Choosing the Path of Faith: Jesus' Journey to the Cross
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"Jesus' ministry, as I was going through and searching the Scriptures, and I was pointed into Luke chapter 9. I'll tell you what, Luke chapter 9 is a packed, packed chapter. But I was found, okay, this goes back to the... reading the Bible 101. I found in my study Bible, down in the notes, it said, well, go look at Luke 13. So I went to Luke 13, and then it said in Luke 13, there's a reference in a chart back on page 1477 or something like that." [00:01:01] (36 seconds)
"There's the years of him kind of getting started with ministry, people finding out who he really is as he's changing the landscape of the world. But people are trying to figure out who this Jesus guy is. He has a year of popularity. Everybody loves Jesus. Jesus can do no wrong. Well, actually, Jesus can do no wrong. But in the people's eyes, he's just built up and he is this figure that everybody looks into." [00:02:49] (30 seconds)
"The resolve of who he is. He's not forced into being the Savior of the world. He's born that way. That is what will happen to him. But as we see in our devotions this week, we looked off at the Garden of Gethsemane in his prayer. And he prays three times, Lord, take this cup from me. Take this cup from me. I don't want to have to endure the things that I'm going to endure." [00:04:11] (27 seconds)
"Jesus recognizes he has a purpose in his life. His ministry is not really all that long. Dad just retired after 50 -ish years in ministry. Jesus didn't get to a tiny percentage of that in his ministry. But the life change that he provided was immeasurable. He recognizes that the time for him to give of his life is coming near. And as I scan through some of the stories that came before and after, you see that Jesus' ministry does shift here to really, really training the disciples, to teaching them of what it's going to be like after his death, training them up." [00:05:32] (59 seconds)
"to continue on his message after what is to come and truthfully the disciples still have no clue what's really coming they see this jesus that's that's doing miracles that's doing all these great amazing things and they have this expectation that this jesus is just gonna continue to pave the way he's gonna pull out his sword he's gonna leave lead them across the battle lines he's gonna take down all evil and they just missed the point but we'll see as we go through the next few chapters you see that jesus trains and he sends the disciples out but his his ministry shifts to more focus on jerusalem now this is not the time where jesus descends into to jerusalem as his last triumphal entry this is not the the moment at which right we're not there yet but this is a moment where things change within his ministry" [00:06:03] (64 seconds)
"jesus calls people in to follow him and he calls them in different ways it's funny because as you listen through and you hear what people say online about we like to take a story and then say that that's universally true but jesus called people in different ways he spoke to a tax collector what did he say to the tax collector sell everything get rid of everything that you have why why would he say that to a tax collector because money is so incredibly important to this tax collector because the things that the tax collector drives his life on" [00:10:48] (46 seconds)
"As Jesus' ministry continued and he heads towards the cross, Jesus fully recognizes the path that is about to be. Jesus fully recognizes what he is going to do one day on the cross. And I'm going to talk about on Easter, but I'll mention here, even in the last moments and days, Jesus' closest disciples, the people that from the beginning of his ministry through his death and ultimately even his resurrection, the people that walked with him, who gave up everything, walked away from their families, walked away from their stuff, had no place to sleep, followed Jesus every single day." [00:14:45] (58 seconds)
"We're changed fully by the ministry of Jesus. Even those people in the last days grew scared. Even those people, we all know about Judas, and we know how Judas' life turned out as a result of his turning away from Jesus. We know the story about Peter, and we know that at the end of the day, Jesus alone, there was not anybody alongside of him that saved the world. It was Jesus alone. He chose this" [00:15:47] (48 seconds)
"That, not through the long laundry list of things to do, but that through saying that Jesus, I know that that Jesus is real. I know that that Jesus is the Son of God. I know that that Jesus gave of his life for a purpose. And that purpose was that me, along with every other human being in this world, can say, You are my Father. You are my Savior." [00:17:28] (37 seconds)
"Have I allowed Jesus to come into my life? Have I allowed the Holy Spirit to dwell inside of me and to help me to make the next right steps in my life? Or am I leaning on my own understanding? Am I leaning on my own skills and abilities? What steps for you do you need to take? Maybe I'm doing all the things the right way. I am getting into Scripture. I do have Jesus in my heart, but I just need to be reminded again today." [00:20:07] (36 seconds)
