Peter answered, “The Messiah of God.” Then Jesus spoke to them, giving them strict orders not to tell this to anyone.
And he added, “The Son of Man must suffer many things. He will be rejected by the elders and chief priests and teachers of the law, and be put to death.
Then after three days he will be raised to life.”
REFLECTION:
Jesus wants us to know Him, not just know about Him. Knowing about Him concerns outside information like who His parents are or to whom He can be compared.
Knowing Jesus makes us sense what He thinks, what He feels, and what He will do next.
Above all, knowing Jesus means being able to do something instinctively as He would do it. When I see a hungry person, for example,
the instinct is to give him food than ask him why he is not working or wondering about where his family is.
When Peter expressed he knows Jesus as the Messiah, he cites his direct connection not the commentaries and outside rumors.
Jesus asks us to know Him from the inside, from our heart, from our personal faith. Then we act like Him so that people would say:
“I know Jesus when I see you.”
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