What will you do with this man who is called Jesus the Christ?
The Most Important of All Your Life's Decisions
Matthew 16:13-16
13 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?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Isaiah 9:6ย
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
What does the Church think of Christ?
The Churchโs answer is categorical and uncompromising, and it is this: that Jesus Bar-Joseph, the carpenter of Nazareth, was in fact and in truth, and in the most exact and literal sense of the words, the God โby whom all things were made.โ
His body and brain were those of a common man; his personality was the personality of God, so far as that personality could be expressed in human terms.
He was not a kind of demon pretending to be human; he was in every respect a genuine living man. He was not merely a man so good as to be โlike Godโโ he was God. ..ย .
ยฉDorothy L. Sayers, Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Argumentsย for the Relevanceย of Christian Doctrine, Thomas Nelson Inc., 2004
Matthew 27:22:- Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
Turn Pilate's question around and ask yourself, "What shall I do then with Jesus which is called the Christ?"
ME: He is my Savior and Lord.
YOU: (Fill in your answer.)
Who is Jesus Christ to you? And what are you going to do with this Jesus who is called the Christ?
There is no middle ground. There is no sitting on the fence.
John 3:36:- He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.