4. The Jesus Prayer

The Jesus Prayer

Talk 4 of 7 in the series The Unexpected Messiah Mark 8:27-9:13 at CMS Summer School 1998.

Talk Outline

1. The Unusual Jesus
   • The calm Jesus
   • The resolute Jesus
   • The fear of the disciples
2. Facing Death and Wrath
   • Socrates and death
   • The Bible on death
   • The servant and death
3. Praying in the Face of Wrath
   • Summary v35
   • Content v36
     • abba
     • everything
     • take
     • not yet . but .
4. Was Jesus Heard?
   • Hebrews 5
   • God’s will
   • Learned
   • Falling
5. Lessons from the Prayer
   • Prayer
   • Trinity
   • Temptation
   • Death and wrath
   • Love of God