the voice God gave me
Who do you say that I am? Luke 9:18-20 While He was praying in private and His disciples were with Him, He asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am? ” They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.” “But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am? ” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah! ”
Who do you say that He is? The answer will forever define you and your relationship with God. As C.S. Lewis said so eloquently: "A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg--or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us.” (Mere Christianity)
If He is a reincarnation of John the Baptist or Elijah, or one of the prophets of old, He is but a man. If He is a man He cannot save souls or forgive sins. Jesus can only do these things (the things we need the most) if He is indeed God.
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