Who do you say Jesus the Christ is
Jesus asked his disciples who they say he is. Peter spoke up and said that he was the Christ, the Son of the living God. What is very interesting about Peter's statement is that it didn't come from a scholastic foundation. Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Jesus asked his disciples who they say he is. Peter spoke up and said that he was the Christ, the Son of the living God. But then He turned the question to them, His followers of a few years. Who did they think He was? Before any of the disciples answered, Peter gave his reply: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.. Peter expressed his firm conviction that Jesus was the promised Messiah, the Son of the living God. When Jesus asked one of His Jewish followers, “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15), the man answered, “You are the Christ [Messiah], the Son of the living God!” (Matthew 16:16). Another Jewish man identified Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). Jesus was a great man. On group that holds this opinion of Jesus is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints-the Mormons. They believe that the distinction of Jesus Christ was not that he was God. He was merely the first spirit-child of many others to follow. And there is only one Lord, a separate being who is not God, his Father. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Timothy 2:5 tells us that “…there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” Jesus said that no one could truly know the Father except by coming through him. A right confession of who Jesus is is tantamount to our very salvation (Romans 10:9 10; 1 John 2:18 23; 4:1 3). Peter answered, You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus was delighted to hear Peters words and answered him, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! Jesus is a created being, second in command to God. The Jehovah's Witnesses hold this belief. They believe that Jesus is a god and not the Almighty God as the Christian faith proclaims. Jesus was the first created of God and not God himself. You are the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matthew 16:16). Did Jesus rebuke Peter or correct him? No, instead Jesus replied, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven (Matthew 16:17). 1 Timothy 2:5 tells us that “…there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” Jesus said that no one could truly know the Father except by coming through him. Jesus is “…the way and the truth and the life….” He is the way (the Greek word means “the road”) to God.
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