“Peter began to tell Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭10:28‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

-

What are the things we know Peter left to follow Jesus? 


“When Jesus went into Peter’s house, He saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8:14‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/mat.8.14.hcsb


Peter left His house, wife, and mother-in-law and began traveling around with Jesus.


“As He was walking along the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen. “Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for people! ” Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭4:18-20‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/mat.4.18-20.hcsb


Peter left boats, nets, and a fishing business to follow Jesus so that He could learn to fish for people instead.


“Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭8:20‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/mat.8.20.hcsb


Peter left all the comforts of life to live with Jesus along the roads of Isreal so that he could be dependant on Jesus for all his needs.


So how did Peter find Jesus? His first encounter was when Andrew told Peter that Jesus was the messiah by the words of John the Baptist.


“Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Him. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah! ” (which means “Anointed One”), and he brought Simon to Jesus. When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which means “Rock”).”

‭‭John‬ ‭1:40-42‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.1.40-42.hcsb


Then later Peter was fishing with Andrew and Jesus called to them to fish on the other side of the boat.


“As He was walking along the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen. “Follow Me,” He told them, “and I will make you fish for people! ” Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭4:18-20‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/mat.4.18-20.hcsb


So we know Peter left everything to follow Jesus. What have we left to follow Jesus? Have we left the former life of sin to follow Jesus?


“A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.”

‭‭John‬ ‭10:10‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.10.10.hcsb


Our old life is only fake promises from the Devil. He “promises” more fun and better quality of life, but in the end, it ends up with regrets and nothing to show for it. But God’s way of living is fulfilled promises if we could hold on till the end whether it be the end of the storm or the end of life as we know it. God always keeps His promises!


“I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

https://www.bible.com/72/php.1.6.hcsbx


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The women with the issue of blood

-
Image
​ The women with the issue of blood Soon after I was married our pastor’s wife gave a message called “The Hem of Him” and this woman was the main subject of her message. She talked about how she had to press through the crowd to get to Jesus. She talked about how she was unclean and should not be in the crowd. Then she related it to us that we have to press through all the doubts, internal and external, to get to Jesus. Most certainly we all have heard a message of this woman.  Did you pick up that she had an issue with bleeding for 12 years? Jairus’ daughter was 12 years old. Of course, neither the women nor Jairus knew this but Jesus did. And was willing to help both the synagogue ruler and this poor woman the same. He did not show favoritism but was moved by their faith.  Could this woman have touched a tassel on Jesus’ robe or did she just touch the hem of it? “The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout their generations they are to make tassels
Read more

The Word of God is #1 living!

-
Image
​ I want to take the next 4 to 6 posts in BQTT to dwell on what “the word of God is”. The Word of God is #1 living! In our hands, we do not hold some dusty old relic of some 35 to 40 authors. But a living book written by God through the hands of many different people over 1,000’s of years. Have you ever been reading a normal book and a few words jump off the page to say, “Hey, read me again.”? I bet there have been very few times this has happened, but now, how often have the words written in the Bible done that for you? If you spend any amount of time reading the Bible I would say it has happened more than the normal literature.  Last night I was lying down and a verse reference popped into my head. I did not immediately know the words of this verse but had to look it up.  The verse was, “Who makes a god or casts a metal image for no profit?” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭44‬:‭10‬ ‭HCSB ‬‬ This is another aspect of the Bible being alive. The Holy Spirit will bring verses back to memory that we have long
Read more

Jephthah a Judge Whose Words Mattered

-
Image
​ “When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. They said to him, “Come, be our commander, and let’s fight against the Ammonites.” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭11‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭HCSB ‬‬ Judge #10 Jephthah Jephthah is an interesting judge. First, he was kicked out of the family because he was the son of a prostitute. But then he was called upon because of his military might. He reasoned with the king who was fighting against Israel. He made a vow that ended in the death of his only daughter. Then he fought against Ephraim, a tribe in Israel, and killed them based on their accent. “Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and when they grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭11‬:‭2‬ ‭HCSB ‬‬ “Jephthah the Gileadite was a great warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬ ‭HCSB ‬‬ “Jephthah sent messeng
Read more