WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?

i was listening to a sermon by Pst Lip this morning. the sermon is actuali toking abt Jesus asking the disciples,"Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" and he was compared to the prophets of old, Jeremiah, Elijah and even the John the Baptist who was considered the top of preachers at His time. But Jesus continued to ask, "But who do u say I am?" Peter answered, " You are the Christ, the Son of the living God". interestingly, thru'out the Bible, the term, "Son of God" was seldom use in the Bible.. "Son of Man" were more often used on Jesus, even Jesus referred Himself as the Son of Man. and the people who recognised that He is the Son of God were those who were not on Jesus' side. like the demons, satan.(Matt 4:3, 6; 8:29) for all the others in the Bible, to them, Jesus is the Son of Man. coz they can only see Him as a man, merely a man. mayb a good teacher, like how the young rich ruler see Him as( i have an entry on that as well). And Jesus also refers Himself as the Son of Man coz He recognised that the multitudes cant receive Him or rather cant see Him as the Son of God coz it is God who reveals to the people("..for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.") Pst Lip ended the sermon asking those who think they are suffering under the multitudes syndrome to repent and response to the altar call.

wats the multitude syndrome? the multitude syndrome is one who goes with the crowd and can only see Him as the Son of Man, not the Son of God. they can only see how all other people see Him as. people who only run to Him asking for food like the ppl of Luke 6 who wants more food, but will leave if the requirements were too much and too hard for them. coz they have not come seeking after the Lord.

interestingly, when i start to listen to the sermon, when Pst Lip read that very question that Jesus asked, it was like the Lord Jesus saying to me," But who do u say that I am?". is like Jesus asking me, " so, u have heard so many others tok abt Me, and u learned and read so much abt Me from others. how abt You? who do you see Me as?" this question comes like a double edged sword, cutting into my heart. who is He to me? i realised that i nd to have a ever-progressing revelation of the Lord, to noe Him, and not just about Him. i can truly read so much and hear so much about Him, but i do not know Him for myself! oh, wat deception we can all live in! hearing the truth yet not being the truth in our lives. we must have a personal revelation of the Lord ouselves. on top of that, we ought to have a different revelations of Him everyday of our lives! just like in Revelation, the 24 elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshipped God and each time they get up, they see a different aspect of the Lord! we cannot just noe God thru others' revelations, thru others' walk with Him, or we will never move on.

"Who do you say that I am?"

When Jesus came into the region of Caesara Phillippi, He asked His disciples, saying, " Who do mean say that I, the Son of Man, am?" So they said, Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of tthe prophets." He said to them, "But who you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answerd and said to him, " Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven." Matt 16:13-17