Who is Jesus?
Mark 8:27-29, ”Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way He asked them, ‘Who do people say I am?’ 28 They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’ 29 ’But what about you?’ He asked. ‘Who do you say I am?’ Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah.’”
- The word “Christ” or “Messiah” means: _____________.
Exodus 3:14, ”God said to Moses, ‘I AM who I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.’”
John 8:53-54, 56-59, ”’Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do You think You are?’ 54 Jesus replied, ‘If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the One who glorifies Me… 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing My day; he saw it and was glad.’ 57 ’You are not yet fifty years old,’ they said to Him, ‘and you have seen Abraham!’ 58 ’Very truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I AM!’ 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone Him, but Jesus hid Himself, slipping away from the temple grounds…”
John 10:36, “…’I am God’s Son.’”
See Mark 14:61-62; John 14:6,9
- Four Options with Jesus:
1 Corinthians 15:13-15, 20, ”If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead. But He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised… 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
- People will die for what they ___________________ to be true even though it may be false. But people don’t have the tendency to die for what they ____________________ is a lie.