Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
Christ asked not what the hostile scribes and Pharisees said of Him, but what common people believed. When ministers lose their public pulpit, they must labor harder in private conversation with their own household, for every season of diminished public work is opportunity for deeper family instruction.
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Commenting on Matthew 16:13-20
Peter is blessed because he possesses eternal life itself, knowledge of the true God and Christ whom He sent. But mark this: your mind is naturally blind to heavenly mysteries. Flesh and blood cannot perceive what is hidden in Christ. You must ask the Father for faith, and render Him alone the glory for opening your eyes.
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Faith comes from grace, not nature. This speech means your natural human understanding did not show you this truth, God showed it to you from heaven. Man's mind, though not destroyed by sin, is deformed and cannot see it.
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