But Who Do You Say I Am?

April 14, 2015

But Who Do You Say I Am?

We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:3

The Apostle John was not boasting of his personal relationship with Jesus. His invitation to share in fellowship was based on one of the greatest mysteries, and one of the greatest blessings, of the Christian faith. While John did, in fact, have the opportunity to walk and talk with Jesus face to face, by faith the followers of Jesus may enjoy a communion with Jesus just as intimate as did the original disciples.

Our knowledge of Jesus comes first from what we hear from others who know him. When we turn to scripture, our knowledge about Jesus is increased. Then one day we will hear Jesus’ question in scripture as though he was standing right next to us: “But who do you say I am?” (Matthew 16:15). Perhaps we will respond with the words of Peter in scripture, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). Maybe we respond with words we have heard from a pulpit, or from another person. But on this day the words of Peter and of others seem somehow hollow; they’re the words of others, not our words. Praise God! On this special day Jesus is calling us unto himself. From now on when we speak of Jesus we will use our own, personal words because like John, we have spoken to Jesus, and we have heard Jesus speak to us.

If you haven’t had an experience of hearing Jesus asks you, “But who do you say I am?” – hold on, your day is coming. In the meantime, you can begin preparing your answer. Imagine a young child asks you, “Who is Jesus to you?” How do you answer?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms is available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ is available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.