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Teaching His disciples a lesson.
Intro: Jesus was the greatest teacher to ever live.
Matthew
Even though He was a great teacher, it seems the disciples were slow learners.
Everything He did was for a reason, and had a lesson that went with it.
From the sermon on the mount.
all the parables He taught, lost sheep, the prodigal son, the sowing of the seed and the miracles, the raising the dead back to life.
Many people had seen what He did and heard what He had to say.
Some liked it, other didn’t.
Some believed other didn’t.
He had become a popular man.
Being popular doesn’t mean everyone likes you, or understands you.
Nicodemus knew there was something special.
His own disciples said, “what manner of man is this that even the wind and sea obey him?
Now it is time for another lesson, and Jesus will ask them a question and speak about His own future.
Who do you say that I am?
He will first ask, who do men (people) say that I am, but He is getting around to asking the disciples the same question.
Were they learning enough, had they really been listening?
He had just asked them “how is it that you don’t understand”
They were now about 20 miles north on the Sea of Galilee.
Jesus is making His way to Jerusalem.
He is around 8 months to the cross.
He will found guilty of Blasphemy.
He was not guilty, He was the Son of the living God.
He was God in the flesh.
He was the true Messiah.
All that He had done, all the teaching He had done.
What did the people think about Him? Who did they think He was?
a. Jesus ask them, “who do people say that I am”
b.
Jesus wasn’t asking this question to gain knowledge for Himself.
He already knew the hearts of men and what they thought of Him.
(By the way, Jesus knows our hearts today!
He knows whether you have truly accepted and confessed Him as Savior, or if you view Him less than your personal Savior.)
c. Jesus asked this because He knew men had a distorted perception of who He really was.
He knew of their worship and devotion to Caesar and their rejection of Him.
The Jews were waiting for the Messiah, but a king, not a preacher.
d.
He knew that many Jews had rejected the Son of God as the Messiah.
He wanted the disciples to ponder their faith in Him as well.
We must all answer this eternal question.
e.
Who is Jesus to you?
It is the most important question people could ask themselves, for their response determines their destiny both in this life and the life to come.
Mark 8:
But there were others things people thought about Jesus.
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BEELZEBUB... 1.
Some had identified Jesus with Beelzebub, that is, Satan -
F. MENTALLY DERANGED... Some of His family - ;
The disciples answer to Jesus.
John the Baptist:
a. King Herod thought this when he heard about Jesus -
b.
Perhaps motivated by guilt for having beheaded John.
c. Elijah: Likely based on their misunderstanding of Malachi's prophecy.
D. ONE OF THE PROPHETS...
a.
One of the old prophets risen again
b.
As mentioned in Luke's account of this conversation.
Luke e9:19
c.
Jesus knew who people through He was.
He knew what the disciples thought.
He is teaching them.
He will leave this earth soon and it will be their job to share the good news.
They still have a lot to learn, but they are getting there.
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2. Jesus now asks His disciples.
Who do you say I am?
a.
Peter Speaks up.
“You are the Christ” He saw Jesus as the Messiah, the anointed one, King, the one they had been waiting for.
Maybe they had been discussing this among themselves.
b.
What Jesus had been teaching, they were starting to get.
But Jesus was not what He was expecting as the Messiah.
His next statement throws them off, at least for Peter.
c.
But Jesus was not what He was expecting as the Messiah.
Why did Jesus warn them to keep quiet about him?
For one thing, the disciples still had a lot to learn about what it meant to be a true follower of Jesus.
Jesus had spoke of His suffering, they would learn later that they too would suffer.
They would be rejected.
They too would die.
a.
The religious leaders had already made up their mind about Jesus.
(ELAB) To proclaim Him as Messiah at this point would mess up God’s plans.
If He was proclaimed as the Messiah now, they would try to kill Him now.
That had to be done at the time of the Passover.
b.
People wanted: they see His miracles, but had little desire to submit to His message and be a true follower.
To announce Him as Messiah would result in a political uprising, that would only do harm.
2. What do people says about Jesus is today.
Some don’t believe at all.
Some people believe that was a Jesus, but don’t believe in who He really is.
Some in church believe in Jesus and who He is, but are not willing to submit to Him.
a.
Some religious believe He was just a prophet.
Some that He was a good man.
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