No Upper Limit

TRINITY WORSHIP NOTES

WHO IS JESUS?

“No Upper Limit”

October 7, 2007

“Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, ‘Who do people say I am?’

    [28] They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’

    [29] ‘But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?’

    Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ.’

    [30] Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

WHAT GIVES YOU THE MOST SATISFACTION?

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I. THE IMAGE

• What do people __________THINK____________________

“Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, ‘Who do people say I am?’”

Mark 8:27 (NIV)

• You are __________JOHN THE BAPTIST_______________

“They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist….”           Mark 8:28 (NIV)

JOHN THE BAPTIST

Ø       Cousin of Jesus

Ø       Called people to repentance

Ø       Confronted political and religious leaders

• You are ____________ELIJAH_______________________

“…others say Elijah….”                                               Mark 8:28 (NIV)

ELIJAH

Ø       Greatest prophet

Ø       Helped the poor

Ø       To Come just before the Messiah

• You are ___________ONE OF THE PROPHETS___________

“…and still others, one of the prophets.”                  Mark 8:28 (NIV)

ONE OF THE PROPHETS

Ø       None since Malachi

Ø       A voice of God

Ø       A great honor

II. THE MISUNDERSTANDING

§         You are the _______________MESSIAH________________

“But what about you?’ he asked. ‘Who do you say I am?’  Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ.’”                                 Mark 8:29 (NIV)

§         The real ______________MESSIAH___________________

“He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.”                                                                 Mark 8:31 (NIV)

§         Peter’s ________________MESSIAH__________________

“He (Jesus) spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.”                                              Mark 8:32 (NIV)

IS JESUS THE SATISFACTION OF YOUR LIFE?