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14. Who do you say I am?

14. Who do you say I am?. Mark 8:11-30 p. 930. Who do you say I am?. Second Sunday of Advent. Knowing Jesus is the centre of the season – Only gets us part of the way. Have to know who Jesus really is. Jesus asks two questions: Who do people say I am? (v 27)

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14. Who do you say I am?

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  1. 14. Who do you say I am? Mark 8:11-30 p. 930

  2. Who do you say I am? • Second Sunday of Advent. • Knowing Jesus is the centre of the season – • Only gets us part of the way. • Have to know who Jesus really is. • Jesus asks two questions: • Who do people say I am? (v 27) • Who do YOU say I am? (V 29)

  3. 1. Disputing & Testing • Pharisees confront Jesus: “to question him” (v 11) • Could be translated “dispute, debate”. It’s adversarial. • Ask for a sign from heaven • Not so that they can believe. • To confirm he is not who he appears to be. • They come to “test” him. Not neutral. • To confirm their disbelief; make their skepticism reasonable. • Jesus “left them” (v 13) “Gave up on them”

  4. 2. Blindness & Sight • Jesus warns of the “yeast” of Pharisees & Herod (v 15) • “Yeast”: corruption, danger, evil, hardness of heart. • Teaching (Matt 16:12); Hypocrisy (Luke 12:1) • Disciples cannot see what he is talking about • “It is because we have no bread” (v 16) • Jesus: “why are you talking about having no bread?” (v 17)

  5. 2. Blindness & Sight ... • Jesus asks hard questions (v 17-18): • Do you still not see or understand? • Are your hearts hardened? • Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? • Don’t you remember? • Element of hardness of heart, rebellion, foolishness in their misunderstanding • Treat God as no different to sinful humans – Sin !

  6. 3. Identity & Mission • Who do people say I am? • John the Baptist • Elijah • One of the Prophets • Today: • Good Man; Great Teacher; Moral Leader; ... • Who do you say I am? • Messiah – “anointed one” (e.g. Jer. 23:5)

  7. Who do you say I am? • Worth asking the question in all its fullness: • Will I accept who he really is? • Will I accept what he came to do? • Will I see with my eyes? • Will I hear with my ears? • Will I open my heart and soften it before God? • Will I let him be the centre (not just part) of my life?

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