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John 1:35–42
God is calling us to love Jesus.
In His Word, He tells us about people who learned to love Jesus.
Little by little, they learned to live the Jesus life – less living for self and more living for Jesus.
We can learn so much from the life of Peter.
at the heart of his life, there is the life-changing experience when, three times over, Jesus asked him, “Peter, do you love Me?” Three times, Peter said, “Yes, Lord, You know that I love You.”
The story of Peter is a story of growing love for Jesus.
At first, Peter had a lot of love for himself, and not quite so much love for Jesus.
Peter’s love for Jesus was so changeable.
Sometimes, it was strong.
Sometimes, it was weak.
In one way or another, Peter learned to make it less of self and more of Jesus.
There are three parts in the story of Peter.
(a) the Gospels – Little by little, Peter is learning to love Jesus.
(b) the first half of Acts – Peter’s love for Jesus has grown strong, and he is being greatly used by the Lord.
(c) Peter’s letters – These complete the story.
Here, we see Peter, the mature Christian leader, loving Jesus and loving the people of God for Jesus’ sake.
Peter’s story begins in John 1:35-42.
It begins with the Andrew – Peter’s brother.
(i) “Andrew … heard what John had said” (John 1:40).
What did John say? – “Look, the Lamb of God” (John 1:36).
Faith begins when the Christ, who died for us, is preached to us.
(ii) Andrew “followed Jesus” (John 1:40).
The first thing he did was this: He gave his testimony to his brother, Peter.
What a humble beginning to Peter’s story!
Before the great honour of Christian leadership, there was this humble beginning – a man leading his brother to Jesus.
From these small beginnings, great things would come.
Peter became a great servant of the Lord.
When we remember Peter, we must make sure that we do not forget about Andrew.
From Andrew, we learn a very important lesson: “There’s a work for Jesus , ready at your hand.
‘Tis a task the Master just for you has planned.
Haste to do his bidding, yield Him service true.
There’s a work for Jesus none but you can do.”
(iii) “You are Simon.
You will be called Peter (rock or stone)” (John 1:42).
A change of name pointed to a new future.
Before Simon could really become Peter, two things had to happen.
Peter needed to have a deeper view of his sin (Luke 5:8), and he needed to have a deeper view of his Saviour (Matthew 16:16)
Later on, Jesus said, “You are Peter” (Matthew 16:18).
What, He was saying was this: Now, you are what I said you would become ((1 Peter 2:4-5).
What about your future?
What about my future?
None of us knows what the future holds, but we do know this – when Jesus is at the centre of our future, it will be a great and glorious future.
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Matt 14:22–33, Luke 5:1–11
Peter was a fisherman.
His life was centred on the water.
We’ll look at two incidents.
They teach us the importance of repentance and faith.
We need both if we are to make good progress in our new life in Christ.
“In repentance and rest is your salvation” (Isaiah 30:15).
Repentance is not just for the beginning of the Christian life.
It’s for the whole of our Christian journey.
The redeemed of the Lord are to walk in the Way of Holiness (Isaiah 35:8-9).
If we are to walk with the Lord in the way of holiness, we must walk with him in the way of repentance.
Again and again, we must join, with Peter, in saying, “Lord, I am a sinful man” (Luke 5:8).
Knowing ourselves as utterly lost is the first step towards knowing God through Jesus.
Peter’s experience of knowing himself was a first step towards knowing Jesus.
His experience can be compared with Isaiah’s experience in Isaiah 6.
It was an experience of the glory of God and the love of God.
First, there’s the glory of God (Isaiah 6:3).
Then, there’s Isaiah’s confession of sin (Isaiah 6:5).
This is followed by the love of God and the forgiveness of sin (Isaiah 6:7).
We look at Peter, and we see this again – the glory of Jesus and the love of Jesus.
Peter has seen something different in Jesus – something special, something beyond the ordinary.
He sees the glory of Jesus.
He calls Jesus, “Lord” – and he confesses his sin – “Depart from me, Lord, I am a sinful man.”
When Peter looks at Jesus, he sees love.
Peter asked Jesus to depart from him.
Jesus refused to depart from Peter.
This is love.
It’s the greatest love of all – the love of Jesus, our Saviour.
Jesus will not depart from those who confess their sins and seek forgiveness from Him.
He died for us, and He will not depart from us.
How can He who died for our salvation depart from those who seek salvation from Him?
Faith is not just for the beginning of the Christian life.
The whole Christian life is a journey of faith.
We need faith every step of the way.
We see Peter, walking on the water.
Our Christian life is to be a walk with God.
We are called to walk by faith.
We are to walk in the Spirit.
If Peter was to walk on the water, he needed to look beyond the wind and the waves.
He needed to look to Jesus.
If we are to walk by faith, to walk in the Spirit, we must keep looking to Jesus.
We must keep on praying that Jesus will become ever more precious and glorious in our eyes.
The nearer we get to Him, the bigger He becomes.
Faith means looking to Jesus.
Going on in faith means keeping our eyes fixed on him.
Faith is not a constant, always at the same high level, always shining brightly.
There are highs and lows in the life of faith.
there are times when faith is strong.
There are times when unbelief threatens to overwhelm us.
We began with Isaiah 30:15 – “In repentance and rest is your salvation.”
Let’s return to this idea of faith as resting in the Lord.
What does it mean to rest in the Lord?
We have been “redeemed” by the Lord (Psalm 107:2).
While we are on this earth, we are “wandering in desert wastelands.”
We’re travelling towards the “city of God, but we’re not there yet (Psalm 107:4).
We are resting in the Lord.
This is not the same as resting on our laurels.
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