Who do you say He is?

“I am the LORD; there is no other God. I have prepared you, even though you do not know me, so all the world from east to west will know there is no other God. I am the LORD, and there is no other.”  Isaiah 45:5-6

A friend recently took me to a contemporary Christian music concert.  Although He was not on the printed schedule, God showed up. I don’t know how many people were at the outdoor theater – maybe between 700-1000 – but at the end of the concert, the lead singer in the last band was singing a cappella – popular worship songs that everyone would know – it was getting dark but you could see in the lighting that everyone was standing with their hands raised, worshipping the One True and Only Living God. Mmmmm.  It gives me chills. All of us – there for one purpose – the Body of Christ, unified in Spirit, in Faith, in Worship.

It was a different experience than when ‘at church’ where there are nonbelievers – believers are worshipping through the music and others are merely singing.  This was an experience with the body of Christ – unified in worship. This made me think, "Who is the body of Christ?"

In the Book of Matthew, we read where Jesus is walking with His disciples, and He turns to them and asks, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”  And they answer Him with what they have heard  – then He asks them, “But what about you? Who do you (plural so as to include them all) say I am?”  And Simon Peter, bless his heart, jumps in and says, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”  Jesus replies, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was revealed to you not by men, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”  Matthew 16:15.

God revealed to Peter that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God!  And on that rock Jesus builds his church – those of us who know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God – we who have experienced His forgiveness are the body of Christ – His Church.  The Body of Christ is unified – one faith, one baptism, one Spirit, one Lord – there is but one God and there is no other.

Who do you say that Jesus is?

Jan Lay