The question of the ages is the one that meets us in our scripture lesson today. Who is this Jesus?

Jesus asked it of his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” You remember - we’ve just read it in our scripture. “Some say that you are John the Baptist, others say that you are Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.”

But Jesus pressed the question, “Who do you say that I am?” It was Peter who answered, “You are the Christ.” Some accounts add, “the Son of the Living God.” — “You are Christ, the Son of the Living God.”

This is the hinge question of the ages. Albert Schweitzer closed his classic study, The Quest of the Historical Jesus with this moving word.

“He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lake side, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us…