The Real Jesus pt. 2
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Intro
The game Guess Who? You ask features to land on the right person. You think, this person could be this or that. Terrible at that game.
Need: Like last week, we can add or takeaway from the biblical Jesus. Features that we like or don’t like. They all become an idol. Same main idea as last week.
Main Idea: Know the Real Jesus
After feeding 5,000, Jesus goes off to pray.
Luke 9:18-27
Question #1: Who is Jesus? (18-20)
Exp. We saw who Jesus is in the previous text. Now, he will explain it. First he asks. Verse 18-19. The crowds who he just fed. They all answered just as Herod answered. John the Baptist, Elijah, and prophets. They he cuts to the chase. Verse 20. Do you believe the same as the crowds? Peter says: The Christ of God. Anointed of God = prophets, priests, and kings. Those whom God had appointed for a task. How the disciples responded matters.
Ill. Jehovah’s Witness. He said “What you believe doesn’t matter. Only the truth does.” Correct, but whether or not you believe the truth is of the most importance.
Arg. What if the disciples would have agreed with the crowds? Maybe John, Elijah, or prophets. They would miss the whole picture. The whole OT is pointing to the Messiah, anointed one to be sent to rescue his people. Of all the people should recognize this, it’s his disciples. The crowds will say what they will, but what does his followers say?
App. That question is posed to all of us. Answer the question, “Who do you say that I am?”
Is he the Savior?
Is he Lord?
Christ - Jesus is the true anointed one from God who will deliver his people. All the kings, prophets, and priests were incomplete pictures of the true Messiah.
Question #2: What will the Messiah do? (21-22)
Exp. In case they don’t know what the Christ of God will go through, he clears the air. Verse 21. Why? His disciples can’t fully comprehend all he’s about to say yet. His mission isn’t completed. Verse 22. Here’s what we see:
Son of Man. Common title given to himself.
Suffer many things. “Must” is critical. These aren’t unfortunate events. They are ordained by God.
4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes. Jewish people. List that makes up the Sanhedrin. They think they’ll be doing the right thing.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Killed. He will die. Much to say about the OT. Cursed on a tree.
9 And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Ill. Jesus MUST suffer these things. Like a lion must kill a gazelle to feed his children, Jesus must be delivered, rejected, suffer, and killed so that life can go to the masses.
Raised on the third day. He will not stay in the grave.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
1 “Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
Arg. Why? Because with out these elements, it makes God a liar. He spent centuries showing what the Messiah would go through for our sake, and if even one was absent, he’s a liar.
Christ - All of it. Suffering, healing, death, resurrection, rejection, victory, buried in a tomb, sitting on the throne, wrath of God, glory of God, living with the frailties of fallen creation, commanding creation to stand still, cursed, redeemer, afflicted, holds all things together, humble life, exalted in glory. It’s all him!
App. Don’t pick and choose what you read about Jesus. Read all of it.
Read all of Scripture.
Pay attention to themes in Scripture. God’s Big Picture by Vaughn Roberts
Question #3: What will his followers do? (23-27)
Exp. If he’s the Messiah, his followers must understand their role. Verse 23-24. Before the crucifixion. What must we do?
Deny yourself. Reject a life of self-interest. We can’t say Jesus is first if we’re still first.
Take up cross daily. Commitment unto death. Daily.
Follow me. Go where he goes.
Ill. Go through the same thing. Younger sibling has an advantage. He sees the mistakes of the older sibling. He knows what not to do. However, he also sees that if I follow his footsteps, I’m doomed. To follow Jesus’ footsteps leads to the denial of self and taking up a cross. Going to Jerusalem. They about to find out.
Exp. Verse 25. What could possibly be worth having that you would lose your soul? Why would someone lose their soul? Verse 26-27. “Be ashamed” is another way of saying “to disown.” If you are ashamed of Jesus and his words, he will be ashamed of you. This is eschatological. At the end, he will be ashamed of you.
Christ - Following Jesus is against following the world. He gives us the power to live for him. To be with him is to have the HS dwell in you. You have been made new.
App. What do we do? Daily take up your cross and follow him.
Do not live for yourself. Live for Jesus.
Repent of selfish ambition.
Daily follow Jesus.
Conclusion
If he is who he says he is, then he’s worth giving up your life.
