Who Do You Believe Jesus to Be?

Have you inexorably decided in your heart who Jesus is?

December’s Awakening, Day 21

Jesus Christ is the outstanding personality of our time. Every act and word of Jesus has value for us. He became the Light of the world. Why shouldn’t I, a Jew, be proud of that?

 —Sholem Asch, Jewish novelist

Nothing is more clear than that Christ cannot be explained by any humanistic system. He does not fit into any theory of natural evolution, for in that case the perfect flower of humanity should have appeared at the end of human history and not in the middle of it.

 —Loraine Boettner

The lines of all have, in some degree, been changed by his [Christ’s] presence, his actions and the word spoken by his divine voice. I believe that he belongs not solely to Christianity, but to the entire world.

 —Ghandi

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NIV

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 what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. Matthew 16:13–17 NIV

            Is Jesus an outstanding man of the utmost character, the greatest teacher and prophet of all time, an evolutional enigma that defies all logic and proof, and the most influential and charismatic person of all history? If he is all that but just a man, then we are all still lost. If He is truly the Light of the world speaking truth with a Divine voice, then He is more than just man, He is God too—worthy of praise and worship, with the ability to forgive sin and defeat it and death forevermore on the Cross. Teacher, prophet, master, and mentor are not enough—He must be Lord and Savior and Redeemer and Deliverer and Messiah, the Son of the Living God, who was, and is, and is to come, the Great I AM. Just who is Jesus in your heart?