March 21, 2025
Andrew and Simon Peter
Continuing our series on the Apostle from paper 139, we now learn about Andrew and Simon Peter, brothers and friends of John and James Zebedee, whom introduced them to Jesus as candidates for Apostolic consideration.
We learn about the characters of these two young men, how they complimented each other in life, Peter's penchant for getting in trouble, and how Andrew, or " Chief" as the twelve referred to him, became the administrative head of this unique group of men who would go on to become Ambassadors of the Kingdom.
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Welcome to the Urantra Radio
Podcast.
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Once again, we are continuing
our series on the Apostles from
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Paper 139.
We also have some listener
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e-mail that we'll respond to in
this edition in just a moment.
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And also want to invite you to
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So in a second we go to Part 2
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of our multiple part series on
the apostles of Jesus.
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Last time we talked about John
Zebedee and Judas Iscariot, two
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men who were so diametrically
opposed, and you had both of
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them, the apostles.
In this episode, we're going to
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take a look at Andrew and Simon
Peter, the two brothers, and
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they too have very colorful
lives and personalities.
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And I know that you'll enjoy
learning and listening about
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them.
I also want to give nod to a
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reader and someone who listens
to the program.
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And, and as I've encouraged
people who listen to these
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podcasts, if you have a
question, if you have something
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in the Urantia book that draws
your ire or you're curious and
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you want to ask, ask away.
Our e-mail address is
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urantiabookradio@gmail.com.
And this comes from a listener.
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And I won't, I won't divulge the
identity, but it's an
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interesting question.
And the listener says, what do
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our guardian angels do?
It's a mystery to me.
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And after reading the paper on
angels and listening to this
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podcast, what precise way do
angels get involved in our
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lives?
And he says that prior to the
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encountering the Urantia book,
All my life I heard people
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attribute miracles to angels,
such as enabling someone to
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survive a calamitous accident.
But the UB seems to say that
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this would be a very rare
occurrence.
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And it left the writer wondering
what exactly do they do all with
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all the time that they have.
So I thought I would take a stab
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at that because it is a good
question.
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And after studying the Oranja
book, it took me a long time to
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figure out what it is that they
do.
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And we learn early on that
certain groups of people are
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overseen by one group of, of, of
angels.
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And then when you get down to
the people that have the real
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light in them and they're in
positions of social influence or
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impact, that those people when
they, when, as it's described,
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there are certain people who,
who breakthrough that spiritual
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level of being where they're,
they're really acting almost
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parallel with their thought
adjusters influence.
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And if you remember, the thought
adjuster is the spirit fragment
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of God that resides in each one
of us and the citadels of our
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minds.
And it is that that spiritual
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influence that seeks to dominate
the human personality in a very
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subtle way.
And in doing so, for example, in
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the act of meditation, you're
stealing the mind and you're and
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you're directing your mental
currents, if you will, towards
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spiritual values.
And this is the value of worship
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and prayer.
So taking all of that into
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consideration, angels are social
influencers.
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And every once in a while, when
it's necessary or when they deem
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that it's important, they act as
protectors.
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And they're also documentarians.
They take a lot of notes.
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In fact, there were probably
angels taking all kinds of notes
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as Jesus was living on earth,
following certain people around,
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notating their expressions.
And I know that perhaps I've
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gone on too long, but I think
that's what they do.
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I think that's what their job
is.
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They are ministers to us, and
they're also collectors of
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information.
Let's get to Andrew the first
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chosen.
Let's talk about Andrew the
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Apostle as the Urantia
revelators describe him in Paper
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139, Section 1.
Andrew, chairman of the
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Apostolic Corps of the Kingdom,
was born in Capernaum.
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He was the oldest child in a
family of five, himself, his
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brother Simon and three sisters.
His father, now dead, had been a
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partner of Zebedee in the fish
drying business at Peseta, the
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fishing harbour of Capernaum.
Capernaum.
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When he became an apostle,
Andrew was unmarried, but he
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made his home with his married
brother Simon Peter.
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Both were fishermen and partners
of James and John, the sons of
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Zebedee.
So now we have that connection.
