ئەپەکە بەدەست بهێنەJesus Who Reigns Is Worthy Of Worshipنموونە
WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?
In this Digital age, branding has become enculturated in most of our daily, normal lives. Taking gadgets as an example, when buying a smartphone, our top of mind is Apple. The brand says it all about what its product stands for and what people think and feel about it. It gives character and gains trust for the product it represents. More so, people identify with it with pride and loyalty.
With people tend to be impressed with the credentials an individual has: his family background, educational attainment, success stories, and social stature. These are our standards more often than not in giving our trust, our admiration or in being associated with. And no wonder, we always have regrets in our personal and professional relationships because we only rely on the perception of a good reputation or grand projection who a person is. Often times, we neglect to pay attention to the importance of character – what is inside the person.
Jesus Christ had his own share of this kind of experience: “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him (Matthew 13:55-57). They could not accept Jesus to be wiser, adept, and powerful than them on the account of his filial affiliation and social stature. It’s discrimination at its best which is so common even nowadays. But aren't Christian believers warned by James against favoritism or discriminating and judging others with evil thoughts (James 2:1-5)? I can imagine the pain that Jesus experienced being utterly rejected by his own. They did not give him a fair chance to be known to them personally.
“But what about you? ...Who do you say I am?” this question was posed by Jesus to his disciples and perhaps we can ask ourselves too as Christians. Do we really know who Jesus is? Peter was quick to answer that He is the Christ of God. In another account, Peter had said, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God (JHN. 6:68-69).” Jesus is undoubtedly the true God. His divinity is “consubstantial with the Father”.
In this Digital age, branding has become enculturated in most of our daily, normal lives. Taking gadgets as an example, when buying a smartphone, our top of mind is Apple. The brand says it all about what its product stands for and what people think and feel about it. It gives character and gains trust for the product it represents. More so, people identify with it with pride and loyalty.
With people tend to be impressed with the credentials an individual has: his family background, educational attainment, success stories, and social stature. These are our standards more often than not in giving our trust, our admiration or in being associated with. And no wonder, we always have regrets in our personal and professional relationships because we only rely on the perception of a good reputation or grand projection who a person is. Often times, we neglect to pay attention to the importance of character – what is inside the person.
Jesus Christ had his own share of this kind of experience: “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” And they took offense at him (Matthew 13:55-57). They could not accept Jesus to be wiser, adept, and powerful than them on the account of his filial affiliation and social stature. It’s discrimination at its best which is so common even nowadays. But aren't Christian believers warned by James against favoritism or discriminating and judging others with evil thoughts (James 2:1-5)? I can imagine the pain that Jesus experienced being utterly rejected by his own. They did not give him a fair chance to be known to them personally.
“But what about you? ...Who do you say I am?” this question was posed by Jesus to his disciples and perhaps we can ask ourselves too as Christians. Do we really know who Jesus is? Peter was quick to answer that He is the Christ of God. In another account, Peter had said, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God (JHN. 6:68-69).” Jesus is undoubtedly the true God. His divinity is “consubstantial with the Father”.
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Worship is defined as the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity. If this is the definition of worship, then Jesus is the only one who deserves worship, no one else and nothing else. Worship is not just the songs we sing at church or the raising of our hands but worship as defined by the Bible is giving our lives as living sacrifice to God who is the object, the reason and the meaning of our worship.
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