When God Says …
“And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.” (Luke 9:18-19 KJV).
In these passages, the Lord Jesus asks the twelve apostles during one of His private prayer sessions, about the public’s view of Him. “He asks them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”” (Luke 9:18b NIV). The human perspective of the crowd revealed by the apostles is what we observe happening in our present day world environment, with the proliferation of many denominational religious enterprises. That’s not what the intent of heaven for the Messiah to be viewed. When the Lord Jesus - the only begotten Son of God was sent from heaven, He came to bring the kingdom of heaven into the world (Mark 1:14-15), so that the world can have a relationship with God in a personal intimate level of oneness.
The Lord Jesus came God incarnate to live among us, so we can be reconciled with Him by grace through faith. He came to break the stronghold of religion that led people away from God which was engrained in the minds and hearts of the religious Jewish crowd. Sadly, that religious public view is being perpetuated by today’s religious enterprises, which distract many from the truth. Religion is used as tool by the enemy of our soul to draw many away from the Lord’s true gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20:24).
Equating the Lord merely as a prophet, the crowd debased the Lord merely as human. Yes He is a prophet and a human, but He is the true God stepping down from His throne in heaven. To you and I, we are instructed, as it is written: “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:5-11 ESV).
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.
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