Peter+Essay+LV

Some of you may know Saint Peter as the trader he is, but he's not really a trader. Saint Peter was one of the twelve apostles that Jesus believed in and trusted. Peter was a good man and he was very wealthy. Peter was a native of Bethsaida near Lake Tiberias. He was the son of John and worked as a fisherman like his brother, saint Andrew. He worked the hardest he could ever work and grew up to become a young, healthy gentlemen like his father and brother.

Andrew was the one that introduced peter to Jesus, and there and said, peter was a disciple for Jesus. The reason why I think Jesus chose Peter was because he had an opinion of his own, and that made Jesus wonder if he was the guy for him. Now, Peter never liked or believed in Jesus. He thought that Jesus was just another man that made stories and other unbelievable things that couldn't happened in the world. One day Jesus climbed into Peter's boat and told him to go out to fish.Peter told him that there weren't any fish out there. Jesus then loaded Peter's nets up with plenty of fish and Peter then fell down before his feet. Jesus told Peter to not be afraid, and that for now on he will be catching men. Peter has been by Jesus' side all the time he has asked for it. To me it shows that Peter is a well behaved, mannered man and would never disappoint Jesus.

Peter acknowledged Jesus as... "the //Messiah//, the son of the living God." Christ responded to Peter saying... "you are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church, I will give you the keys to heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Peter took Jesus' word and did every command and order he wanted him to do, he never disobeyed Jesus' rules and loved him no matter who or what tried to break that connection between the both of them. Peter always followed in Jesus' footsteps as a follower just like he ordered him to do, and learned from Jesus to become a leader just like him.

I see Peter sometimes as a well - mannered man at some points but lets not forget who betrayed Jesus the night of the Last Supper. Peter helped prepare for the last supper and Jesus made an announcement saying that someone will deny him three times and that it would be Peter. Peter said that he would never deny his master and that he would always follow him no matter what happened. That night when Jesus had been arrested, Peter denied Jesus three times as he predicted. Peter was so ashamed of what he had done and went to go and cry by a tree. Peter then knew what he had done and hated himself for it. He tried to make it up, but it was already to late. To us, this was a lesson that Jesus wanted us to witness. Jesus had a plan for Peter to go and betray him but I'm guessing that Jesus just wanted to see what he was going to do and by the looks of it, he learned his lesson. Jesus had a good reason for though.

Coming into conclusion, I think that Peter was a good gentlemen and very supportive for Jesus. At some points he was very impatient and had no time to waste, he was so go go go about everything but never wanted to slow down. Peter was a follower like the other 11 apostles but was more believed, trusted, and favored to Jesus.. at least that's what others thought about him. Peter wanted to learn how to be a very good leader and watched Jesus always deal with a hard situation that no one could deal with because Jesus was interesting and very marvelous, no other person had the courage and chance like Jesus. Peter did eventually become that leader and spread the word of Jesus all over the world, and was the Churches first pope who had a hold the keys to heaven. Peter did too become very marvelous! But i'm guessing he didn't know that.