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Now you could argue that perhaps
that was done by design to bring
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these men together, Simon Peter
and Andrew, James and John,
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perhaps some sort of
predetermined destiny that they
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would all four go on.
Imagine you meet somebody in a
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capacity, you become good
friends with him, and then turns
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out later you and this person
that you met 20 years ago go on
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to invent some, you know,
incredible invention that
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changes the life of humanity.
Anyway, back to the paper.
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Both were fishermen and partners
of James and John, the sons of
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deputy of Zebedee.
And in 1826, the year he was
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chosen as an apostle, Andrew was
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and the oldest of the apostles.
He sprang from an excellent line
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of ancestors and was the ablest
men of the 12, accepting
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oratory.
He was the peer of his
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associates and almost every
imaginable ability.
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Jesus never gave Andrew a
nickname, a fraternal
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designation.
But even as the apostle soon
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soon began to call Jesus master,
they also designated Andrew by a
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term the equivalent of chief.
Hey, chief, I've I've do you
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know chiefs in your life?
Andrew was a good organizer, but
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a better administrator.
He was one of the inner circle
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of the four apostles, but his
appointment by Jesus as the head
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of the Apostolic group made it
necessary for him to remain on
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duty with his brethren.
While the other three enjoyed
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very close communion with the
Master, to the very end, Andrew
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remained Dean of the Apostolic
group.
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Although Andrew was never an
effective preacher, he was an
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efficient personal worker, being
the pioneer missionary of the
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Kingdom in that as the first
chosen apostle, he immediately
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brought to Jesus his brother
Simon, who was subsequently go
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on to become one of the greatest
preachers of the Kingdom.
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Andrew was the chief supporter
of Jesus's policy of utilizing
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the program of personal work as
a means of training the 12 as
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messengers of the Kingdom.
Whether Jesus privately taught
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the apostles or preached to the
multitude, Andrew was usually
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conversant, conversant with what
was going on, and he was an
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understanding executive and an
efficient administrator.
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He rendered a prompt decision on
every matter brought to his
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notice, unless he deemed the
problem one beyond the domain of
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his authority, in which event he
would take it straight to Jesus.
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Andrew and Peter were very
unlike in character and
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temperament, but it must be
recorded everlastingly to their
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credit that they got along
together splendidly.
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Andrew was never jealous of
Peter's oratorical ability.
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Not often will an older man of
Andrew's type be observed
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exerting such a profound
influence over a younger and
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talented brother.
Andrew and Peter never seemed to
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be in the least jealous of each
other's abilities or
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achievements.
Late on the evening of the day
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of Pentecost, when largely
through the energetic and
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inspiring preaching of Peter,
2000 souls were added to the
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Kingdom.
Andrew said to his brother.
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I could not do that, but I am
glad I have a brother who could.
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To which Peter replied, And but
for your bringing me to the
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Master, and by your
steadfastness keeping me with
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him, I should not have been here
to do this.
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Andrew and Peter were the
exceptions to the rule, proving
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that even brothers can live
together peaceably and work
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together effectively.
After Pentecost, Peter was
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famous, but it never irritated
the older Andrew to spend the
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rest of his life being
introduced as Simon Peter's
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brother.
Of all the apostles, Andrew was
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the best judge of men.
He knew that trouble was brewing
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in the heart of Judas Iscariot
before, when none of the other
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suspected that anything was
wrong with their treasurer, but
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he told none of them his fears.
Andrew's great service to the
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Kingdom was in advising Peter,
James, and John concerning the
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choice of the first missionaries
who were sent out to proclaim
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the Gospel, and also in
counseling these early leaders
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about the organization of the
administrative affairs of the
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Kingdom.
Andrew had a great gift for
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discovering the hidden resources
and latent talents of young
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people.
Very soon after Jesus's
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ascension on high, Andrew began
the writing of a personal record
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of many of the sayings and
doings of his departed Master.
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After Andrew's death, other
copies of this private record
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were made and circulated freely
among the early teachers of the
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Christian Church.
These informal notes of Andrew's
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were subsequently edited,
amended, altered and added to
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until they made-up a fairly
consecutive narrative of the
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Master's life on earth.
