Who Do You Say Jesus Is

In Luke 9:18 Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do the crowds say I am?" The disciples offer various ideas such as Elijah or one of the prophets come back to life. And then Jesus asks his disciples, "Who do you say I am?" Peter confesses, "You are God's Messiah." 

Many people today offer theories and ideas about who Jesus was or who he is. Why do we tend to remake him in our image? For the revolutionary he's a revolutionary. For the philosopher he's a philosopher. For the leader, he's a transformative leader. For the mystic, he's a mystic. For the superstar, he's a superstar. For the salesman, he's the greatest salesman. It seems like all kinds of people who have no qualification, feel qualifieid to assert who Jesus is. And the amazing thing is that the crowds would rather hear a rock star give his opinion about Jesus or hear a movie star say who he is, rather than trust the witness of the Scriptures.

Who do we say Jesus is? If we confess that he is the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the Living God--this is what makes us Christians.