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Pastor Cho Yong-ki's sermon

the faith of Peter

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Peter is a sujeja among the 12 disciples of Jesus. He was a fisherman, and he is urgent and adventurous. There is no record that Peter was educated. He was born as the son of a fisherman, and he met Jesus while making a living as a fisherman. However, after being taught by Jesus and receiving the fullness of the Holy Spirit, he rose to his feet as a great leader of Christianity and his reputation remains to this day. Peter's eagerness to love and faithfully follow Jesus was greater than anyone else. Now, I would like to learn about the events that Peter experienced while following Jesus and his faith grew together.

1. Miraculously, he caught a lot of fish and was chosen as a disciple

Peter was a fisherman who lived fishing by Lake Galilee. One day at dawn, Jesus came out to the beach, and a large crowd followed him. Jesus was pushed and pushed by the crowd, and eventually came to the beach and got on Peter's boat because he had nowhere else to go. At that moment, Peter threw a net to catch fish all night, but he couldn't catch a fish and was washing the net. The Lord boarded the boat and asked Peter to row it into the water. At the request, he reluctantly rowed his boat and went to the inside of the water, and when Peter sat still and listened to what Jesus was teaching, he was talking too far from himself. Peter had no idea what it meant.

So, when Jesus was finished, he looked at Peter and said, "Bedro! Go deep and throw a net to catch fish." Then Peter said, "What? Throw a net in the deep to catch fish? You don't know Lake Galilee because you're not a fisherman. At sunrise, all the fish go into the middle and sink to the deep ground to sleep, so you can't catch any of them." He replied, "I have to come out to the beach at night to throw a net when the fish are looking for food, but I threw a net all night long but didn't catch any?" At that moment, Jesus was looking straight into Peter's eyes. At that moment, Peter seemed to freeze all over his body. The words to Peter sounded like a bolt from the blue. Of course, it's against common sense. No one goes in after the sun rises in the deep and throws a net. And it's against experience, too. Real fishermen never believe it.

Peter thought, "If you borrowed a boat for a while, you should just pay for it. Why do you suddenly ask me to catch fish?" However, because the Lord said so solemnly, there is no possibility of catching even if water is thrown, but he answered, "If you say so, I will rely on your words to lower the net," and he paddled deep and thought, "I'm doing this in vain." However, when I went deep and threw a net, and when I pulled the net out, the net was torn no matter how many fish were caught. Finally, I couldn't handle it on my own, so I called my colleagues' boat, dragged the fish out to the beach with them, and filled it with them. Through the incident, Peter felt, "The words come from this man, who is greater than experience and greater than the environment than knowledge." He knelt down in front of Jesus and confessed, "I am a sinner. I am not entitled to stand in front of you who have lived a lifetime of catching meat and sinning." Jesus said to Peter at that time, "From now on, you will not catch fish, but will be a fisherman who catches people."

In this way, when God talks to us, there is no evidence in the eyes, no sound in the ears, nothing in the hands, and even if there is no emotion in my heart, a miracle will occur if I rely on the words and implement it. It is to accept the creative faith, the faith of God. Today, if we only accept God's faith, huge abilities will arise in our lives. What Peter has experienced is that whenever the Lord speaks, miracles occur according to his words. Because he was the one who realized it, he trusted and saved the Lord's words no matter what happened.
 
One time, I was traveling by boat at night to cross Lake Galilee first, and I was suffering from waves, wind, and pitch blackness. Jesus prayed late in the mountain and then walked to the disciples on the water. Jesus, dressed in white, went up and down to the place where there was a dark, rainy, and thunderous sound in the night view, and he looked like a ghost to the disciples. There is a jinx among fishermen that when they see a ghost in the sea, their ships sink. So one of them shouted, "It's a ghost," saying, "It's all shrank and save me." Then Jesus said, "Don't be afraid of me!" The voice made it clear to him. At that moment, Peter, who was impatient and daredevil, said, "If you were Jesus, you would have a miracle if you gave him that word. In the past, when the Lord couldn't catch fish all night, he said, "I threw a net in the deep, and I caught a lot of fish based on that word." And Peter said, "Lord, if you will give me a chance, please walk on the water." I am very bold. Would anyone among us say that? Would we have been able to speak like Peter if we had been on that boat? Probably not. Then the Lord asked us to come. Then the disciples grabbed Peter's skirt and stopped him. Nevertheless, Peter jumped from the boat, entered the water, and walked over the water. When he heard Jesus' words, he looked at Jesus and walked over the water, but after a while, the wind blew and the waves looked at the environment instead of looking at Jesus with dementia, and when he was afraid, he missed the words of Rema given by Jesus. Even if we received Rema, we should hold the words tightly and look at the words, and if we are controlled by the environment instead, we will eventually fall into the water.

