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Just who was this man who had walked on water, calmed the storms, healed the sick, raised the dead and made such bold claims? "Simon Peter answered and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God'" (verse 16). Jesus confirmed that Peter was correct (verse 17).
Jesus had previously revealed His identity to a Samaritan woman. "The woman said to Him, 'I know that Messiah is coming' (who is called Christ). 'When He comes, He will tell us all things.' Jesus said to her, 'I who speak to you am He'" (John 4:25-26).
Later, when the Jewish authorities took Jesus into custody, the high priest ordered Him, "Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God" (Matthew 26:63). Jesus affirmed, "You said it" (verse 64, Green's Literal Translation).
How important is Jesus' identity
as the Christ? The apostle John later wrote that "he who denies that Jesus
is the Christ" is a liar and the enemy of God (1John 2:22). Of course,
to meaningfully avoid denying that Jesus is the Christ requires knowing what
the term means-and what being
the Christ entails.
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