Matthew 15:16

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.

The Amplified version gives us a more detailed account of this.

Now when Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they answered, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or [just] one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of the living God.” Then Jesus answered him, “Blessed [happy, spiritually secure, favored by God] are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood (mortal man) did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades (death) will not overpower it [by preventing the resurrection of the Christ]. I will give you the keys (authority) of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth will have [already] been loosed in heaven.”

Then He gave the disciples strict orders to tell no one that He was the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

When I read this, I had to read it several times and suddenly I caught a deep understanding of what the Holy Spirit was enlightening to us. Revealing to us who Jesus is.

The book of John 14:6 reveals to us that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

The book of John 10:10 reveals to us that Jesus is the Good Shepherd.

The book of John 6:35 reveals to us that Jesus is the Bread of Life.

The book of John 11:25 reveals to us that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.

The book of Luke 5: 12 - 14 reveals to us that Jesus is the Great Physician

The book of John 8:12 reveals to us that Jesus is the Light of the world

The book of John 10:28 reveals to us that Jesus gives us eternal life

The book of John 4:10 reveals Jesus as the Living Waters

The book of 1 Corinthians 1:30 reveals Jesus as our Righteousness

The book of John 14:27 reveals Jesus as our Peace

The book of Galatians 3:13 reveals that Jesus is our Redeemer

The book of book of Acts 4:11 reveals Jesus as our Rock

The book of Luke 19:10 reveals Jesus as our Savior

The book of Matthew 1:16 reveals Jesus as our Messiah

The book of Hebrews 7:25 reveals Jesus as our Intercessor

The book of John 15:15 reveals That Jesus is our Friend

The book of John 1:29 reveals Jesus as our Lamb

The book of 1 Thessalonians 5: 23-24 revels Jesus as our Protector

The book of 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10 reveals Jesus as our Strength

The book of Genesis 22:13 reveals Jesus as our Substitute

The book of Colossians 1:27 reveals Jesus as our Hope Of Glory

This is Jesus revealed to us in His WORD and so much more.

When Jesus asked His disciples this question "BUT WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?"

I asked myself this same question that "WHO DO I SAY HE IS?"

Who is Jesus to us all.?

Peter had a personal revelation of whom Jesus is and like Jesus said that the revelation was given to Peter supernaturally and that this revelation came from above.

We need to have a personal revelation of who Jesus is and once we get the truth of who Jesus is, we will be free of every lie of the enemy. His WORD rightly says that the truth we know will set us free. To Peter Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God! And from this Peter could witness about Jesus even after he denied Jesus during his arrest. But the truth of whom Jesus was did not leave Peter and he was able to do exploits for Jesus' Kingdom.