Peters Primacy; Jesus asks the question who they say He is

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Peters Primacy; Jesus asks the question who they say He is

Post by Poem on Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:10 am

Jesus says again to his apostles who do "you" say I am? Tell Me your own personal opinion, without taking into account My words or the words of other people. If you were compelled to judge Me, who would you say that I am?

Peter says, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God", while kneeling down with his arms stretched upwards, towards Jesus, Who looks at him with His face bright with love and Who bends to raise and embrace him, saying:

Simon, son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you, but My Father in Heaven. Since the first day you came to Me, you have been asking yourself that question, and because you are simple and honest, you have been able to understand and accept the reply that came to you from Heaven. You did not see supernatural manifestations as your brother, John and James did (fishing buddies Zebedee's). You did not know My holiness as son, workman, citizen, as My brothers Judas and James (cousins, son's of Alphaeus) did. You did not receive any miracle neither did you see Me work any; I showed no sign of power to you as I did with Philip, Nathanael, Simon Cananean, Thomas and Judas, who saw them. You were not subdued by My will, as Levi the publican was. And yet you exclaimed: "He is the Christ!" You believed since the first moment you saw Me, and your faith was never shaken. That is why I called you Cephas. And that is why on you, Peter, I will build My Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on earth, shall be bound also in Heaven. Whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed also in Heaven, o prudent faithful man, whose heart I have been able to test. And now, from this moment you are the head, to whom obedience and respect are due as to another Myself. And I proclaim him such before all of you (his apostles).

When Peter raises his shy embarrassed face, he can make only one gesture to say everything, to promise everything, to strengthen himself completely for his new ministry: he throws his arms around Jesus' neck, compelling Him to bend and kiss him, mingling his somewhat grizzled hair and beard with the soft golden hair and beard of Jesus. The vision ends.

Prior to Peter making that statment of truth, Bartholomew is giving his answer of who the people say Jesus is. The answers are mostly in the New testament with a few more not written.

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