The last of these altered and
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amended copies was destroyed by
fire at Alexandria about 100
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years after the original was
written by the 1st chosen of the
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12 Apostles.
Andrew was a man of clear
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insight, logical thought and
firm decision, whose great
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strength of character consisted
in his superb stability.
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His temperamental handicap was
his lack of enthusiasm.
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He many times failed to
encourage associates by
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judicious commendation, and this
reticence to praise the worthy
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accomplishments of his friends
grew out of his abhorrence of
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flattery and insincerity.
Andrew was one of those all
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rounded, even tempered,
self-made and successful men of
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modest affairs.
Every one of the apostles loved
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Jesus, but it remains true that
each of the 12 was drawn toward
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him because of some certain
trait of personality which made
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a special appeal to the
individual Apostle.
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Andrew admired Jesus because of
his consistent sincerity, his
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unaffected dignity.
When men once knew Jesus, they
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were possessed with the urge to
share him with their friends.
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They really wanted all the world
to know Him.
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When the later persecutions
finally scattered the apostles
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from Jerusalem, Andrew journeyed
through Armenia, Asia Minor and
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Macedonia, and after bringing
many thousands into the Kingdom,
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he was finally apprehended and
crucified in Petre in Akaya.
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It was 2 full days before this
robust man expired on the cross,
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and throughout these tragic
hours he continued effectively
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to proclaim the glad tidings of
the salvation of the Kingdom of
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Heaven.
And thus concludes the reference
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to the Apostle Andrew from Paper
139, section one in the Arantia
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Papers.
We'll take a quick music
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interlude and then come back and
we'll focus in on Simon Peter.
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Simon Peter is probably the most
colorful apostle, and in a
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minute you're going to learn why
as we delve into our section on
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the apostles from Paper 139.
So the Oranget book writes that
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when Simon joined the apostles,
he was 30 years old.
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He was married and had three
children and lived in Beseda
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near Capernaum.
His brother Andrew and his
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wife's mother lived with him.
Both Peter and Andrew were
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Fisher partners of the of the
sons of Zebedee.
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The Master had known Simon for
some time before Andrew
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presented him as the second of
the apostles.
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When Jesus gave Simon the name
Peter, he did it with a smile.
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It was to be sort of a nickname.
Simon was well known to all of
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his friends as an erratic and
impulsive fellow.
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True, later on Jesus did attach
a new and significant import to
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this lightly bestowed nickname.
Simon Peter was a man of
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impulse, an optimist.
He had grown up permitting
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himself freely to indulge strong
feelings.
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He was constantly getting into
difficulty be difficulties
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because he persisted in speaking
without thinking.
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This sort of thoughtlessness
also made incessant trouble for
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all of his friends and
associates and was the cause of
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his receiving many mild rebukes
from his master.
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The only reason Peter did not
get into more trouble because of
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his thoughtless speaking was
that he very early learned to
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talk over many of his plans and
schemes with his brother Andrew
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before he ventured to make
public proposals.
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Peter was a fluent speaker,
eloquent and dramatic.
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He was also a natural and
inspirational leader of men, a
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quick thinker but not a deep
reasoner.
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He asked many questions, but
more than all the apostles put
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together.
And while the majority of these
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questions were good and
relevant, many of them were
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thoughtless and foolish.
Peter did not have a deep mind,
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but he knew his mind fairly
well.
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He was therefore a man of quick
decision and sudden action.
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While others talked in their
astonishment at seeing Jesus on
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the beach, Peter jumped in and
swam ashore to meet the Master.
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The one trait which Peter most
admired in Jesus was his
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supernal tenderness.
Peter never grew weary of
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contemplating Jesus's
forbearance.
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He never forgot the lesson about
forgiving the wrongdoer not only
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7 times, but 70 times and seven.
He thought much about these
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impressions of the Masters
forgiving character during these
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dark and dismal days that
immediately followed his
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thoughtless and unintended
denial of Jesus.
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In the high priest courtyard,
Simon Peter was distressingly
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vacillating.
He would suddenly swing from 1
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extreme to the other.
First he refused to let Jesus
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wash his feet, and then, on
hearing the Master's reply,
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begged to be washed all over.
