-"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." --(Matthew 16:18)--
--WHEN JESUS renamed Simon to Peter/Cephas (John 1:42), it wasn't a random choice. Peter means "the rock." But it took a while for him to live up to his new name. The account of his life reveals him as a fisherman known for his rash ways--a shifting-sand kind of guy. Peter disagreed with Jesus (Matthew 16:22-23), struck a man with a sword (John 18:10-11), and even denied knowing Jesus (John 18:15-27). But in Acts, we read that God worked in and through him as an amazing preacher to establish His church. Peter truly became a rock.
If you, like Peter, are a follower of Jesus, you have a new identity. In Acts 11:26, we read, "The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." The name "Christians" means "Christ-ones." You now are one of the Christ-ones. This title lifts up who you are and calls you to become what you are not yet. God is faithful, and He will complete His good work in you. (Philippians 1:6).
--ODB/PF~---/--"Here Is Love, Vast As the Ocean" / Robin Mark ~~- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
