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Introduction
▾ Know.
Believe.
Follow.
▾ Know.
Believe.
Follow.
▾ Introduction
▾ Introduction
As we fast approach Easter, we are reminded of the centrality of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
But we must remember that the world is no help to us.
As we fast approach Easter, we are reminded of the centrality of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
A shopping center in Wales demanded that a church remove the name “Jesus” from its advertising for Easter services.
• A shopping center in Wales demanded that a church remove the name “Jesus” from its advertising for Easter services.
A shopping center in Wales demanded that a church remove the name “Jesus” from its advertising for Easter services.
• NBC is broadcasting a live performance of the blasphemous musical, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Easter night.
In the musical, Judas Iscariot is the hero, a sensible, stable man who sees Jesus of Nazareth as a manipulative seeker of fame.
NBC is broadcasting a live performance of the blasphemous musical, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Easter night.
In the musical, Judas Iscariot is the hero, a sensible, stable man who sees Jesus of Nazareth as a manipulative seeker of fame.
• NBC is broadcasting a live performance of the blasphemous musical, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Easter night.
In the musical, Judas Iscariot is the hero, a sensible, stable man who sees Jesus of Nazareth as a manipulative seeker of fame.
NBC is broadcasting a live performance of the blasphemous musical, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Easter night.
In the musical, Judas Iscariot is the hero, a sensible, stable man who sees Jesus of Nazareth as a manipulative seeker of fame.
• The apostate writer Bart Ehrman continues his crusade to “de-convert” Christians by attacking the truth of Scripture and the Person of Jesus with mockery and contempt.
The apostate writer Bart Ehrman continues his crusade to “de-convert” Christians by attacking the truth of Scripture and the Person of Jesus with mockery and contempt.
• The apostate writer Bart Ehrman continues his crusade to “de-convert” Christians by attacking the truth of Scripture and the Person of Jesus with mockery and contempt.
The apostate writer Bart Ehrman continues his crusade to “de-convert” Christians by attacking the truth of Scripture and the Person of Jesus with mockery and contempt.
And besides the atheists and agnostics who deny Jesus Christ, there are also multitudes of those who want Him fragmented and partial.
• And besides the atheists and agnostics who deny Jesus Christ, there are also multitudes of those who want Him fragmented and partial.
• And besides the atheists and agnostics who deny Jesus Christ, there are also multitudes of those who want Him fragmented and partial.
And besides the atheists and agnostics who deny Jesus Christ, there are also multitudes of those who want Him fragmented and partial.
This morning we are going to see that
This morning we are going to see that
Christians must know exactly who Jesus is,
Christians must know exactly who Jesus is,
Christians must believe fully in what Jesus came to accomplish, and,
• Christians must believe fully in what Jesus came to accomplish, and,
Christians must believe fully in what Jesus came to accomplish, and,
• Christians must believe fully in what Jesus came to accomplish, and,
Christians must follow Jesus on His terms.
Christians must follow Jesus on His terms.
• Christians must follow Jesus on His terms.
• Christians must follow Jesus on His terms.
We must know.
We must believe.
We must follow.
We must know.
We must believe.
We must follow.
Know
Know
We must know
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah!
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
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▾ We must believe.
As we saw last communion Sunday, the people had a variety of opinions about who Jesus was.
▾ As we saw last communion Sunday, the people had a variety of opinions about who Jesus was.
• From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord!
This shall never happen to you.”
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!
You are a hindrance to me.
For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” ()
▸ What do people believe about Jesus’ work?
But it doesn’t matter what THEY think, whoever THEY are.
Jesus says that what matters is what YOU think.
I’ve had plenty of conversations with people who want to discuss theories about Jesus Christ is, but the real issue is what that person thinks.
What I think.
What you think.
• I’ve had plenty of conversations with people who want to discuss theories about Jesus Christ is, but the real issue is what that person thinks.
What I think.
What you think.
▸ Jesus tells us He “came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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▸ What does it mean to be a sinner?
• I’ve had plenty of conversations with people who want to discuss theories about Jesus Christ is, but the real issue is what that person thinks.
What I think.
What you think.
That knowledge is not gained through reading, or through teaching, or through sermons.
▾ Jesus didn’t come to retrain us, to give us better habits, to encourage us to be a little nicer.
It’s not gained through meditation or studying other religions.
• He came to change our verdict from “sinner” to “righteous.”
▾ It comes, Jesus says to Peter, as a gift of God the Father, through, as the Scripture makes clear, the Holy Spirit’s ministry.
It comes, Jesus says to Peter, as a gift of God the Father, through, as the Scripture makes clear, the Holy Spirit’s ministry.
Luke writes that when the Gospel was preached to the Gentiles in Psidian Antioch, “as many as were appointed [by God] to eternal life believed” ().
The Lord opened Lydia’s heart to pay attention to the Gospel.
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Paul said to the Corinthians,
• He did this by His death and resurrection.
• says that the Lord opened Lydia’s heart to pay attention to the Gospel, to understand the truth that Paul spoke.
We are called to plant the seeds of the Gospel, and to water those seeds by praying for and talking with those who are hungry.
But God must give the growth.
The success of evangelism belongs to God, not us.
• This is the Gospel.
We must believe it.
We have to know who Jesus is, but true understanding comes only as a gift of God.
▾ We must follow.
• Luke writes that when the Gentiles in Psidian Antioch heard the Gospel, “as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.”
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▾ We have to know who Jesus is, but true understanding comes only as a gift of God.
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