The sermon this past Sunday raised several questions about identity, from the most basic to the most complex. And it is not always easy to distinguish basic and complex, especially when dealing with identity.
In Mark 8, Jesus asks, Who Do You Say I Am?
From this one question, David drew several questions for us:
- What is he asking?
- Is it a rhetorical question?
- Is Jesus seeking a second opinion?
- Is Jesus questioning himself?
- Is he assessing the disciples?
- Is Jesus assessing us?
These are all interesting questions. And who's to say that any one of these is correct. Why can't all of these questions apply? Scripture often works at different levels simultaneously. Narratives, stories like this one in Mark, especially operate that way. Any good story has more than one meaning.
Take some time to ask these questions and think about some possible answers.
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