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“And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water” (Matthew 14:28).
Today we will consider another of the Lord’s disciples—Peter. He was a bold man, sometimes outspoken, but one who was much used of the Lord. As we can see by today’s verse, he was the kind of man who, when he saw the Lord Jesus walking on the water, wanted to do it too! If you read the rest of the story, you will see that Peter did indeed walk on the water, but he had to learn a lesson too.
Peter was a brave man, and it was he who drew his sword to defend the Lord Jesus when the soldiers came to arrest Him. And it was Peter who preached on the day of Pentecost, when 3,000 souls were saved. He also wrote the two epistles in the New Testament that bear his name.
Peter made some mistakes, but we can admire his boldness for the Lord, and his willingness to speak out for the Lord, even when it meant persecution. We should be willing to do the same.
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