Who do you say I am?

Matthew 16:12-16 “When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

¹⁴They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

¹⁵"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"

¹⁶Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ,^[a] the Son of the living God."

 

Who do you say Christ is? Not what you heard at church, not what you have always believed, but right now.

What if the most powerful, loving, intelligent, creative force in the Universe was sitting in the room with you. Would you pass off some glib answer? Or would you recognize your infinite smallness and fall on the floor, humbled into eternity?

Would you casually keep watching TV and live tomorrow as you did today?

Somehow, I know that if what I say He is doesn’t shake me to the core and shatter me open with fresh death and rebirth, then I have forgotten what it means to be in relationship with God, and I have fallen back into relationship with my pride.

Just think. What if you knew God was really in the room with you. Who would you say He is?

If I say He is God who suffered and died for me, does my heart reflect this truth, or am I a liar?