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This is the conclusion of 'Who Do You Say I AM' Series which we have been doing over the Easter season.

How does this relate to you and me?

I believe it does.

This is the conclusion of 'Who Do You Say I AM' Series which we have been doing over the Easter season.

We started by considering the question Jesus posed to His disciples.

“Who Do You Say I AM?” We saw Peter’s answer, and the importance of recognizing that Jesus is God!

“Who Do You Say I AM?” We saw Peter’s answer, and the importance of recognizing that Jesus is God!

We took time to see that both the Old Testament Prophecies about the coming Savior showed He would be none other than The Almighty God, Jehovah, or Yahweh.

We saw how when Jesus referred to Himself as the Son of God, He was distinguishing Himself from God the Father, but the Jews knew that He was also making Himself completely equal to God the Father, making Himself out to be God.

The term we use to speak of God being ONE God, Yet at the same time Three Persons that are that One God is ‘Trinity’.

This is a mystery to us, because we cannot comprehend three persons being One God.

However, Jesus expressed it, and we can trust that He truly is the Almighty God.

(Along with the Father and the Holy Spirit.)

So, the first week was just to remember that Jesus is God.

If He is God, If you and I say He is God, what difference does that make?

What difference does it make in our lives?

Matthew 20:30

Next, we saw with Bartimaeus, that Jesus is the promised Son of David, the King who shows mercy.

He knew the promises of God that the Messiah would be merciful.

He knew the promises of God that the Messiah would make the blind to see.

So, He cried out to Jesus, the fulfillment of the promises, “Have mercy on me!”

Next, we saw with Bartimaeus, that Jesus is the promised Son of David, the King who shows mercy.

He knew his Need for Mercy.

He knew the promises of God that the Messiah would be merciful.

He knew the promises of God that the Messiah would make the blind to see.

He knew Jesus is the Messiah--The fulfillment, and fulfiller of the promises!

So, He cried out to Jesus, the fulfillment of the promises, “Have mercy on me!”

The challenge was, do we know the promises of God?

Do we see Jesus as the fulfillment, and fulfiller of those promises?

What promises are relevant to where you are in life?

Who do you say Jesus is?

Jesus is the One who shows mercy, in fact that is what He often chastised the Pharisees and Sadducees for not having, or knowing.

The encouragement was to know God’s promises for life and godliness that we need in our lives, our situations, and to cry out for His Mercy.

Good Friday, we we saw that Jesus is the Righteous One who died on the cross, for our sins.

Good Friday, we we saw that Jesus is the Righteous One who died on the cross, for our sins

Pilate knew Jesus as righteous.

He thought that truth was useless because He was being put to death anyway.

But that truth, That Jesus is the Righteous One IS important.

He is the only One who as the completely Righteous man could die in our place.

He is the only One as the God of the World, who could take on the sins of the whole World.

As Peter puts it,

Paul put it similarly,

He was the Righteous One who took our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might become righteous in Him.

He was the Righteous One who took our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might become righteous in Him.

Who Do You Say He Is?

Is He Your Savior?

Do you believe He took your sins, so you could be righteous in Him?

If you believe He took your sins and gave you His righteousness, how does that impact you today?

Finally, last Sunday we looked at Who Jesus was from Mary’s perspective.

Mary knew Jesus was the risen Savior!

She told the disciples, and the disciples then saw Him themselves.

They knew He was risen.

They turned the world upside down because they knew He was risen.

His body has not been found.

His disciples did not steal the body.

Rather, they ate with, spoke with, and spent time with Jesus who had risen from the dead!

It changed their lives!

Think of the change in Peter who denied the Lord… He did not go on to live a life of regret and depression.

He learned to live a victorious life.

He wrote to encourage others!

We will be going back to a study of Peter’s first letter next week.

The disciples knew Jesus was risen.

Do you?

What difference does it make that He is risen?

What hope does that bring you today?

Who do I say Jesus is?

Like Peter - He is God!

Like Bartimaeous - He is Merciful when I need mercy.

Like Pilate - He is the righteous One who died for me.

Like Mary - He is Risen, and my hope!

Who do you say Jesus is?

Today, we are going to look at another who was convinced of Who Jesus is.

Matthias.

Who was Matthias.

We read earlier in the service, but let’s read it again.

Matthias.

Who was he?

What was significant about Him?

What did he do?

And, how in the world does this relate to us today?

Let’s dig into this a little bit.

Matthias was a witness

We see here, that when it came to filling Judas’ spot among the twelve, it had to be someone who was qualified.

What were the qualifications?

With them the whole time from the beginning when John baptized, to the end when Jesus was taken from them. .

Why? Well, what was the role he was filling?

He was taking Judas’ spot.

Judas was one of the twelve disciples Jesus chose.

Now, Jesus knew Judas was going to betray Him, but He still chose him.

This fulfilled the scriptures.

But Jesus chose twelve disciples out of the many who followed Him.

Why? Likely because the Jews always sought after signs.

The number 12 was significant.

There were 12 tribes of Israel, and we see that number repeated throughout the scriptures, right up to the new Jerusalem at the end of the Bible.

The number of disciples who would became Jesus’ main sent ones, or Apostles (apostles is the fancy word which means ‘sent ones’), was twelve as a sign to their first audience… the Jews.

Let’s look back at Jesus’ final words:

Jesus wanted these men to be witnesses.

Their first audience was to the Jews.

So, having 12 of them would speak to the Jewish hearts, so hopefully they would listen to the words of truth concerning Jesus.

He is the Messiah!