Who am I?

Matt. 16:13-18
“When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
“And I also say to you that you are Peter”

Gal. 1:12 says, “For I neither received it of man (or flesh and blood), neither was I taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

Jesus told Peter he was blessed after he saw who Jesus really was.

I cannot be under a curse if I know who the giver of the blessing is. I cannot be blessed if I do not know who gives the blessing.

In Matt. 8:27, the disciples said, “Who can this be?” They did not know who He was. You must know the truth in order for it to it to set you free. I have known believers(including myself) who know the bible, its verses, perhaps the Greek, and can quote it fluently, but are in bondage to an area in their life behind close doors. This makes no sense if the truth sets you free?

That is because it is the power to them that believe, Eph. 1:19. They who believe, believe because they know. If they know, then they are growing in grace and knowledge of Christ. In this knowledge of Christ, I grow away from things that once had control over me. I am made righteous by faith through grace unto holiness.

When Jesus asked, “Who do you say that I am?”, He called Peter by his earthly name or identity, Simon Bar-Jonah. After Peter saw and acknowledged who Jesus is, Jesus then called Simon Bar-Jonah, Peter or Cephas (Aramaic) with means ‘little rock’ as a fragment of a larger rock. He also told Peter of the authority we have in Him.

Also, it says in verse 21, “From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.”

Now, the Lord could tell them what was going to happen because they saw Who is really was.

How do I know where I am going if I do not know who the leader is or the captain of the ship? He should be telling me where I am going if he is the captain. Christ is the GPS in me. He is more than that.