Jesus took the twelve apostles to one of the northernmost places he had ever ventured, Caesarea Philippi, which was a hub for the worship of false gods. Jesus had taken His followers to the epicenter of enemy territory. Jesus asked them, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” That was easy. The disciples shared the gossip. But then, Jesus got personal: “Who do you say that I am?” Peter, by this time, had become the de facto spokesman for the apostles. Peter spoke up: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!” Sometimes I try to imagine the gravity of that moment. Jesus had not been so pointed in His questioning of his disciples before this. Jesus was more than just a good teacher. He was, in fact, God in the flesh who had come as a man to fulfill His two-fold mission. The first part of that mission that only he would complete was to make redemption available to all people. The second part of His mission was to make disciples who would make disciples and begin a movement that would change the world. When Peter spoke those words, Jesus was confident that these twelve followers were now ready to move to the final phase of their training: following Jesus wherever he led, to the point that their lives looked like his. And that is our calling today, each in their own way, to be the light and love of Christ to a very disordered world.