Jesus: Who is He to you? September 15, 2024
There are two major questions in life: who is Jesus and who are you?
When you answer the question “Who are you?” it will reveal a lot about how you see yourself, your purpose, your relationship with God (if any), and how you see others. We will answer this question either by what the world tells us, our sinful nature tells us, or what God tells us.
The world will tell you who you are based on how they want you to fit into the world. This is the world nurturing you into their mold.
Your sinful nature will define you by your sin and your identity will be based on a particular sin. This is where you hear people say, “I was born this way.” They are correct in many ways. People are born with a sinful nature and their nature will be bent toward a particular sin. So, when they say, “I was born this way,” technically they are correct. This is why Jesus comes along and says, “You need to become born again.”
God wants you to discover your identity in Him, not in the world and not in your sin. This is where you become a new creation. You are given a new heart and a new nature. Old things are passed away and all things become new. You are born again. Now your identity is in Christ and all that He is. This is where eternal life and abundant life is truly experienced. This is where you truly discover who you are and who you were meant to be.
However, the first question you must answer is “Who is Jesus?” The way you answer that question determines your eternity, your identity, and your purpose in life. How you answer this question reveals how you make decisions, what is important to you, how you invest your money, and why you do or don’t do certain things. How you answer the question “Who is Jesus?” determines who or what authority you are submitting to you. You truly cannot discover who you are until you discover who He is. “Who is Jesus?” This is the question that Jesus confronts the disciples with and confronts us with today. By: Jeff Stott
