In a familiar Bible scene Christ Jesus questioned his disciples to see if they recognized his true identity, his true nature. When Jesus asked (Matt. 16:13), "Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" they told him what others were saying. The Master then put the question directly to the disciples themselves, "But whom say ye that I am?"
It was Peter who perceived that Jesus was looking for an answer of much deeper significance; so he replied, saying, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
The Master commended Peter and turned his disciple's thought to the source of enlightenment with the statement that this revelation came from the Father. He then followed with the declaration, "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church." Here we learn that the Master's concept of Church is one that is actually not built upon person but upon the Christ, Truth.
