Bible Text: Matthew 16:13\u201320; u. v. a. m. | Pre\u00ada\u00adcher: Mat\u00adthi\u00adas Alt\u00adwegg | Series: Wel\u00adco\u00adme home | Peter is a dia\u00adme\u00adtri\u00adcal\u00adly dif\u00adfe\u00adrent per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adty type than Mary. He is a stron\u00adgly extro\u00adver\u00adted per\u00adson. When the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of Jesus\u00bb disci\u00adples was chal\u00adlen\u00adged, he was usual\u00adly the qui\u00adckest to react. He is an inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve, loud per\u00adson, who, howe\u00adver, fails time and again becau\u00adse of his unste\u00adadi\u00adness. Jesus takes care of him, chan\u00adges him and gives him the gre\u00adat respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of being the rock on which Jesus builds his community.<\/p>\n
After the last ser\u00admon I was asked the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing ques\u00adti\u00adon by email: What is Jesus? Intro? Ext\u00adro? My ans\u00adwer was: \u00abI think Jesus was per\u00adfect. He can\u00adnot be cap\u00adtu\u00adred by a typo\u00adlo\u00adgy, but was ever\u00ady\u00adthing at the same time \u2013 but not out of defi\u00adcit, but spi\u00adri\u00adtual\u00adly matu\u00adre! Unbe\u00adlie\u00adva\u00adble \u2013 how Jesus was!\u00bb The divi\u00adsi\u00adon into intro\u00advert and extro\u00advert is rela\u00adted to the limi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of us humans. Through this ans\u00adwer it also beco\u00admes clear that on the way to Jesus-liken\u00adess, each of us should broa\u00adden our boun\u00adda\u00adries. This is exact\u00adly what the\u00adse ser\u00admons are about. More intro\u00adverts should expand their ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry towards extro\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adon and vice versa.
\nTo repeat, a brief cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon of the two poles extro\u00advert and intro\u00advert. A woman wri\u00adtes about hers\u00adelf: On the one hand, I am extro\u00adver\u00adted: a jack of all trades. I love to be around peo\u00adp\u00adle and to inter\u00adfe\u00adre, to take the lead and (befo\u00adre I think much) to make comm\u00adents \u2013 which I some\u00adti\u00admes reg\u00adret later. And then I\u2019m an intro\u00advert again. When I\u2019ve spent a lot of time around peo\u00adp\u00adle, I need times of retre\u00adat and brea\u00adthe a sigh of reli\u00adef when I\u2019m final\u00adly alo\u00adne and can play the pia\u00adno or work undis\u00adtur\u00adbed at my desk.
\nIt is not about each of us being able to cata\u00adlo\u00adgue our\u00adsel\u00adves exact\u00adly, but about a gro\u00adwing mutu\u00adal under\u00adstan\u00adding. Jesus had both types around him and encou\u00adra\u00adged or chal\u00adlen\u00adged each of them in a \u00abspe\u00adci\u00ades-appro\u00adpria\u00adte\u00bb way.
\nCha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adristics of an extrovert
\nI am fasci\u00adna\u00adted by the dif\u00adfe\u00adrent per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adties Jesus had in his imme\u00addia\u00adte envi\u00adron\u00adment. The prime exam\u00adp\u00adle of an extro\u00adver\u00adted per\u00adson is Peter. The mere fact that he is men\u00adtio\u00adned dozens of times in the Gos\u00adpels speaks for this the\u00adsis. Extro\u00adverts are noti\u00adced! We now fish our way along some bibli\u00adcal pas\u00adsa\u00adges and obser\u00adve Peter:
\nHe is open to new things and takes risks. Jesus\u00bb fri\u00adends are tra\u00advel\u00adling by boat on the Sea of Gali\u00adlee at night and get into a hea\u00advy swell with strong winds. Around three o\u2019clock in the mor\u00adning, Jesus comes to them across the water. Then Peter cried out, \u00abLord, if it is real\u00adly you, com\u00admand me to come to you on the water\u00bb (Matthew 14:28). Pio\u00adneers are often rather extro\u00adver\u00adted peo\u00adp\u00adle. They need litt\u00adle secu\u00adri\u00adty to dare to take the step onto the water.