But after all, Jesus knew that
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Peter's faults were of the head
and not of the heart.
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He was one of the most
inexplicable combinations of
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courage and cowardice that ever
lived on earth.
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His great strength of character
was loyalty, friendship.
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Peter really ain't truly loved
Jesus.
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And yet, despite this towering
strength of devotion, he was so
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unstable and inconstant that he
permitted a servant girl to
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tease him into denying his Lord
and master.
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Peter could not withstand
persecution and any other form
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of direct assault, but he
withered and shrank before
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ridicule.
He was a brave soldier when
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facing a frontal attack, but he
was a fear cringing coward when
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surprised with an assault from
the rear.
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Peter was the first of Jesus's
apostles to come forward to
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defend the work of Philip among
the Samaritans and Paul among
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the Gentiles.
Yet later on at Antioch he
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reversed himself when confronted
by ridiculing Judaizers,
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temporarily withdrawing from the
Gentiles, only to bring down
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upon his head the fearless
denunciation of Paul.
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He was the first one of the
apostles to make wholehearted
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confession of Jesus's combined
humanity and divinity, and the
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1st save Judas to deny him.
Peter was not so much of A
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dreamer, but he disliked to
descend from the clouds of
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ecstasy and the enthusiasm of
dramatic indulgence to the plain
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and matter of fact world of
reality.
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In following Jesus, literally
and figuratively, he was either
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leading the procession or else
trailing behind, following afar
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off.
But he was the outstanding
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preacher of the of the 12.
He did more than any other one
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man's aside from Paul to
establish the Kingdom and send
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its messengers to the four
corners of the earth in one
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generation.
After his rash denials of the
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Master, he found himself, and
with Andrew's sympathetic and
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understanding guidance, he again
led the way back to the fishnets
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while the apostles tarried to
find out what was to happen
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after the crucifixion.
When he was fully assured that
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Jesus had forgiven him and knew
he had been received back into
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the Master's fold, the fires of
the Kingdom burned so brightly
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within his soul that he became a
great and saving light to
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thousands who sat in darkness.
After leaving Jerusalem and
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before Paul became the leading
spirit among the Gentile
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Christian churches, Peter
traveled extensively, visiting
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all the churches from Babylon to
Corinth.
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He even visited and ministered
to many of the churches which
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had been raised up by Paul.
Although Peter and Paul differed
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much in temperament and
education, even in theology,
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they work together harmoniously
for the upbuilding of the
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churches during their later
years.
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Something of Peter's style and
teaching is shown in the sermons
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partially recorded by Luke and
in the Gospel of Mark.
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His vigorous style was better
shown in his letter known as the
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First Epistle of Peter.
At least this was true before it
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was subsequently altered by a
disciple of Paul.
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But Peter persisted in making
the mistake of trying to
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convince the Jews that Jesus
was, after all, really and truly
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the Jewish Messiah.
Right up to the day of his
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death, Simon Peter continued to
suffer confusion in his mind
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between the concepts of Jesus as
the Jewish Messiah, Christ as as
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the world's Redeemer, and the
Son of Man as the revelation of
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God, the loving Father of all
mankind.
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Peter's wife was a very able
woman.
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For years she labored acceptably
as a member of the Women's
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Corps, and when Peter was driven
out of Jerusalem, she
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accompanied him upon all his
journeys to the churches, as
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well as on all of his missionary
excursions.
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And the day her illustrious
husband yielded up his life, she
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was thrown to the wild beasts in
the arena at Rome.
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And so this man Peter, an
intimate of Jesus, one of the
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inner circle, went forth from
Jerusalem proclaiming the glad
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tidings of the Kingdom with
power and glory until the
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fullness of his ministry had
been accomplished.
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And he regarded himself as the
recipient of high honors when
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his captors informed him that he
must die as his master had died
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on the cross.
And this was Simon Peter
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crucified.
And thus was Simon Peter
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crucified in Rome.
I, I, I have to say, I find you
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know these words very
comforting.
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And it's quite a thing to
imagine these men, these papers,
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these words really, really do
speak to you.
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You feel like you know them.
And whoever wrote these words
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certainly must have been Privy
to such personal information.
