The Bible Concerns Of Peter

Peter grew up in Bethsaida with his brother, Andrew. Originally, Peter’s name was Simon, but Jesus changed it to be Peter, which means rock. Being a son of a fisherman, he followed his father’s footsteps and also became a fisherman.

After a while, Peter's sister Sophia became leader, and Peter was exiled and forced to live with his mother again.

Seeing their Master on the verge of leaving, the Apostles were concerned regarding the restoration of the kingdom. By answering that the timing of the restoration is unknown, Jesus had the disciples once again focus on the Holy Spirit. His ascension shocked the disciples still. Again, their focus had to center in the Holy Spirit; thus, angels comforted

This is very apparent throughout the book of Acts. You can find one instance in chapter two of Acts where Peter is speaking to a large crowd that gathered around the disciples when they started speaking in tongues because the Holy Spirit had fallen over them. Peter spoke to this large crowd which was filled with many Jews from across the nations yet each of them heard him speaking in their native language. In chapter three of Acts we see Peter heals a man who could not walk. This man was begging at a temple when Peter and John were there for the time of prayer; he asked them for silver or gold, but Peter responded by saying “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” In that moment the Holy Spirit healed that man so that he had the ability to walk for the first time in his life. Perhaps one of my favorite chapters in the Bible is chapter nine of the book of Acts. for you can see that Peter was traveling the country spreading the Gospel and doing miracles in the name of the Lord. Reading verses thirty-two through thirty-five we find Peter in Lydda where we see God use him to heal another crippled man. This man’s name was Aeneas, he had been bed ridden for eight years at the time he was healed, and when the town saw him they all turned to the Lord. In verses thirty-six through forty-two, in the

In his final meal with the disciples, Christ instituted a new Passover and covenant in his body and blood which were mystically represented by the bread and wine that he offered the apostles. The loaf of bread and cup of wine, along with his death, would inevitably bring about the fulfillment of the prophetic promises of a Messiah who would gather all God’s people together. Jesus’ Easter resurrection not only vindicated his claim to be the Son of God, but it also enabled him to gather his scattered disciples. (Kasper, pg. 89) After appearing several times to the apostles, Christ promised them that he would send the Holy Spirit after he ascended to the Father. On Pentecost Sunday, the apostles received the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit empowered the Twelve to go out to preach the gospel and to baptize all people in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—thereby, officially establishing the Church. (Kasper, pg. 90) Membership in Christ’s Church or Body is freely given to anyone who believes in him as the Son of God and is baptized. This new relationship with Jesus, which is mediated through the Holy Spirit in the Church, is sustained and strengthened through frequent reception of the

In Gabriel Sabloff’s Apostle Peter and The Last Supper, Sobloff portrays a faithful and powerful biblical story of dedication, forgiveness, prayer and a message that anything is possible if we have God in our hearts. This film, stars Robert Loggia, Bruce Marchiano, and Laurence Fuller. This story is set in Rome in 670 A.D, when Christians were being persecuted for their faith. The Apostle Peter relives the time he spent with Jesus, from the inspirational Last Supper to the Garden of Gethsemane. This movie is not only about Jesus, but it also describes the personalities of the apostles themselves.

he Acts of Peter and the letter to Theodore by Clement of Alexandria, plainly demonstrates an ongoing battle within early Christian development and its teachings. Peter’s focus on the devil’s sexual involvement with humanity and how lust had influenced and damaged people’s sexual awareness from the beginning of time, coincides completely with Jesus’ hostility against Satan. Although, outwardly the church condemned Peter’s teaching of ‘celibacy for everyone;’ nevertheless the sanctified reality of celibacy for some of Jesus’ followers (also known as the elect), generated a solid state of dedication and loyalty regarding this believed teaching of Christ by the church that became unstoppable.

One of the stories Peter told us, that interested me was the story of the Incas. The story of the Incas intrigued me and their 750 tons of gold that were hidden under the Eerie mountains. Peter told us that when he went to Ecuador he met a lot of people that were treasure hunters and this one old man that was supposed to be the expert told him about how to find the treasure. The old guys told Peter to go up the mountains and go to the three huts that he built and stay there for three days. During that three days, the thick fog cam along and they were stuck in the huts for a long time. One day, Peter heard a bird, so he told the guides that he heard a bird, and time the guides knew that it was time to go home because Peter was going crazy.

Simon Peter, a fisherman, called by Jesus to leave his life and become a disciple, wrote the book of 1st Peter. After his transformation from sin into Christianity, He wrote this book to encourage believers in different countries facing persecution for their beliefs. He wanted to provide hope for the Christians in a similar situation as himself. Peter wrote this book to the people in the form of a letter, an epistle, to the followers in “Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.” (Northern Asia).

Peter was a humble fisherman, but he was also stubborn, impetuous, imperfect, and afraid. Peter’s real humanness and the fact that he had imperfections is the reason why he is included in Sacred Scripture. Peter’s stories contain little conversions that amounted to his one complete metanoia. One of these stories is when Jesus walks on the water; another story is when Jesus asks Peter if he loves him three times. Both of these stories aid in Peter's’ true conversion. In the story of Jesus walking on water, Jesus has the disciples get into a boat and go ahead of him to the other side, and later he goes to pray on a mountainside. When he returns to the lake he sees that the boat is far away from land because of the waves and

Peter is an example to the call of discipleship in every church today. According to Rod Dempsey in his chapter Discipleship Is… Knowing the Centrality of the Church, “the church must be in the absolute middle of God’s global plan of making disciples”. In Matthew 16:18 Jesus says, “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.” First, the church is yet in existence. This is something that is coming. We see the church coming to formation powerfully as soon as Peter preaches his first gospel message. Also notice that Jesus is the one who builds the church. And the mission of the church is to have an impact against the kingdom of darkness. We see the early church

The Gospel of Peter is one of the non-canonical gospels rejected by the Church Fathers and church leaders of Carthage and Rome, who established the New Testament writings. It was the first of the non-canonical gospels to be rediscovered after being found in the land of Egypt. A major focus of the surviving fragment of the Gospel of Peter is the passion narrative, which puts the responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus on Herod rather than Pontius Pilate. Another important point the Gospel seems to iterate is that Jesus was not actually a human like he had claimed and therefore never really died.

The book of Peter was written by the Apostle. This book is Peter’s letter to all of the people that are going through suffering and persecution. This was written around the time that a man named Nero was the Emperor of the Roman Empire. Nero was accused by many people that he ordered to have the city of Rome burned down. The story goes that he was at his villa in a different city when the fires were started. When he heard about the fires he set out for Rome as quickly as he could and was attempting to keep all of his people safe. After the fires, Nero blamed the Christians for starting them. He had many Christians killed and jailed. There are many people who believe that he was the one who ordered the start of the fires because he was looking

The bodily resurrection of Jesus was the turning point of history and is central to the sermons throughout the book of Acts. To the apostles, the bodily resurrection was not an isolated event. Instead, it could be considered as a “crowning seal to the whole unified revelation of God’s redemptive plan,” Acts begins with a statement that Jesus “appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive”(Acts 1:3 NLT). Peter states that being a witness of the resurrection was a fundamental qualification for apostleship (Acts 1:21-22), so the resurrection assumes a vital place in the apostolic preaching. In Peter's sermon at Pentecost, he says, "God raised him from the dead freeing him from the agony of death because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him” (Acts 2:24 NIV). Similarly, Peter refers to our Lord as "this Jesus" whom "God raised up" (Acts 2:32). In later sermons Peter refers to Jesus as God's "servant" whom he

Peter, some call him a backstabber and others call him the gatekeeper to heaven, some don’t really care who he is. In short St Peter was one of Christ’s first followers, one of the most outspoken and enthusiastic disciples, a best friend to Jesus and an apostle. The life of Peter is an example of human weakness being transformed by the power and love of God.