“WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”

Dec. 13, 2013

“WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”

“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?”And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” And He asked them, “But WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”  Peter answered him, “You are the Christ….”Mark 8:27-30

Today my friends let’s focus on the words “WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?” I want you to individualize that question as you go into the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and make yourselves part of the conversation with Christ as he ask you, and I first “WHO DO PEOPLE SAY I AM?”

Well we would probably answer Him 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 you all together.

The New Age followers believe they are God so you are irrelevant in there world. And the Muslims believe in a powerful but unknowable God and I think Muhammad would be there savior. And of course most of the rich believe in only one god there wealth, So I guess that is there only begotten son.

So now we become Peter, as Christ ask us point blank “But WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?”  wow!!! We weren’t expecting that question but since it has been presented to us let’s just focus on where Christ found us, and where he has brought us to on this Journey we are on.

It was such a simple question when we were speaking about other religious believers, but now “WHO DO WE SAY CHRIST IS?” My friends you can only answer Christ question if you have had a PERSONNEL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST AS YOU GO INTO THE THRONE ROOM and touch the scares on his hand, and run your hands across His brow as you feel 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;” Oh yes that precious blood.

My friends now invite Him to your most sacred place, show Him where YOU SHOULD lay prostrate each day, and where YOU SHOULD pray until daybreak, as you cry out “LORD I WILL NOT LET YOU GO UNTIL YOU HAVE BLESSED ME.”

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 my friends a transfusion, that leads to a transformation takes place as our Precious Saviors blood now flows through your veins, and you can now tell the world “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” Gal 2:20

And since we will never let Him leave our PRESENCE, 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.

My friends This question  “WHO DO YOU SAY I AM” was asked, because our Savior needs to know how important is your Eternal Destiny, because sooner then we think my friends God is going to stand up and say it is finished “He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.” Rev.22:11

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