For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Peter 1:16
Peter had absolute certainty about Jesus’ power. In 2 Peter 1:16, Peter tells us that he is not an author of fiction. He didn’t devise myths or fabricate an elaborate tale involving wonderful miracles and thousands of people. When he spoke of Jesus’ incredible power and coming to earth, he was simply telling us what he saw. He speaks and writes as one of the ‘eyewitnesses’ who saw ‘Jesus’ majesty’. He assures us there was no conspiracy behind the Apostles’ reports.
For the church today, God intends that we share the same certainty about the truth of these things, not by being there, but by heeding the accounts of those who surely were – the true knowledge of the Gospel of Christ. The events, though unseen by us, are no less real or powerful to change our lives.