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Who am I? Who are you?
That is the question of the day.
Our culture is working to make it OK for people to identify as something they are not.
Identity means so much to us.
It shapes our beliefs, our actions and ultimately where we will spend eternity.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve looked at three guys who had to deal with their identity in various ways.
Paul thought of himself one way and then had an encounter with Jesus.
It was after this encounter that Paul saw his true identity as a follower of Christ.
Paul is a great example of a new creation in Christ.
Who he became after Christ was in direct opposite to who he was before.
Before he was killing disciples of Christ and after he made disciples of Christ.
Then we looked at John the Baptist.
Before his birth, a prophecy was spoken over his life.
He grew up and fulfilled that prophecy as a someone who prepared the way for Jesus.
Others, when they looked at his influence, tried to get John to be something he wasn’t, but John stuck to who he was.
When his influence waned because Jesus came, he was secure in his identity.
He had fulfilled his purpose by staying true to his identity.
Last week, we looked at David.
David started as shepherd boy and was anointed king.
He was little, but challenged a giant.
Saul tried to make him a soldier, but David went into battle as God had equipped him - with a sling and stones.
As king, David really messed up by succumbing to temptation with Bathsheba.
When confronted with his sin, he confessed and was forgiven.
That sin could have defined David, but he sought after God and received forgiveness, blessing and full life in the Lord.
We all likely see a little bit of ourselves in the lives of Paul, John and David.
Whether we’ve had a distinct conversion experience like Paul, a life following Christ from a young age like John, or allowing sin to derail our walk like David, we all need the reminder of who we are in Christ.
Who God sees us to be.
We need to speak to the lies and deceptions of this world and speak truth over our identity.
Today we are going to look at the life of Peter.
Like previous weeks, we are going to read about Peter and see what the Bible says about his life and his identity in Christ.
Let’s start in Luke chapter 5.
As you turn there, I want to give you a little about Peter.
He was not very well educated if at all.
He was a fishermen by trade as we’ll see.
He often spoke his mind, saying things that others were thinking, but didn’t say for one reason or another.
Simon, who would later be called Peter by Jesus, was a fisherman.
Based on the simple interactions with Jesus here, we can see that Peter says what’s on his mind.
First he tells Jesus that they haven’t caught anything, but that he would let down the nets because Jesus said so.
He is willing to humor Jesus in lowering the nets even though it doesn’t make sense.
After pulling up a huge load of fish, Peter reacts by calling Jesus Lord and confessing his sinfulness.
After this event, Jesus calls Peter and his companions to follow him and they did.
They left everything behind and followed Jesus.
Where ever Jesus went, Peter was usually right there.
Among the twelve disciples, Peter was generally regarded as the leader or the first among them.
The book of Mark is likely written from Peter’s perspective by John Mark.
It was not likely that Peter was educated enough to even write on his own.
The book of 1 Peter closes by saying that Silas helped Peter write that letter.
If we took the time this morning, we could skim through the book of Mark and see all that Peter saw and did as he followed Jesus.
I do want to turn to a very familiar story to us in Matthew 26.
This takes place just after the last supper.
Jesus is general in describing how they will all fall away that night.
Peter immediately takes offense and tells him that this is not going to happen.
He is willing to lose his life in following Jesus.
This conversation is a good example of who Peter is.
He is not one to shy away from speaking and believes that he would do anything to follow Jesus.
He leads the others in their proclamation that Jesus can count on them to never leave.
Jesus then responds directly to Peter and gives him the detail surrounding his denial.
At the end of chapter 26, Peter denies knowing Jesus three times and the rooster crows.
Peter would weep about his actions.
I imagine that the next 3 days were very difficult for Peter.
He would see Jesus put on trial, crucified and buried.
Peter said he would never fall away and at the very first sign of trouble, Peter folded.
He had three days to think about this until Jesus rose again.
Of course, Jesus rose again and appeared to the disciples.
Turn with me to John 21...
Peter and his friends returned to what they knew.
They knew fishing.
At this point, they haven’t been given direction as to what they are to do now that Jesus rose from the Dead.
So, without clear direction, they do what they know - fishing.
Something happens when they realize it was Jesus.
Their love for him never stopped.
They missed Him and now that he has appear to them again, they are quick to go to Him, but none quicker than Peter.
He makes a swim for it.
Peter denies Jesus three times before the crucifixion and now Peter tells Jesus that he loves Him three times and three times, Jesus tells Peter to be the shepherd that feeds Jesus’ followers.
Peter now has a direction to go.
He’s calling is clarified moving forward.
Peter would teach, but he’s not ready yet…turn with me to Acts 2.
In his time with the disciples after the resurrection, Jesus told them to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit to come on them - for them to be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2 tells of that event:
Peter is now ready to step into his calling.
Prior to being baptized with the Holy Spirit, Peter was operating from his own power.
He said he would never deny Jesus, but he did.
He spoke of Jesus from his own earthly understanding and in many instances, what he said lacked understanding until this moment.
In this moment, the Holy Spirit awakened within Peter his true identity in Christ.
He now understood and was able to teach what all that happened meant.
As a result of this first teaching, 3,000 came to trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Peter was walking out his identity in Christ.
The world made him a fisherman, Jesus made him a fisher of men.
In Paul, we saw a man converted from who the world made him to be into the man God intended him to be.
John walked out the purpose of his life by knowing his identity in Christ.
People thought he might be something else, but John stayed true to who he was to the end.
Terrible sin placed a black mark on the life of David.
He willfully and intentionally gave in to temptation.
Even though there was a consequence for the sin, David confessed and was forgiven.
David could have let those acts define him, but he continued his quest to follow God with all his heart, mind soul and strength.
People looked at Peter and saw an uneducated simple fisherman.
Jesus looked at Peter and saw the man who would lead the early church.
Jesus saw a man who would fully realize his call and would feed the Lord’s people.
You are an heir of God and a co-heir with Christ.
Romans 8:17
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