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Matthew 16:13-28; Mark 8:27-38; Luke 9:18-27

Thou Art the Christ

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Thou Art the Christ

Matthew 16:13-28; Mark 8:27-38; Luke 9:18-27

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Thou Art the Christ

Matthew 16:13-28; Mark 8:27-38; Luke 9:18-27

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This song belongs to the Matthew collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Question Hook] Whom do men say that He is? A prophet returned? Elijah? John raised from the prison? Whom do ye say that He is? [Answer Chorus] Thou art the Christ, The Son of the living God. Not flesh and blood alone revealed The rock beneath the sod. Thou art the Christ, The promised King made known. A confession stood at Caesarea Before the path toward Jerusalem. [Verse 1] Then He spoke of suffering, Rejection, death, and rising. Peter drew Him back in protest, Unable to receive the timing. The crown he named would pass through sorrow; The road of glory crossed a grave. Human thought desired the kingdom Without the cost by which it saves. [Cost Refrain] Deny the self. Take up the cross. Follow the road Whatever the loss. What profits gaining the whole wide earth If the soul is ruined for lesser worth? [Final Chorus] Thou art the Christ, But confession must learn the way: The King will suffer, die, and rise, And disciples follow day by day. Whom do ye say that He is? The answer asks a life. Thou art the Christ.

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Matthew 16: The confession that must learn the cross

The chapter begins with people demanding a sign while failing to read the significance of what is already before them, then turns to disciples who have seen two great feedings and are still preoccupied with missing bread. From that muddle comes one of the clearest confessions in the Book of Matthew: Peter names Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, and receives words about the rock, the church, the keys, and authority. Yet the confession is immediately tested by the meaning of the title. Jesus begins to speak plainly of Jerusalem, suffering, death, and resurrection, and Peter tries to reject that path. The man just blessed is now called an obstacle because he wants a Messiah without the announced suffering. Jesus then extends the shape of the cross to those who follow him, placing the apparent gain of the whole world beside the possible loss of the self and setting present cost under the horizon of the Son of man’s coming glory.

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