Christ 's Hand Is Always Extended For The Lost

Go quickly and tell they were to spread the joy of the Resurrection. We are to spread the Good News Resurrection if the key to the Christian faith (Mark 16:7).

Yet only in Matthew does Peter have a role in the story. Upon seeing Jesus on the water, he calls out, "'Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water'"(Mt. 14.28). He almost succeeds, yet he suddenly gives in to fear and begins sinking. Jesus scolds him by saying, " 'You of little faith, why do you doubt?'"(14.31). This draws a strange picture of Peter. He no longer simply listens to Jesus, but tries to become actively involved in his teacher's lessons. This idea is again shown in Matthew 15.15. After the parable of the blind leading the blind, Peter asks, " "Explain this parable to us." Jesus replies with a rather impatient remark, but dives a little further into the meaning. He often comes to Jesus with questions throughout Matthew and these questions always ask for clear definitions of stories or truths about some spiritual detail. Many times Jesus snaps a little at him, but Peter obviously is not swayed by any impatience his teacher bestows. This seems to paint a closer relationship between the two men, where Peter is not afraid of Jesus and Jesus is not simply polite to Peter, as teachers tend to be. Jesus' obvious favoritism of Peter, shown in the transfiguration and throughout the gospel, leads one to believe that the two are indeed close friends with trust and mutual respect, which allows them to be freer with their words to one another. Friends tend to be less polite and more open with

The setting (John 5:1–5). “Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the sheep gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. One who was there had been an

Setting (7:1–13). “After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life. But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, Jesus’ brothers said to him, ‘You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things show yourself to the world.’ For even his own brothers did not

In chapter 27 of Riley Unlikely entitled “Walking on Water” she talks about the trip to Israel and when she shared her testimony to the others on the trip. “As I got in a boat, listening to a story about Jesus and doubt, I couldn’t help but think it was a fitting time for me to share my testimony” (Snyder, 148) . She told it in the Sea of Galilee where The Disciples were in a raging storm and they saw Jesus Walking on the Water and Peter went out to meet him but got distracted by the wind and the waves and begun to sink. Jesus then grabbed Peter and scorned him for losing his focus and then walked back to the boat and calmed the seas and the wind. That was when the Disciples finally recognized Jesus as the Son of God and worshiped him in that

So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

The account says Peter got out of the boat, started sinking, and then came back into the boat- not to the shore (Matthew

However, their understanding of Jesus and his teachings wasn't very good. They understood neither the amazing powers Jesus possessed nor the wonders he could perform. Even though he "would explain everything to them", in situations such as The Calming of the Storm and when Jesus walked on water, they just didn't have the strength to believe or the depth to understand. When the boat was filling with water in the Calming of the Storm (Mark 4:35-41), the disciples awoke Jesus to say, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?", Jesus said back to his disciples "Why are you frightened? Have you still no faith?"

After these events took place, Jesus leaves to begin his preaching. In doing so, he also chooses his disciples while walking along the Sea of Galilee. Jesus took his disciples with him through Galilee and began his preaching there. He healed the sick and suffering, and also performed

The church minister shared the example of Jesus who prayed at Gethsemane from the Matthew 26:31-46. Peter seems strong with his courage and power at the beginning; however, he failed when he denied Jesus three times. He was he was very cowardly in the face of the cross. The flesh is so weak, the cross is heavy and not easy to carry, even for Jesus. Compared to Peter, Jesus was so sorrowful and troubled, He prayed three times at the point of death; He showed absolute faith and an obedient heart to the Father, and overcame death for the sake of love with God's power. When the hardship and

The two books of the Bible, Matthew and Mark are alike in many ways, they do tell some of the same stories. On the other hand, if one takes a closer look there are small changes to the stories that bring a whole new meaning to the way that the story is told. I will focus on the stories of Jesus walking on water and the transfiguration of Jesus. In this paper, I will review the changes that Matthew made to the Gospel according to Mark. I will also explain the reasons why he may have made those changes and to what purpose those changes served.

He was trying to convey the message that the Kingdom of God belonged to every individual without looking at status or riches. One of his most recognizable gesture was when he walked on water. Peter, who was already his disciple at the time saw him walking on water and decided to also try and walk on water. At the beginning, Peter was able to walk on water but he became afraid and his faith struggled. When his faith started to struggle Peter started sinking and Jesus saved him from the water. Jesus was trying to express the importance of faith in him and God, and how having unshakeable faith will be beneficial.

When they asked Jesus if He cared weather they died or not, the implied message is that "they" means all of them on the boat, including Jesus. He then rose and rebuked the sea and it became calm. After this He startled His disciples by turning to them with reprimand, "Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith (Mk 4:40)?" He rebuked them, which startled them and made them fear Him greatly. Morgan says that, "It was not the storm that filled them with fear, but the

In both Luke and John, fishing and the image of the net allude to discipleship. In Luke Chapter 5, the disciples have fished all night and returned the next morning with nothing. Jesus tells them to put

13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" 14 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.