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“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fails not: and when thou are converted, strengthen thy brethren.” (Luke 22:31) KJV
Jesus is so awesome! Here we find Him with His twelve disciples at the Passover dinner. He is about to be crucified and He stops the dinner conversation to encourage Peter!
Peter, as you may already know is about to deny Jesus on three different occasions. At the dinner table, however, he tells Jesus he is ready to follow Him wherever. Jesus knows already however that Peter will deny Him!
Rather than be angry, however, or cut ties with him, He tells Peter I have prayed for you, that your faith would not fail!
Immediately after the dinner, Peter is amongst the disciples whom Jesus takes with Him to the garden to pray. Here we find Peter falling asleep twice.
Immediately after that, when the slew of guards led by Judas Iscariot comes to arrest Jesus, we find Peter cutting off the ear of one of the men!
Then of course, once Jesus is arrested, Peter denies Him three different times.
Fast-forward now, Jesus has been crucified. He suffered an excruciating death on the cross, He was buried, and after three days and nights in the heart of the earth, He is raised from the dead!
He could have, at this time, go straight on up to Heaven. His work was done. Instead, He showed Himself alive to 500 people, and He didn’t just do that, He took special time to spend with His followers! What an awesome God we serve. :)
There is one particular time I want to point out found in John 21. Here we find Peter and a few of the disciples right where Jesus first found them, they were out fishing. Just as the first time He met them, the disciples were coming up empty-handed.
Jesus tells them to cast the net on the right side of the boat. When they did, they were scarcely able to draw in the nets for the multitude of fish! John immediately recognizes who it is that has been talking with them and tells Peter, it is the Lord!
They go to shore and haul in their catch. Jesus invites them to dine with Him, and during their meal, Jesus asks Peter a question, three times, “Lovest thou me?”
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By Joshua Scott ZeitzLooking to support the podcast? Here's how:
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“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fails not: and when thou are converted, strengthen thy brethren.” (Luke 22:31) KJV
Jesus is so awesome! Here we find Him with His twelve disciples at the Passover dinner. He is about to be crucified and He stops the dinner conversation to encourage Peter!
Peter, as you may already know is about to deny Jesus on three different occasions. At the dinner table, however, he tells Jesus he is ready to follow Him wherever. Jesus knows already however that Peter will deny Him!
Rather than be angry, however, or cut ties with him, He tells Peter I have prayed for you, that your faith would not fail!
Immediately after the dinner, Peter is amongst the disciples whom Jesus takes with Him to the garden to pray. Here we find Peter falling asleep twice.
Immediately after that, when the slew of guards led by Judas Iscariot comes to arrest Jesus, we find Peter cutting off the ear of one of the men!
Then of course, once Jesus is arrested, Peter denies Him three different times.
Fast-forward now, Jesus has been crucified. He suffered an excruciating death on the cross, He was buried, and after three days and nights in the heart of the earth, He is raised from the dead!
He could have, at this time, go straight on up to Heaven. His work was done. Instead, He showed Himself alive to 500 people, and He didn’t just do that, He took special time to spend with His followers! What an awesome God we serve. :)
There is one particular time I want to point out found in John 21. Here we find Peter and a few of the disciples right where Jesus first found them, they were out fishing. Just as the first time He met them, the disciples were coming up empty-handed.
Jesus tells them to cast the net on the right side of the boat. When they did, they were scarcely able to draw in the nets for the multitude of fish! John immediately recognizes who it is that has been talking with them and tells Peter, it is the Lord!
They go to shore and haul in their catch. Jesus invites them to dine with Him, and during their meal, Jesus asks Peter a question, three times, “Lovest thou me?”