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"You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God." (Matthew 16:16)
With a clarity and boldness that could only have come from the Holy Spirit, Peter confessed his faith in Jesus. From all he had seen Jesus do and from all he had heard him say, Peter realized that Jesus was more than an insightful rabbi and more than a holy prophet. He was the Messiah, God’s anointed who had come to redeem Israel.
Wouldn’t it be great if everyone in the world today could make the same profession of faith? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone could receive revelation from the Spirit like Peter did? But we live in a world that holds many different opinions about Jesus. Some say he was a great philosopher. Others say he was a gifted teacher, a master storyteller, even a prophet in the tradition of Elijah and Moses. Still others say he…
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