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Peter had great faith he said if you're real say so and I'll walk on the water with you. |
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And he (Jesus) said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to jesus. Matthew 14:29 |
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When Peter started to fall Jesus streached out His hand and caught him. |
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But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? Matthew 14:30-29 |
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Later Jesus had began to talk about what was going to happen to Him, God's plan for His life. |
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Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Matthew 16:22-23 |
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Peter was refusing to accept the things Jesus said, he didn't want Jesus to talk about His death. By not believing Him, Peter was being discouraging. |
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Then when Jesus was arrested, Peter denied he even knew Jesus. He came back and asked forgiveness. Jesus said if you love Me feed my sheep. |
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He saith to him again the second time, Simon (Peter), son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, feed my sheep. John 21:16 |
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In other words, encourage My children. Lead them through the hard places. |
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No matter how many times Peter did something that didn't seem right, because he asked forgiveness, Jesus used him! |
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We are the same way, our past means nothing to God. In fact we don't even have one after we have asked forgiveness, it's been erased. |