Many believed in Jesus when they saw His signs, John tells us, but Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew what was in man. After the feeding of the five thousand the crowds wanted to make Him king, yet He told them they sought Him for the loaves, and urged them to work for the food that endures to eternal life. Not everyone who says ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom, only the one who does the Father’s will.
The lesson lists how popular religions answer the question, from Jehovah’s Witnesses and Iglesia ni Cristo to Islam and Buddhism, and sets beside them John the Baptist’s question, ‘Are You the Expected One?’ Jesus pointed to His works. At Caesarea Philippi Peter confessed, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,’ a truth revealed by the Father. The study closes with the Christ of Scripture: exalted above every name, head over all things, the promised Messiah and coming Judge.