Sacrifice of Living for Christ

Scripture Reading:

Mark 8:22–38 NASB95

And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him. Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.” Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.” Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” And He continued by questioning them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.” And He warned them to tell no one about Him. And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? “For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

I. Introduction

a. Feeding of the 4000

b. We saw a demonstration of Jesus is the Bread of Life and we take Him and put before the people.

c. We saw Jesus warning us about legalistic and Pharisaical teachings when living for Him.

d. This week we are going to talk about us believing in the Power, Person and Purpose of Christ.

II. Power of Christ

a. The intercession of the crowd for the blind man.

b. The unbelieving of the blind man.

c. object lesson to the blind man of building his faith in Christ.

III. Person of Christ

a. Christ ask who does the people say I am?

b. Who do you say I am to the disciples?

c. The Jesus explains in plain language of His death, burial and resurrection.

d. Peter rebukes Jesus

e. Jesus rebukes Satan because he is thinking of man things and not God.

f. Romans 4:25

Romans 4:25 NASB95

He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.

IV. Purpose of Christ

a. It is the fulfillment of God’s plan that one died for the many.

b. Its God’s plan for salvation.

c. But we need to deny ourselves on a daily bases and follow Jesus.

d. Luke 9:23

Luke 9:23 NASB95

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

V. Summary

a. We need to believe and have trust in Christ that the power that saves us and the power that heals us and helps us is from Him and no one else.

b. We need to believe in the person of Jesus Christ as God in flesh. We need to believe that He is and that all our sufficiency is in Him.

c. We need to on a daily bases deny our selves for our Lord Jesus Christ. That is why it says in:

Romans 10:9 NASB95

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

This is not saying a sinners prayer, this is confessing and living each day that Jesus is Lord of our lives and we are not lord of our lives.

and we believe He was raised from the dead, which reiterates:

Romans 4:25 NASB95

He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.