WOW...So many posts..Where to begin...
Ok here I go...
You said
Jesus said who do you say I am? Is that Jesus trying to convince other’s of his divinity? he lived his life showing other’s who he was, by his actions, by his healings, by his teachings....
I guess he could of really convinced everyone by raising his hands to heaven and screaming to GOD to shout over the world who he was.....
No I don’t think he was out to CONVINCE other’s who he was by the standards of Man’s proof of GOD....
Tara,
Are you as naive as you try to portray, or are you just following the script? It is apparent to many of us that you belong to the sect called the Jehovah's Witnesses. If not, please feel free to deny it. For our sake, go away with your little ploy. You fooled a few, but as it was alleged:
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all people all the time..."
Jesus ran through the temple tossing tables. He taught elders. He may have shouted. It isn't noted.
I would think that God's truly chosen people will always recognize His voice. I do, and I am not part of any 144,000. We have the same promise as the guy next door!
Jesus promised a rest. I'll take His way!
There you go!
Other 'answers' for 'who He was' had already been given. Jesus didn't waste His time saying WHY those answers were not right (or wrong), but used this LAST answer to show that the Holy Spirit would be the one confirming the TRUTHFULNESS of the answer to the 'question'.
All that said, how does one determine whether the Holy Spirt 'really' gave the answer or some lameo impersonator PERSONAGE did?