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The Eternal Divide
This passage of scripture divides the Gospel of Mark in two.
The first half being Who is Jesus; the second half the How.
How we look at, answer, what we believe what we confess regarding the who Jesus is has eternal results.
If you were to ask people, your friends, “what do people say about me?”
They may thing you are being arrogant or prideful, because what does it matter what others think about you, it matters what you think and say about Jesus though.
Your confession concerning Jesus is a matter of life and death (Jn8:24; 1Jn4:1-3; Rom10:9-10)
What you believe matters!
What you confess matters!
How you confess matters!
It must be because of belief, and belief in your heart
I mentioned that this is an eternal divide, this is also the end of the second cycle of Mark in feeding the multitudes; confronting the Pharisees and healing, all leading to this confession.
This confession that has eternal consequences.
Mark the eloquent writer who proves his skill as a journalist, an attorney, a dramatist.
As a journalist he answers the questions, the who, what, when, where, why and how.
As an attorney he has the confidence that the evidence previously presented will without a shadow of a doubt prove his point, who Jesus is.
As a dramatist he has interwoven a fast paced story that captures the attention and keeps the attention of the reader, of the audience.
Now may we look at the passage in two sections, we will read in context then break down as
Who do men say I am?
Who do you say i am?
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
Who do people say I am?
People then, people today, who do they say Jesus is?
To the people then, in that region, Cesarea Philippi, there were many pagan god’s where Baal worship and Pan worship with common, so saying Jesus is the messiah was not likely.
Ask the Roman’s and they would not confess Jesus as Lord for they believed Caesar was Lord.
To the religious Jews they had varied answers, just as people today have varied answers.
But let’s look at their answers.
John the Baptist, Elijah
John though performed no miracles, Jesus was a miracle worker (Jn10:37-42)
Jesus in Jn10 asserts His deity and proves it by His works; John performed no miracles and no signs but John pointed to Jesus;
Even Herod thought that Jesus was John resurrected (Mk6:14-16)
Even Herod thought that Jesus was John resurrected (Mk6:14-16)
John came with spirit and power of Elijah (Lk1:17) even dressed like him (2Kngs1:8; Mk1:6)
2kngs1:8
and Marks proof of John like Elijah
Can think was Elijah do to misunderstanding of the Malachi prophesy (Mal4:5) in which Jesus explains the fulfillment of this prophesy (Mt17:10-13)
Mt17:10-11
Mt17
Mt17
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others say one of the prophets
which prophet?
Maybe Jeremiah (Mt16:14); Jeremiah was weeping prophet; Jesus was a man of sorrows; Jeremiah called for repentance that comes from the heart, so did Jesus.
Both were rejected by their people.
Both were condemned, both were persecuted.
which prophet?
Maybe Jeremiah (Mt16:14); Jeremiah was weeping prophet; Jesus was a man of sorrows; Jeremiah called for repentance that comes from the heart, so did Jesus.
Both were rejected by their people.
Both were condemned, both were persecuted.
Some say Jeremiah (Mt16:14)
People then, people today oftentimes listen to the popular opinion.
People then, people today oftentimes listen to the popular opinion.
One of the prophets (Lk9:19)
People want others to tell them what to think, what to believe instead of checking things out for themselves and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence presented.
People have opinions instead of convictions.
In Matthew account Beelzebub (Mt10:25; Mt12:24 and Mk3:22)
Elbert Hubbard said this.
Mentally deranged (Mk3:21; Jn10:30)
“The judgment of the incapable many, opposed to that of the discerning few.”
Others thought, claimed Beelzebub (Mt10:25; Mk3:22)
Even mentally deranged (Mk3:21)
Finally, some the Christ the Son of the Living God (Mk8:27; Mt16:16; Jn11:27; Jn20:31)
Or yes, even Christ the Son of the Living God (Mt16:16; Jn1:40; Jn11:27)
In the Matthew account adding you are the Son of he living God it means the anointed one, the promised Messiah.
Prophets, priests and kings were all anointed, Jesus was all three, but that is another message for another day when we study the book of Hebrews.
Well, we have a few minutes and before moving to the next point, who do you say I am, how about looking at who people say He is today
To the Atheist they say he never existed he is a fabrication, a folk story
Others say He was a good man, a good teacher, the likes of Mahatma Gandhi.
I like what C.S. Lewis said.
“Yet the biblical claims do not this this option; You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or your can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God.
But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher.
He has not left that open to us.
He did not intend to.”
- - - he did not intend to because of the resurrection and the fulfillment of some 330 prophesies about Him.
some say prophet of God, but not the Son of God (like Islam)
Finally, to the Christians today, He is the Christ, the Son of the living God and goes by many other names (see the attached sheet)
But, who do you say that I am?
Having put what man says out there and not aside, Jesus asks the personally, eternal destination determining question.
All the teaching, the signs, the wonders, all the evidence presented comes down to this (Mk8:29; Mt16:16).
Or in the Matthew account
What can you tell from Peters confession?
It was bold, it was confident, it was sure, it was uncompromising
Though the Apostles knew who He was, confessed who He was, believed who He was, they still did not see far enough as to How Jesus is the Messiah, remember they still had nationalist eyes, not eternal.
Stop, I want you to remember when you had your eyes, your heart opened and you were able to make that confession personally.
(maybe it was a still quiet time, maybe it was a time when you thought the heavens were opening up)
We had to get to a point where we came to our own conclusion, our own opinion for the opinions of others will not get us into heaven.
We may not know everything about Jesus, but we have enough to know Jesus and what confessing Him entails (Php2:10-11)
We know enough to be transferred into the kingdom (Col1:13)
we know enough that He is coming back for us (Jn14:3)
How you answer the posed question is the most important answer ever because (Act17:30-31; Mt28:18-20)
And how we live our life today.
One day everyone, everywhere is going to confess Jesus, every knee will bow, let’s make sure as many as possible are doing it in heaven!
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