THE FIRST WORDS OF JESUS TO PETER
WERE
COME
BE MY DISCIPLE
HIS LAST WORDS TO PETER
WERE
FOLLOW ME
EVERY STEP OF HIS LIFE
BETWEEN THESE TWO CHALLENGES
PETER NEVER FAILED TO FOLLOW
EVEN THOUGH
AS WE KNOW FROM OUR BIBLE STUDY
HE OFTEN STUMBLED
THE OTHER TWO
JAMES AND JOHN
SEEM TO HAVE JOINED UP
FOR THE WRONG REASONS
THEY SEEMED BE AFFLICTED
WITH SIBLING RIVALRY
JESUS NICK NAMED THEM
SONS OF THUNDER
THEY HAD A BAD TEMPER WHEN CROSSED
BOTH WANTED TO BE IN IMPORTANT PLACES
IN JESUS’ POLITICAL KINGDOM
WHAT DID JESUS SEE IN THEM
WHAT DOES JESUS SEE IN US
IT WAS LESSON TIME FOR THE APOSTLES
AND THROUGH THEM
US
IT WAS TIME FOR AN OBSEQUIOUS DRILL
CALLING A CHILD
WHO WAS LOWER THAN A WOMAN
HIS FATHER’S PROPERTY
WITH NO RIGHTS
A WOMAN’S RESPONSIBILITY
TILL HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO WORK
CALLING A CHILD
POSSIBLY SOME SNOT NOSED STREET URCHIN
CALLING A CHILD
WHO WAS LOWER THAN A SLAVE
HE SAID
UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING
TO BE A SERVANT OF THIS CHILD
YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF ME
UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING
TO BE FRIEND
TO THE LOWEST OF THE LOW
YOU SHALL HAVE NO PART OF ME
PETER JAMES AND JOHN
WHO HAD WITNESSED
THE MIRACLE ON
AND WERE FEELING FULL OF THEMSELVES
TO CARE FOR A CHILD WAS WOMAN’S WORK
WHY WAS JESUS
ALWAYS TURNING THE WORLD THEY KNEW
UPSIDE DOWN
THEY DIDN’T GET IT RIGHT AWAY
NOT TOO MUCH LATER
WHEN THE APOSTLES
WERE CHASING CHILDREN FROM HIM
HE SAID
LET THE CHILDREN COME
I AM NOT TOO BUSY
OR TOO IMPORTANT FOR THEM
SERVANT TO THE SERVANTS OF GOD
WE WOULD DO WELL
TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE OF IMPORTANCE
FRANK A VOLLMER
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