[FBC] Mark 9, Jesus Is Not Who You Think He Is - 2014.11.09
Channel: Foundation Bible Church
Date: 2014-11-16

"It is appointed to a man to die once, and after that, judgment."
Eternal salvation or eternal damnation - the choice is ours, and we need to take that choice seriously.

Jesus asked "Who do you say I am?" It is a question that has echoed throughout the centuries.

Everywhere Jesus went, He was shaking things up. Jesus wasn't comfortable with people going to Hell. Why should we be?

In his seminal work, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote: "“You can be good for the mere sake of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness. You can do a kind action when you are not feeling kind and when it gives you no pleasure, simply because kindness is right; but no one ever did a cruel action simply because cruelty is wrong - only because cruelty is pleasant or useful to him, In other words, badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.”

In our culture and in this place and time, it is not polite to talk about hell. However, Jesus talked about hell more than anyone else in the Bible. Jesus has authority. Jesus wants to life you up. That is his job - to be a savior.