Matthew 16:13, 15-17

¹³ When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples…

¹⁵ …"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.

In this passage Jesus makes a prophetic proclamation regarding the church based on one single theological point: that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

So the truths or the authoritative and prophetic statements, that Jesus makes regarding the church; are based on this truth that he is the Messiah.

Spiritual truth of this magnitude, Jesus declares: does not come from the mind of men or the knowledge of mankind. As believers, we pass along truth; we declare the gospel message to those around us; we reflect the glory of Christ as he works through our lives; but spiritual enlightenment about the Savior comes from God alone.

Jesus told Peter, this revelation of truth did not come from the mind of any man; rather it was revealed to you by the supernatural revelation of God.

Each of us experienced a supernatural happening the moment that we came to believe in faith in the sacrifice of Christ for our salvation. God did a miracle in our lives in that moment of time: he supernaturally revealed spiritual truth to us.

Every believer, then, every member of the true church is a testimony that God is, and that he is still at work in the lives of mankind.

Because of God’s supernatural interaction in your life, you came to know of a certainty that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God!

You are a living miracle.