Sermon Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Jesus sees us the way we rarely see ourselves, and with patience and persistence he fans into flame the image of God in us until it becomes a faith that can carry us past our own limits and into work far greater than ourselves.

Peter and the disciples have been on the road with Jesus long enough to watch thousands fed from almost nothing, to walk on water, and to hear an outsider woman named among the greatest examples of faith he would ever see. All of these experiences had been fanning into flame a confession that the church of Christ still stands on today.