The Confession of Peter - Sept. 17 2017 - a podcast by VOX Community Podcast

Mike joins us from Ohio and teaches on Peter’s story of his first conversion in Luke 5:1-11.

Peter, a professional fisherman, had been out all night fishing with his fellow fishermen and didn’t catch anything. They had cleaned their nets and were finished for the day. Jesus was also at the shore and spoke to a crowd in one of the fishermen’s boats. After he was done, Jesus came to Peter and told him to go out to the sea and put down the net. When he had done so, he caught such a large catch that the nets and the boat began to sink.

Then Peter fell to his knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” The key here is Peter’s attitude. He was humble enough to recognize who Jesus is and that he did not deserve to be there. The moment Peter made this humble confession to Jesus marked the beginning of his discipleship.

Churches today often tell us that we need to make things right with God first before we can belong to his kingdom, but perfection is not what God is looking for. Rather, he wants us to humbly recognize that there is nothing we have to do to “earn” a place or rights in his kingdom for He had already loved and accepted us when we were still sinners.

Summary by Rina Kim

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