What Is A Christian?

TRINITY WORSHIP NOTES

WHO IS JESUS?

“What Is A Christian?”

October 15, 2006

“[31] Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. [32] A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, ‘Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.’ [33] ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ he asked. [34] Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! [35] Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

Mark 3:31-35 (NIV)

HOW CAN I KNOW WHO IS A CHRISTIAN?

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I. THE STORY IN MARK

Crowd doesn’t know _____________JESUS__________
The demons know ____________JESUS_____________
Religious leaders fear ________JESUS______________

II. THE CROWD

Are _______________CONSUMERS_______________

“Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.” Mark 3:7 (NIV)

Has __________SELF-INTEREST_________________

“When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.” Mark 3:8 (NIV)

“For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.” Mark 3:10 (NIV)

III. EVIL AND JESUS

Evil recognizes ____________JESUS_______________

“Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, ‘You are the Son of God.’" Mark 3:11 (NIV)

Evil is _____________SILENCE_________________

“But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was.”

Mark 3:12 (NIV)

IV. THE DISCIPLES

Are the __________SYMPATHIZERS_______________
Are ____________UNSCHOOLED_________________

“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.” Acts 4:13 (NIV)

V. THE ANTAGONIZERS

· Jesus’ ______________FAMILY__________________

“When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, ‘He is out of his mind.’"

Mark 3:21 (NIV)

· The religious ___________LEADERS_______________

“And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He is possessed by Beelzebub! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.’" Mark 3:22 (NIV)

HOW CAN I KNOW WHO IS A CHRISTIAN?