Jesus asked them, 'But who do you say I am?' This is the central question. Not what does popular opinion say. Not what does the establishment claim. You. Who do you say I am?
It's a personal question. You can't answer it by quoting others. You have to come to your own conclusion. Peter answers: 'You are the Messiah.' But then immediately Jesus talks about suffering and rejection. The Messiah Peter imagined isn't the Messiah Jesus is. That's the tension I live in—I say I believe in Jesus, but do I believe in the actual Jesus or in the Jesus I've constructed to fit my preferences? Who do I actually say he is, separate from my culture's version?
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