Story Time
Stories used to help relate to and understand God's Kingdom
Parables
One of the other harsh, but true, teachings Jesus gives His followers in the boat besides taking up your cross daily.
Deny Yourself
Lose Your Life to Save It
God Rewards based on what we DO
This famous meal was shared by Jesus and His disciples
Last Supper
What 3 things are contributing to the chaos surrounding Jesus in His final days?
1. Enemies plot to kill Him
2. Bad Friends
3. Sorrow and Anxiety
Jesus gives this person permission to leave. It shows His power over the situation.
Judas
Parables always teach this
Jesus shown bright like the sun, or like this according to the Greek words used in this passage.
Reflection of Light
Celebration and remembrance of God's freedom from captivity
Passover
Jesus' extreme stress causes His body to react by
Sweating Blood
Daily Double:
What 3 methods were used during Jesus' trial to try and find him guilty?
1. False Witness
2. Question Jesus
3. Directly ask if He is the Messiah
Name 2 of the 6 reasons Jesus needed to use Parables
1. Jewish People had rejected His teachings
2. The Disciples were chosen to understand the Kingdom, not the enemies of God’s Kingdom
3. Help those who are willing to learn in contrast to the hard of heart
4. Part of God’s design to give the Gospel to the Gentiles
5. Blessed those who listened and applied the teachings
6. Relate to people in a way they could understand/imagine
Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up to the mountain as if to offer this to their exhausted lives.
Restoration and Hope
Rosh Hashanah is about this...not freedom
Forgiveness
Jesus prays this out of obedience
"Not my will but yours be done."
Even in Death, Jesus displays God’s power to bring ___ and ____
Life and Restoration
Which parable teaches us that God's Kingdom values forgviness?
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Moses and Elijah join Jesus on the Mountain as the representation of these fulfilled aspects of Jesus' Kingship
Law & Prophets
The two elements Jesus used to allude to his death
Bread & Wine
Jesus needing help to carry the cross and rejecting the vinegar and gall show that Jesus isn't...
Using any power or shortcut to make the sacrifice any easier.
God’s Restoration begins with...
Resurrection
The Parable of the Treasure/Pearl teaches us
That God's Kingdom is worth give up everything for
God joins this moment on the mountain to anoint Jesus as King, similar to this earlier moment in His ministry
His Baptism
Freedom not Forgiveness
Jesus doesn’t just show us what God is like...
He shows us what it truly means to be human in God’s Image.
If you want to know what your witness for Jesus looks like...
Look at how you treat the people closest to you!