Now, in this passage Peter steps up as the spokesmen for the disciples. I’m sure they were silently deciding the matter and arriving at their own, similar conclusions. In simple terms, Peter claimed that he believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah, the Christ. Also that Jesus was the son of God. Doesn’t that seem like such a no brainer? But is it? Think about all those times when the disciples had to pull Jesus aside to explain a parable. Even as late as the day Jesus ascended to heaven, ten days before Pentecost they were unsure of what would happen next.
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Authority: God or Men. Galatians 1:1-3.
I hope the passage I included isn’t too difficult to understand. Please read it in your favorite Bible version. Let’s look at this introduction to the book of Galatians. It
is a summary of where the authority of a Christian comes from.