Knowledge of Jesus

Do you have true knowledge of Jesus Christ?

If there ever was a verse that clearly showed that true knowledge of Jesus as the Son of God is a supernatural revelation and not a human discovery, it is Matthew 16.17. Jesus assures Peter that flesh and blood has not revealed the truth to him, but that the Father in heaven had. The stark implication is that no human accomplishment can uncover this saving knowledge of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God.

This verse, and the truth it affirms, remains troublesome for those who feel that all we need is the right information. It remains a challenge to all those who consider the ability of man as supreme in spiritual matters. This text is surely a thorn in the flesh of those who assert that all you need is the will to believe. This Matthean text is similar to Paul’s declaration that the natural man does not receive spiritual truth for it is spiritually discerned. Also, John the Apostle affirms that the one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. In God’s universe, where each individual is born spiritually dead, it requires the regenerating power of God to awaken sinners from their death to new life, so that they may believe.

Saving knowledge of Christ is not a clever deduction but a supernatural revelation. God reveals the truth of His Son to whom He will. That Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah, the Anointed or Christ, and moreover, is the Son of the Living God, is only true of those privileged to be shown the mysteries of the kingdom. For others, it has not been given for them to know these truths. Praise God if you are one of the chosen that now has this truth in a fragile earthen vessel. You owe your saving knowledge to God, Who supernaturally revealed it to you.

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