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| Who Do You Think Jesus Is?(A question to think about.) "When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of man is?’ They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.’ ‘But whom say you?’ he asked. ‘Who do you say I am?"--Matt. 16:13-15 This is a question of great truth and of great consequences. Have you ever consider Jesus Christ and His claim? Do you know what He has taught and what He has done for you? Many people have many different ideas about who this Jesus is. Some think that Jesus is just a good teacher. Obviously, He cannot just BE a good teacher since His claim was so extraordinary it either is TRUE or He was the worst LIAR. Some people would say that Jesus was a normal man made by his disciples into an extraordinary figure. Why a bunch of people would be exalting a "purely normal man" and later to get killed for making these exaggerations would seem very unlikely. Others rule out the entire possibility of Jesus Christ existence or His extraordinary claim as actually ever being historical. But then that seems to be not the case when the very people who killed Jesus wrote in the Jewish Talmud of the fact that they killed Jesus because He claimed to be the Messiah and the Savior. In the end, Jesus is the Savior and Lord of this world. He is the Savior for those who have come to accept His death on the cross as a sacrifice for one's sin. He is Lord in that He is above all creation. Who do you say Jesus is and why do you think so? Jesus's claim was extraordinary. IF His claims were true, think about the impact it would have in your life if you accept Jesus as Christ and your personal Savior. It is the hope of this writer that through this rather short message, you would be stirred to come to Jesus Christ. This sermon is concern about TRUTH and not just some globby glooey psychological feelings. If you are ready to accept Jesus Christ as the truth, way and life go to the Accepting Jesus Christ page. Perhaps one day you may you could relate to Peter, one of Jesus disciples, and what He said: "Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven." --Matt16: 16-17 --Jimmy Li [Last edited March 28, 2002]
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