The Path Of Christ Sermon by Sajayan Chacko, Mark 1:1-3

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The Path Of Christ

Contributed by Sajayan Chacko on Feb 29, 2024 (message contributor)

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Scripture: Mark 1:1-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Summary: John the Baptist came out of the wilderness with God dripping off of Him preaching saying, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”

**God had a path for Jesus Christ to walk on and to walk in! God has a path for you to walk on and to walk in as well!

Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

**God has a path for you to walk on and to walk in just like He did for Joseph and Mary as well as for Jesus whom Mary was carrying!

**The actions of Joseph and Mary proved once again that God is true to His Word!

**The path that Joseph and Mary took to be together and to get to Bethlehem was not necessarily an easy path, but it was the path God laid out for them and a path He chose for them!

**If each of us would just trust the Lord with all our hearts, not lean to our own understanding, and acknowledge the Lord, He would direct our paths too!!

**If we understand The Path of Christ, we can understand

God’s path for our life!

I. IT WAS A DIVINE PATH

**It was a path that was sent by God!

**God Predetermined it to be so and Predestinated it to be so.

A. It was Foreordained

**Foreordain means to ordain or appoint beforehand.

I Peter 1:18-20 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

1. His Birth was Foreordained

2. His Blood was Foreordained

**Both His Birth and His Blood were divine, and it was all a part of the plan and a part of the path! He did it all so that you and I could be saved!!

B. It was Foreknown

*Foreknowledge is having knowledge before a thing happens, and God was not caught off guard by this path!

Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

1. Christ was foreknown to be the Son of God

2. Christ was foreknown to be the Salvation of God

**This path was a divine path because Jesus was going down that straight and divine path!!

II. IT WAS A DIRECTED PATH

**It was a path sent for man.

A. The Virgin was under God’s Direction

1. It was told that she was Chosen

Luke 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

**Here’s a lesson in a nutshell. Mary was highly favored because she lived Clean and she lived Close to God!

2. It was told that she would Conceive

Luke 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

a. Mary gave birth to the Holy Child

b. Mary gave birth to the Highest Child

Luke 1:32-33 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

**Despite what the world says, Christ is still Holy and still the Highest!

**God had a plan and a path for Mary and Joseph!

B. The Vision was under God’s Direction

1. God had a vision for Christ’s Life

a. Christ’s Deeds would Glorify God

b. Christ’s Death would Give Grace

2. God had a vision for Christ’s Love

**His love can be seen because . . .

a. He went to the Cradle!

b. He went to the Cross!

**Everything God envisioned Christ would be, Christ was!

**God has a vision for your life also and it involves Christ!