Fear is the greatest enemy in our faith. When you doubt it, fear comes in. Don't be afraid, just believe it. Therefore, you have to make a choice, but Peter received Jesus' words and did not only look at Jesus, but rather at the wind and waves, he fell into the water. When God comes, he gives faith and peace, but when the devil comes, he brings doubt and fear. Whatever you do, if you are nervous because you have fear in your heart, it is proof that God is not with you. There is no faith. You have to pray more and find God more. If I have faith in my heart, there is peace. Therefore, imitating faith has no effect. In this way, Peter has experienced in many ways in his life that if the Lord says, it will work. When Jesus was resurrected and went to Galilee, the disciples did not know where Jesus was, so they went to catch fish. Even then, he threw a net all night, but he couldn't catch any fish. However, the moment Jesus stood on the beach and said, "Throw a net on the right side of the ship," and Peter threw a net on the right side of the ship, so a lot of fish was caught so that the net could be torn. When they dragged the net out, Jesus had already baked meat and bread and was waiting for them. When Rema's words come, miracles will surely follow. Therefore, if we go out in front of God and pray and receive Rema, he will change our lives through Rema and we will be able to experience new miracles. Therefore, it is very important to receive the word of God.

If we read and pray, if the Holy Spirit comes to us with confidence and peace in our hearts, it becomes Rema. Water becomes wine, fish are caught, and miracles occur. Faith without miracles is not faith. Small or big miracles happen, and miracles happen through words. The Holy Spirit is giving us Rema through Bible words and prayers. Peter worked hard to catch fish all night, but he couldn't catch any, but in Luke 5:5, Peter lowered the net by relying on the words, "I will lower the net." Also, you have to confess with your lips like Peter, so the words go out and perform a miracle. If you have peace and conviction in your heart, and you keep your mouth shut even when you receive Rema, no miracle will happen. As such, please remember that the Lord performs miracles through the confession of lips. Therefore, the confession of lips is as important as that in our lives.
 

2. Jesus walked over the stormy night sea of Galilee

 
Jesus especially loved Peter because he was adventurous and reckless and obedient to the Lord's words. Other disciples who were too careful could not go or ask Jesus for a miracle even if the Lord asked them to walk on the water. However, Peter demanded a miracle to walk on the water. "If you are the Lord, ask me to come!" "I throw a net because the Lord says!" Like this, Peter dared to challenge and obey when he heard the word of God. After the Lord ascended to heaven, Peter caused a sitting duck to rise, saying, "Gold and silver are not mine, but what are mine, stand up in the name of Jesus Nazareth!" and the sitting duck stood up, walking, running, rolling, and improving, proving a miracle. You must be adventurous and reckless in this way to practice your Christian faith. You must not be afraid and talk about it rationally because you are too careful. If there is a Rema of the Lord, you must not be afraid and practice boldly. You must be bold with the belief that "What can you do? Those who believe are not skilled!"


3. the dry experience of fig trees

 
One time, Jesus took his disciples out of Jerusalem to a neighborhood called Bethany. There is a fig tree, so when I went to see if there was anything to eat, it had only lush leaves and no fruit. Jesus saw the fig tree and said, "No man will ever eat fruit from you again." Why did the Lord curse this tree? There was something wrong with the tree. It was done to teach the disciples about faith. The next day, as they passed by again, the other disciples just walked by, only Peter said to the Lord. There, Jesus taught a very important lesson. Peter's question and Jesus' answer the following morning were written in Maga 11:21:24: "Did the fig tree that you cursed, Rabbi, dry up?" Jesus answered them and said, "Trust God. I tell you truly that if anyone believes that this mountain will be thrown into the sea and does not doubt in your heart, it will be the same. Therefore I tell you that whatever you pray and ask for, believe as you have received, and it will be the same for you."
 
