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Satan sifted and Peter was benefited

In the Bible tells us the all things word together for good for people that love God.

Have you every asked how that happens?

Before we look at Peter, lets understand what Roman’s 8 has to say.

One of the most quoted verses int he Bible is

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I do not want to spend a lot of time here because I want to get back to Peter.

But, here are four points we need to look at here.

We know

How do we know?

What does that say about where our confidence needs to be?

The love for God has to be ἀγαπῶσι (agaposi).

According to Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains this means “to have love for someone or something, based on sincere appreciation and high regard"1 So we are already being challenged be this verse.

Do we love God in a way that “sincere appreciation and high regard” Do we REALLY love God.

The next point is all things collaborate for good.

The important point here is EVERYTHING works for good.

Notice how the word of God works together.

we talked about this idea of EVERYTHING being from God last week in .

The next thing that is important to notice is, those who are called, the word “for” in the Greek is not there.

So, the best way to read it is just “those who are called according to his purpose”.

So to understand the verse it would read, those that love God are those called according to his purpose.

those that love God are those called according to his purpose.

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to have love for someone or something, based on sincere appreciation and high regard—‘to love, to regard with affection, loving concern, love

What was the statement of the last verse.

All things word together for good.

It talks about who it works for good “for”, but the thesis statement part is that all of it works out for good.

This time the word “for” is there in the Greek.

But it would be better read as because.

The Greek word translated for ὅτι (ho tee) means “markers of cause or reason, based on an evident fact—‘because, since, for, in view of the fact that.”2.

It conforms them to Christ.

They look like Jesus.

So, what are saying is that, everything works out for good for those that love God because it conforms, shapes, molds, beats them into looking like Jesus.

Keep the point in your mind as we go back to looking at Peter’s life.

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Notice the Simon Simon, this is Jesus letting Peter know he is every serious.

Don’t hear it in words like *condescending tone” Simon, Simon.

Hear it more like SIMON!

Also, notice that he does not call him Peter.

He calls him, Simon and not Peter.

Peter means rock.

Perhaps Jesus is calling attention to the point that Peter was not acting very rock like.

Notice the Simon Simon, this is Jesus letting Peter know he is every serious.

Don’t hear it in words like *condescending tone” Peter Peter.

Hear it more like PETER!

Also, notice that he does not call him Peter.

He calls him, Simon and not Peter.

Peter means rock.

Perhaps Jesus is calling attention o the point that Peter was not acting very rock like.

The word Demanded is ἐξῃτήσατο to demand successfully.

“to ask for something and to receive what one has asked for”3

to sift.

There is no Greek word for might here for “might” The Greek words are just ἐξῃτήσατο (exeeteesato) ὑμᾶς (hymas) τοῦ-σινιάσαι (tou-siniasai).

Satan demanded successfully to sift you.

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.”

(NIV)

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.”

(NLT)

“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, beholde, Satan hathe desired you, to wynowe you, as wheat.”

(Geneva)

This sifting like wheat.

This word sift is connected in Peters mind to the word winnow.

The idea is that you take all the Wheat and lay it out on the floor and beat it with a long stick until Wheat is gone out of it.

So what Jesus is saying is that Satan got permission from God to beat Peter until all the good was gone out of him.

Little did Satan know, God had a better plan.

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But I have prayed for you that your faith not fail.

Notice the word But, The word means the difference between a Christian and not a Christian.

Satan successfully but Christ prayed.

When you turn.

Strengthen your brothers.

God was conforming Peter to Christs image why, so that he could “strengthen your brothers”

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We know the story.

Peter has three chances to stand with Jesus and each time he deny him.

And

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the third time this happens.

You see Satan sifted Peter.

Notice how Peter ends up weeping bitterly.

Have you every cried so hard you could not cry any more?

That is what this was like.

Later on in his life Peter would have people healed just because his shadow passed over them.

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Peter also was crucified upside down.

This is what the Bible means when it says all things work together for your good.

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Paul said in Col 1:24

Jesus died for the church, he died for his people, he “loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word”

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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), .

So if you want that verse in to be about you, if you want all things to work together for good for you, what do you think you need to do?

You have to be ready to DIE! for Christ.

Over the history of Christianity hundreds of thousands of people have die for Christ.

Because they had been conformed to the image of Thirst and they did not look back.

I ask you right now, are you going to quote that verse about all things working to gather for your good so lightly?

Are you going to take you Christianity so lightly?

Or are you going to make the commitment to night.

I am all in.

I do not care what it costs me, I am all in.