WHO IS JESUS TO YOU?

C.S Lewis said, "Jesus is either a liar, lunatic, or He is Lord."

Jesus asked His disciples in Mark 8:27-29, “Whom do men say that I am?” They answered Him and said, “John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.” Jesus asked specifically, “But whom say ye that I am?” Peter answered Jesus, “Thou art the Christ.”

I know Jesus asked them all but I wonder if Jesus may have been looking right at Peter when He asked them, “But whom say ye that I am?” How much more personal does that get? Jesus, the only begotten Son of God looking you in the eyes and asking you, “But whom say ye that I am?”

Well, this morning, I am asking you, Who is Jesus to you? It’s not going to change Who He is, it has the potential of changing your destination! It may change you! If He becomes Lord of your life! Consider this, “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 3:18

If He has saved you it ought to show up in your actions! Consider what Jesus says in Luke 6:46, “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” This morning, why don’t you show others you have been saved and that you know who Jesus is by GETTING UP, GETTING READY, and GOING TO CHURCH?

LIARS BEWARE!

A liar is not believed even though he tells the truth. –Cicero

        But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8

I am amazed at the attempts at lying some people go to. They forget a few things; you must cover up a lie more than once, you will always question if others are telling the truth, and the most important… your sin will find you out. You will stand before God and give an account of your life—including all the lies you have told.

Have you attempted to cover up lies? Time to come clean with the Lord and the one you lied to!

JESUS— Liar, Lunatic, or LORD? C.S. Lewis

Jesus Christ is light to the eye, honey to the taste, music to the ear, joy to the heart. –Spurgeon

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12

            Do you think Jesus was a liar? That He come to deceive a multitude in order to gain some influence over them? Here’s one problem with that notion—no one has ever lied that good for so many years. People tell a lie and then tell another to cover up the one they told. Eventually they get caught!

            Do you think Jesus was a lunatic, a crazy man that brain washed millions? One problem with that is He met many of the prophecies of the Messiah. I believe Jesus met over 130 prophecies about Him. From the place of His birth to His betrayal He met them to the tee! How could a crazy man do that?

            I proclaim to you HE is LORD! The First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, The Alpha and Omega. Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!

            Some people wonder why their children are such liars.  If they'd look into a mirror they'd probably see the reason. - D.L. Moody

            Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Colossians 3:9-10

            Mom and Dad, you are the first example of your children. What you do at home away from everyone else will be duplicated in the lives of your children. If you are lazy, they will be lazy. If you steal, they will steal. If you stay up late and sleep in, they will stay up late and sleep in. If you lie, they will lie. But guess what, if you tithe they will tithe. If you read a lot, they will read a lot. If you tell the truth, they will tell the truth.

            Be thou an example, first at home! It will show up in your children!