If the All-Knowing God commented on your faith, what would He reveal? There are a few times when Jesus comments on the faith of others. Interestingly, those He found most favorable were those of a Gentile background. As for those who were the esteemed teachers of the Law, their faith was lacking (Matt 5:20). As for those who followed Him closely as friends and students, their faith was lacking. In a previous article, we commented on Jesus’s remark to Peter falling into the wa

Last Sunday, our article considered Peter and an occasion where he "hit the nail on the head." In John 6, Peter's fervor was completely right—where else shall we go? Who else has the words of eternal life? By what other man can we come into fellowship with God Almighty? There is no other man (Acts 4:12), no other way (John 14:6), and no other words (Romans 1:16). There is, however, another lesson to be learned from Peter's fervency. We referred to this, a time in which Peter

You have heard the expression, “You hit the nail on the head.” This means that you got it entirely correct. Your understanding is not off even a shade. You are right. In Peter’s life, we can see several instances where he couldn’t be any more wrong. Matthew 16 is an excellent example of such; Peter stands and proclaims he would not allow the Christ to die (Matt 16:22). As we might recall, Jesus returns Peter’s proclamation with the searing words, “Get behind me, Satan!” (Matt

If Peter wrote a memoir, I could imagine reading something like this: "One night on the seas, as winds blew and the waves beat about in the darkness, a dear friend approached me. He was the most powerful man I have ever met, for he was no mere man. He was the Son of God. I witnessed many of his powerful deeds, saw the lame restored, saw thousands fed from measly portions, and even saw the dead raised. When he came to our side, standing on the turbulent sea, I asked that he pe