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Who do you say Jesus is? Your answer says a lot about your relationship between you and God because let’s face it, at the end of the day the Christian life is one of relationship over religion. Jesus coming to earth in human form forever bridged the gap between God and man. He made His father accessible to even the most vile sinner if they would just repent of their sins, believe in him and call on his name. Like Jesus said on occasion, many are called but few are chosen, which means the whole world will stay in a tension of being invited to know Christ with only a few who will willingly make the choice to follow Him and do as He says.
Peter knew who he believed and this knowledge carried him through the latter part of His life when he boldly and powerfully spread the gospel around the Jewish world.
“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
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