Calvary Road: Tipping Point Teammates March 19, 2017 Lee Bennett

What is a tipping point? The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference is the debut book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little Brown in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point".

Tipping Points in Life & Scripture: -Drinking too many cups of coffee -Missing an airplane connection -Who will pick up the tab? -Is a lamb different from a ram? -Going with the majority report -God, how can I please you? -The greatest emcee ever -The day Peter got 100 on the test

Finding Calvary Road on our GPS https://www. youtube. com/watch Finding Calvary Road on our GPS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTyuT3WkrEE “I believe in a Hill called Mt. Calvary” by the Gaithers

What have been little things that have radically altered your lives?

4 Tipping Points in Jesus’ Ministry A.-”Who do people say that I am?” B.-”Who do you say that I am?” C.-”This is what is going to happen to me…” D.-”Let me show you who I really am.” Matthew 16:13-21; 17:1-13; Mk. 8:31-9:13; Lk. 9:18-36

Table Talk Do you remember the first time you told someone that you believed Jesus was your Lord and Savior and/or the Son of God? (Please tell those at your table about it if you feel up to it!)

Some “So What’s” of this lesson 1. Wages of sin is death (spiritual & physical). Only a sinless, human “lamb” could at-one! 2. From Alpha to Omega God’s plan of redemption (to buy back) is unfolded. 3. Having revealed God to the Apostles and drawn out Peter’s confession in Him, Jesus describes what it will cost Him to be “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

Continued “So what’s…” 4. From these tipping points in Jesus life, He concentrates His time, energy and teaching on those who would carry on the work He began. The Apostles were chosen to “be with Him and to be sent out to preach and to have authority to cast out demons.” Mk. 3:14-15

Conclusion In Deut. 34, Moses atop Mt. Nebo, across the Jordan River from Jericho, saw the PROMISED LAND he was not allowed to enter. Over 1200 years later, he and Elijah spoke with Jesus on another mountain top “of His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.” Next week, Dr. Dale Matthews guides us on a healing stop in Jericho, lived in for 10,000 yrs.