{"id":1773,"date":"2016-09-06T10:51:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T15:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2016-09-06T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T15:51:05","slug":"who-do-you-say-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familydill.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/06\/who-do-you-say-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"“Who Do You Say I am?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was recently watching the movie, \u201cGod\u2019s not Dead 2\u201d. The first movie, \u201cGod\u2019s not dead\u201d centered on a student who was forced to defend and prove his point that God exists, after his professor wanted the whole class to admit God does not exists. \u00a0Where the second movie, is about a teacher who was defending her decision to discuss Jesus in the class room.\u00a0 The teacher was discussing great leaders and what made them great, when a student posed the question of Jesus being a great leader.<\/p>\n

Well as I\u2019m sure you can guess, this caused a great stir in the student\u2019s family. The family and the school sued to fire the teacher for preaching her religious beliefs in the public schools.<\/p>\n

As this teacher and her lawyer prepared for her trail, the lawyer asked how she came to be a Christian. Her response had something to do with a church sign that read \u201cWho do you say I AM?\u201d\u00a0 The question moved her enough to seek more and establish her faith.<\/p>\n

So now, I ask you.\u00a0 \u201cWho do you say I AM?\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of us, start our journey with Christ as a child. We are introduced by way of the family.\u00a0 We tend to follow our parents and their traditions that were set forth by their parents, grandparents and so on.<\/p>\n

As we age, we start to decide how important the church and our walk with Christ is in our lives. Many like myself, walk away but then return for one reason or another.<\/p>\n

This question in the movie really has been weighing on my mind.\u00a0 \u201cWho do you say I AM?\u201d<\/p>\n

When I was young I followed traditions. I was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church. Later in life, I left the church. Not God, I just didn\u2019t have time for church, I wanted to sleep in.\u00a0 Another excuse, was when I married my husband, he was not a church goer nor did he believe in God.\u00a0 So I just attended church, when I felt like it.\u00a0 Sometimes that would be just Christmas and Easter.<\/p>\n

Then my children were born. I truly believed from understanding of my teachings, that my children had to be baptized; if not, they would not got to heaven should they die.\u00a0 So my son was baptized Catholic. My daughter was baptized Lutheran.<\/p>\n

During this time, my husband was starting to ask questions about God.\u00a0 People were placed in life at just the right time.\u00a0 My husband was adamant at the time to not be Catholic, so we started church \u201cshopping\u201d.\u00a0 We experienced many different churches. We came upon a Lutheran church my husband really liked.\u00a0 The pastor had a sermon that just made him sit up and take notice.<\/p>\n

So begins our Lutheran walk together with Christ. So when I hear the question, \u201cWho do you say I AM?\u201d I have one response. God is for me, within me and loves me, no matter what I may have or have not done. I am forgiven because Jesus died for me. I will have a spot in heaven, in my father\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

Okay, to be honest, I still worry about stuff. I don\u2019t always give it to God like I should.\u00a0 However I will say that as I grow older and seek to learn more, God has never let me down. If I look back over my life, God was always present, I chose to ignore his presence.<\/p>\n

God was there in my family, my friends, people I met along the road. God was present in my animals, the plants, and the air I breathe.<\/p>\n

Is my life easier because of this?\u00a0 No. In fact sometimes, I feel like it\u2019s harder. Maybe the stronger my bond with Christ, the harder Satin attacks.<\/p>\n

So I ask you to think about the same question? \u201cWho do you say I AM?\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Bible ask this question too.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 16:15-16The Voice (VOICE)<\/p>\n

Jesus: 15 and you? Who do you say that I am?<\/p>\n

Peter: 16 you are the Anointed One. You are the Son of the living God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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