MY FRIENDS, DO YOU AND THE WORLD HAVE THE SAME IDEA OF WHO CHRIST IS?

Mar. 8, 2015

MY FRIENDS, DO YOU AND THE WORLD HAVE THE SAME IDEA OF WHO CHRIST IS?

“And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “who do people say I am…..?” Mark 8:27-30 (NKJV) Today my friends let’s make it personal as we go into the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and make yourselves part of the conversation with Christ as he ask each of us who are traveling to the promise land “who do people say I am?”

Well we would probably answer Him first by saying. The Hindus acknowledge multitudes of gods and goddesses, but they never mention a son who is the Savior of the world. The Buddhists say there is no deity so that excludes Christ all together.

The New Age followers believe they are God so you are irrelevant in there world. And the Muslims believe in Muhammad, who would probably be there Savior. The rich believe in their wealth.

And the Hip hop generation would probably say Kanye West who mocks our Savior by wearing a crown of thorns on his head for his 2013 CD cover, Yeezus, which is a combination of Yeezy, his nickname, and Jesus, the Lord.

So now it’s personal, we are asked individually to reply?  But first let’s focus on where Christ found us, and where he has brought us too on this Journey. Such a simple question when we were speaking about other religious believers, but now “who do we say Christ is?”

And as we look at the question, it can only be answered if He is a personal Savior to us and we have  touched the scares on his hand and placed our hands across His brow and felt the pain He went through for our Salvation.

Touch His side now, and picture the spear penetrating as the blood and water “flows from a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins;” and as He hangs on that cross, look into His eyes as He tells you and I who have spent time with Him each day; look at what I did so that you may have life eternal.

In addition, if you “want to be my disciple” [you] must deny yourselves and take up [your own] cross and follow me.” Matt 16:24 (NIV) Now let’s invite Him to our most sacred place, show Him where you lay prostrate each day, and with heartfelt lamentation, cry out “Lord not my will, but thy will be done”

And now just sit beside the Good Shepherd, and recognize His presence, and talk to him as a friend, and your Savior as you tell him, I am a wretched sinner, and in spite of all you do for me, I have become so busy with the cares of this world, I really don’t know how to answer that question.

But today my friends lay in his bosom, and feel the warmth of his touch, listen to every heartbeat that pumps for your salvation, as we make this experience real, and once you do, you will know in your heart, the Master will never have to ask you again “who do you say I am?”

Because you now have been in the presence of Christ, and when that happens a transfusion, that leads to a transformation takes place as our Precious Saviors blood now flows through our veins, and we can now tell the world “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me….Gal 2:20 (NKJV)

And since we will never let Him leave our presence again, our mouth and what we say and put in it is now sealed with the blood of Jesus, our eyes and what we see, our ears and what we hear are now sealed with the blood of Jesus, our feet and where we go are now sealed with His blood, yes my friends every fiber of our being now flows with the blood of our Savior, because we know who He truly is today.

So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

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