Living Our Faith: Actions Reflecting Jesus' Identity
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"So we are in the midst of a sermon series called Come and See. Now, if you're new to us and you just heard the Scripture being read, you may wonder, well, shouldn't it be called Come and Hear? Because that's what we're hearing, right? We're hearing who people profess that Jesus is. Now, we will, a few verses later, as we go through these couple of passages in Luke chapter 9, where Jesus is going to change this question around to, who do you, His disciples, say that He is? And then we'll transition to a point where actions become important, this tying in to come and see. Because Jesus will show us what it means to be the Messiah through His actions, something we and everyone around Him can see." [00:31:05] (54 seconds)
"But then He changes that, too, to how can we show people through our actions that our words have meaning. If we say that, Jesus is our Lord and Messiah, we have to show it. Because ultimately, that's what we do if our faith. In other words, when Jesus talks, His disciples listen and act." [00:31:58] (28 seconds)
"So the crowds have understood that Jesus' miraculous works are of the same cloth as those predicted by the ancient prophets and actually the same things that the prophets did. They did. But those previous chapters, which Jesus raised people from the dead, say more than that. He's not just an equal to the past prophets, but He is one greater than the prophets. So who was, that was who the crowds in Jesus' time said He was, partway through His ministry. What about people today? You know, the people, the people around you as you go out about your lives." [00:33:27] (46 seconds)
"Well, in verse 20, Jesus turns his question back to his disciples. He said, but what about you? Who do you say? That I am. And Peter steps up and says, God's Messiah. So, by the second question, Jesus implies that what the crowd said was not quite good enough, was not quite an accurate description of who Jesus was. But Peter, through his saying, God's Messiah, says that his disciples have raised up their understanding. to a new level, that Jesus is more than just a spiritual leader, a good prophet." [00:36:19] (46 seconds)
"reminds us that faith begins with recognizing who Jesus is not merely a teacher or prophet he is the son of the living God so Peter gave a good answer perhaps a better answer than some the evangelicals do today he gave a God -inspired answer so to recap up to this point we have heard who the general public says that Jesus is who his disciples say that Jesus is however we haven't seen anything yet have we well in verse 22 Jesus continues to tell us how he will show that he is the Messiah by his actions verse 22 and he said to them the son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders the the , chief priests and teachers of the law he must be killed and on the third day raised to life those are actions that we will see so Jesus clarifies that definition of who he is by what he will do and his future actions show not the crowd's understanding of who the anointed one the Messiah is but God's understanding of who the anointed is he just doesn't give lip service to who he is you know talk is cheap but your actions are priceless and in the rest of Luke we will see those actions taking place but even today our actions say something right about what we mean what we are committed to like if you buy something a car or a house you you put down a deposit that's that's an action to show that you are sincere about what you're promising to do when a man asks a woman to marry him he gives a ring made of precious metal and that ring shows that that's a commitment that the man is making now if this if the ring instead was like you know maybe found a great big lifesaver candy lifesaver somewhere and when he promote propose he gave that ring to his his new husband. The person he's proposing to." [00:39:18] (144 seconds)
"So our actions can actually speak louder than words. Because there's something very deeply meaningful about giving a ring to someone that you're promising to marry. And it goes throughout our actions. Even the little, we take little actions that show others that we love them. Let me tell you a little story about my childhood that meant a lot to me and showed my mother's love for me. So when I was in grade school, I felt my mother loved me. She was a divorcee and single mom and I was an only child. She said she'd love me. But there's this one activity. There's this one activity that really demonstrated this. Every Sunday after church, we would go bowling. Just the two of us." [00:41:47] (53 seconds)
"And I was a little kid, you know, I was not very good at bowling. And my mother didn't bowl any time else. So it was really just more a chance to be together. It wasn't training or working up to something. And, but it was just special. Just the two of us on a regular. Regular basis, we just throw balls down the alley and try and score above 100 pins, 100 points, you know, which is not very good, but it was kind of just us against the pins, right? And if someone would knock all the pins down, get a strike or a spare, we'd cheer for each other, right? That was good. That was a good thing to do." [00:42:49] (43 seconds)
"It was fun, and it meant something, and it was a bonding experience. So those little acts, like taking your child bowling with you, just the two of you, communicated more than all the I love you's in the world. So ask yourself, what does it mean for you to confess that Jesus is Lord? Do your actions say that he is Lord? Does your confession there shape your priorities, your relationships, and even ambitions?" [00:43:34] (37 seconds)
"Then he said to them, Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me will save it. In other words, Jesus is saying, if you want to be my disciple, act like it. You know, he says we are to, to take up our cross daily." [00:45:47] (35 seconds)
"Now to take up one's cross means to bear a difficulty in your life, something unpleasant. Now many of us have parts of our lives that are difficult. And this could be someone like, maybe there's someone who constantly picks on us, a boss, a family member, a co -worker, but we just have to bear it. Maybe it's a physical injury or a handicap. Maybe it's even just a job we have. We hate it, but we have to bear it to survive. This is not the cross that Jesus is talking about. As Pastor Matt said a few weeks ago, that the cross is something because of Jesus, we change our behavior. And because of that change, we are persecuted. We are persecuted because we follow Jesus." [00:46:36] (53 seconds)
