1. A True Confession
Mark 8:27-38

2. The Heart of Mark: The Way
• Begins with the healing
of the blind man from
Bethsaida, Mark 8
• Concludes with the
healing of blind
Bartimaeus,
Mark 10

3. The Heart of Mark: The Way
• Jesus is leading the disciples
on a physical journey from
Galilee to Jerusalem
• On the way, He is
teaching us
about His
Messiahship
and our
discipleship

4. 3 Components of a True Confession:
1. A conclusion about
Jesus’ true identity

5. 3 Components of a True Confession:
1. A conclusion about
Jesus’ true identity
True words, alone, do not a
true confession make!
– Missionaries David and
Sharon Faris

6. 3 Components of a True Confession:
1. A conclusion about
Jesus’ true identity
“There is no god but Allah
and Mohammad is his
prophet”

7. 3 Components of a True Confession:
1. A conclusion about
Jesus’ true identity
“Confessional Christianity”
– The Lord’s Prayer
– The Apostle’s Creed
– The Doxology
– Other prayers/confessions

8. 3 Components of a True Confession:
1. A conclusion about
Jesus’ true identity
“Who do men say that I am?”
“Who do YOU say that I am?”

9. 3 Components of a True Confession:
2. A conviction about Jesus’ saving work:

10. 3 Components of a True Confession:
2. A conviction about Jesus’ saving work:
“Christ crucified”

11. 3 Components of a True Confession:
2. A conviction about Jesus’ saving work:
There is no
salvation
without the
Cross!

12. 3 Components of a True Confession:
3. A commitment to suffering for Jesus’
sake:

13. 3 Components of a True Confession:
3. A commitment to suffering for Jesus’
sake:
Internal suffering:
Relinquishing
leadership of your life
to Jesus

14. 3 Components of a True Confession:
3. A commitment to suffering for Jesus’
sake:
External suffering:
Enduring persecutions
and hardships that
come as a result of
Jesus and His work

15. Communion is a Confession of Christ!