Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of the apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ that don’t have
educational degree same with other apostles like John, James and apostles those
just fishermen as their type of livelihood. Apostle Paul had educational
achievement if we base in his life and one of the person that spoke before him
mentioned that he was an insane caused by learning.
Andrew
was a brother in flesh by Peter if we base on the chapter 4:18. The next verse,
Lord Jesus Christ invited them to follow Him and Christ will make them as fishers
of men and they follow the Christ without any hesitation.
There
was a time that our Lord walked on the water and Apostle Peter wants to go with
Christ by walking on water as well like Christ. He did it in a few seconds but
due to when he begun to afraid, he was sunk on the water and the Lord
pronounced it as lack of faith.
When
the Lord asked whether who He was, Apostle Peter answered that Jesus was the
Christ base on the chapter 16:16 on the book of Apostle Matthew; does it mean
in this time when the Lord ask something like that; the apostles not yet
realized whether who is the Christ but only when Apostle Peter said it by
revelation of father in the heaven on the verse 17.
On
the next verse after 17, the Lord said unto Peter that the God will build the
church upon the rock and the gates of the hell shall not prevail against in
that church which can be interpreted as the church of God.
That
rock was the Christ and those words were come from the father which art in the
heaven, even the Christ admitted that His words were came from the God Father.
In this verse; was mentioned that the hell have gates and not just gate but
plural therefore the hell have many gates due to plurality.
When
the Lord started to mentioned that He need to suffer and died; Peter opposed it
that type of circumstances that very far to happen or he implies that is
impossible to happen and Lord responded in his opposition that he though to the
human things and not the God things and Christ called him Satan that time.
He
called that time Satan but not constant; if you called someone as Satan which
constant, you though you are holy compare with Christ. Christ is incomparable
and He just called Peter as Satan one time only and no other times.
After
Peter brought by Christ together with John and James unto high mountain on the
chapter 17:11 on the book of Apostle Matthew and the next verse was the changed
of appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ and Moses, Elijah was appeared and Peter
offered to make three tabernacles for Christ, Moses and Elijah this was stated
on the chapter 17:3 – 4 on the book of Apostle Matthew again on the New Testament.
When
they had come to Capernaum; the collector of tribute approached in him and
asked that "does not your master pay tribute?" this time they have no money due
to if they had; Christ should will pay it as soon as possible but just
commanded the Apostle Peter to get the money on the mouth of fish on the sea
and give to the collector of tribute.
There
was a time and might once asked by Peter that if how many times should I
forgive my brother if he committed sin against me he asked; the Christ answered
it that he should forgive his brother without limits. In this forgiveness used
by some to aggravate other people even they did the sin intentionally.
The
sins which are covered by this condition are those sins which committed by
weakness and ignorance not by intentional.
For
example:
If
your brother stole your short pants; we can forgive it due to might he /she
don’t have short pants and that stealing was triggered by poorness in life.
On
the chapter 19:27; he asked to the Lord Jesus Christ regarding the benefits of
following in him by apostles and He replied to the questioned that they shall
sit on the twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribe of Israel, verse 28.
Those
were their benefits but one of the Apostles was changed this benefit into money
and that was Jude Iscariot.
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