Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Sean Daenzer, director of worship for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and chaplain at the International Center in St. Louis, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Luke 9:18-27. The question of Jesus’ identity takes center stage as Jesus Himself brings it up. The thoughts of the crowds are on the right track but are insufficient. When Jesus turns the questions to the disciples themselves, Peter speaks correctly the divinely given confession that Jesus is the Christ of God. The disciples are not yet prepared to speak this publicly, however, because Jesus has not accomplished His full mission. The Lord tells His disciples plainly for the first time what He will do as the Christ: He must suffer, die, and rise. The thought of suffering and death for the Messiah was foreign to the disciples at this point, but Jesus’ continued teaching only further connects their life of discipleship to that suffering. Daily, they will deny themselves, pick up their cross, and follow Jesus, the only One who can save