Who do you say i am verse

Q: Who do you say I am Mark 8 29?

Mark 8:29, ESV: And he asked them, But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, You are the Christ.”

Jesus once asked, “Who do you say that I am?” We can return the question and ask, “Who do you say you are?” In the Gospels, Jesus identified himself as Son of God, Messiah, and Savior. The Gospels are not word for word reports but present Jesus with the understanding and language that developed decades later. This theology flowed from Jesus’ words and actions that showed his unique relationship with God and his mission.

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Who do you say I am Mark 8 29?
Why did Jesus say who do you say that I am?
Who do men say that I am Bible verse?
Where in the Bible does it say I am I am?

In Scripture Jesus referred to God as his Father who sent him (John 6:37-38): “No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son” (Matthew 11:27). “The Father loves his Son and shows him everything that he himself does . . . . Just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes. Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to his Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father” (John 5:20-23). At the Last Supper Jesus explained, “The world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me” (John 14:31). He revealed that he was going back to the Father (John 16:28). Jesus prayed, “I glorified you on Earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began” (John 17:4).

Jesus declared himself to be Lord of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:8). Three times in chapter 8 of the Gospel of John, Jesus called himself I AM, a phrase that recalled God’s name. This provoked people to stone him. He hoped that they might realize that the Father is in him and he in the Father (John 10:36-38).

In the synagogue at Nazareth, after reading from Isaiah about God’s anointed one, Jesus claimed, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:21). Later he said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17).When the Samaritan woman stated that the Messiah was coming, Jesus answered, “I am he” (John 4:26). Later when the high priest asked, “Are you the Messiah, the son of the Blessed One?” Jesus answered, “I am” (Mark 14:61-62).

Jesus stated his purpose on Earth: “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners” (Matthew 9:13). “The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:28).

Jesus also revealed who he was through figures of speech:

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven” (John 6:51).
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12).
“I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved” (John 10:9).
“I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep” (John 10:14-15).
“I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25).
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6-7).
“I am the vine, you are the branches” (John 15:5).

Those who profess that Jesus is Lord run the risk of rejection. That is sometimes the price of teaching the truth.

We all have to answer crucial questions in life. When we’re young, our grandmother asks, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and we can say “A fireman” or “A princess” without following through. But, in time, the “What will you do with your life?” question requires a mature, thoughtful answer. Then there’s the question that changes our lives forever. In my case it was, “Mark, do you take Linda to be your wife?” Now that’s a big question!

But there may be no more significant question in all of life than the one Jesus asked his first disciples in Mark 8:29: “But who do you say I am?” This question came in the context of a conversation between Jesus and his disciples near the northern city of Caesarea Philippi. When Jesus asked, “Who do people say I am?” the disciples offered various answers, “[S]ome say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets” (Mark 8:27). Not satisfied with any of these answers, Jesus turned to his closest followers and asked, “But who do you say I am?” (Mark 8:29). The structure of this question in Greek emphasizes the word “you.” It could be translated more literally, “And you, who do you say that I am?”

You and I can spend our lives speculating about theology. We can study the Bible and spin out all sorts of fine ideas about Jesus. We can even become a master of “the quest for the historical Jesus.” But, in the end, each one of us has to answer for ourselves the central question of life: “Who do you say I am?” We need to decide whether Jesus is just a good teacher (or, as some prominent atheists have recently claimed, not a good teacher at all). We need to wrestle with Jesus’ announcement of the kingdom of God and its implications. We need to confront the peculiar way in which he identified himself with the Lord, even going so far as to forgive sins. And then we need to grapple with the meaning of his death and the implications of his resurrection. Only then are we in a position to answer adequately Jesus’ question, “Who do you say I am?”

The way we answer Jesus has the potential to change our lives. If we acknowledge Jesus to be a divinely inspired teacher, then we will pay close attention to what he says so that we might believe it and live it. If we see Jesus as the Messiah, then we will serve him as God’s royal representative who ushers in the kingdom. If we believe Jesus to be the Savior of the world, then we will put our ultimate faith in him. And if we confess Jesus to be the Word of God Incarnate, the very Son of God, then we will fall before him in worship so that we might live our entire lives as an offering to him.

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: Who do you say Jesus is? What difference does this make in how you live each day? What difference might it make if you took more seriously your confession of Jesus’ identity?

PRAYER: Gracious Lord, you know how much I enjoy studying about you. I love discovering more about what your teaching meant and how the kingdom of God was coming into the world through you. I find it fascinating to chronicle the various ways people thought about you and why.

But, in the midst of my thinking about you, all of a sudden you confront me with the core question of life: “Who do you say I am?” By your grace, I have been able to answer that question. I say you are the Messiah, the one through whom God was beginning to reign on the earth. I say you are the best teacher of all, one whose truth I seek to understand and embrace. I say you are the Savior, whose death brings life to me. I say you are the risen one “who triumphed o’er the grave.” And I say that you are, indeed, the Word of God in the flesh, Emmanuel, God with us.

I can say all of these things, Lord. I believe them. But am I living them each day? Am I speaking and acting as if all of this is true? Help me, by your Spirit, to live each day in light of who you are, Lord Jesus. May my action reflect my confession. To you be all the glory! Amen.

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Who do you say I am Mark 8 29?

Mark 8:29, ESV: And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”

Why did Jesus say who do you say that I am?

This week, Jesus asks us, as He did Peter, the powerful question, “Who do you say that I am?” He asks this in order that we might profess our faith in Him and be saved. He also asks us in order that once we have answered it, we, like Peter, might also tell others who Jesus is— the saviour of the world.

Who do men say that I am Bible verse?

“Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Where in the Bible does it say I am I am?

“And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you” (Exodus 3:7–8, 13–14). Known to ancient Israel as the Lord Jehovah, the premortal Jesus Christ identified Himself as the source to which His people should look for redemption.

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