Apostle Peter's Account of Easter

If the Apostle Peter were to Post a Blog concerning Easter, I believe it would go something like this... "I traveled with Jesus of Nazareth for three years… We walked together, talked together, fished together…We used to go sailing… One time on the sea of Galilee, a terrible storm blew up… the waves were huge and we were afraid our boat would sink… Everyone was scared half to death… except for Jesus. He was in the bottom of the boat fast asleep! When I woke Him, He stood and said, “PEACE! BE STILL!” and the wind and waves obeyed His voice.It was amazing how He could speak and people would stop whatever they were doing and listen… Even better than EF Hutton. I'll never forget the time we were on the sea at night fishing, and the waves began to get very choppy. It was sometimes eerie out on Galilee after dark. Some people believed that spirits would appear out there in the shadows. I looked out and saw what appeared to be an apparition - a ghost walking on the waves… We were terrified!As I more closely looked, however, I noticed it was a person… a person that looked just like Jesus!I said, “Lord! IF that’s you, command me to come to you!” And Jesus said, “Come Peter!” So by faith, I stepped out of the boat and walked on the water to Him! It was the most amazing thing!What a man! What a Friend! What a Lord! He taught me so many things. He loved me when I was unlovable. He knew me better than I knew myself.I thought I would die for Him… that I would be the first one to give my life protecting Him…But when He needed me the most, I denied Him… He knew that I would do it. And just like He said, the night before He was crucified I denied Him 3 times. The next time I saw Jesus, He was on his way to be crucified. We had been in the garden praying when the guards, the Pharisees & Judas took Him away.I tried to fight them… I even cut one of the guard’s ears off… But Jesus told me to stop… He then healed the guard’s ear – can you believe that?I followed from a distance… I couldn’t believe what was happening… I was truly convinced that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God.After hearing Him preach and teach… watching Him perform miracles… heal the sick, raise the dead, causing the blind to see again… Yet now… I was having a hard time reconciling what I believed with what I was seeing… I was having a hard time with everything… I had already denied Him & now I was feeling guilty and confused all at the same time…Jesus stood before Pilate and the trumped up charges were read. What a crock of nonsense…And those same people that yelled Hosanna a week ago were yelling Crucify Him! Crucify Him! When Pilate offered them a choice in the crucifixion, they chose a murderer over Jesus. They led Jesus down the road to Calvary… He was forced to carry the beam of His cross as He was kicked, laughed at and spit upon by the crowd…When they reached a rock hill called Golgotha, or the place of the Skull, He was nailed to a tree between two thieves. Just before He died, He yelled out, IT IS FINISHED!" And the sky grew dark and the earth began to shake. The foundation of the temple was shaken and a huge veil tapestry that hung in the inner court was ripped from top to bottom… Jesus death created a door for all of us to be able to come directly into God’s presence… a pathway of freedom for those who put their faith & trust in Him.Freedom like you have never known, but you have to first walk thru the door. How do you walk thru the door? By faith - the same way I stepped out of the boat on the sea of Galilee. I didn't understand everything, but I reached out to Jesus and He enabled me to walk above the angry waves. You don't have to understand everything. Just reach out to Jesus and in faith accept the truth that He is the Son of God - the resurrected Savior. He said, "I am the way, the truth and the life." He is the gate to freedom. Freedom from what? Freedom from the pain of your past, freedom from the pressure of your present and freedom from fear for your future. He also gives you freedom from the penalty of sin... but you have to first receive Him. Don't make the same mistake I made... Don't deny Him. Invite Him into your life today.

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