Who Is Jesus?
He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?”
Mark 8:27
Who do people believe Jesus is? Some say He was a good teacher, but just a man. Author C. S. Lewis wrote, “Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon, or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher.” These now-famous words from Mere Christianity propound that Jesus would not have been a great prophet if He falsely claimed to be God. That would be the ultimate heresy.
While talking with His disciples as they walked between villages, the Lord Jesus asked them, “Who do people say I am?” (Mark 8:27). Their answers included John the Baptist, Elijah and one of the prophets (v 28). But Jesus wanted to know what they believed: “Who do you say I am?” Peter got it right when he said (v 29), “You are the Messiah, the Saviour.”
But what the Lord asked of His disciples, He asks of each of us today, “Who do we each say Jesus is? Jesus could not have been a good teacher or prophet if what He said about Himself, that He and the Father (God) are “one” (John 10:30) was not true. His followers and even the demons declared His divinity as the Son of God (Matthew 8:29; 16;16; 1 John 5:20). Today, may we spread the word about who Christ is as He provides what we need.
Bible Reading
Mark 8:27–30 .
Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for being the way, the truth and the life. I am glad I can cling to You. Help me to share with others the Good-News of who You are. Amen.
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