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13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

1. One of the first things we see in this text is “The request!”

Requests an answer!

2. As an answer to the request we see “The response!”

Jesus goes from the response to another request!

3. The revelation!

You might be asking what is the point in what I am saying here now? I mean here we are in a funeral service and you are taling about requests, responses, and revelatiopns from God. Why start there? Well because of what happens next!

The next thing that you see is what we can call the recognization!

4. The recognization!

Why did Jesus do this?

Well He recognized him as a rock because through the revelation given him he put his faith in the Rock of Ages!

Peter didnt just get religious!

Peter didnt just turn over a new leaf so to speak like someone who makes a new years resolution!

Peter got revelation of the rock of ages!

5. The rock of ages!