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St. Peter's decision to join Jesus as one of his apostles may have been one of the greatest decisions made in the history of the Church. Peter was humble, trustworthy, and faithful to Christ, but not many people are sure why God chose him. Here's why.

Peter was one of Jesus's most trusted apostles because throughout the Bible he goes with Jesus to many places in his public life. For example, when Jesus was praying to God in the Garden he brought Peter, and even after he fell asleep, Jesus trusted him enough to leave once more to go pray. Another quality of Peter is his humility toward Jesus because it proves he didn't give into the deadliest sin of all, Pride. Peter was humble on many occasions, for example: when he chose to be crucified upside down because he believed he was not equal to Jesus, so Peter told the Romans to flip his cross upside down.

One reason I believe Jesus chose Peter as the head of the Church is even from the beginning he told Peter he was going to be the rock of the Church. So Jesus had to have seen something in Peter form the first time they met because he always treated him greatly. Another reason is he chose Peter as his first apostle while he was fishing, so, in my opinion, that was God's plan for Peter all along, but Peter didn't know it just yet. As the years went on I think Peter knew he was meant for something great, he just didn't know what it was.

I think the Popes can learn a lot form Peter. Peter was a great role model because he was always humble around Jesus, he never thought of him and Jesus as equals, but most of all he always believed Jesus was real. Even when Jesus first appeared to Jesus he knew that he was from God, so the Popes can learn from Peter to never doubt God, always be humble in his presence, and no matter how much power you receive when you become Pope to never treat yourself as an equal to God.

Peter was a humble, loving, and trusting apostle, and he was the Bishop of Rome. So in my opinion that his decision to follow Christ was the most important one made in the history of the Church.