Who are you?

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Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” Matthew 26:64  #faith #jesus #Messiah #salvation #SonOfGod #SonOfMan  https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/christians-issues/who-are-you/

Transcript

00:00I don't want to spend our time this morning actually looking at all the false things, I want to look at what is truth.

00:06And above all, who is Jesus Christ? Yeshua HaMashiach.

00:11So we're going to look at a few passages in Scripture.

00:15We're going to start off with three readings from different parts of the Gospels.

00:20And I want you, as you listen to these readings, just to see that there is a connection between all of them.

00:27See if any of you can actually suss out what is the connection.

00:30Okay, first of all, Mark chapter 2, verses 3 to 12.

00:36Then they came to him, to Jesus, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.

00:40When they could not come near him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was.

00:45So when they broke them through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

00:50When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,

00:53Son, your sins have forgiven you.

00:55And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts.

00:58Why does this man speak blasphemies like this?

01:01Who can forgive sins but God alone?

01:04But immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves,

01:10he said to them, Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?

01:13Which is easier to say to the paralytic, Your sins have forgiven you,

01:17or to say, Arise and take up your bed and walk?

01:21But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins,

01:24he said to the paralytic, I say to you, Arise, take up your bed and go to your house.

01:30Immediately he arose, took up his bed and went out in the presence of them all,

01:34so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, We never saw anything like this.

01:40Reading number two, Matthew chapter 16.

01:42Jesus speaking now to the disciples.

01:49When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi,

01:52he asked the disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?

01:56I, the Son of Man, am.

01:58So they said, Some said John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

02:04He said to them, But who do you say that I am?

02:07Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

02:11Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah,

02:15for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

02:19And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,

02:23and the gates of hell, or the gates of Hades, shall not prevail against it.

02:28I should say that the church is not built on Peter the man, it's on Peter's confession of faith.

02:32Jesus is the Messiah.

02:34And the third reading, at the trial of Jesus,

02:38Matthew 26, verse 62,

02:41And the high priest arose and said to him, Do you answer nothing?

02:45What is it that these men testify against you?

02:49But Jesus kept silent.

02:51And the high priest answered and said to him,

02:52I put you under oath by the living God.

02:55Tell us if you are the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God.

02:58Jesus said to him, It is as you said.

03:01Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man

03:04sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.

03:09Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy.

03:12What further need do we have of witnesses?

03:15Look how you have heard his blasphemy.

03:16What do you think?

03:18They answered and said, He is deserving of death.