"Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.'" (Matthew 16:16)
What if Peter had not been receptive to the truth? What if no one had been willing to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God? For two years the trouble had not lain with the transmission of the Word of God, but with the reception of the instruments. For two years Jesus had not forced His identity on the apostles. He was not about to change His methods. They must respond. They must be open to God. They must find God in Jesus.
When they do -- when we do -- meaning is found to the drama of the New Testament. Unless they do -- unless we do -- that New Testament remains a mere collection of interesting stories and sayings. But when we acknowledge God in Christ, when we know God sent His only Son into the world, then we find the key which unlocks all mysteries, to God and Jesus, to life and eternity. Revelation is vital, but Jesus commends response to God's truth, and openness to that revelation.
"Simon, son of Jonah, you are a fortunate man, indeed, for it was not your own nature but My Heavenly Father who has revealed this truth to you." (Matthew 16:17)
-- H.S. Vigeveno in Jesus the Revolutionary
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