PETER

PETER: the apostle General References to Mt 4:18; Joh 1:41; Mr 3:16; Mt 16:16; Mr 5:37; 9:2 Mt 17:24; 18:21; 19:27; Lu 22:8,31; Joh 13:6; Mt 26:37,58,69 Lu 24:12,34; Joh 21:3,15; Ac 1:15; 2:14; 3:1; 4:8; 5:3,29 Ac 8:14,20; 9:32,40; 10:9; 11:2; 12:3; 15:7; 1Co 1:12; 9:5 Ga 1:18; 2:11; 1Pe 1:1; 5:1 -- "The Reed Changed to a Rock" Naturally impulsive Mt 14:28; 17:4; Joh 21:7 Tenderhearted and affectionate Mt 26:75; Joh 13:9; 21:15-17 Full of strange contradictions, - at times presumptuous Mt 16:22; Joh 13:8; 18:10 other times timid and cowardly Mt 14:30; 26:69-72 Self-sacrificing Mr 1:18 yet inclined to be self-seeking Mt 19:27 Gifted with Spiritual insight Joh 6:68 yet slow to apprehend the deeper truths Mt 15:15,16 Made two great confession of his faith in Christ Mt 16:16; Joh 6:69 and also the most cowardly denial Mr 14:67-71 -- Seven Steps in his Fall 1--Conceit Mt 26:33 2--Ease Mt 26:40 3--Rashness Joh 18:10,11 4--Following afar off Mt 26:58 5--Evil associations Joh 18:18 6--Open Denial Joh 18:25 7--Blasphemy Mr 14:70,71 -- After Pentecostal Baptism of the Spirit, he became a "rock" fulfilling the prophecy of Christ Joh 1:42; Mt 16:18; Ac 1:8 Was courageous and immovable Ac 4:19,20; 5:28,29,40,40 --SEE Miracles of, MIRACLES