Summary: Peter's Great Confession, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God," is the very heart of the great spiritual conflict that will dominate the ages until Christ returns: a conflict between truth and falsehood, between Christ and Anti-Christ, and yea, even between life and death.
I. There is a Conflict Between Truth and Falsehood, vv. 13-16, 17-19. A. Christ's Truth will Triumph in Individuals. B. Christ's Truth will Triumph in the Church.
II. There is a Conflict Between Christ and Anti-Christ, vv. 21-23. A. The Biblical Jesus was, by necessity, a rejected Jesus. B. A Biblical Christianity will be a Rejected Christianity.
III. There is a Conflict Between Life and Death, 8:34-38. First question, v. 24: Will I Deny Christ, or will I deny myself? Second question, v. 25: Will I live a life that dies, or die a death that lives? Third Question, vv. 26: Will I gain the world, or gain my soul? Fourth Question, v. 38: Will I be ashamed of Christ, or ashamed of sin?
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