Who was Jesus?
The carpenter Joseph's son? An itinerant preacher? An executed political revolutionary? The Son of God?
The books of the Bible give Jesus many names:
Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8; 22:13)
Author and Perfecter of our Faith (Heb. 12:2)
Bread of Life (John 6:35; 6:48)
Bridegroom (Mt. 9:15)
Cornerstone (Eph. 2:20)
Christ (1 John 2:22)
Firstborn over all creation (Col. 1:15)
Gate (John 10:9)
Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14)
Great High Priest (Heb. 4:14)
Head of the Church (Eph. 1:22; 4:15; 5:23)
I Am (John 8:58)
Image of God (2 Cor. 4:4)
Immanuel (Mt. 1:23)
King of the Jews (Mt. 27:11)
Lamb of God (John 1:29)
Light of the World (John 8:12)
Lord (2 Pet. 2:20)
Master (Lk. 5:5; 8:24; 9:33)
Rabbi (Mt. 26:25)
Resurrection and Life (John 11:25)
Savior (Eph. 5:23; Titus 1:4; 3:6; 2 Pet. 2:20)
Son of David (Lk. 18:39)
Son of God (John 1:49; Heb. 4:14)
Son of Man (Mt. 8:20)
True Vine (John 15:1)
Way (John 14:6)
Wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24)
Word (John 1:1)
In the eighth chaper of Mark, Jesus, having heard all that people were saying about his identity, asks his disciples: "Who do YOU say that I am?"
It's the question. The first question for those who would follow Jesus. Who do you say that he is? |