1. The Unexpected Messiah

The Unexpected Messiah

Christ Died For Our Sins – CMS Summer School 1998
Talk 1 of 7 in the series The Unexpected Messiah Mark 8:27-9:13

Talk Outline

1. Introduction
2. The Lesson Peter Was Taught
   • You are the Christ (=Messiah)
   • The Son of Man must suffer
   • Rebuke and counter rebuke
   • Sharing the cross and glory
3. The Lesson Peter Learnt
   • A slow learner until Pentecost
   • Lesson learnt after Pentecost
4. The Lesson Peter Taught
   • To the elect strangers
   • Glory and suffering
   • Prophecy without understanding
     • Prophets
       • salvation to come
       • Spirit of Christ
       • searched and inquired
     • Gospel
       • serving you not selves
       • who are the “you” ?
       • who is the evangelist?
     •  Bible as a whole
       • OT theme
       • Prophetic ignorance
       • OT written for us
5. The Christian Bible
   • God’s plan
   • Knowledge and revelation
   • Work of the Spirit
   • Place of Old Testament
   • Biblical interpretation
   • Suffering and Glory
   • Living now
     • not Christian
     • Christian
       • blessed don’t grumble
       • read mark learn and
       • the real evangelist
       • expectations