18 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”19 And they answered, “John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.” 20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
This chapter is full of dramatic events. It begins wih Jesus sending out his disciples with his message of repentance, and they disturb the peace of a complacent world. He then feeds five thousand plus, and his reputation spreads further. His presence is being felt far and wide, even to the palace of ths king. But how deep has his message hit? Is it just a pop craze, or is there substance to what He is doing? He and we find out with this response of Peter. Though we are often slow to see and share, Peter finally blurts out the truth about Who Jesus is. What will result, as we go on to see, is how important this statement is. There will be a major shift in what Jesus says and does which makes this revelation almost sink into the background. But it cannot. It is foundational. Jesus is Messiah, and that makes a world of difference in what happens next...
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