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Questions!
We best learn by asking questions, sometimes of each other, sometimes of the teacher.
Remember what a disciple is, a learner, a follower of a teacher and in our passage today we see one of the greatest teaching moments found with Jesus.
But first, let’s talk about questions.
Me first, just a couple of questions, ok maybe 3 to start us off.
What has transpired just before our passage today?
What was the command that was given from the Father (v.7)
What was the instructions from Jesus (v.9)?
In our passage today the disciples bring up a couple of questions, so may we quickly look at the passage then I want to go back and focus on questions themselves then get into the passage more.
What did you see, what did you notice, what sticks out to you?
A word or two about discipleship
We know what disciple means, but what a disciple does is important too.
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What Jesus expects of disciples
To learn from Him (Mt11:28-30)
To follow His commands (Jn14:15; Mt28:19-20)
To deny himself to follow Him (Mk8:34)
What the Apostles expect of disciples
To grow in knowledge (2Pt3:18)
To increase in knowledge of both God and Christ (Col1:10; Php3:8)
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What Jesus expects of disciples
To learn from Him (Mt11:28-30)
To follow His commands (Jn14:15; Mt28:19-20)
To deny himself to follow Him (Mk8:34)
What the Apostles expect of disciples
To grow in knowledge (2Pt3:18)
To increase in knowledge of both God and Christ (Col1:10; Php3:8)
What was to be learned here?
(keep it brief)
What Jesus expects of disciples
To learn from Him (Mt11:28-30)
To follow His commands (Jn14:15; Mt28:19-20)
What were they told to do?
What the Apostles expect of disciples
To grow in knowledge (2Pt3:18)
To increase in knowledge of both God and Christ (Col1:10; Php3:8)
And again, what is the instructions here?
Teaching a disciple, a learner is important.
It is important to get an understanding of what the teacher is teaching and that is what the Apostles are going to be doing here in our passage today when we get back to it.
What Jesus expects of disciples
To learn from Him (Mt11:28-30)
To follow His commands (Jn14:15; Mt28:19-20)
To deny himself to follow Him (Mk8:34)
What the Apostles expect of disciples
To grow in knowledge (2Pt3:18)
What were the instructions here?
To increase in knowledge of both God and Christ (Col1:10; Php3:8)
Teaching comes with a purpose, meaning it comes with application and each of these passages have just that, application.
Jesus is not alone in what He expected, the Apostles had expectations of a disciple too.
What the Apostles expect of disciples
To learn from Him (Mt11:28-30)
To follow His commands (Jn14:15; Mt28:19-20)
To deny himself to follow Him (Mk8:34)
What the Apostles expect of disciples
To grow in knowledge (2Pt3:18)
What did Peter expect here?
What Jesus expects of disciples
To learn from Him (Mt11:28-30)
To follow His commands (Jn14:15; Mt28:19-20)
To deny himself to follow Him (Mk8:34)
What the Apostles expect of disciples
To grow in knowledge (2Pt3:18)
To increase in knowledge of both God and Christ (Col1:10; Php3:8)
There is so much just in this one verse, but that is not why we are here today, we are here to look at a good teaching moment by Jesus on a trip down the moment, but what did the Apostles expect here?
Here we have Paul’s example of being a willing disciple!
May we be a willing disciple too and that means there has to be questions.
Role of questions for the disciple
Jesus taught by asking questions
Regarding healing on the Sabbath (Mt12:10-12)
Regarding His own identity (Mt16:13-15; Mt22:42-45)
Regarding divorce (Mk10:3); taxes (Lk20:22-25)
Finally, how about regarding authority (Mt21:24-25)
So asking questions is a great teaching tool.
It is good to ask questions too.
The disciples learned by asking questions
Asking about Jesus parables (Mk4:10)
Asking today asking about Elijah (Mk9:11)
Asking about why could not cast out demons (Mk9:28)
Asking about blind man (Jn9:2) about destruction of Jerusalem (Mk13:-14)
So, as asking questions is a good teaching tool, it is also a great learning tool.
I know I said a word or two about discipleship, a learner, but I think you can see why we took this brief journey.
You want to continue to learn, to grow, to be transformed , learn by asking questions or pondering questions asked.
Don’t hesitate to ask questions in Bible class or in Bible study.
Feel free to ask after a sermon, or drop me a note, E-mail, text with any questions you may have
Don’t be afraid of asking questions, remember questions are a great learning tool and a great tool for teaching too.
Now, believe it or not, now time to get to the passage itself and a couple of points we can get from it.
Questioning themselves about the resurrection (Mk9:10)
Questioning Jesus about Elijah coming first (Mk9:12) and Jesus response (Mk9:13)
What did He mean about resurrection?
Previously told about the suffering (Mk8:31) now we have had the resurrection brought in (Mk9:9) and that leads to questioning among themselves (Mk9:10).
then while coming down the mountain says
And that brought about questions
Could you image what the apostles were thinking from what they had just seen and what they were just told?
They had to be deep in thought.
Told not to say anything to anyone, they had to wonder why?
Told to be quiet for they did not understand yet why they had seen what they had seen, what it would do to them and for them after the resurrection.
They had seen the display of the power of God, but did not understand yet the purpose of the display yet.
So they needed to learn still the true cost of Messiahship.
Only way they could truly learn is by the cross and the resurrection.
Told about the resurrection, but it did not compute with their belief
They did believe in resurrection on that final day, but Jesus is talking about Himself and on the 3rd day, so that did not make any sense to them.
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