Mark 8:27 “Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, ‘Who do men say that I am?”
When Jesus Christ walked the earth, many questions arose from many different people about WHO HE WAS. Religious leaders and political leaders wondered WHO WAS this man from Nazareth? John the Baptist said He was the Lamb of God (John 1:29), yet later on, he had doubts. (Matthew 11:2) The Pharisees accused Him of being nothing more than a person born out of fornication. They even accused Him of being a person controlled by the devil. At one point, His mom and His brothers wondered if He had lost His mind. (But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” Mark 3:21) In John 10:20 “Many of them said, ‘He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?” Even people He helped wondered if He could truly be the Christ. There were many interesting possibilities for the answer to WHO is this Jesus of Nazareth.
Here in the 21st century, we still have debates on who Jesus was and, yes, is. Is He to simply be placed on the list of LEGENDARY fictional figures? Is He to be placed on the list of LEGENDARY historical figures? Is He to be viewed as nothing more than a LIAR as He proclaimed to be someone and something He wasn’t? Is He to be viewed as nothing more than a LUNATIC for making outrageous statements about Himself? Or is He to be viewed as LORD of Lords and King of Kings, the one True Messiah who came to earth from heaven’s glories to provide salvation for every person?
Maybe to get the best answer to the question WHO WAS (IS) JESUS, is to ask His Father. In Philippians 2:9 we read, “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” It appears the Father believes Jesus is LORD.
Now, WHO DO YOU SAY JESUS IS? It is an answer you don’t want to get wrong!
Continue Strong with the knowledge that Jesus is Lord,
And remember to DATE the Word