Wisdom for Dummies, Chapter Three: Know Yourself

Published: Sept. 18, 2009, 3:16 p.m.

b'In reflecting on Jesus\' questioning of the disciples, Clay Nelson sees a wisdom teacher calling us to know ourselves.\\xa0 The irony is that the Way to doing this involves denying ourselves."It is to this level of consciousness that Jesus hopes to bring his disciples when he asks his question within a question. While preachers for millennia have praised Peter for his answer, \\u201cYou are the Messiah,\\u201d as if he finally got it, I think Jesus groaned, \\u201cIs that so?\\u201d That they still didn\\u2019t get it is why I suspect Jesus told his disciples to keep it a secret." \\nFull text available at www.stmatthews.org.nz.'