Matthew 16:13-19
Jesus was
gaining fame through His teachings and His claims regarding the Kingdom of God
and Himself. Many speculations were
circulating among the people as to who He really was. He was rumored to be John
the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, or perhaps one of the other prophets. From their answers, many people obviously saw
Jesus as a religious person – even as one sent from God, as a prophet (one who
speaks for God and interprets God’s will to man [from Bible dictionary]). No
one in the crowds was willing to go so far as to call Him the Son of God,
however, as that takes spiritual discernment and revelation from the God the
Father.
“Who do you
say I am?” When Peter answered this question posed by Jesus, “You are the
Christ, the Son of the Living God,” Jesus exclaimed, “Blessed are you, Peter,
because this has been revealed to you by my Father!”
Peter had
been favored by God with the truth of who Jesus really was. He was a fortunate man indeed for he was able
to see through spiritual eyes what the Father revealed to him! Those in the crowd were only able to know
Jesus according to “flesh and blood.”
I grew up
in the church and heard all about Jesus from a very early age. In college, I
began questioning who He was. I was like
one of the people in the crowd, trying to answer that question in my flesh –
and coming up short. In a last-ditch
effort to find answers, I attended a class at church on the Christian
faith. During that time, the Holy Spirit
gave me spiritual eyes to see, like Peter, that Jesus is the Christ.
Have you
been blessed with the revelation that Jesus is the Son of God? If not, pray that the Holy Spirit will come
to you and embed it into your heart and soul.
If you have such truth, pray for someone to share it with soon.
Prayer: Holy
Spirit, come with truth into my heart, and spill over from me to another, Amen.
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