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SLIDE 1-5 We are continuing in Luke 9 this evening.
Last week we looked at the word “messiah.”
In verse 20, when Jesus asked the disciples who they thought he was, Peter declared that Jesus was God’s Messiah.
I noted that the word “messiah” means “anointed one.”
As such, it is used in the Old Testament to describe those who have been set apart for God’s service, a process that often included anointing with oil.
Over time the word “messiah” came to refer to the one God promised would come to restore the throne of David and deliver his people.
Peter was confessing his belief that Jesus was the person and we would agree.
The New Testament or Greek translation of Messiah is Christ.
They both mean “anointed one.”
Thus, when the New Testament authors talk about Jesus Christ they are saying that Jesus is the Messiah.
While we believe that Jesus is the Messiah the prophets talked about, Jews do not believe that and are still waiting for the Messiah’s coming.
Tonight, I want to look at another word: disciple.
Since we can’t talk about disciples without also talking about rabbis, we’ll start there.
The word rabbi is Hebrew.
In Hebrews it would have been pronounced “rab-bee” and means “my master.”
It was used for teachers.
To become a rabbi, you had to be examined and tested by three other rabbis.
They would then ordain the new rabbi by laying their hands on him and pronouncing a blessing over him.
Some rabbis lead local synagogues and others lead informally.
Knowing this, it’s interesting that Jesus was called a rabbi both by his disciples and by his opponents.
Jesus certainly taught, but we have no indication that he went through the ordination process.
The Hebrew word for disciple (I’ll try to pronounce it — shimush chachamim) means “servant of the rabbis.”
It indicates that the first step in discipleship is service.
A disciple would carry his rabbi’s baggage, prepare his food, and even provide money for his needs.
A disciple could not contradict his rabbi in public.
Additionally, a disciple was obligated to protect his rabbi.
One of the earliest examples we have of discipleship in the Old Testament is found in 2 Kings.
Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, has agreed to help Ahab, king of Israel and go to battle with him against Moab — not a good decision.
Before they go to battle, Jehoshaphat wants to get a word from God about how they should attack.
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2 Kings 3:11 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?” SLIDE 7 An officer of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here.
He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
SLIDE 8 Elisha, a disciple of Elijah, served him by pouring water on Elijah’s hands.
Another important aspect of discipleship included following.
Moses said about Caleb: SLIDE 9
Numbers 14:24 But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.
When Jesus called the disciples, he invited them to follow him.
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Matthew 4:19 19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
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Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth.
“Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
SLIDE 12 The goal of being a disciple was to become like his rabbi.
To do that, he would follow, copy, and then duplicate his rabbi.
The disciple followed his rabbi to learn from him.
The disciple copied his rabbi so that he could be like him.
And then the disciples duplicated his rabbi or made more disciples who would look like the rabbi.
Jesus told his disciples: SLIDE 13
Matthew 10:24-25a 24 The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.
25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters.
Then, after the resurrection, Jesus told them: SLIDE 14
Matthew 28:18b-20 18 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
SLIDE 15 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, SLIDE 16 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
SLIDE 17 You’re getting a picture of the role of a disciple.
Disciples put their rabbi — master — in first place in their lives.
Because the goal of a disciple was to become like his rabbi, rabbis chose who would become one of their disciples carefully.
They didn’t want a disciple who would bring them disgrace.
They want to chose the best students who will make them look good and carry on the instruction they received from their rabbi.
Now, we come to the Jesus and his disciples.
We are all familiar with the twelve disciples whom Jesus designated to apostles.
There were the twelve, but we know there were many more disciples.
In John 6, Jesus confronts the crowd saying the only reason they were looking for him is because they wanted free food.
He had fed the five thousand the day before.
Jesus said they should want him more than they want food because he is the true bread that comes down from heaven.
Therefore, in order to have life they must eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Jesus was referring to communion, but they didn’t understand.
We read: SLIDE 18
John 6:60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching.
Who can accept it?”
And then a few verses later: SLIDE 19
John 6:66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
SLIDE 20 So, Jesus had many disciples.
I hope you know that in the New Testament, followers of Jesus are described as disciples more than anything else.
The word is used more than two-hundred-and fifty times in the New Testament.
We describe ourselves as Christians, but that term is only found three times in the Bible.
Luke says the disciples in Antioch were the first ones to be called Christians (Acts 11:26)
Agrippa asks if Paul thinks he can convince him to become a Christian (Acts 26:28)
Peter instructed his readers not to be ashamed if they suffered as Christians (1 Peter 4:16)
John the Baptist and Jewish rabbis had disciples as did Greek philosophers.
However, as we’ll see in our text, Jesus added to what was required and expected of his disciples.
Jesus told the twelve: SLIDE 21
Luke 6:40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
Later, in the upper room he warned them: SLIDE 22
John 15:20 Remember what I told you: “A servant is not greater than his master.”
If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.
If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
SLIDE 23 All of this anticipates what Jesus is going to say about discipleship in our passage from Luke 9. Jesus begins by predicting the reception he will receive when he returns to Jerusalem.
Luke 9:22 22 And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
Peter had just declared that Jesus was the Messiah, God’s anointed one they had been waiting for.
While Jesus accepted the title “Messiah” and commended Peter for saying it, Jesus preferred the title “Son of Man.”
This title comes from a vision in the book of Daniel.
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Daniel 7:13 In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven.
He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
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Jesus used this term often when referring to himself.
Though he will repeat it several times, this is the first time Jesus predicted his death.
Luke will record two more times.
Jesus is showing that he knew what his Father had sent him to do.
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