Luke 9:18-27

Sermon Notes

Luke 9:18-27

The Christ, The Cross, The Call

Pastor Tommy Bailey

“…it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.”
Luke 1:3-4

The Identity of Jesus:

• Angel Gabriel to Mary
  • “…The Son of the Most High…” (v. 1:32)
• Angel to the Shepherds
  • “…Savior, who is Christ the Lord…” (v. 2:11)
• Holy Spirit to Simeon
  • “…the Lord’s Christ…” (v. 2:26)
• Simeon
  • “…my eyes have seen Your salvation…” (v. 2:30)
• John the Baptist
  • “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming…He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire…” (v. 3:16)
• Demons at Capernaum
  • “I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” (v. 4:34)
  • “You are the son of God.” (v. 4:41)
• God the Father
  • “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” (v. 3:22)

1.  Who Jesus Is: The Christ of God (v. 20)

“The ultimate question is absolutely plain, even to the man in the street to whom semantics, culture, and theology are all closed books. It is this: is Jesus to be worshipped or only to be admired? If he is God, then he is worthy of our worship, faith, and obedience; if he is not God, then to give him such devotion is idolatry.”
John Stott

“I do think there is real pressure on young men and women to exist in a state of perpetual optionality…”
Mary Harrington, (emphasis added)

2.  What Jesus Has Done: The Cross of Christ (v. 22)

“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief…But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:3–6

“So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself, He created the tree upon which He was to die, and nurtured from infancy the men who were to nail Him to the accursed wood.”
Octavius Winslow

3.  What Jesus Calls Us To: The Life (and Death) of a Disciple (v. 23-26)

“At root, sin is not wrongdoing, it’s wrong adoring. Sin is riveting our hearts on any treasure or security that replaces the treasure and security we can only find in God.”
Tony Reinke

“Language matters. Today’s familiar locution “live into” is misbegotten. We live out of–or out from–our baptism, our redemption, our callings. God is out ahead of us…before us, behind us, over us, not waiting for us to “live into” Him. He is the originator and the completer.”
Fleming Rutledge

“To know Jesus Christ means to taste, and to want to taste more, the delights of peace with God the Father, who cares for and smiles on us, the Son, who journeys with us, and the Spirit, who empowers us.”
Lewis Allen