Whom Say Ye That I Am? L3

Review Text:

Matthew 16:13–19 KJV 1900

When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Jesus built His church upon a divine revelation of His identity. Whether or not you are able to identify Him will impact your destination for eternity. He said this is the foundation on which I build my church. Any other foundation is not the true church. Jesus said upon this one rock my church is built, not these rocks. The true church must be built upon the divine revelation of who He is.

We have talked about the concept of God and who God is. You cannot know who Jesus is without knowing who God is. You’ve got to understand the whole concept of God. Modern theology today identifies God calling Him the “holy trinity.” The trinity us defined as three separate and distinct persons who are co-equal coeternal and coexistent. They further tell you that the trinity are all omnipotent they share all power. We are told that all three members of the trinity God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost are all omnipresent. They are all everywhere at the same time. And they are all omniscient, they know everything. That is the modern theological definition of God. If we want to understand who God is, we should not look to theologians or preachers for a definition we need to look to Jesus Christ and let Him define who God is. If anybody knows who God is Jesus does. Jesus never called God three persons. He never called God two persons. He never referred to God as a person. God is not defined as a person. Jesus defines God as a spirit (). Not a person, but a spirit. We have begin with the biblical definition of God.

God is omnipresent as a spirit. There is no place you can go that God is not. This spirit that we call God is immortal, everlasting no beginning no end. God has always been and will always be. He is invisible. You cannot see God. No man has ever seen God. No man can see God. The spirit that we call God was given a particular title by Jesus. Jesus identified that Spirit as the Father (). If we are going to talk about the Father we are talking about God the Spirit. Whenever we undertake any kind of study we have to remember truth must triumph or tradition. () Let God be true and every man a liar.

One tradition is that you cannot understand the Godhead. People think that way because that’s what they’re taught. That is not in the Bible. (Romans 1:20)