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It matters what we trust as our source of truth. How do we know what we trust? We confess what we trust with our voice and our life.
Who Is Jesus
Who Is Jesus
Today we will look at this question from three different points of view…
All of chapter 8….
The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”
He says if we are walking in God’s will, we will be walking by God’s words. When he tells them that they are not from God, that they have sacrificed the truth for acceptance and belonging, they react defensively and call him the worst thing they can think of,
The Jews responded to him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you’re a Samaritan and have a demon?”
Which brings us to our first question:
Who do people say that Jesus is?
Who do people say that Jesus is?
“I do not have a demon,” Jesus answered. “On the contrary, I honor my Father and you dishonor me. I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it and judges.
Jesus points to God and his word as the only source of truth…
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.
Notice what he’s trusting…
Which leads to another thought people have about Jesus….
“Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
And again,
“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses. Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach.
So who do people say that Jesus is…
It matters what we trust…
What are we trusting?
Have we abandoned the truth for acceptance and belonging? The prophets never did.
Who do the Prophets say that Jesus is?
Who do the Prophets say that Jesus is?
Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”
Then the Jews said, “Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be?”
Now we know you’re crazy…
“If I glorify myself,” Jesus answered, “my glory is nothing. My Father—about whom you say, ‘He is our God’—he is the one who glorifies me. You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
Abraham…
The Prophets of the OT…
And Moses from the mouth of Jesus…
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. But if you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?”
So, who do the prophets say that Jesus is…
It matters what we trust…
Are we trusting self and surroundings, or the Spirit speaking God’s word through the prophets who point to Jesus? Which brings us to our last question,
Who does Jesus say that he is?
Who does Jesus say that he is?
The Jews replied, “You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham?”
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”
If there is any uncertainty…
So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple.
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Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the resident alien or the native.
They believe what the prophets have written, but completely miss the one the prophets have written about. Because they have not trusted God’s word, only their idea of it. It matters what we trust as our source of truth.
“There are only two options when it comes to our knowledge of God, we guess or he speaks, and he has spoken.”
So, Who is Jesus? Many religions and most of the world think he is a great man, who was a good teacher, that wanted to shake up the religious establishment in his day. But they are not listening to him. Only to their idea of him. He speaks a better word…
People Say…
The Prophets say…
Jesus says…
He is either crazy, an out of his mind blasphemer, or he is God. He cannot be anything in between. He has made that clear.
Jesus came that we would know him. Not just our idea of him. He is urging us to look beyond ourselves, that we might see God.
These people are believing their idea of the word. But Jesus tells them their idea is wrong. How does he know their idea is wrong? Because of how they are living. We confess what we trust with our voice and our life. Jesus says if we know him, but do not show him, it is not him we trust, but our idea of him.
So, ask yourself, do I say, Jesus I believe you are who you say you are with my whole being, but then give myself over to my anxieties and fears? Do I abandon your truth for acceptance and belonging? In my life, I was furthest away from God when I was furthest away from his Word. I trusted myself and my surroundings. And I denied the Scripture and the Spirit, and as a result denied the Savior.
Praise God in heaven, he denied himself, so that we might know him. The Bible says that he went to the cross for the joy set before him, and that his joy is made complete when we trust him and his word. Are we trusting our surroundings, our self, or the Spirit who points to the Savior? It matters what we trust as our source of truth. We confess what we trust with our voice and our life. Let’s pray
Jesus you say in your word,
Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”
Help us not to just believe your word, but keep it.
We want to Abide in you Jesus. Which is just realizing our need and returning to your truth.
We want to be transformed by you Jesus. Through your word, our worship and with one another.
We want to proclaim you Jesus. With our voices and our lives let us lift you up.
You want our whole being. You want our trust. And people will know what we trust through our actions. Jesus you are God. Your word is truth. And if we keep your word, your promise is eternal life. Let us to walk in your freedom. Let us to walk in your victory. And let us help others know who you are, by living lives that show who you are.