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 * Peter Essay**

Peters love for Jesus was very strong, Peter loved Jesus more than anything. Peter was a disciple of Christ and he was one of Jesus' best students and followers. When Peter was fishing one day a man was walking on water toward him little did Peter know that man was going to change his life forever. Jesus choose Peter to be the rock of the Church to begin a foundation and so Peter did.

One of Peter's strongest qualities was his love for Jesus Christ. Jesus tested Peter three times after they had breakfast one day. Jesus exclaimed, " Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?" This was the first question Jesus asked and as you probably inferred Simon son of John told Jesus yes he loves him. Jesus asked Peter this question two more times and yes Peter loved Jesus. There was another thing that Jesus declared to Peter after every time Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you love me," that declaration was "Feed my lambs", "Tend my sheep", and "Feed my sheep. Jesus explains to Simon son of John when you were younger to fasten your own belt and you could go wherever you wished, but now that you are older you will have to stretch your hands out to someone, fasten there belt and bring them places they do not wish to go. Another quality of Peter was that he was a believer in Christ and he was Jesus' right hand man. In 1Peter 1:1-2 it is said that Peter was an apostle of Christ to be an apostle who have to be able to teach Jesus' messages into way people will understand and so Peter did. In this passage it also proclaims that Peter has been chosen and destined by God the Father and Simon son of John was also sanctified by the spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood. This means Peter must be a real believer in God the Father and that he must have faith in Jesus by being obedient to Peter was filled with the abundance of grace and peace.

Jesus chose Peter to be the rock of the Church, to be the foundation for what is to come and to be the first ever pope. Peter was a boisterous type a guy, a take-charge type of guy. Peter was a natural leader and Jesus knew that Peter would rebound from any fall and become even stronger than ever. Jesus had trust in Peter that he will bring hope for thousands of generations to follow. The reason why Jesus chose Peter over John was that Jesus knew Peter would be more like us he would make mistakes, run away, deny but like I said before Peter would rebound from his mistakes and become even better. Jesus knew that no one could live up to Johns example because John was close enough to be called perfect therefore Jesus put someone in who is more like us.

There are a couple of things popes now a days can learn from Peter one thing is that can not be afraid to fall and make mistakes. If they do fall or make mistakes its ok, have faith in God and jump back up and become stronger than you were before. Making mistakes is ok just as long as you learn from those mistakes and try to never do them again. Another lesson all popes can learn from Peter love for Jesus having a love for Jesus can bring you a far way in the papacy so having faith and loving Jesus is a great lesson to learn for future popes.

In conclusion we all can learn a little something from Peter one of the greatest followers of Jesus and one of the most human. From Peter we learn that it is ok to fail and it is ok to make mistakes just as long as you rebound yourself and get back on your feet. Peter had a love for Jesus and teaches us to have a love for him to. Peter was like us and we can also be like Peter to.