Peter - the person Lesson 1 2nd Quarter 2017

Matthew 14:30, 31 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Luke 5:4  Now when He had left speaking, He said unto Simon, ‘Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.  V6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. V8 …Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. Sunday

"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Monday Simon  Peter answered "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 

Tuesday Matthew14:28  And Peter answered Him and said, ‘Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.’    And He said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 

And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. Wednesday Luke 22:60-62  And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.  And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.  And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. 

‘Had those hours in the garden been spent in watching and prayer, Peter would not have been left to depend upon his own feeble strength. He would not have denied his Lord. Had the disciples watched with Christ in His agony, they would have been prepared to behold His suffering upon the cross.’ DA p714

Thursday Acts 2:14  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, You men of Judaea, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: ….

Galatians 2:11, 12  Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; for before certain men came from James, (church leader) he would eat with the Gentiles;

James-the church leader-reads results of Jerusalem council Peter was not the church leader, SDA’s are not RC’s