Monday, June 7, 2021 God's Advisor "Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, 'Who do people say I am?'" (Mark 8:27 NLT). Why do teachers give tests? They want to know whether their students are learning the material. And in Caesarea Philippi, Jesus gave this test to His disciples: "Who do people say I am?" (Mark 8:27 NLT). They'd seen Jesus walk on water, heal leprosy, and even raise the dead. But did they really understand who He was? Apparently not, because they replied, "Some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets" (verse 28 NLT). So Jesus said, "But who do you say I am?" (verse 29 NLT). Simon Peter got it. He said, "You are the Messiah" (verse 29 NLT). In Matthew's gospel, Peter says, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God" (16:16 NLT). Jesus replied, "You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you" (16:17 NLT). But then Jesus dropped what I could best describe as a bombshell. He "began to tell them that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead" (Mark 8:31 NLT). |
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