Having made the decision to follow Jesus Peter faced a huge problem. This problem is not dissimilar to one that every believer and follower of Jesus faces every day. How do we live in this world and practise the kingdom principles that we are learning from Jesus?
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Peter exemplifies this problem. He was completely committed to Jesus but at several crucial points he totally forgot himself. So when Jesus brought James and John and Peter to a mountain and revealed his resurrection body to them, Peter’s response was “boy, this is good, let me build three dwelling places and we can stay up here, one for you Jesus, one for Elijah and the other for Moses”, (Matthew 17:1-8 paraphrased).
In his excitement he missed the point and continued to do so until he had his upper-room experience.
Today unless we have an upper-room experience, that is, we are baptised in or with the Holy Spirit by Jesus, we like Nicodemus will never see the kingdom let alone enter it!
Have a look at Matthew 17:1-21; 16:13-20 for more nuggets about this man Peter.
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