EPISODE · Mar 6, 2024 · 33 MIN
The Road to Redemption Pt. 1: The Preparation - 3/3/2024
from The Naz Church Podcast · host The Naz Church
Pastor Dale Benson Mark 8:27-29 (NLT) Who do people say Jesus is? Who do you say Jesus is? Your answer determines a lot of things in your life. This is a question that cannot be avoided. - He may care what your friends think... But that is a question for them. - He may care what your parents think... But again, that is a question He will ask them. He is headed on a journey. He would like to have you with him. He wants to know what you think of Him. The truth is, He already knows your answer. - He knows your strengths. - He knows your weaknesses. He knows you will have great moments of belief followed by horrible moments where you fall short. He knows all about this, and yet, because of who Ge is, He will make the journey to the cross anyway. - He didn't need a path to redemption. - He didn't need to be saved. - He didn't need to have His sins forgiven. This road that He will be traveling, He is traveling for us. So, who do you think He is? Are you willing to trust Him? When what I say about Jesus, and the life I live align with who He says He is, and the life He wants to live through me, I find life. Peter said the right things. He just didn't fully understand what he was saying. Until he began to understand and allow his life to align with Christ, there would be dissonance. Life would not be lived to the fullest. Jesus tells them what He will undergo: pain, suffering, death, and resurrection. - If all I hear is the pain, and suffering, and death, I will live a painful, wretched life devoid of hope. - If all I hear is the resurrection, either I will be severely disappointed when the pain, and suffering, and death hits, or I will avoid the uncomfortable and miss the point that resurrection only happens to those who have died. Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT) - We fix our eyes on Jesus. - What were His eyes were fixed on? Psalm 23:4 (KJV) - "When I walk through the dark valley of death." "Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." - M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled
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Pastor Dale Benson Mark 8:27-29 (NLT) Who do people say Jesus is? Who do you say Jesus is? Your answer determines a lot of things in your life. This is a question that cannot be avoided. - He may care what your friends think... But that is a question for them. - He may care what your parents think... But again, that is a question He will ask them. He is headed on a journey. He would like to have you with him. He wants to know what you think of Him. The truth is, He already knows your answer. - He knows your strengths. - He knows your weaknesses. He knows you will have great moments of belief followed by horrible moments where you fall short. He knows all about this, and yet, because of who Ge is, He will make the journey to the cross anyway. - He didn't need a path to redemption. - He didn't need to be saved. - He didn't need to have His sins forgiven. This road that He will be traveling, He is traveling for us. So, who do you think He is? Are you willing to trust Him? When what I say about Jesus, and the life I live align with who He says He is, and the life He wants to live through me, I find life. Peter said the right things. He just didn't fully understand what he was saying. Until he began to understand and allow his life to align with Christ, there would be dissonance. Life would not be lived to the fullest. Jesus tells them what He will undergo: pain, suffering, death, and resurrection. - If all I hear is the pain, and suffering, and death, I will live a painful, wretched life devoid of hope. - If all I hear is the resurrection, either I will be severely disappointed when the pain, and suffering, and death hits, or I will avoid the uncomfortable and miss the point that resurrection only happens to those who have died. Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT) - We fix our eyes on Jesus. - What were His eyes were fixed on? Psalm 23:4 (KJV) - "When I walk through the dark valley of death." "Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." - M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled
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