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1 | Classes of angels | John 19:42 | Mommapbs | 85849 | ||
Let's ponder this a bit . . . Did Peter pass the test? Yes, he confessed Christ ("You are the Christ" Mt 16:16) Was he found of faith after he was sifted? (Lord I believe, help my unbelief!) Well, he was told ahead of time that he would deny the Lord, but it was not until after the denial that he recognized what he had done - I suspect that this was used to bring him into a deeper realization of his need for the Savior. Yes, sifting is a good thing. God can use anything or anyone for HIS purposes! (Romans 8:28) Recognition is the key. A while back the Lord gave me these words: recognize, respond (repent), receive (righteousness) What was the experience of "sifting?" Was it his denial of Christ? After his confession of WHO Jesus is, and then to deny Him seems incredulous . . . but do we not do the same? Is it that we, like Peter want to understand WHO the Lord is on our terms? And yet Peter's restoration by Jesus is so comforting, is it not? Yes, to know that the Lord has included US in His prayer is a powerful truth. See Mt 10:32-33 - Since Peter confessed Jesus first, did this secure His position? For Jesus said that anyone who denied him before men, He would deny before His Father. Comments? |
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2 | Classes of angels | John 19:42 | Asis | 85853 | ||
Looking back at the record of Peter's life bears up the proposition that Peter came through the sifting with a strengthening of His faith. During the trial he was going through, the denial of a friend that he loved so he may save his own life, fearing persecution by the religous. I'm sure satan was having a field day with fear. I mean what would have happened to him if he had not denied that he was with Jesus? Jesus was confirming who he was by telling Peter that even though he said he was willing to die for Jesus when push came to shove he would deny he even knew him not once but three times before the cock crowed. Peter had a revelation from God concerning who Jesus was but in the next sentence received a rebuke from Jesus for speaking what satan had spoken through him. What we see is that we are not Jesus. Even though we may profess to beleive God it is not until the time of trial that we must put up or shut up. How have you fared in your trials? I have had to repeat a few and will probably repeat more in the future. Peter was sifted but Peter became deeper in faith, stronger in faith, because of the trials of the days after Jesus crucifixion. I don't think we can look at the trial Peter was going through as being over until his discussion with Jesus on the shore of the lake. Do you love me? That is the qwuestion that Jesus asks us. In my heart is where the answer lies. Even with the repeated denials of being with Jesus and knowing Jesus do you think he stopped loving Jesus? Could it be that, that is how we deny Him? By losing our love for Him. Is that what is meant in Heb. 6:4 through Heb. 6:8 (NASB) 4For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; 8but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. How can we partake of Jesus and His divine nature and still lose our love for Him. What a heart of stone that would be. Just meditating out loud. |
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3 | Classes of angels | John 19:42 | Mommapbs | 85866 | ||
Yes, Asis I hear what you are saying, satan indeed comes after us where our weaknesses are and I too often succumb to his assaults, BUT GREATER IS HE who is in me than he who is in the world ! Thanks be to God for His faithful love - where we are unfaithful, He still remains! I am reminded of the rebuke of Jesus to the Church at Ephesus, "You have lost your first love" . . . As far as the passage in Hebrews goes, I'm not quite sure how this fits in but I will ponder it a bit. I can think of a particular individual who grew up in the church, appeared to know the Lord, even by confession of faith, but in latter days got so involved in the new age movement and all the fall dee raul (phonetic spelling) that goes with it, this passage may describe such a person. I don't know. mommapbs |
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