Peter | Part 5

Peter was the disciple who went on to be a key leader of the church. When you look at the episodes that unfolded for Peter, how Jesus dealt with him along the way, and what was produced through his eventual leadership, there is much to learn in our own discipleship journey! Join us for this great character series to develop our biblical understanding.

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2. HAVING A HARD TIME
3. WHAT ABOUT?
4. Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?” Jesus replied, “I assure you that when the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matthew 19:27–30 (NLT)
5. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life. But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then. Matthew 19:27–30 (NLT)
6. From then on Jesus began to clearly reveal to his disciples that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer injustice from the elders, leading priests, and religious scholars. He also explained that he would be killed and three days later be raised to life again. Peter took him aside to correct him privately. He reprimanded Jesus over and over, saying to him, “God forbid, Master! Spare yourself. You must never let this happen to you!” Matthew 16:21–25 (TPT)
7. Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get out of my way, you Satan! You are an offense to me, because your thoughts are only filled with man’s viewpoints and not with the ways of God.” Matthew 16:21–25 (TPT)
8. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If you truly want to follow me, you should at once completely reject and disown your own life. And you must be willing to share my cross and experience it as your own, as you continually surrender to my ways.For if you choose self-sacrifice and lose your lives for my glory, you will continually discover true life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will forfeit what you try to keep. Matthew 16:21–25 (TPT)
9. WHAT DO WE GET OUT OF THIS?
10. If you suffer for being a Christian, don’t consider it a disgrace but a privilege. Glorify God because you carry the Anointed One’s name. 1 Peter 4:16 (NLT)
11. WHAT NOW FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER?
12. For what merit is it to endure mistreatment for wrongdoing? Yet if you are mistreated when you do what is right, and you faithfully endure it, this is commendable before God. 1 Peter 2:20 (NLT)