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In this essay I invite you to apply to yourself the question Jesus posed to his closest disciples, “Who do you say I am?” First we will look closely at the very person of Jesus, focusing on the fact that he is the true God-man and what that means for us in our lives.
22 Αυγ 2020 · Matthew 16:15-18. Today’s gospel reading offers us one of the most profound questions in all of scripture, asked by Jesus to his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?” This is a basic question that I believe all followers of Jesus must answer – and not just once, but at various times in our life: Who do we say that Jesus is?
This is the question for our time – “Who do you say that I am?” And we must answer with a certain sound. Thank God for missionaries who are focused on winning men and women to Christ and planting churches.
For example, the United Church of Christ in the U.S.A. phrases its belief in Christ this way: “In Jesus Christ, the man of Nazareth, our crucified and risen Lord, you have come to us and shared our common lot, conquering sin and death, and reconciling the world to yourself.”
It’s common in Christian discussions of identity to limit identity to one essential category of being a creature before God and in—or not in—Christ. We often contend that God considers other identifiers as not truly identifying and that we should do likewise.
19 Μαΐ 2008 · When Jesus asked the disciples who other people thought He was, the answers were as numerous as they are today. Although other opinions are worth noting, studying, affirming, or combating (depending on the case), Jesus’ more important question follows: “But who do you say that I am?”.
30 Νοε 2023 · We are what we believe—because what we believe, as given in the creed, is reality. The creed defines who we are in three fundamental ways: In relationship to God, to self, and to others, which I’d like to explore together in connection with the creed’s three articles.
