Friday, October 28, 2011
MARK 16:7 " TELL HIS DISCIPLES AND PETER"
I love the personalities of the scriptures how God gives us a peak into the lives of the men and women of God. He will show us their strengths and weaknesses basicially so we can relate to them . The bible says that Elijah " was a man subject to like passion as we are" (James5:17) Peter was very impulsive, we can safely say that Peter had a Choleric temperment which means=ambitious, aggressive, full of energy and passion. It's very noticeable that Peter is always talking and has something to say. Jesus asks the question "who do men say that I am" (Matthew 16:15) no one had an answer but Peter . And he said "thou art the Christ the Son of the living God", and a few verses later Peter puts his foot in his mouth and rebukes Jesus. Then Jesus preaches about drinking his blood and eating his flesh and loses 2988 church members in one message in (St.John 6 ) Jesus again turns to his disciples and ask them a question "Will ye also go away?" Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ , the Son of the living God". What a profound statement to make, but that's Peter. Peter opens his mouth again and says he will lay down his life for Jesus, and Jesus tells him he will deny him three times. I almost named this lesson "EXTREME MAKEOVER"a message I preached years ago contrasting Peter's life before the day of Penecost and after he received the Holy Spirit. Peter did what Jesus said he would do he denied him and remembered what Jesus told him. Now Peter is left alone to deal with his pain of denying Jesus , Peter was one of his inner circle disciples and he turned is back on his savior . He feels terrible now because he's let Jesus down, have you ever let the Lord down? Disobeyed him or turned your back on him , or he called you and you didn't respond? Even in all that he still loves you and wants a relationship with you! So early resurrection morning the women went to the tomb to seek Jesus and find an angel there to tell them that Jesus has risen, and go tell my disciples and PETER that he goeth before you into Galilee: After Jesus layed in the grave for 3 days and God raised him from the dead, Jesus takes time to tell the angel to tell his disciples and specifically "Peter" to let him know I have not forgetten him. WHAT A LOVE, Jesus had just gotten up from the grave and remembered Peter, go get Peter!! Tell him I still love him and nothing has changed!! God will never turn his back on you, He said "I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE , NOR FORSAKE THEE" (Hebrews 13:5) Even though you've make some mistakes he still has you in the palm of his hand, just come back to him. Be encouraged with the fact that God loves you very deeply and will move heaven and earth for you, he already has in sending his Son "JESUS CHRIST"!!
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