BLESSING

Matthew 16:16-17 (KJV)
“16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.”
We put weight in cognition and our ability to connect with facts; some are cognitively more competent than others. Does this give the more competent a greater advantage? What are we going to do w...ith the peace of God that passes all understanding? What are we going to do with a God that is past finding out? How do we believe what we cannot see?
Goodness is a virtue in the heart of those willing to think beyond themselves, willing to think beyond this world. Goodness is a virtue in the heart of God gifting us with the ability to receive revelation from heaven. In this scripture people were saying one thing and heaven was saying another.
Cognition would say something like this “Is Jesus using the term Father as a metaphor or is God really His Father?” “Is God a Father at all?” “Why did He not use Mother as a metaphor?” Flesh and blood cannot give us what God gives; and when God gives it, Jesus describes it as a blessing.