My husband and I started dating in November. By Christmas, we considered our relationship serious. In March he bought a ring, by April we were engaged, and in August we began our life as a married couple. From the outside, our courtship seemed short. “Are you sure?” we were asked again and again. We were. It was not anything we could quantify or explain; it was a certainty in our very beings.
Jesus asked Peter, “Who do you say I am?” (v. 29). Those around Peter considered Jesus a good teacher, wise man, a prophet. Peter, first among the apostles, spoke out of the knowledge of his heart: “You are the Christ” (v. 29). In the midst of a crowd, Peter felt within himself a certainty, a heart knowing, about Jesus. This knowing changed the trajectory of his life forever. Who does the trajectory of your life say Jesus is?
Holy Spirit, instill within me a heart knowing of Christ as savior, that I might live out of that revelation. Amen.
Beautiful! The conversation between Peter and Christ is one of the most revealing of the New Testament (paraphrased: You are the Christ. You are Peter. On this rock I will build my church) It clearly defines the base of Christianity as ‘fellowship’ with Jesus, Father, and Holy Comforter. The leaving out the ‘fellowship’ part was a major problem for the church at Ephesus. And it’s a major problem for the church today. I ‘know’ He is Jesus. I ‘know’ His voice. And He knows my name….the same as He said to Peter, ‘And you are Peter. On this rock I will build my church….’
Again, beautiful post! Thank you.
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By: internet elias on June 22, 2009
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thanks so much elias. i also enjoy this passage, the risk peter took in saying what he did (and really, Peter was one for risk-taking!), and how all aspects of his life were changed by the revelation of Jesus as Christ.
By: leahklug on June 22, 2009
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