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Peter- a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about somebody, who can save anybody
1 Peter 1:3-9 (NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his
great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade
—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the
coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly
rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even
though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and
honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and
even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an
inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation
of your souls.
I. Introduction: Observations
1. A family man:
married
2. A working man:
entrepreneur: partners
with James and John,
sons of Zebedee
a homeowner: entertained
Jesus and his fellow
disciples and others
3. He was a companion:
1. Peter’s initial encounter with Jesus was by way of his brother Andrew, who
persuaded Peter to come see Jesus.
II. When you encounter Jesus, He changes your life to reflect who
you are in Him
5. changes you from an outcast to a child of God because you are adopted
6. changes you rom being dead in tresspasses and sin to be made alive in Christ;
7. changes you from being separated from God to being Sealed by the Holy ghost;
8. changes you from having enmity with God to being reconciled and having peace
with God.
III. When you encounter Jesus, He’ll change your life purpose
Eph. 2:10- For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
1. Jesus changed Peter’s calling from a fisherman to a fisher of men (Matt. 4:19). He
2. Jesus changed you from spectators to participants in God’s plan by making you a
3. Jesus designated Peter as a rock or pillar of the early church and He makes
us stones /pillars of the Church with Christ being the Chief Cornerstone.
IV. When you encounter Jesus, He’ll change you from being faithless to
being faithful
Peter’s faith in Jesus began to grow as he witnessed miracle after miracle
1. Jesus encounters Peter and Andrew on the sea of Galilee when they had completed
an
night of fishing and they caught no fish. Jesus got on the boat and told them to
launch out in the deep and cast their nets; and they caught a great multitude of fish.
4. the feeding of five thousand people on two fish and five loaves of bread;
6. walking on water;
V. When you encounter Jesus, he’ll give you unconditional love and
uncompromising
With all that Peter came to know about Jesus; with all Peter’s boldness,
straightforwardness and presumptuousness; with his insight and confession that Jesus
was the Christ, at the time Jesus relied on him the most, Peter failed Jesus by being
fearful for his own life and then denying Jesus as he was led from judgment hall to
judgment hall. And on the day Jesus was crucified, Peter and the other disciples hid
themselves. Yet, Jesus, after He rose from the grave, sought out Peter and the others
and restored Peter to His favor.
Jesus asked Peter, “Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me?“ “Feed my lambs.” Jesus
asked a second time, “do you really love me?” “…take care of my sheep.” Jesus asked
him a third time, “do you love me?” “… Feed my sheep…” Peter fell down, but Jesus
lifted him up and Peter went on to play a significant role in the development of the early
Church.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has
given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for
you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation
that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a
little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so
that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—
may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is
revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not
see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for
you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls."