This is Part 22 in a year-long series on the book of Mark taught by Jason English, Teaching and Vision Pastor at theHeart in Boone, NC.

 

Subtitle: Peter Knows

MARK 8:27-29

Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets."

"But what about you?" he asked.

"Who do you say I am?"

Peter answered,

"You are the Messiah."

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

MATTHEW 16:17

Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.

EVERYTHING IS NOT THE SAME THING AS EVERY THING.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EVERY THING.

The deepest parts of us

will know

the deepest part of Him

forever.

Faith is not a set of things to study.

It is a river to step into.

"Becoming a Christian

might look more like falling in love

than baking cookies."

Donald Miller

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

When the eternal is known, it becomes external.

When the eternal becomes external, it becomes known.

HEBREWS 11:1-3

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

This is what the ancients were commended for.

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Faith knows before it gets externalized.

And through faith, it becomes externalized.

"I know something I'm not supposed to know."

Erwin McManus

JOHN 3:27

A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.

1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-10

"What no eye has seen what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived" - the things God has prepared for those who love him - these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

MARK 8:30

Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.