WHO IS HE TO YOU?

Mark 8:29
“But who do you say that I am?”
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Doctor, President, Mayor – they are all titles. They speak of the office that the person holds; the task he was called to do. So it is with the one we worship, the one whose title we bear when we call ourselves “Christians”. His proper name is “Jesus”. But His title, reflecting the title He holds and the task He was called to do, His title is Christ.

Christ is the Greek word Cristos, a translation of the Hebrew Meshiach, or as we say in English “Messiah”, or the Anointed One. There are a lot of mayors and presidents. But in Jesus’ case it is different. There is only one office of Messiah, of Cristos. And there is only one person who holds that office. So we speak of Jesus the Christ... Jesus Christ. But His title did not matter to Him. He came to the world not to be served, but to serve. And only Him fully deserve to be called the King… the King of all Kings! Jesus - the Christ - who will one day return to proclaim, with the sound of the trumpet, that he is here as almighty Judge and King to usher in the Year of the Lord's Favor.

So how do you know him? Who is Jesus Christ to you? Is He just the statue on the cross, or the man being talked in the Bible or the name you called on to whenever you suffer pain and miseries. Or is He your Lord and your God, whom you accepted to enter your heart and your life? So, no matter what happens, He is your savior, your King above and beyond anyone else.

Let us pray +

Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, our Savior and our King, I choose today to take refuge in You. I choose to fear the Lord and not man, and I choose obedience over willfulness and submission over pride. I am blessed beyond measure already, and I praise and thank You for all You have provided, knowing that we will lack no good thing as we seek You first above all else. To You be all the honor and glory!

Amen +

From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.