Sermon Notes from Sunday 8.8.10

Here are the sermon notes from today.  In examining so much and taking the approach I did, my hope was to overwhelm us with the reality that Jesus is God and it matters immensely.  For many of the original hearers, their lives are overwhelmed right now.  A God who is big enough to handle it can also satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts.

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Walk on the Water

Mark 6.45-56

There are two ways to approach this story:  details or arc.

Evidence for Jesus’ claim to be God

•         “Walking on the Sea” (Job 9.8; Ps. 93.3-4) 
•         “Pass them by” (Exodus 33.18-34.6)

Objection 1:  He’s not God, nope, no way. 

Objection 2:  He’s one option among many gods.

Objection 3:  He might be God, but who cares?

Jesus reveals God to us.  (John 1.18)

Jesus ushered in the Kingdom. (v.53-56)

Jesus lived sinlessly. (Hebrews 4.12)

Jesus demonstrates the love of God. (Romans 5.8)

Jesus bore the wrath of God. (2 Corinthians 5.21)

Jesus beat death. (Acts 2.24)

Jesus mediates for us. (1 Timothy 2.5)

Jesus will return victoriously.  (Revelation 19.11)