Pericope: Mark 8: 31 – 33
Sermon Text: Mark 8: 32b Peter took him
aside and begin to rebuke
Sermon Title: Brand Jesus!
BP: Move the hearers to pick the right Jesus brand
Introduction: In the text Peter tried to control Jesus because Peter didn’t
like what brand of Jesus he was getting. He tried to correct Jesus by telling
him what brand he thought Jesus should be.
So it is with many of
us. We have such brand loyalty that has been formed over the years that when
the brand change we are willing to take it back or switch all together.
Point 1: Miracle Brand
· Cast out evil spirit in the synagogue Mark 1: 21- 28
· Heals Peter’s Mother in law Mark
1: 29
· Healed leprosy Mark 1: 40
· Healed the paralyzed man who was lowered through the roof Mark 2: 4
· Healed the man with the
shriveled up hand Mark 3: 5
· Cast out the demon possessed man who lived in the graveyard in
Decapolis Mark 5: 8
· Healed the woman with the issue of blood Mark 5: 28 – 30
· Raised the Jairus daughter from the dead Mark 5: 41 – 42
·
Fed the 5,000 Mark 6: 41 –
43
Point 2: Transfigured Brand
All of us want to be changed. No one wants to stay the same. Jesus
is in the changing business. Six days after the rebuking incident Jesus took
the very one on Mt Harmon and was transfigured before his very eyes. Then the
same glory enveloped them.
·
Mark 9: 2c There
he was transfigured before them.
Point 3: Crucified Brand
This is the brand of Christ we generally don’t pick. One it was
hard for Peter and the disciples to believe the Messiah would be crucified.
Second if he was crucified it was even harder to believe he would rise from the
dead even though they had just seen him raise a girl from the dead.. We must embrace the crucified brand.
·
Mark 8: 31c that
he must be killed and after three days’ rise again; Mark 9: 9 As they coming
down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen
until the Son of Many had risen from the dead.
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