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Two-thousand years earlier Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” Peter, an uneducated fisherman… one more likely to swing a fist or a dagger than to consider a more “spiritual” response to an altercation, responded, “You are the Messiah, the son of the living God.” | Two-thousand years earlier Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” Peter, an uneducated fisherman… one more likely to swing a fist or a dagger than to consider a more “spiritual” response to an altercation, responded, “You are the Messiah, the son of the living God.” | ||
Jesus marveled at Peter the same way the father marveled at his daughter. Jesus explained that God had given Peter a revelation. No man had taught him that. But Peter had not had a visitation by angles, nor had a white light appeared. He reported no dreams or visions, or writing on the wall. How could he have had a revelation, and not been aware of it? | Jesus marveled at Peter the same way the father marveled at his daughter. Jesus explained that God had given Peter a revelation. No man had taught him that. But Peter had not had a visitation by angles, nor had a white light appeared. He reported no dreams or visions, or writing on the wall. How could he have had a revelation, and not been aware of it? | ||
God had spoken to him in the still, small voice. Consider the following verses and the role of the Holy Ghost in speaking to us: | God had spoken to him in the still, small voice. Consider the following verses and the role of the Holy Ghost in speaking to us: | ||
{{bgw| 1Ki 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. | {{bgw| 1Ki 19:12 }} And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. | ||
{{bgw| Lu 12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and [unto] magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: | {{bgw| Lu 12:11 }} And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and [unto] magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: | ||
{{bgw| Lu 12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. | {{bgw| Lu 12:12 }} For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. | ||
{{bgw| Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. | {{bgw| Joh 14:26 }} But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. | ||
{{bgw| Joh 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. | {{bgw| Joh 16:13 }} Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. | ||
And they did remember: | And they did remember: | ||
