Mark 8:27-32 "Who do you say that I AM?"

Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Mark 8:27-32 "Who do you say that I AM?" on 1/25/2026 for our Sunday Morning service. Mark 8:27-3327 Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, "Who do men say that I am?" 28 So they answered, "John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets." 29 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"Peter answered and said to Him, "You are the Christ." 30 Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him. 31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 33 But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." The disciples have reached the point where Jesus is about to give them a new stage in their sight. IE Mark 8: 22-26. Jesus is giving His disciples their final exam. There is only one question on their final exam. It is an essay question.Jesus asks His disciples the single most important question in all of time and eternity. A person’s answer to this question determines their eternal destiny. At this point in Jesus’s ministry, he moves from Mainly ministering to the multitudes to focusing on the Disciples preparing them for the fulfillment of His ministry. His death on the cross and His resurrection.