For a week or so, we have been reading how people in Jesus’ time tried to make sense of who he was.  Although his miracles were signs he tried to keep them quiet.  He wasn’t a ‘miracle worker’.  Although he appeared to be a prophet he made it clear that he was not just a prophet.  His claims about himself go further than Islam’s claim that he was one of the greatest prophets.  Some saw such similarity between Jesus and John that they would accept he was a resurrected hero of the people.  Those closest to him knew him as the Messiah – he Christ.  However, they really had no idea what a Messiah was really like.  Do you?  Who is Jesus?

Luke 9:18-20

¹⁸ Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”

 ¹⁹ They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”

   ²⁰ “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

   Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”

 ²¹ Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. ²² And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

Question

• Who do you say Jesus is?
• Who do you say Jesus is?
• Who do you say Jesus is?
• Who do you say Jesus is?
• Who do you say Jesus is?