\nPeter dares to ask ques\u00adti\u00adons. Intro\u00adverts move their ques\u00adti\u00adon insi\u00adde and when they are rea\u00addy to ask a ques\u00adti\u00adon, it no lon\u00adger fits. Peter once asked, \u00abLord, how many times should I for\u00adgi\u00adve someone who wrongs me? Seven times?\u00bb (Matthew 18:21). Litt\u00adle does he ask the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing ques\u00adti\u00adon, \u00abWe have given up ever\u00ady\u00adthing to fol\u00adlow you. What will we get in return?\u00bb (Matthew 19:27). In the eyes of an intro\u00advert, this is beau\u00adtiful\u00adly bold. I would first make sure it\u2019s not a \u00abstu\u00adpid\u00bb ques\u00adti\u00adon. Extro\u00adverts wear their hearts on their tongues.
\nPeter is prag\u00adma\u00adtic, a doer. Once Peter was on a moun\u00adtain with Jesus and two other fri\u00adends when they sud\u00adden\u00adly had an awe-inspi\u00adring expe\u00adri\u00adence: Jesus\u00bb face lit up like the sun and his clo\u00adthes tur\u00adned bril\u00adli\u00adant white. In the midst of this holy and rever\u00adent moment, Peter exclaims, \u00abLord, how won\u00adderful this is! If you want, I will build three tents, one for you, one for Moses and one for Eli\u00adjah\u00bb (Matthew 17:4).
\nPeter acts impul\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly, but is not very per\u00adsis\u00adtent. When Jesus was arres\u00adted, his fuses blew: \u00abSud\u00adden\u00adly Simon Peter drew a sword and cut off the right ear of Malch\u00adus, the ser\u00advant of the high priest\u00bb (John 18:10). The word \u00absud\u00adden\u00adly\u00bb reve\u00adals that here he pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly acted more quick\u00adly than he thought. Extro\u00adverts often act quick\u00adly but are not so per\u00adsis\u00adtent. Thus Peter was the first to want to go back to the \u00abold\u00bb life after the dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adment of Jesus\u00bb death. \u00abSimon Peter said, \u00abI\u2019m going fishing.\u00bb The others said, \u00abWe\u2019ll go with you.\u00bb \u00bb (John 21:3). Extro\u00adverts some\u00adti\u00admes give up quick\u00adly when things don\u2019t go their way.
\nPeter over\u00adco\u00admes boun\u00adda\u00adries. It is pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly no coin\u00adci\u00addence that Peter had the visi\u00adon of the cloth being lowe\u00adred from hea\u00adven. Insi\u00adde the cloth were various four-foo\u00adted ani\u00admals as well as sna\u00adkes and birds \u2013 all ani\u00admals that the Jews were not allo\u00adwed to eat. The image also included a voice say\u00ading that he should eat the\u00adse ani\u00admals. The signi\u00adfi\u00adcan\u00adce of this visi\u00adon was that the good news should hence\u00adforth be pro\u00adclai\u00admed to the non-Jewish peo\u00adp\u00adle. A mile\u00adstone in the histo\u00adry of Chris\u00adtia\u00adni\u00adty. Peter was the pio\u00adneer. Extro\u00adverts are often inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve and less the preservers.
\nPeter takes respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. He often acts as a spo\u00adkes\u00adman (Luke 8:45). It is inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading that Jesus also gave him this respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty. When Jesus coun\u00adted on the sup\u00adport of his fri\u00adends in his death throes in the Gar\u00adden of Geth\u00adse\u00adma\u00adne, he addres\u00adsed Peter: \u00abCould\u00adn\u2019t you stay awa\u00adke with me for at least an hour?\u00bb (Matthew 26:40). For Jesus, Peter was the pri\u00admus inter pares, the first among equ\u00adals with repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve cha\u00adrac\u00adter. It has to do with Jesus\u00bb excel\u00adlent know\u00adledge of human natu\u00adre that he pro\u00adno\u00adun\u00adced on Peter the cal\u00adling to be the rock on which Jesus would build his church (Matthew 16:18). For this task, Jesus nee\u00added an extro\u00adver\u00adted per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adty who likes to car\u00adry a lot of responsibility.
