2.10.14 3.3.2019 Mark 8.27-9.1 Making the Good Confession our Great Obsession

Entice: I think every disciple should be passionate about the Mission of the Church. Beginning locally and extending globally we need to be passionate about making disciples. What about preliminaries? Before we can make the great commission our mission

• Entice: I think every disciple should be passionate about the Mission of the Church. Beginning locally and extending globally we

We must make the good confession our great obsession

need to be passionate about making disciples. There is a preliminary. Before we can make the great commission our motivation

And that begins with a question and a cross. Jesus asks the question. Then, He offers the cross.

we must make the great confession our obsession. And that begins with a question and a cross. Jesus asks the question. Then,

Engage: Do we view the crosses we carry as blessings or curses? Are the liabilities or assets? Our answer could very well determine the passion with which we carry the crosses that are ours to carry, and the enthusiasm with which we embrace the way of the cross.

He offers the cross.

• Engage: Do we view the crosses we carry as blessings or curses? Are the liabilities or assets? Our answer could very well

Expand: Despite the well know, sputtering, inarticulate, objections of Peter; Jesus clearly did not view His cross (or ours) with polarizing either/or eyes. Crosses may be painful, but when they are necessary, when they convey saving potential they are not really bad or good…

determine the passion with which we carry the crosses that are ours to carry.

• Expand: Despite the well know, sputtering, inarticulate, objections of Peter Jesus clearly did not view His cross (or ours) with

crosses are realities on the road of obedience.

those polarizing either/or eyes. Crosses may be painful, but when they are necessary, when they convey saving potential they are

From the bad, despite the bad, beyond the bad something good is born, God's will is accomplished and the adversary is defeated-

not really bad or good…crosses are realities on the road of obedience. From the bad, despite the bad, beyond the bad something

not in spite of the cross…

good is born, God's will is accomplished and the adversary is defeated.

but because of the cross!

Mark 8:27–9:1 ESV

27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him. 31 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. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” 34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? 37 For what can a man give in return for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” 1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

• Excite: Jesus is not even to Jerusalem yet! His death has not happened and already He is preparing His disciples (then and now)

Excite: Jesus is not even to Jerusalem yet! His death has not happened and already He is preparing His disciples (then and now) not only with a truth to believe, and a a message to proclaim, but with a path to follow. A path that we walk in full, cross-toting obedience. For it is only…

Excite: Jesus is not even to Jerusalem yet! His death has not happened and already He is preparing His disciples (then and now)

not only with a truth to believe, and a a message to proclaim, but with a path to follow. A path that we walk in full, cross-toting

Explore:

obedience. For it is only…

As we follow Him down the way of the Cross that we discover the full meaning of our discipleship and His Lordship.

• Explore: As we follow along the way of the Cross that we discover the full meaning of our discipleship and His Lordship.

Explain: As Peter before, we have some responses we must make.

• Explain: As Peter before, we have some responses we must make.

1 Announce His Lordship. 8.27-30

▾ 1 Announce His Lordship. 8.27-30

1.1 Promise with Confusion. 27-28

▾ 1.1 Promise and Confusion. 27-28

1.1.1 People are hopeful. They saw in Jesus a renewal of the hope of Israel and a renewal of the spirit of prophecy. Today many desire a Jesus who agrees with their perspective and does not call them to conviction.

• 1.1.1 People are hopeful. They saw in Jesus a renewal of the hope of Israel and a renewal of the spirit of prophecy. Today many

desire a Jesus who agrees with their perspective and does not call them to conviction.

1.1.2 But they are confused. They put him among the greats but see only the similarities of Jesus and other great men. They don't see the differences-and those differences make all the difference in the world.

• 1.1.2 But the are confused. They put him among the greats but see only the similarities of Jesus and other great men. They don't

see the differences-and those differences make all the difference in the world.

1.2 Personal with Conviction. 29-30

• 1.2 Personal with Conviction. 29-30

2 Acknowledge His Mission. 8.31-33

▾ 2 Acknowledge His Mission. 8.31-33

2.1 Cross.

• 2.1 Cross.

2.2 Crisis.

• 2.2 Crisis.

2.3 Conscience.

• 2.3 Conscience of God. (thinking God's thoughts rather than our own.)

(thinking God's thoughts rather than our own.)

▾ 3 Accept His Example. 8.34-9.1///The real stumbling block is not Christ's Cross…It's ours! Yours and mine. Because discipleship

3 Accept His Example. 8.34-9.1

The real stumbling block is not Christ's Cross…It's ours! Yours and mine. Because discipleship is not just about believing that Jesus died for me, but committing to living for Him in cross-bearing self-denial.

is not just about believing that Jesus died for me, but committing to living for Him in cross-bearing self-denial.

My cousin Vinny. The second time Vinny enters court in his leather jacket, the Judge reprimands him for not being properly dressed. Viny’s repsonse: “your were serious about that?! There are a lot of “believers” whose response to Jesus is the same when He tells us to take up our cross. “You were series about that?

• 3.1 Challenge. 34

3.1 Consider the challenge. 34

• 3.2 Count the cost. 35-38

3.2 Count the cost. 35-38

▾ The Cruciform Life....

The Cruciform Life....

▾ All over the world our brothers and sisters in Christ shoulder crosses. They bear crosses of pain and persecution, Others bear

All over the world our brothers and sisters in Christ shoulder crosses. They bear crosses of pain and persecution, Others bear crosses of social stigma and ridicule. Some in advanced societies bear the cross of humility and self-sacrifice. Wherever we live, whatever our circumstances Disciples are called to deny self and die for others.

crosses of social stigma and ridicule. Some in advanced societies bear the cross of humility and self-sacrifice. Wherever we live,

whatever our circumstances Disciples are called to deny self and die for others.

• We proclaim His Lordship.

• We accept His Passion.

• We Follow His Example.

• One day we shall see Him in His glory. Until then we walk the road of humble ministry and service.

One day we shall see Him in His glory. Until then we walk the road of humble ministry and service.

• Are you ready? Will you lay down a life that you cannot keep to gain a life which you need never relinquish. Come and join us as

Are you ready? Will you lay down a life that you cannot keep to gain a life which you need never relinquish. Come and join us as we follow Him.