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What a great story.
And so we'll continue on.
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I think we're going to move
through the other apostles as
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well.
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enjoy hearing the story of these
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Welcome to the Urantra Radio
Podcast.
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Once again, we are continuing
our series on the Apostles from
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Paper 139.
We also have some listener
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e-mail that we'll respond to in
this edition in just a moment.
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And also want to invite you to
check out the revised podcast
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So in a second we go to Part 2
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of our multiple part series on
the apostles of Jesus.
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Last time we talked about John
Zebedee and Judas Iscariot, two
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men who were so diametrically
opposed, and you had both of
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them, the apostles.
In this episode, we're going to
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take a look at Andrew and Simon
Peter, the two brothers, and
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they too have very colorful
lives and personalities.
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And I know that you'll enjoy
learning and listening about
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them.
I also want to give nod to a
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reader and someone who listens
to the program.
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And, and as I've encouraged
people who listen to these
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podcasts, if you have a
question, if you have something
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in the Urantia book that draws
your ire or you're curious and
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you want to ask, ask away.
Our e-mail address is
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urantiabookradio@gmail.com.
And this comes from a listener.
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And I won't, I won't divulge the
identity, but it's an
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interesting question.
And the listener says, what do
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our guardian angels do?
It's a mystery to me.
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And after reading the paper on
angels and listening to this
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podcast, what precise way do
angels get involved in our
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lives?
And he says that prior to the
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encountering the Urantia book,
All my life I heard people
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attribute miracles to angels,
such as enabling someone to
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survive a calamitous accident.
But the UB seems to say that
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this would be a very rare
occurrence.
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And it left the writer wondering
what exactly do they do all with
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all the time that they have.
So I thought I would take a stab
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at that because it is a good
question.
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And after studying the Oranja
book, it took me a long time to
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figure out what it is that they
do.
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And we learn early on that
certain groups of people are
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overseen by one group of, of, of
angels.
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And then when you get down to
the people that have the real
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light in them and they're in
positions of social influence or
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impact, that those people when
they, when, as it's described,
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there are certain people who,
who breakthrough that spiritual
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level of being where they're,
they're really acting almost
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parallel with their thought
adjusters influence.
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And if you remember, the thought
adjuster is the spirit fragment
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of God that resides in each one
of us and the citadels of our
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minds.
And it is that that spiritual
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influence that seeks to dominate
the human personality in a very
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subtle way.
And in doing so, for example, in
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the act of meditation, you're
stealing the mind and you're and
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you're directing your mental
currents, if you will, towards
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spiritual values.
And this is the value of worship
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and prayer.
So taking all of that into
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consideration, angels are social
influencers.
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And every once in a while, when
it's necessary or when they deem
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that it's important, they act as
protectors.
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And they're also documentarians.
They take a lot of notes.
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In fact, there were probably
angels taking all kinds of notes
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as Jesus was living on earth,
following certain people around,
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notating their expressions.
And I know that perhaps I've
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gone on too long, but I think
that's what they do.
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I think that's what their job
is.
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They are ministers to us, and
they're also collectors of
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information.
Let's get to Andrew the first
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chosen.
Let's talk about Andrew the
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Apostle as the Urantia
revelators describe him in Paper
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139, Section 1.
Andrew, chairman of the
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Apostolic Corps of the Kingdom,
was born in Capernaum.
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He was the oldest child in a
family of five, himself, his
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brother Simon and three sisters.
His father, now dead, had been a
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partner of Zebedee in the fish
drying business at Peseta, the
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fishing harbour of Capernaum.
Capernaum.
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When he became an apostle,
Andrew was unmarried, but he
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made his home with his married
brother Simon Peter.
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Both were fishermen and partners
of James and John, the sons of
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Zebedee.
So now we have that connection.
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Now you could argue that perhaps
that was done by design to bring
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these men together, Simon Peter
and Andrew, James and John,
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perhaps some sort of
predetermined destiny that they
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would all four go on.
Imagine you meet somebody in a
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capacity, you become good
friends with him, and then turns
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out later you and this person
that you met 20 years ago go on
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to invent some, you know,
incredible invention that
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changes the life of humanity.
