Jesus’ True Identity Resisted

Message Outline:

The Gospel According to Mark

The Servant’s Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:38) (Part 45)

Jesus’ Ministry Transitioning (6:1-8:38) (Part 16)

Jesus’ True Identity (8:11-38)

Part 1: Jesus’ True Identity Resisted (8:11-13)

●The Democratization of Influence, Impact and Power

●A New Renaissance of Apologetics

●The Consequences for the Church

C.Jesus’ Ministry Transitioning (6:1-8:26)

9.Jesus’ True Identity (8:11-38)

●The Spiritual Density of Mankind

○Man’s Spiritual Blindness

○Man’s Spiritual Darkness

○Man, Spiritual Dead

○Man’s Spiritual Hard Heart

a.Jesus’ True Identity Resisted (8:11-13)

1)The Disguise of Religious Resistence (8:11)

a)The Pretenders (8:11a)

●argue to engage or to dispute

b)Their Request (8:11b)

●signoptical or acoustical impression

c)Their Intention (8:11c)

●testto trap, examine, or tempt

2)The Diagnosis of Religious Resistence

a)Jesus’ Impatience with Hypocrisy (8:12a)

b)Jesus’ Exposure their Falsehood (8:12b)

c)Jesus’ Reluctance to Play Along (8:12c)

3)The Defense against Religious Resistence (8:13)