Here, Jesus is talking about human faith, not Rema. In other words, I don't believe it by giving words, but by praying with confidence in my heart. In this way, God does not only record through Rema, but also through it because he gave each person faith according to the amount they gave him. That belief can represent a miracle if we are bold. No matter how small a human belief is, a miracle will occur if you have the faith to know it. Mustard seeds are the smallest of the seeds. A miracle will happen if you don't look at the environment with faith even one small trust worth knowing. You must have faith in your heart and be certain in your mind. Faith must always be convinced. God's history occurs only when you have faith that is strong and courageous without fear.

In Matthew 17:20, he writes, "I tell you the truth, because your faith is small, if you have enough mustard seeds, if you order this mountain to move from here to there, it will be moved. There is nothing you can't do." He said that if we have faith that is worth a mustard seed, the mountain will be moved if we use it. It is not necessary to say that it has moved to the mountain. It was saying that there is nothing we can't do if we have faith. This is the reason why people who believe in Jesus are not scolded compared to those who don't believe, even if they are head and tail and up and down without going down. We have a history that can move mountains. There is nothing that cannot be done. We have a belief that is greater than a mustard seed, and the Lord scolded us for not using it. We have faith. Using that belief will lead to a miracle that there is nothing that cannot be done. It is prayer that saves that faith. We must first examine whether conviction and peace come to our mind when we pray because what we pray for and seek will lead to a miracle if we practice it according to the words. Faith is the reality of what we want and what we can't see. Through conviction and peace in our hearts, the unseen evidence comes true. Therefore, it is surprising that there is a trust worth knowing about mustard seeds.

Through the experience of his faith, Peter has experienced both the creative faith through the words of Rema and the history of common faith that can be exercised as a believer. As such, we always have these two possibilities. Even though the Holy Spirit may receive Rema, which is spoken directly with the Bible, or even though he does not receive Rema, if you pray and pray, you can use human mustard seed faith when conviction and peace approach through the history of the Holy Spirit. We have Rema's faith and the mustard seed faith. With Rema's faith, we can do it with confidence that can be done with creative faith. Therefore, Peter repeatedly asked Jesus to say, "Tell me! Tell me if you are watching!" He wanted to gain that faith through creative ability. In contrast, when ordinary people just pray and ask for peace and conviction in their hearts, it is mustard seed belief that they believe in it. However, even through this belief, we can solve everything through prayer and faith in our lives, since a trust that a single mustard seed has nothing to do with relocating birth. What we cannot solve with human wisdom, intelligence, scheming, talent, and knowledge can also be solved by prayer and faith. God gave us the armament of such faith. He gave us the Holy Spirit and faith. We are not without faith because we have given each person the amount of faith. We all already have faith in our own amount when we believe. That faith is greater than a grain of mustard seed. Therefore, from this time today, we hope that God's miracle will happen and the problem will be solved. There is hope. Good things can happen.

When we pray to the Lord, expect and pray that you will give us a response. However, in order for God to utilize faith in prayer, we must forgive the sins of the hateful. If you have a grudge, forgive the grudge, and if you have a sin of distancing in your heart, repent of the sin of distorting in your heart, and then pray, "Holy Spirit, give me conviction in my heart!" The Holy Spirit will surely give us peace and conviction. So how long do we have to pray? Pray until peace and conviction come. When you have peace and conviction, you have not yet responded. However, when you have peace and conviction in your prayers, you can follow it out. Do we have to speak eloquently in our prayers? No. It's okay if we say something out loud. Rather, if we keep shouting in simple words, it will bring about a response. Don't be too complicated to pray. If you can't concentrate easily on your mind and can't pray, you can fast, stay up, and pray at a prayer center. When peace and conviction come to your heart, the problem will be solved. When there is no complete peace and conviction, you wake up hastily and say, "Lord! I believe you have answered," and you will be deceived yourself. You must cry out for peace and conviction as a result of your prayers in your heart. Then your response will surely come.
 
 

-Prayers-
The Father of Love, God, Peter demanded Rema and performed miracles under the word of the Lord and with his personal human faith. In this way, he also gave us Rema with the Holy Spirit and sometimes gave us personal faith and conviction to perform miracles and let God's history appear and all our problems be solved.
Thank you and pray in the name of Jesus.
Aman!

 
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