Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon. All the chapters in the Bible are not created equal.

Like let me give you an example. We're in the book of Matthew and every chapter in

Matthew is equally true, but not every chapter is like chapter 16.

Put Matthew 16 on your short list for when you find yourself wanting to read the Bible,

but are unsure where to start reading.

We're going to go verse by verse through a part of this chapter and try to squeeze as much

spiritual juice out of it as we can.

Let's start in verse 13.

When Jesus came to the region of Cessary of Philippi, he asked his disciples,

who do people say that the son of man is?

If you ask that question today, who do you think Jesus is? You'd get a lot of different

answers. I mean there's a Republican or Democrat Jesus who sounds a lot like the party's political platform.

There's New Age Jesus who doesn't really care if you're a part of a church as long as you're spiritual.

There's therapist Jesus who solves your personal problems.

There's Touchdown Jesus who helps athletes

win the big game. There's non-judgmental Jesus. He doesn't judge anyone except

for those who judge others. We could go on and on but you get the point. There's a lot of different

Jesus floating around today just like there were in Jesus' day. Here's how the disciples

answered his question. They replied, some say John the Baptist, others say

you're Elijah, and still others Jeremiah are one of the prophets. But then Jesus puts them

and you and me on the spot.

...