Show I Apostle Peter Peter was a giant in the Christian faith His perception in recognizing Jesus as the Messiah in Matt 16 1616 16 is a wonderful example of his spiritual insight His masterful master master- ful sermon in Acts 2 36 14 again shows his passionate devotion to the Lord Jesus I NEVE NEVERTHELESS LESS Peter was far from perfect Even though he was an apostle he denied our pur Lord three times in one me night as we see in Matt 26 69 On several oth other r occasions Peter was guilty of going contrary contrary contrary con con- to the will of God In John 1810 he drew his sword and cut the ear off of Malchus And in Acts 1014 he said Not so Lord to the command command command com com- mand to kill and eat certain meats which he considered unclean Peter was actually contradicting the voice of God Godso so that he could live by his preconceived legalistic notions of right and wrong IF AN APOSTLE as great I i as Peter was guilty of disobedience disobedience disobedience dis dis- obedience and even denying our Lord we ought to consider consider con con- sider our lives more carefully I i Are we also guilty before God I Or are we more perfect than 1 I Peter I i The Apostle Peter is the title of Pastor Marvin Cowans Cowan's I II I sermon at Grace Baptist Church on Sunday Morning I Nov 9 I II i i EVERYONE is s w welcome atall atall at atall all services at Grace Baptist These include Sunday School for all ages at am a.m. Morning Worship at 11 am a.m. and the Evening Service at 7 pm p.m. A nursery is provided for small children Grace GraceI Baptist Church is located at I North Main Street in I I Bountiful |