Who Is Jesus?
I think it would be safe to say that most people in society have heard of the name Jesus in some way. Some people would know of his name because they passionately love and follow him as a believer, some would know of him through family traditions or their religious upbringing, and still others seem to call out Jesus’s name when they hit their thumb with a hammer. But who do you say Jesus is?
In the gospel of Mark 8, Jesus pauses to have a time out chat with his disciples. He asks them a really simply question “Who do people say that I am?” The disciples gives a mixture of answers, no different to how any of us would give an answer to the same question today. But, after hearing their responses, Jesus then intensifies the discussion and gets really personal. He tells them, "Ok that's interesting, but what about you - who do you say that I am?"
Peter, one of the disciples, responds with “You are the Christ”. This was Peter’s own personal response to this direct question. Each one of us at some point in our life will need to answer this question from Jesus “Who do you say I am?”
As Easter approaches once again, I want to encourage you all to take time to ask yourself the question Jesus invites us all to respond to. We can easily let the importance of the message of Easter get lost amongst the other things of life. Yet, to know Jesus is to know love, freedom, salvation, forgiveness of sins, hope for today and for the future.
Who do I say Jesus is; Jesus is my saviour, my king, my life, my joy and my greatest delight. I pray that this Easter you too may search and find the great love Jesus has for you too, and in finding Jesus you too may truly know him.
Josh Duncan
Pastor
In the gospel of Mark 8, Jesus pauses to have a time out chat with his disciples. He asks them a really simply question “Who do people say that I am?” The disciples gives a mixture of answers, no different to how any of us would give an answer to the same question today. But, after hearing their responses, Jesus then intensifies the discussion and gets really personal. He tells them, "Ok that's interesting, but what about you - who do you say that I am?"
Peter, one of the disciples, responds with “You are the Christ”. This was Peter’s own personal response to this direct question. Each one of us at some point in our life will need to answer this question from Jesus “Who do you say I am?”
As Easter approaches once again, I want to encourage you all to take time to ask yourself the question Jesus invites us all to respond to. We can easily let the importance of the message of Easter get lost amongst the other things of life. Yet, to know Jesus is to know love, freedom, salvation, forgiveness of sins, hope for today and for the future.
Who do I say Jesus is; Jesus is my saviour, my king, my life, my joy and my greatest delight. I pray that this Easter you too may search and find the great love Jesus has for you too, and in finding Jesus you too may truly know him.
Josh Duncan
Pastor