"Pick up one of those small things that the Spirit tells you you should do and do it. Just pick a little bit of sliver up of your metaphorical cross. Just pick that up. And it's not a burden we need to bear on our own. The Holy Spirit will be with you in it and helping you. You get God's help." [00:56:43] (25 seconds)
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"But then He changes that, too, to how can we show people through our actions that our words have meaning. If we say that, Jesus is our Lord and Messiah, we have to show it. Because ultimately, that's what we do if our faith. In other words, when Jesus talks, His disciples listen and act." [00:31:58] (28 seconds)
"So the crowds have understood that Jesus' miraculous works are of the same cloth as those predicted by the ancient prophets and actually the same things that the prophets did. They did. But those previous chapters, which Jesus raised people from the dead, say more than that. He's not just an equal to the past prophets, but He is one greater than the prophets. So who was, that was who the crowds in Jesus' time said He was, partway through His ministry. What about people today? You know, the people, the people around you as you go out about your lives." [00:33:27] (46 seconds)
"Well, in verse 20, Jesus turns his question back to his disciples. He said, but what about you? Who do you say? That I am. And Peter steps up and says, God's Messiah. So, by the second question, Jesus implies that what the crowd said was not quite good enough, was not quite an accurate description of who Jesus was. But Peter, through his saying, God's Messiah, says that his disciples have raised up their understanding. to a new level, that Jesus is more than just a spiritual leader, a good prophet." [00:36:19] (46 seconds)
"reminds us that faith begins with recognizing who Jesus is not merely a teacher or prophet he is the son of the living God so Peter gave a good answer perhaps a better answer than some the evangelicals do today he gave a God -inspired answer so to recap up to this point we have heard who the general public says that Jesus is who his disciples say that Jesus is however we haven't seen anything yet have we well in verse 22 Jesus continues to tell us how he will show that he is the Messiah by his actions verse 22 and he said to them the son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders the the , chief priests and teachers of the law he must be killed and on the third day raised to life those are actions that we will see so Jesus clarifies that definition of who he is by what he will do and his future actions show not the crowd's understanding of who the anointed one the Messiah is but God's understanding of who the anointed is he just doesn't give lip service to who he is you know talk is cheap but your actions are priceless and in the rest of Luke we will see those actions taking place but even today our actions say something right about what we mean what we are committed to like if you buy something a car or a house you you put down a deposit that's that's an action to show that you are sincere about what you're promising to do when a man asks a woman to marry him he gives a ring made of precious metal and that ring shows that that's a commitment that the man is making now if this if the ring instead was like you know maybe found a great big lifesaver candy lifesaver somewhere and when he promote propose he gave that ring to his his new husband. The person he's proposing to." [00:39:18] (144 seconds)
"So our actions can actually speak louder than words. Because there's something very deeply meaningful about giving a ring to someone that you're promising to marry. And it goes throughout our actions. Even the little, we take little actions that show others that we love them. Let me tell you a little story about my childhood that meant a lot to me and showed my mother's love for me. So when I was in grade school, I felt my mother loved me. She was a divorcee and single mom and I was an only child. She said she'd love me. But there's this one activity. There's this one activity that really demonstrated this. Every Sunday after church, we would go bowling. Just the two of us." [00:41:47] (53 seconds)
"And I was a little kid, you know, I was not very good at bowling. And my mother didn't bowl any time else. So it was really just more a chance to be together. It wasn't training or working up to something. And, but it was just special. Just the two of us on a regular. Regular basis, we just throw balls down the alley and try and score above 100 pins, 100 points, you know, which is not very good, but it was kind of just us against the pins, right? And if someone would knock all the pins down, get a strike or a spare, we'd cheer for each other, right? That was good. That was a good thing to do." [00:42:49] (43 seconds)
"It was fun, and it meant something, and it was a bonding experience. So those little acts, like taking your child bowling with you, just the two of you, communicated more than all the I love you's in the world. So ask yourself, what does it mean for you to confess that Jesus is Lord? Do your actions say that he is Lord? Does your confession there shape your priorities, your relationships, and even ambitions?" [00:43:34] (37 seconds)
"Then he said to them, Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me will save it. In other words, Jesus is saying, if you want to be my disciple, act like it. You know, he says we are to, to take up our cross daily." [00:45:47] (35 seconds)
"Now to take up one's cross means to bear a difficulty in your life, something unpleasant. Now many of us have parts of our lives that are difficult. And this could be someone like, maybe there's someone who constantly picks on us, a boss, a family member, a co -worker, but we just have to bear it. Maybe it's a physical injury or a handicap. Maybe it's even just a job we have. We hate it, but we have to bear it to survive. This is not the cross that Jesus is talking about. As Pastor Matt said a few weeks ago, that the cross is something because of Jesus, we change our behavior. And because of that change, we are persecuted. We are persecuted because we follow Jesus." [00:46:36] (53 seconds)
"Pick up one of those small things that the Spirit tells you you should do and do it. Just pick a little bit of sliver up of your metaphorical cross. Just pick that up. And it's not a burden we need to bear on our own. The Holy Spirit will be with you in it and helping you. You get God's help." [00:56:43] (25 seconds)
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