14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16

13 ¶ Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?"
14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
16 Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Peter's great confession of who Christ is, is the cornerstone of this text. Peter had pulled everything together. Peter for one brief moment understood who Jesus was. Jesus was more than a prophet. More than Moses. More than John the Baptist. Jesus was the son of God. And Peter finally got it right.

And today the question begs to be answered. Who is Jesus? Is he the one who the moral majority sees as the one who can get the Republicans into the majority for a generation? Is Jesus the one who makes life for every believer healthy, wealthy and wise?

Or is Jesus the Christ who died on the cross and rose from the dead so that we might have eternal life?


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