Mt 16:13, 15 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

3. Who am I?
I am a 5 letter word, If all 5 letters
are available I am a talent in you, If
you remove my first letter I will die,
if you remove my first 2 letters I will
be sick. Who am I
Skill

4. Who Is Jesus To You?
Mt 16:13, 15 When Jesus came
into the region of Caesarea
Philippi, He asked His disciples,
saying, "Who do men say that I,
the Son of Man, am?" He said to
them, "But who do you say that
I am?"

6. I. Answer from Humanity!
(Mt. 16:13-14)
▪ Four answers are given!
▸John the Baptist (cf. Mt. 3:1-6;11:9-10)
▸Elijah
▸Jeremiah
▸One of the prophets
▪ It is often that we associate what we don't
understand with what we do!
▸Jesus was a godly Man, a prophet, but also so
much more than that!
–Mt. 1:18-25

7. Even today, many have different
opinions about Jesus!
▪ Some still say He was “just” a good man!
▪ Some “just” a prophet!
▪ Yet, some that He was and is the Savior!
▪ There has always been and always will be
many answers from humanity as to who Jesus
is!
▸He was a good man!
▸He was a prophet!
▸But, He was also so much more than that!

8. II. Answer from Heaven!
(Mt. 16:15-17)
▪ The first, who do men say that I am? The
second, who do you say that I am?
▪ It would indeed do us good to remember
that men are often wrong!
▸Pr. 14:12; 16:25
▸Jer. 10:23
▸Is. 55:8-9
▪ There are many wrong answers, but only
one right answer!

9. We will have to draw our conclusion
from one of two sources!
Either God or man!
▪ Humanity’s answer was quite different from
heaven’s answer!
▸Mt 3:17 And suddenly a voice came from
heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased." (Cf. Jn. 5:18)
▸Mt 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a
bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a
voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear
Him!"

10. III. Answer from our Hearts!
▪ The question remains, how will we answer
this most important question?
▪ Who is Jesus to you, who is He to me?
▪ Do I know Him only as a man, only as a
prophet or as Lord of my life?
▸This is a question that each of us must
answer for ourselves!
▪ Do I know Him as “God with us?” As the
“Savior of the world” and the “only way!”

11. “A man who was merely a man and said the
short of things Jesus said would not be a
great moral teacher. He would either be a
lunatic on the level with a man who said he
was a poached egg or he would be the devil
of hell himself. 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 as a fool or you can fall at
His feet and call Him Lord and God, but let
us not come with any nonsense about Him
being a great human teacher, He has not left
that open to us!” C.S. Lewis

12. Conclusion:
▪ This is in fact one of the most important
questions we could ever consider!
▪ The answer to this question, could and
should greatly influence the way we live our
lives!
▪ I hope that we will leave here today better
understanding why this question is so
important for us to both ask and answer!
▪ If you are here and not yet a Christian, then
today is the day, tomorrow maybe too late!