Who do you say that Jesus is? Was he a teacher? A prophet? Just a man? Was he crazy? I mean who goes around claiming he is God unless he is crazy? Right?
Or was he really who he claimed to be? The Son of God.
One day Jesus asked his disciples this question. "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
They replied, "Some say that you are John the Baptist or Elijah. Others say Jeremiah or one of the prophets. (Those men were trying to equate Jesus with other human beings. Not the Son of God.)
But then Jesus then asked, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "You are the Christ. Son of the Living God."
Simon Peter had gotten the answer to Jesus' question right. He knew that Jesus was not John the Baptist, or Elijah, Jeremiah or one of the prophets. He knew that Jesus was not crazy. He had been with Jesus during his ministry and seen his miracles. He knew without a doubt that Jesus was the Christ. Son of the Living God.
What response did Jesus give to Simon Peter?
"You are blessed Simon, son of Jonah. For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood. But by my Father in heaven." Mathew 16:13-17.
When it got right down to it, Simon knew who he was because God in heaven had revealed it to him. Not flesh and blood.
It is the same with you and I. When we were yet unforgiven sinners, before we asked Christ into our hearts, God revealed himself to us as to who Jesus Christ really was. It was then that we could accept Christ as the Son of God. And just like Simon, we are blessed because when it was revealed to us, we knew it was the truth.
The question today is: Who do you say Jesus Christ is? Because if he was just a good man, or a teacher or a prophet you have the wrong answer. Likewise, if any of those were true, this world is in a very sorry and doomed place. It would mean hell for everyone. Of course, sadly, there are those that don't believe in hell. But that is a place where we will be if we do not answer that question just as Simon Peter had done and then asked him for the forgiveness of our sin.Mathew 12:30 says: He who is against me is not with me.
I prefer it to be revealed to me by God the Father as the Truth and not of the flesh and blood of man. How about you? Who do you say Jesus Christ is?
January 13, 2019 Promise: Old things are passed away. Behold, all things become new. Romans 12:9
Coming up tomorrow: More on: if there is only one way to get to heaven and only one true God, then why are there so many religions?
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