Jesus asks his disciples this question in today’s Gospel from Matthew 16:13-20. The author and academic C S Lewis once contended that the answer most people gives falls into three categories: Lord, lunatic or liar. Peter said Jesus was “… the Christ (Messiah, anointed one), the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). Peter clearly put Jesusin the Lord category! Jesus commended Peter highly for this. Not because Peter had passed a test, but because it showed faith given to him by God at work in his life. It’s the same faith upon which Christ has built his church of which we are a part. He continues to have his church do his work of loosing people from sin and its eternal separation from him. It’s still urgent work as it’s unlikely that more people have never known who Jesus really is…