Whom do men say that I Am? (Matthew 16:15-17)
Jesus had asked His
disciples this questions centuries before and today He is still
asking our generation: “But
whom do men say that
I AM?” Centuries
before, Simon Peter,
one of His disciples appropriately answered, “You are Christ, the
Son of the Living God.” Jesus response to Peter’s answer was,
“blessed are you Simon-Bar-Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but MY Father who
is in heaven.
(Strong’s
denotes ‘flesh as of human origin or empowerment; man’s living
body compounded of flesh and blood.’)
Simon did not confer
with flesh and blood but believed with all his heart, that Jesus
Christ was the Son of God. The
Word of God declared: He
who believes and is baptized will
be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned. But
to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the
right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of
the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Today,
I ask, whom do men say the Son of God is? In
Matthew 7:21 we are reminded “Not
everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
