7. How did Jesus further challenge His chosen disciples? Matthew 16:15-17.
NOTE: ‘Questioning still closer, He inquired, “But whom say ye that I am?” Peter, ever ready to speak, answered for himself and his brethren: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God”. 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.”’ Spirit of Prophecy, volume 2, page 272.
8. Why was it important that both they, and we, should know and understand that Jesus is the Son of the living God? Hebrews 2:9; Hebrews 2:14-15.
NOTE: ‘Christ might, because of our guilt, have moved far away from us. But instead of moving farther away, He came and dwelt among us, filled with all the fulness of the Godhead, to be one with us, that through His grace we might attain perfection. By a death of shame and suffering He paid our ransom. From the highest excellency He came, His divinity clothed with humanity, descending step by step to the lowest depths of humiliation. No line can measure the depth of His love.’ Southern Watchman, October 22, 1907.