Revealed by the Father

In Matthew 16.16,17, this morning. When Peter declares you are the Christ, the son of the Living God. Jesus tells him that this knowledge did not come from men, it was revealed by my Father who is in heaven.

Quite a profound statement here. I take from this that, if we are to reach people with the gospel, the drawing back of the curtain that leaves them in darkness must come from God the Father. We have no power in ourselves for people to understand this because flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. O that we would beseech God the Father to open the eyes of the blind to see the truth!