Anyway, back to the paper.
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Both were fishermen and partners
of James and John, the sons of
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deputy of Zebedee.
And in 1826, the year he was
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chosen as an apostle, Andrew was
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and the oldest of the apostles.
He sprang from an excellent line
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of ancestors and was the ablest
men of the 12, accepting
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oratory.
He was the peer of his
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associates and almost every
imaginable ability.
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Jesus never gave Andrew a
nickname, a fraternal
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designation.
But even as the apostle soon
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soon began to call Jesus master,
they also designated Andrew by a
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term the equivalent of chief.
Hey, chief, I've I've do you
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know chiefs in your life?
Andrew was a good organizer, but
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a better administrator.
He was one of the inner circle
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of the four apostles, but his
appointment by Jesus as the head
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of the Apostolic group made it
necessary for him to remain on
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duty with his brethren.
While the other three enjoyed
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very close communion with the
Master, to the very end, Andrew
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remained Dean of the Apostolic
group.
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Although Andrew was never an
effective preacher, he was an
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efficient personal worker, being
the pioneer missionary of the
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Kingdom in that as the first
chosen apostle, he immediately
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brought to Jesus his brother
Simon, who was subsequently go
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on to become one of the greatest
preachers of the Kingdom.
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Andrew was the chief supporter
of Jesus's policy of utilizing
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the program of personal work as
a means of training the 12 as
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messengers of the Kingdom.
Whether Jesus privately taught
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the apostles or preached to the
multitude, Andrew was usually
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conversant, conversant with what
was going on, and he was an
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understanding executive and an
efficient administrator.
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He rendered a prompt decision on
every matter brought to his
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notice, unless he deemed the
problem one beyond the domain of
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his authority, in which event he
would take it straight to Jesus.
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Andrew and Peter were very
unlike in character and
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temperament, but it must be
recorded everlastingly to their
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credit that they got along
together splendidly.
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Andrew was never jealous of
Peter's oratorical ability.
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Not often will an older man of
Andrew's type be observed
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exerting such a profound
influence over a younger and
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talented brother.
Andrew and Peter never seemed to
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be in the least jealous of each
other's abilities or
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achievements.
Late on the evening of the day
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of Pentecost, when largely
through the energetic and
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inspiring preaching of Peter,
2000 souls were added to the
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Kingdom.
Andrew said to his brother.
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I could not do that, but I am
glad I have a brother who could.
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To which Peter replied, And but
for your bringing me to the
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Master, and by your
steadfastness keeping me with
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him, I should not have been here
to do this.
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Andrew and Peter were the
exceptions to the rule, proving
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that even brothers can live
together peaceably and work
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together effectively.
After Pentecost, Peter was
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famous, but it never irritated
the older Andrew to spend the
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rest of his life being
introduced as Simon Peter's
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brother.
Of all the apostles, Andrew was
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the best judge of men.
He knew that trouble was brewing
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in the heart of Judas Iscariot
before, when none of the other
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suspected that anything was
wrong with their treasurer, but
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he told none of them his fears.
Andrew's great service to the
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Kingdom was in advising Peter,
James, and John concerning the
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choice of the first missionaries
who were sent out to proclaim
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the Gospel, and also in
counseling these early leaders
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about the organization of the
administrative affairs of the
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Kingdom.
Andrew had a great gift for
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discovering the hidden resources
and latent talents of young
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people.
Very soon after Jesus's
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ascension on high, Andrew began
the writing of a personal record
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of many of the sayings and
doings of his departed Master.
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After Andrew's death, other
copies of this private record
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were made and circulated freely
among the early teachers of the
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Christian Church.
These informal notes of Andrew's
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were subsequently edited,
amended, altered and added to
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until they made-up a fairly
consecutive narrative of the
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Master's life on earth.
The last of these altered and
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amended copies was destroyed by
fire at Alexandria about 100
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years after the original was
written by the 1st chosen of the
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12 Apostles.
Andrew was a man of clear
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insight, logical thought and
firm decision, whose great
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strength of character consisted
in his superb stability.
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His temperamental handicap was
his lack of enthusiasm.
