I don't often share sermons on my BLOG. Next to Charles and Scott mine are like selling used Edsels next to new Buicks. This isn't really what I am doing today. I am simply asking each of you the same question Jesus asked the twelve and, in turn, each of us. The question He asks is "Who Do You Say That I Am?". Before He asked them that pointed question He asked to see if they were listening to what others might be saying about Him. John The Baptist was probably mentioned. Herod thought that was who Jesus might be after he had killed John.. Elijah was a likely candidate, for in the Book of Malachi it says: "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord..." Various prophets were considerations. Some called Him Beelzebub or the Devil. What was being said mattered little to Jesus, over what the Twelve would say at this point in time. Peter, James, and John were only a few days from SEEING both Moses and Elijah as they talked with Jesus on Mount Herman! So how did they answer?
One spoke. It was Simon Peter. He said it right and true. He said: "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God". Would that confession be costly to Peter? Many times over. It would bring bitter tears as he denied even knowing Jesus. It would bring pain and suffering and some say, being crucified, but upside down. So, I ask you once again...."Who do you say that He is?". Your answer has eternity hinging on it.
