This sermon recounts the personal conversion of former baseball player Vince DiMaggio after repeatedly encountering Billy Graham’s televised preaching, highlighting the difference between knowing of Jesus and truly knowing Him. It then transitions to a scriptural exploration of Matthew 16, where Jesus asks His disciples about His identity, emphasizing that simply knowing facts or considering Jesus a great prophet is insufficient. The speaker stresses that Jesus demands to be recognized as the Messiah and Son of God, the central figure of devotion, contrasting this with the various false “gods” and inadequate understandings of Christ present in both ancient and modern times. Ultimately, the sermon calls for a personal relationship with Jesus as Lord, not just intellectual assent to facts about Him.

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