The confession of Jesus’ disciple
Peter help you to understand how Peter considered Jesus in his life.
If someone tells Christ as his Messiah, it means they considered Him as the
deliverer. The Jews at that time was looking for a deliverer to fight for them
against the nations and free them. But Peter’s confession is on our spiritual
deliverer. He understood Jesus is the Son of God who came to deliver him from
the sins.
Jesus replies to him that it is
the Holy Spirit who helped Peter to say so. In human understanding it is not
possible to digest the supernatural things God does. Human understanding cannot
comprehend a virgin giving birth to a baby through the Spirit of God. Same way
Human mind cannot accept Christ as the savior of this world. It is revealed only
through the Spirit of God.
It doesn’t mean that when you are
filled with the Spirit of God, you will say right things and select perfect decisions.
The same Peter got casted out by Jesus in Matthew 16 as “Get behind me Satan”.
Peter denied Jesus 3 times before His death also. That is life. When a person
is filled with the Spirit, it is the Spirit who does everything in that person.
Other times, it will be a human effect.
In Acts 2 we see the Holy Spirit
anointing upon the Apostles. After that Peter and other apostles got the
special power and boldness to preach the gospel to the world, which was not possible
before the anointing. So when the Spirit starts working in you, the boldness to
go ahead comes in your character and you will walk along the path that Spirit
guides.
In Acts 4 we can see Peter and
John been jailed. As a result of arrest, Peter was able to preach a
Spirit-inspired sermon before the Sanhedrin. The religious rulers could not
escape the truth that these men showed a power and understanding far beyond
their own strength and ability.
When you are in Christ and when
the Spirit guides you, everything you do will be towards the glory of Jesus Christ.
You will be guided to preach the salvation to others through your work, daily
life and the way you mingle with others. Same way in Acts 4 Peter got the
courage to proclaim the Salvation to the religious leaders. “Salvation is found
in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by
which we must be saved” – Acts 4: 12.
All this starts with a small
confession. The confession that you have sinned and Christ came to the world as
a Messiah to save your sins and your belief in this Christ. Peter did the same
in Matthew 16: 16 and the Spirit of God worked in his life, anointed him and
made him a bold person in Jesus.
You may be prosperous, healthy
and in good position. But according to the creator you are not valuable because
of your sins. You have a choice. You can live like this, or can confess your
sins and accept the Messiah who died for your sins. If you confess Jesus as
your savior, your name will be written in Heaven and you will be in Christ. You
don’t need to let loose all your belongings. You can do much more, but this
time by the guidance of Holy Spirit through love and compassion.
May The Lord help you to confess
Jesus as Savior and be guided by the Spirit to do Supernatural things in Jesus
name
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