Who Is Jesus?

<p>Who do people believe Jesus is? Some say He was a good teacher, but just a man. Author C.S. Lewis wrote, &ldquo;Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a&nbsp;madman&nbsp;or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher.&rdquo; These now-famous words from <em>Mere Christianity</em> propound that Jesus would <em>not</em> have been a great prophet if He falsely claimed to be God. That would be the ultimate heresy.</p> <p>While talking with His disciples as they walked between villages, Jesus asked them, &ldquo;Who do people say I am?&rdquo; (Mark 8:27). Their answers included John the Baptist, Elijah, and one of the prophets (v. 28). But Jesus wanted to know what they believed: &ldquo;Who do you say I am?&rdquo; Peter got it right. &ldquo;You are the Messiah&rdquo; (v. 29), the Savior.</p> <p>But who do <em>we</em> say Jesus is? Jesus could not have been a good teacher or prophet if what He said about Himself&mdash;that He and the Father (God) are &ldquo;one&rdquo; (John 10:30)&mdash; wasn&rsquo;t true. His followers and even the demons declared His divinity as the Son of God (Matthew 8:39; 16:16; 1 John 5:20). Today, may we spread the word about who Christ is as He provides what we need.</p>