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Pastor Justin Jenkins

Follow Your Passion

Scripture

Mark 10:32-34 NIV

32 They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33 “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34 who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”

Main Idea

Discipleship is always and ultimately about following Jesus. It doesn’t always feel safe. It’s about trusting the One in front of you instead of the feelings inside of you.

If Jesus’s passion was for the church, then ours should be, too.

Discussion Questions

  1.  When people say “follow your passion,” they often mean, “do what you feel strongly about.” What is the biblical way to think about following your passion?
  2. Can you think of a time when you or someone you know loved God enough to do what He said?
  3. Is there a time when God has come near to your or answered a prayer in a way you didn't expect? 

Summary

  • Jesus’s passion wasn’t emotion. It was a mission. It’s not a feeling, it’s focus.
  • His passion was marked by celebration. On Palm Sunday, the disciples thought that Jesus was going to Jerusalem for a coronation. They shouted with praise and excitement. (Luke 19:37-38 GW) But Jesus wasn’t coming to fulfill the people’s dream, He was coming to fulfill His destiny.
  • His passion was marked by lamentation. Jesus wept because the people misunderstood the moment, and because of the disconnect between what they felt and what they needed. (Luke 19:41 GW) How often do we miss what Jesus is doing because he comes close, but not in the way we expect?
  • His passion was marked by indignation. Indignation is the feeling of being compelled to make right something that is wrong. Jesus first went to the temple, but when he got there he found that the people had turned God’s meeting place into a market place, so he reacted with indignation. (Matthew 21:12)

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