“Straight Talk about Suffering and True Safety”

Mar.4/12 Mark 8:31-38  Play AUDIO (32 kbps mp3)

RATHER RISKY SAVINGS PLAN

●    is life’s high point to be ‘endless vacation’?

REVIEW: REQUIRED - RESCUER

●    heart’s sin-proneness our basic problem
●    Trinity / atonement doctrines make Christianity unique amongst world religions
●    Jesus’ main mission to die rather than teach

REHEARSAL OF REJECTION AND RESURRECTION

●    chapters 8-10 repeat emphasis on teaching about suffering Saviour
●    ‘must’ suffer / be killed: necessary because of sins, and Scriptural prophecies

REBUKE AND REVERSAL

●    Peter’s attempt at correction based on secular values
●    Christ’s love for disciples helped Him resist temptation

RELINQUISHMENT AND RENUNCIATION

●    lose sight of oneself and one’s own interests
●    die to self, let go of attempt to be sole one in control

REASSESSMENT (OR RIP-OFF!) AND REDEMPTIONLESSNESS

●    raw deal to gain world’s best but lose your soul / core

REGRET AT RETURN

●    contrast between ‘adulterous / sinful generation’ and holy glory

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU ARE

●    tight-knit Sarnia church tries to ‘do life’ together
●    faith something to work out locally in a small community that genuinely cares