This
Sunday, August 13, is the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost.
Verse
of the Trinity Season:
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock,
in whom I take refuge,
my shield,
and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
This week’s sermon is: B.C. Heroes:
Deborah
This
week's readings are :
Things You Didn’t Learn In Sunday School About … Peter.
Simon Peter. (a.k.a. Cephas) Fisherman. Apostle. Martyr.
Luke 5 – A Great catch of fish. “Go away from me, Lord,
because I am a sinful man!”
Matthew 16 - His name was changed by Jesus to Peter. “Blessed
are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you,
but my Father in heaven did. And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this
rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” –
the powers of the devil will not have power to overcome the church.
Peter
and the Papacy
John 18 – He betrayed Jesus three times.
18:18 – by
a charcoal fire
John 21 – Jesus reinstated him three times.
After a
great catch of fish.
21:9 – by a charcoal fire.
Feed my lambs. Shepherd my sheep. Feed
my sheep.
Jesus predicts his death.
Acts – a key leader of the church – Pentecost, and the
baptizing of Cornelius’s household (gentile)
But a
leader with feet of clay - Galatians
1 & 2 Peter – an old apostle who feed Jesus’ lambs,
shepherd his sheep, and fed those sheep as well.
Died in the mid-60’s AD
Early church
testimony – crucified – John 21 – “…when you grow old, you will stretch out
your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to
go.”
Tradition
– crucified upside down – “Am I to have the honor of dying like my Lord?”
Acts of
Peter – Quo vadis? (Apocryphal)
What I find so compelling about Peter is that he was so
obviously flawed. Yet, he stood on God’s grace, proclaimed Christ crucified and
risen, and had such confidence in Jesus’ salvation that he even died for the
faith.
An
example for us to live the faith in the same hope of Christ’s forgiveness and
promises.
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