Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

In many ways as study of the life of Peter gives us an insight into the complexities that confronts fallen humanity. We are enculturated and imbibed into a mindset that says: the way I see and do things is right and everyone else is wrong. We also buy into the notion that humanity is split into different races, and that all these races are different.

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When the penny drops, firstly we will recognise that our ways of looking at the world is entirely subjective and our views and perspective is dependent on where we are looking from. Secondly, we will come to the conclusion that there is only one human race and the purpose of Jesus dying on the cross is to reconcile Adam’s fallen race to God the creator, i.e. to make us spiritual again. So, all ethnic groups have the same basic needs and are all part of the one human race. We all need to be loved, to belong and to be significant. If these basic needs are not me then we will look for them in rather strange places.

These needs were exemplified by Peter and when he felt that they were not being met

Peter the Preacher

 he acted irrationally. He knew he should not lie, but he did. He knew he should have been loyal to Jesus at his time of need but he wasn’t and so on. However, after the penny had finally fallen and with the help of the Holy Spirit Peter was consumed with holy boldness and an overdose of humility.

Today when the penny finally drops for us, let us be consumed with boldness to proclaim with humility the fullness that Jesus offers and let us live justly before homo-erectus so that we can persuade them to be reconciled to God the father.