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He many times failed to
encourage associates by
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judicious commendation, and this
reticence to praise the worthy
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accomplishments of his friends
grew out of his abhorrence of
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flattery and insincerity.
Andrew was one of those all
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rounded, even tempered,
self-made and successful men of
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modest affairs.
Every one of the apostles loved
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Jesus, but it remains true that
each of the 12 was drawn toward
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him because of some certain
trait of personality which made
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a special appeal to the
individual Apostle.
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Andrew admired Jesus because of
his consistent sincerity, his
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unaffected dignity.
When men once knew Jesus, they
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were possessed with the urge to
share him with their friends.
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They really wanted all the world
to know Him.
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When the later persecutions
finally scattered the apostles
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from Jerusalem, Andrew journeyed
through Armenia, Asia Minor and
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Macedonia, and after bringing
many thousands into the Kingdom,
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he was finally apprehended and
crucified in Petre in Akaya.
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It was 2 full days before this
robust man expired on the cross,
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and throughout these tragic
hours he continued effectively
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to proclaim the glad tidings of
the salvation of the Kingdom of
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Heaven.
And thus concludes the reference
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to the Apostle Andrew from Paper
139, section one in the Arantia
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Papers.
We'll take a quick music
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interlude and then come back and
we'll focus in on Simon Peter.
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Simon Peter is probably the most
colorful apostle, and in a
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minute you're going to learn why
as we delve into our section on
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the apostles from Paper 139.
So the Oranget book writes that
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when Simon joined the apostles,
he was 30 years old.
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He was married and had three
children and lived in Beseda
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near Capernaum.
His brother Andrew and his
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wife's mother lived with him.
Both Peter and Andrew were
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Fisher partners of the of the
sons of Zebedee.
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The Master had known Simon for
some time before Andrew
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presented him as the second of
the apostles.
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When Jesus gave Simon the name
Peter, he did it with a smile.
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It was to be sort of a nickname.
Simon was well known to all of
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his friends as an erratic and
impulsive fellow.
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True, later on Jesus did attach
a new and significant import to
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this lightly bestowed nickname.
Simon Peter was a man of
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impulse, an optimist.
He had grown up permitting
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himself freely to indulge strong
feelings.
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He was constantly getting into
difficulty be difficulties
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because he persisted in speaking
without thinking.
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This sort of thoughtlessness
also made incessant trouble for
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all of his friends and
associates and was the cause of
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his receiving many mild rebukes
from his master.
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The only reason Peter did not
get into more trouble because of
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his thoughtless speaking was
that he very early learned to
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talk over many of his plans and
schemes with his brother Andrew
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before he ventured to make
public proposals.
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Peter was a fluent speaker,
eloquent and dramatic.
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He was also a natural and
inspirational leader of men, a
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quick thinker but not a deep
reasoner.
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He asked many questions, but
more than all the apostles put
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together.
And while the majority of these
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questions were good and
relevant, many of them were
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thoughtless and foolish.
Peter did not have a deep mind,
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but he knew his mind fairly
well.
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He was therefore a man of quick
decision and sudden action.
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While others talked in their
astonishment at seeing Jesus on
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the beach, Peter jumped in and
swam ashore to meet the Master.
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The one trait which Peter most
admired in Jesus was his
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supernal tenderness.
Peter never grew weary of
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contemplating Jesus's
forbearance.
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He never forgot the lesson about
forgiving the wrongdoer not only
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7 times, but 70 times and seven.
He thought much about these
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impressions of the Masters
forgiving character during these
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dark and dismal days that
immediately followed his
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thoughtless and unintended
denial of Jesus.
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In the high priest courtyard,
Simon Peter was distressingly
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vacillating.
He would suddenly swing from 1
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extreme to the other.
First he refused to let Jesus
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wash his feet, and then, on
hearing the Master's reply,
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begged to be washed all over.
But after all, Jesus knew that
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Peter's faults were of the head
and not of the heart.
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He was one of the most
inexplicable combinations of
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courage and cowardice that ever
lived on earth.
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His great strength of character
was loyalty, friendship.
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Peter really ain't truly loved
Jesus.
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And yet, despite this towering
strength of devotion, he was so
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unstable and inconstant that he
permitted a servant girl to
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tease him into denying his Lord
and master.
