Monday Devo
Scripture Reading:
Luke 9
18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
19 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other ancient prophets risen from the dead.”
20 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”
Peter replied, “You are the Messiah sent from God!”
18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
19 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other ancient prophets risen from the dead.”
20 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”
Peter replied, “You are the Messiah sent from God!”
Commentary from the ESV Study Bible:
9:18–20 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ. praying alone. For Jesus praying before important events, see Introduction: Key Themes. Here he may have prayed that his disciples would truly grasp who he is. John the Baptist. The disciples repeat the same possibilities mentioned in vv. 7–8. But who do you say. “You” is plural and is emphasized in the Greek. Peter, spokesman for the disciples, answered, “The Christ of God.” Jesus’ identity as the “Christ”—confessed by angels (Luke 2:11); by the Gospel narrator (2:26); by demons (4:41); and by Jesus himself (4:18)—is now confessed for the first time by the Twelve. For “Christ,” see note on 2:11. Even with this confession, the disciples still have more to learn about the kind of Messiah Jesus will be, as the next passage shows (9:21–22). What the disciples do understand at this point is that Jesus is more than a prophet—that is, that Jesus’ role as the Messiah is central to the inauguration of the new era of the kingdom.
Study Questions:
- After the emotional high of the miracle of feeding the 5,000, Jesus quickly returns the disciples to reality as he tries to reveal more of who he is. Jesus starts with asking who "the crowd" says that he is. After giving him several different wrong answers, he asks them, "But who do YOU say I am?" Peter responds that he is the Messiah, which is partially right. Peter is under the impression that the Messiah will be an earthly ruler of a physical kingdom. So he was kind of right, but he had an incomplete view of Jesus. The REAL Jesus is so much more than that. This is the first and most important question that all of us must answer. Who is Jesus to you? Is he a good and wise teacher? Is he your Savior? Your Lord and Master? A combination of all?
- Getting an accurate picture of who Jesus really is is why it's SOOO important to study Scripture. When we have an incomplete view of Jesus, we end up creating our own FAKE Jesus. We either end up with a weak, anything goes, inclusive, tolerant Jesus OR a harsh, bigoted, exclusive, intolerant Jesus. The direction we go usually depends on our own agenda and life experience. Is this something you see in Christians in your circles or on social media? Which "incomplete Jesus" do you see the most when you look around you? Which one do YOU tend to slide to?
Pray:
- That Jesus would be Lord of your life.
- That you would have a complete view of Jesus because you study his Word.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
4. Can a person be good enough to go to heaven? No. Because Jesus rose from the dead proving He is God, I believe a person is saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
(John 1:12, 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 4:1-25, 5:1-2, 6-11, 6:23, 10:1-4, 10:9; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:1-9; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Titus 3:4-7)
(John 1:12, 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 4:1-25, 5:1-2, 6-11, 6:23, 10:1-4, 10:9; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:1-9; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Titus 3:4-7)
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