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INTRODUCTION:
Christianity begin as a small community of believers in Jerusalem, but quickly spread across the world.
Christianity begin as a small community of believers in Jerusalem, but quickly spread across the world.
Eventually, Ethiopia, Egypt, Rome, and even the British Isles all become center’s for Christianity.
What was it about the message of Christianity that caused it to spread far beyond the borders of Israel?
Principally, it was a message about a person named Jesus of Nazareth and His teachings.
There are certainly other names we remember from Ancient Times.
- Alexander the Great
- Julius Caesar
- Plato
- Aristotle
But we do not really follow any of these.
>Sure, people who like philosophy may study Plato and Aristotle,
>>but I have meet hundreds of people - farmers, ranchers, construction workers, who could care less about what Plato or Aristotle.
Yet, they spend countless hours studying the Words of Jesus.
- They pray
- and worship Christ.
- In fact, they are willing to endure family resentment so long as they can follow Christ.
Why?
Our passage addresses that today.
Further, Jesus is different from any of those men.
>He was a common man from a poor family among a nation that for hundreds of years has not ruled itself.
>>Yet, there are millions of people who follow him.
Why do we remember a common man from a poor family in a land that has been ruled by outsiders for hundreds of years?
It is because his ministry was unlike any ministry we have ever seen.
His Work was planned in the Mind of God before the creation of the World and it’s impact has effected every generation that has ever lived,
past, present, and future.
The Gospel of Mark record’s Jesus ministry on earth.
CAVEAT: We will read the whole paragraph in order to understand the passage, but we will primarily be focusing on this morning.
Proposition: And from this text, we will understand why we also ought to be followers of Jesus.
Mark 8:31-
From the Gospel of Mark, we learn that
and the work the God called him to do.
True Christianity, is centered upon the name of Jesus Christ and following His Teachings.
This is a name that has stood the teast of time.
It has stood the
There are certainly other names we remember from Ancient Times.
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Plato
Aristotle
Need for Jesus, who is Jesus,
Why should we follow Jesus?
No one follows Ceaser, Greek Gods, ...
Proposition: We Ought to be Followers of Jesus.
Proposition: We Ought to be Followers of Jesus.
Transition: and this text gives us 3 aspects of Christ that demand us to be followers of Him.
The first aspect that demands us to follow him is that he is the:
1) Son of Man.
For many of us, the idea of the Son of Man has no real meaning.
For many of us, the idea of the Son of Man has no real meaning.
I am a son of man, what’s the point.
Perhaps, some of our ladies might say I am the daughter of a Women.
What’s the point.
But this title is meant to describe a very specific person with a very specific purpose.
The title, “Son of Man” originated first in .
After reading the description of the “Son of Man” you quickly realize why the title is no ordinary title.
Messianic title used by Jesus to express his heavenly origin, earthly mission, and glorious future coming
describes a man who was to be a King like no other king has ever been.
This “Son of Man” will one day
- begin a Kingdom
- that will never end
- and every nation and person will bow before this King.
Understand,
Jesus was that King.
CAVEAT: Now we will learn from this passage that Jesus did not come to establish that Kingdom yet.
We await that Kingdom and it is one of the great future hopes of the Bible.
One day Jesus will return as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
He will come and establish His kingdom.
One day the will the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
He will come and establish His kingdom.
From other texts this eternal Kingdom will not simply have a single King,
but he he will be
- a wise-counselor,
- a righteous judge,
- ruling in physical and spiritual blessing.
ILLUSTRATION:
How many of us have been wronged by someone in power?
Whether a common police officer, or some of our Presidents, we all at some point have been dismayed by the wickedness of the government.
Example: One of our former Presidents was actually impeached for His lying and manipulation.
Even when faced with well-meaning people in government, they are not able to establish law that meets every situation.
Example: I remember making a camping trip in Canada a few years back.
We were flying in to Canada and leaving by car.
Unfortunately, the TSA system would not allow us to fly because they assume you will fly back into the U.S. We were blocked by a well-meaning system that could not account for all the situations.
Understand, the “Son of Man” will rule righteously, wisely, forever.
This is the Kingdom that every person wishes he had.
This is that king, but his mission here on Earth in 33 AD was not to establish the Kingdom, but to do a different work.
This is the government that every person wishes they had.
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Now think about this, according to this text, Jesus is the “Son of Man”.
One of the reasons we ought to be followers of Christ is he is the righteous, wise, King that every knee will bow too.
But this Kingdom is still future.
His mission here on Earth in 33 AD was not to establish the Kingdom, but to do a different work.
Our text tells us what that work was.
The Second aspect of Jesus that demands us to follow hims is that His Suffering was:
2) Spiritually Necessary.
Our text tells us Jesus work “must” happen.
The suffering of Christ was necessary because:
a. God planned it.
- Remember this, the work of Christ wasn’t something that Jesus thought of in AD 33.
- Nor was it something that suddenly occurred to God,
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