Processing the Unexplainable

Secular

COVID-19

Pandemic

War against an invisible enemy

Global lockdown

Over-hyped

No worse than the flu

Personal

How are you processing the situations that face us today? How are your loved ones processing?

Biblical

Jesus called His disciples to follow Him

They believed Him to be the Christ - the promised redeemer

But Jesus begins to declare things that are unexplainable

How will they process this information?

Subject: How might we process to the unexplainable?

How might we process to the unexplainable?

Textual

Mark 8:31-38

Subject: How might we process the unexplainable?

How might we process the unexplainable?

(8.31-38) We might process the unexplainable as an opposition

Our way

opposition to strategy

God's way

opposition to self

opposition to success

opposition to society

canoeing up stream

(9.30-37) We might process the unexplainable as an obstacle

Our way

obstacle of confusion

obstacle of cowardliness

God’s way

obstacle of competition

obstacle of comparison

obstacle of culture

ninja warrior

(10.32-45) We might process the unexplainable as an opportunity

Our way

opportunity of status

God’s way

opportunity of suffering

opportunity of servanthood

opportunity of salvation

Firefighters on September 11 - going the wrong way