SCRIPTURE: Matthew (NIV) 16:13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.
OBSERVATION: The disciples has found in Jesus a man who was worth following. He spoke truth with wisdom. He was a healer. He was kind and compassionate. He could quiet the critics with a simple answer. But He was so much more!
What they knew of Jesus they had reasoned from their own understanding of what they had observed, but there was more. The real truth of the nature and being of Jesus needed divine revelation, and in the verse above, Peter had received that revelation from our Heavenly Father.
Jesus is the Christ, the anointed Messiah, the promised One, the Holy One sent by the Father to reveal the Father and by the sacrifice of Himself to pay for the sins of the world!
APPLICATION: Jesus is definitely worth following; He is my Savior and worthy of being my LORD!
PRAYER: Jesus, you were sent by Father God to the earth to pay for and forgive my sins. I have received your forgiveness and made you the LORD of my life. I live each day to honor you. Amen
Pastor Leon
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