Copyright Simon G. Harris 2011 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.

. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

Jesus: the year of inauguration

The years of obscurity

Luke 2:51-52Then he

- fled as a refugee - grew in wisdom - got left behind at the Temple - worked his fathers trade - lost his father

went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

The Transition
Mark 1:7And this was his
message: "After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

The Transition
Mark 1:5The whole Judean

- Jesus identifies with us

countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

The Transition
John 1:29The next day

- Jesus identifies with us

John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

The Transition
2 Corinthians 5:21God

- Jesus identifies with us - We identify with John

made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

The Transition
John 1:35-37The next

- Jesus identifies with us - We identify with John

day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!" When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

The Transition
John 3:27-30To this John

- Jesus identifies with us - We identify with John

replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.' ... That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.

The Transition
Luke 7:28I tell you, among

- Jesus identifies with us - We identify with John

those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

The Temptations
Matthew 4:1Then Jesus

- appetites - ambitions - authority

was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

Jesus conquered where I so often fail

The Training
Mark 1:16-18As Jesus

The discipleship challenge:

i. what is it?

walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him.

The Training
Romans 8:29For those

The discipleship challenge:

i. what is it?

God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

The Training
Mark 3:13-15Jesus went
up on a mountainside and The discipleship called to him those he wanted, and they came to challenge: him. He appointed twelve-designating them apostles-i. what is it? that they might be with him ii. how do we do it? and that he might send them out to preach and to have iii. when do we do it? authority to drive out demons.