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Peter the Devoted Disciple of Jesus

6/29/2020

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Last week we began a study on the life of Peter and how his life relates to our surrender and walk with Jesus. This week we will look at Peter the Devoted Disciple of Jesus. 
You remember that Jesus called Peter to give up his life and livelihood of fishing and follow Him. Peter never hesitated and could later say, "We have forsaken all and followed you." Peter was a man of absolute surrender; he gave up everything to follow Jesus and was ready to obey at a moments notice. When Jesus said, "Launch out into the deep, and let down the net." 
Peter didn't hesitate. He knew that there were no fish there, they had been working all night and caught nothing; even so Peter said to Jesus, "At your word I will let down the net." Peter in spite of what he thought or believed submitted his will to Jesus. And Peter was a man of great faith. When he saw Jesus walking on the sea, he immediately said, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come unto you"; and when Jesus said come, he stepped out of the boat and walked on water. 
Peter was also a man of great spiritual insight. When Jesus asked the disciples: "Whom do you say that I am?" Peter answered without hesitation, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Peter couldn't see that on his own, he saw it because the Holy Spirit told him it was so. And Jesus called him the rock, having the keys of the kingdom. Peter was a splendid man and devoted disciple of Jesus. If Peter was living today, 
we would say that he was an advanced Christian. And yet Peter was not even converted according to Jesus. 
This gives me pause as I look at my life, and I have to ask myself: am I an advanced Christian or am I like Peter wanting and in need of a conversion? I hope each of us are willing to carefully consider the life of Peter, and like Peter allow our hearts to be broken and filled with Jesus!

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Peter

6/21/2020

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We are living in uncertain times that are unprecedented in my lifetime. But I want to remind you that we are safe in the hands of a Savior who loved us so much He was willing to leave the safety and joy of Heaven so He could come to our dark world to give us direction and Hope. Regardless of what comes we are in the hands of a God who loves us and has promised He will never leave us. Keep your eyes on Jesus! 
We have been looking at Surrender and how it relates to our Walk With Jesus for the last couple months and I want to continue in that vein, just with a little different focus. This week and for the next four weeks we are going to be looking at the life of Peter and how his repentance relates to Surrender and specifically to our walk with Jesus. 
Let's start with a Bible passage from Luke 22:61, 62 
"And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” So Peter went out and wept bitterly." This is where everything changed in the life of Peter. Peter was not in any condition to follow Jesus at this time, because he had not come to the end of his rope; he did not know who he really was and could not follow Jesus. It was only when his heart was broken and he wept bitterly that the change came. Jesus had told Peter: "When you are converted, strengthen your brethren." This is that crucial moment when he is converted from self to Jesus. 
I praise God for the story of Peter. His story gives me more comfort than any other story in the Bible. When I consider his character with all of his 
failures, and what Jesus did for Peter through the power of the Holy Spirit, it thrills my heart, because there's hope for me, and there's hope for you. 
But we must remember, before Jesus could fill Peter with the Holy Spirit and make him that "new creation" that we find in 2 Corinthians 5:17, he had to go out and weep bitterly; he had to be humbled and so do we. 
If we are going to understand this clearly I believe there are four points that we need to look at. Over the next four weeks we are going to look at Peter the Devoted Disciple of Jesus; next, Peter Living the Life of Self; then, Peter's Repentance; and last, Peter Transformed. 
This will be an exciting study so I hope you are willing to take the time to read each part of Peter's life! 
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    Pastor Brad

    Pastor Brad Traxler is the pastor of the Wrangell SDA Church. Brad Traxler is the husband of forty years to Cheryl, father to Kimberly and Ryan, and grandfather to Brad, Kevin, William, Eamon, Zairhen, Seraphina, and Zeelyah. He holds a BA in Theology and has been pastoring churches for twenty years. The greatest passion of His life has been to share Jesus. 

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