PrayerBits for Sunday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Sunday

Scripture lesson: Matthew 16:13-20 Peter's confession

Time to reflect: This is the center and core of the Book of Matthew. The point the book has moving toward and will now flow from through the death to the resurrection. It needs to be the center and core of our lives. Jesus can be defined as many things, some true, some not true, some irrelevant. The only definition that really matters is “You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.”

Moving through the day: Meditate on the meaning of that sentence in your life.

Scripture:

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"

 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Then he warned his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.