...and Peter

From Our Pastor's Desk

Mark 16:7  But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. Let’s not quickly forget Bro. Peter. 

There were many latter men of God, albeit apostles, that committed some terrible blunders in their early days. If anyone should have been disqualified from ministry, it was Peter, not even Paul, even though Paul did some pretty awful things too, to Christians, and the name of Christ as well. 

But Peter? In Luke 22:33, Peter beat his chest and boasted to Christ “And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death” But when the time to “walk the talk” came, to put “his money where his mouth was”, he became wussy. 

Matthew 26:72-75 – “And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech betrayeth thee. 

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, He denied Jesus. Not once. Not twice. But three times. 

But in Mark 16:7, this same Peter was given a personal mention, focused at-tention….”and Peter”. This shows that Peter's mistake was not final. He messed up, but he could finish well.  

It doesn’t matter how we started or what mistakes we made, may we finish well and finish strong, in Jesus Name. Amen.  

You will have good success this 2021. 

Remain blessed.  

Shalom.