2Peter 3

Like it's really interesting, just a reminder that like, you know, uh, Peter was, was a guy.

We're pretty sure Peter was the oldest of the 12 disciples.

He was probably the only disciple who was over the age of 21, uh, because he was the only one that was worried about paying the temple tax with Jesus, and you had to be, if you were over 21, you had to pay the temple tax.

And so Peter was a fisherman.

One of the things I really like about Jesus when you look at the people he selected to be his disciples, his closest followers, they're all kind of blue-collar guys, like a lot of blue-collar guys anyway, and fisherman was one of those jobs.

It was just like very meat and potatoes, like go out, get the fish, sell just enough that you can live off of, and go out regularly.

So Peter was probably a pretty kind of blue-collar dude.

But because he was the oldest, he was the one who ended up speaking for the disciples the most.

And so you get the idea that he was, uh, selected.

Uh, Jesus saw in him, in him the capacity to go first, to kinda, um, go ahead without things, all things figured out.

You know, this is why like Peter, [clears throat] when the disciples are on the boat, and the waves are buffeting it, and Jesus has spent the night praying up on the hill, and he's like wants to come, and he's gonna w- when he wa- he sees them out on the lake.

And there's a couple accounts of the story.

One, it, it sounds like Jesus was just gonna walk by them, and so that he could meet them on the other side of the lake and let them figure out their way across at night.

But the disciples see him walking on the water, and they all nudge Peter, you know? They're afraid.

The waves are buffeting the boat, and it looks like there's a dude walking on the water through the storm, so they nudge Peter.

They're like, "Peter, that looks like Jesus.

You should s- find out if that's Jesus." So right, Peter does, and then they know that if it really is Jesus, all the disciples should be able to do the things that their rabbi does.

And so it's like, "Jesus, if it's you, tell me to come on out there." And Peter is the guy who walks on water.

Jesus walks on water, but we know he's living as a human fully submitted to the Spirit.

Peter, like when he confesses to Jesus, "We know you're the Christ," Jesus is like, "This is a miracle that Peter knows what's going on." That's the guy we're dealing with with Peter, the blue-collar guy.

And Peter walks on water.

And then, of course, Peter, uh, w- when Jesus is arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane and all the disciples flee, Peter's the one who like s- like, "Maybe we should fight.

Maybe now's the time to fight," and picks up this sword, cuts off the guy's ear.

Jesus is like, "Man, put away the sword, man.

If you live by the sword, you're gonna die by the sword," puts the guy's ear back on.