up great, but he did not. He was not great all the way through, and yet he had the role of the al Khabait. And we have an unbroken line of his successors as bishops of Rome, of al Habayt, of the prime minister of the Holy Father, down until this day. So you might not like that interpretation, you might not agree with that interpretation, but hopefully, at least now, you know, if you never knew. Where do you Catholics get the idea of the pope in the first place?Well, again, we didn't just make it up in the 15 hundreds. We didn't just make it up in the early church. You didn't make it up at all. In fact, it comes from the Old Testament is fulfilled in Matthew 16, and we live it every day. And this is the thing, here's the great news once again.What does Isaiah say? He'll be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. If you are part of the church, right? You're in the kingdom of God. Jesus is the king.And Jesus gave you a holy father on this earth. He gave you too. It's not like this is just for Catholics. No. He gave this role of the al Habayt to all those who are part of the kingdom, which is a gift.And it's a gift that I've been so grateful for. And hopefully it's a gift that if you can, you can receive that gift with gratitude as well. Okay. Might have been challenging. Might not have been challenging.Hopefully it's illuminating, and hopefully you realize that God has given. He keeps giving us gifts. Even we don't even realize it. For a whole of our lives. We bring us here today 201 praying for each other.I am praying for you. Please pray for me. My name is Father Mike. I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God blessed.

made Simon into Peter, and then made Peter into the al habait. You know, it's interesting, because we have bad popes, right? We also have failures of popes. Peter himself was a failure as well. Right?

Peter denied knowing Jesus. And yet what does Jesus do with Peter? At the end of the gospel of John, he says, simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? Yes, Lord, you know I love you. Okay.

Feed my sheep. Simon, son of John, do you love me more? Do you love me? Yes, you, Lord, you know I love you. Tend my lambs.

Do you love me? Yes, Lord, you know I love you. Okay. Feed my sheep. That even though Simon Peter Kepha had failed in his role, Jesus restored him to his role.

And that's the thing. That's the thing we trust in so deeply is that Jesus can restore. And Jesus has chosen. He chose a bad pope, you know. Right?

I mean, Peter ended up great, but he did not. He was not great all the way through, and yet he had the role of the al Khabait. And we have an unbroken line of his successors as bishops of Rome, of al Habayt, of the prime minister of the Holy Father, down until this day. So you might not like that interpretation, you might not agree with that interpretation, but hopefully, at least now, you know, if you never knew. Where do you Catholics get the idea of the pope in the first place?

Well, again, we didn't just make it up in the 15 hundreds. We didn't just make it up in the early church. You didn't make it up at all. In fact, it comes from the Old Testament is fulfilled in Matthew 16, and we live it every day. And this is the thing, here's the great news once again.

What does Isaiah say? He'll be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. If you are part of the church, right? You're in the kingdom of God. Jesus is the king.

And Jesus gave you a holy father on this earth. He gave you too. It's not like this is just for Catholics. No. He gave this role of the al Habayt to all those who are part of the kingdom, which is a gift.

And it's a gift that I've been so grateful for. And hopefully it's a gift that if you can, you can receive that gift with gratitude as well. Okay. Might have been challenging. Might not have been challenging.

Hopefully it's illuminating, and hopefully you realize that God has given. He keeps giving us gifts. Even we don't even realize it. For a whole of our lives. We bring us here today 201 praying for each other.

I am praying for you. Please pray for me. My name is Father Mike. I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God blessed.