Crucial Christological Confessions; Luke 12:8-9

Delivered during the Sunday Morning Worship Service, 11/5/2023. After warning His disciples to beware of the hypocrisy and evil-intent of the Pharisees, Jesus reassured them they had nothing to fear from the world, but that wisdom dictated they fear God, fear hell and "run" to Him as the only One who could save them from the one and reconcile them to the Other. He then highlights the importance of His mediatory role, in our text for this message, by effectively dividing the world into two distinct groups-- those who will acknowledge Him before men and those who will not. This becomes crucial when Jesus reveals it will determine whether He will acknowledge them before His Father at the Final Judgment. We will look carefully at the meaning of these words and seek to clearly define what it means to "acknowledge" Christ and what it means to "deny" Him. Ultimately we will realize there is nothing more important in life or death than these two crucial confessions. First, the one you must make for Christ in this life. And secondly, the one Jesus must make on behalf of you as a condemned sinner at the Final Judgment. For it is these crucial Christological confessions that will determine your eternity!