"Just as Jesus had the choice, Jesus could have easily escaped and ran off into the desert and never been seen again so he didn't have to endure that torture. He's full of faith. man. He has the ability to do so. Just as he made that choice, he chose the cross. And all that he asks in response is for you to choose him as a centerpiece of your life." [00:22:07] (33 seconds)
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"There's the years of him kind of getting started with ministry, people finding out who he really is as he's changing the landscape of the world. But people are trying to figure out who this Jesus guy is. He has a year of popularity. Everybody loves Jesus. Jesus can do no wrong. Well, actually, Jesus can do no wrong. But in the people's eyes, he's just built up and he is this figure that everybody looks into." [00:02:49] (30 seconds)
"The resolve of who he is. He's not forced into being the Savior of the world. He's born that way. That is what will happen to him. But as we see in our devotions this week, we looked off at the Garden of Gethsemane in his prayer. And he prays three times, Lord, take this cup from me. Take this cup from me. I don't want to have to endure the things that I'm going to endure." [00:04:11] (27 seconds)
"Jesus recognizes he has a purpose in his life. His ministry is not really all that long. Dad just retired after 50 -ish years in ministry. Jesus didn't get to a tiny percentage of that in his ministry. But the life change that he provided was immeasurable. He recognizes that the time for him to give of his life is coming near. And as I scan through some of the stories that came before and after, you see that Jesus' ministry does shift here to really, really training the disciples, to teaching them of what it's going to be like after his death, training them up." [00:05:32] (59 seconds)
"to continue on his message after what is to come and truthfully the disciples still have no clue what's really coming they see this jesus that's that's doing miracles that's doing all these great amazing things and they have this expectation that this jesus is just gonna continue to pave the way he's gonna pull out his sword he's gonna leave lead them across the battle lines he's gonna take down all evil and they just missed the point but we'll see as we go through the next few chapters you see that jesus trains and he sends the disciples out but his his ministry shifts to more focus on jerusalem now this is not the time where jesus descends into to jerusalem as his last triumphal entry this is not the the moment at which right we're not there yet but this is a moment where things change within his ministry" [00:06:03] (64 seconds)
"jesus calls people in to follow him and he calls them in different ways it's funny because as you listen through and you hear what people say online about we like to take a story and then say that that's universally true but jesus called people in different ways he spoke to a tax collector what did he say to the tax collector sell everything get rid of everything that you have why why would he say that to a tax collector because money is so incredibly important to this tax collector because the things that the tax collector drives his life on" [00:10:48] (46 seconds)
"As Jesus' ministry continued and he heads towards the cross, Jesus fully recognizes the path that is about to be. Jesus fully recognizes what he is going to do one day on the cross. And I'm going to talk about on Easter, but I'll mention here, even in the last moments and days, Jesus' closest disciples, the people that from the beginning of his ministry through his death and ultimately even his resurrection, the people that walked with him, who gave up everything, walked away from their families, walked away from their stuff, had no place to sleep, followed Jesus every single day." [00:14:45] (58 seconds)
"We're changed fully by the ministry of Jesus. Even those people in the last days grew scared. Even those people, we all know about Judas, and we know how Judas' life turned out as a result of his turning away from Jesus. We know the story about Peter, and we know that at the end of the day, Jesus alone, there was not anybody alongside of him that saved the world. It was Jesus alone. He chose this" [00:15:47] (48 seconds)
"That, not through the long laundry list of things to do, but that through saying that Jesus, I know that that Jesus is real. I know that that Jesus is the Son of God. I know that that Jesus gave of his life for a purpose. And that purpose was that me, along with every other human being in this world, can say, You are my Father. You are my Savior." [00:17:28] (37 seconds)
"Have I allowed Jesus to come into my life? Have I allowed the Holy Spirit to dwell inside of me and to help me to make the next right steps in my life? Or am I leaning on my own understanding? Am I leaning on my own skills and abilities? What steps for you do you need to take? Maybe I'm doing all the things the right way. I am getting into Scripture. I do have Jesus in my heart, but I just need to be reminded again today." [00:20:07] (36 seconds)
"Just as Jesus had the choice, Jesus could have easily escaped and ran off into the desert and never been seen again so he didn't have to endure that torture. He's full of faith. man. He has the ability to do so. Just as he made that choice, he chose the cross. And all that he asks in response is for you to choose him as a centerpiece of your life." [00:22:07] (33 seconds)
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