Matthew Ch 16

15 “[…]who do you say I am?”

This question was is and will be asked by human beings. This thought belongs to the thoughts about the (a) origin, (b) purpose and the (c) time after death, very essential questions about the identity of a person. These questions are more or less perfectly covered and answered by religions. So how are they answered to us as Christians?
To choose an easy way you can say
(a) from God
(b) for God
(c) to God
(hehe four times “o” as second letter and “f” and “t” are quite similar and the words are getting shorter)
but this saying I think is maybe not wrong but its very rough and not very appealing for a ordinary person. What do you all think?

But maybe we don’t have to give an answer to us by ourselves. Just the verses below record a conversation of a person is told his identity by Jesus… with one condition.

16”Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God””
18”And I will tell you [Simon son of Jonah (V17)] that you are Peter […]”

When you are able to answer to the question “Who do you say I am?” to Jesus (who introduces himself with “It is I” in just one chapter before to the disciples and also to Peter) than Jesus will also say who you are. That is what Peter experienced. So it might be enough to know who Jesus is than we will also slowly know who we are because Jesus will give us an identity and name to call us by (maybe not directly with a mighty voice from heaven but maybe through the voice of our sisters and brothers).
Although he might be Simon son of Jonah to everyone and that’s the person he knows himself but Jesus gives him here a new identity as Peter, the rock and key holder of the kingdom of heaven. Not everyone will have such a meaningful name but I think it is enough to be his child and to be光明之子.