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Peter could not withstand
persecution and any other form
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of direct assault, but he
withered and shrank before
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ridicule.
He was a brave soldier when
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facing a frontal attack, but he
was a fear cringing coward when
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surprised with an assault from
the rear.
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Peter was the first of Jesus's
apostles to come forward to
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defend the work of Philip among
the Samaritans and Paul among
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the Gentiles.
Yet later on at Antioch he
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reversed himself when confronted
by ridiculing Judaizers,
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temporarily withdrawing from the
Gentiles, only to bring down
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upon his head the fearless
denunciation of Paul.
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He was the first one of the
apostles to make wholehearted
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confession of Jesus's combined
humanity and divinity, and the
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1st save Judas to deny him.
Peter was not so much of A
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dreamer, but he disliked to
descend from the clouds of
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ecstasy and the enthusiasm of
dramatic indulgence to the plain
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and matter of fact world of
reality.
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In following Jesus, literally
and figuratively, he was either
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leading the procession or else
trailing behind, following afar
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off.
But he was the outstanding
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preacher of the of the 12.
He did more than any other one
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man's aside from Paul to
establish the Kingdom and send
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its messengers to the four
corners of the earth in one
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generation.
After his rash denials of the
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Master, he found himself, and
with Andrew's sympathetic and
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understanding guidance, he again
led the way back to the fishnets
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while the apostles tarried to
find out what was to happen
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after the crucifixion.
When he was fully assured that
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Jesus had forgiven him and knew
he had been received back into
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the Master's fold, the fires of
the Kingdom burned so brightly
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within his soul that he became a
great and saving light to
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thousands who sat in darkness.
After leaving Jerusalem and
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before Paul became the leading
spirit among the Gentile
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Christian churches, Peter
traveled extensively, visiting
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all the churches from Babylon to
Corinth.
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He even visited and ministered
to many of the churches which
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had been raised up by Paul.
Although Peter and Paul differed
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much in temperament and
education, even in theology,
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they work together harmoniously
for the upbuilding of the
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churches during their later
years.
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Something of Peter's style and
teaching is shown in the sermons
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partially recorded by Luke and
in the Gospel of Mark.
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His vigorous style was better
shown in his letter known as the
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First Epistle of Peter.
At least this was true before it
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was subsequently altered by a
disciple of Paul.
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But Peter persisted in making
the mistake of trying to
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convince the Jews that Jesus
was, after all, really and truly
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the Jewish Messiah.
Right up to the day of his
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death, Simon Peter continued to
suffer confusion in his mind
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between the concepts of Jesus as
the Jewish Messiah, Christ as as
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the world's Redeemer, and the
Son of Man as the revelation of
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God, the loving Father of all
mankind.
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Peter's wife was a very able
woman.
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For years she labored acceptably
as a member of the Women's
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Corps, and when Peter was driven
out of Jerusalem, she
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accompanied him upon all his
journeys to the churches, as
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well as on all of his missionary
excursions.
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And the day her illustrious
husband yielded up his life, she
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was thrown to the wild beasts in
the arena at Rome.
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And so this man Peter, an
intimate of Jesus, one of the
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inner circle, went forth from
Jerusalem proclaiming the glad
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tidings of the Kingdom with
power and glory until the
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fullness of his ministry had
been accomplished.
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And he regarded himself as the
recipient of high honors when
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his captors informed him that he
must die as his master had died
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on the cross.
And this was Simon Peter
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crucified.
And thus was Simon Peter
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crucified in Rome.
I, I, I have to say, I find you
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know these words very
comforting.
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And it's quite a thing to
imagine these men, these papers,
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these words really, really do
speak to you.
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You feel like you know them.
And whoever wrote these words
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certainly must have been Privy
to such personal information.
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What a great story.
And so we'll continue on.
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I think we're going to move
through the other apostles as
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well.
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enjoy hearing the story of these
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your rancher radio.
Until next time, thank you again
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for stopping by and cheers.
And and if we don't speak before
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Easter, a a blessing of the
Resurrection Day is fast
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approaching and I wish you well
in spirit until next time.