\nPeter enga\u00adges in con\u00adfron\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal \u00abstreet evan\u00adge\u00adlism\u00bb. In his Pen\u00adte\u00adcost ser\u00admon he chal\u00adlenges the lis\u00adten\u00aders and does not beat around the bush. The result of his powerful ser\u00admon is that about 3000 peo\u00adp\u00adle turn to Jesus (Acts 2:41). Today\u2019s fri\u00adend\u00adship evan\u00adge\u00adlism models he would dis\u00admiss with a mild smi\u00adle, proud\u00adly poin\u00adting to his success.
\nPeter tends to ove\u00adre\u00adsti\u00adma\u00adte hims\u00adelf. He pro\u00admi\u00adses Jesus the blue of hea\u00adven. \u00abEven if ever\u00adyo\u00adne lea\u00adves you, I will stay with you\u00bb (Matthew 26:33). A few hours later, he was to have denied Jesus three times. This shook him and he wept bit\u00adter\u00adly (Matthew 26:75). Jesus took care of him in a pas\u00adto\u00adral way and reha\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adta\u00adted him by gran\u00adting him for\u00adgi\u00adve\u00adness three times (John 21). Extro\u00adverts often learn accor\u00adding to the prin\u00adci\u00adple of \u00abtry and fall\u00bb. Try\u00ading cou\u00adra\u00adge\u00adous\u00adly, but also landing on their nose a time or two! Extro\u00adverts need pas\u00adto\u00adral sup\u00adport and peo\u00adp\u00adle who pro\u00admi\u00adse them forgiveness.
\nPeter deals with con\u00adflicts open\u00adly and is solu\u00adti\u00adon-ori\u00aden\u00adted. Peo\u00adp\u00adle like Peter quick\u00adly get into con\u00adflict. Alt\u00adhough he was the pio\u00adneer in \u00abmis\u00adsi\u00adon to the Gen\u00adti\u00adles\u00bb, he rel\u00adap\u00adsed. Paul reproa\u00adches him for beha\u00adving dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly depen\u00adding on socie\u00adty. This leads to an open con\u00adflict (Gala\u00adti\u00adans 2:11ff). The first apos\u00adto\u00adlic coun\u00adcil also dealt with ques\u00adti\u00adons around the hand\u00adling of the Jewish laws in the Gen\u00adti\u00adle world. The\u00adre Peter was the spo\u00adkes\u00adman and beha\u00adved in a very solu\u00adti\u00adon-ori\u00aden\u00adted way (Acts 15:7).
\nExtro\u00adverts, in their enti\u00adre\u00adty, are no more shal\u00adlow, babb\u00adling self-pro\u00admo\u00adters than intro\u00adverts are nar\u00adrow-min\u00added, cur\u00admud\u00adge\u00adon\u00adly recluses.
\nChal\u00adlenges for extroverts
\nIn Peter\u2019s case, we can see an enorm\u00adous chan\u00adge in the cour\u00adse of his life towards a matu\u00adre extro\u00adver\u00adted per\u00adson. Just the fact that the tri\u00adple trai\u00adtor pre\u00ada\u00adches a powerful ser\u00admon on the street in front of the gathe\u00adred peo\u00adp\u00adle a few weeks later is ama\u00adzing. Let us be chal\u00adlen\u00adged to beco\u00adme more like Jesus as well.
\nHere are a few poin\u00adters for matu\u00adre beha\u00adviour of extros towards intros:
\nMatu\u00adre extros crea\u00adte space for deep conversations
\nOften, extro\u00adverts are at the lever in the dif\u00adfe\u00adrent groups. It is not enough for visi\u00adon papers to say that the\u00adre is room for ever\u00adyo\u00adne. It takes con\u00adscious enga\u00adge\u00adment with other per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adties, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly intro\u00adverts. Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty among extros usual\u00adly takes place in such a way that peo\u00adp\u00adle meet tog\u00ade\u00adther in one place and talk tog\u00ade\u00adther. In this lar\u00adge crowd, howe\u00adver, intro\u00adverts feel out of place. Too many peo\u00adp\u00adle, too much com\u00admo\u00adti\u00adon, too litt\u00adle time to have a deeper con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon. Extros should be bra\u00adve here and work on cal\u00adming down and dece\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting mee\u00adting spaces.
\nMatu\u00adre extros plan events in such a way that intros do not feel embarrassed.
\nFor event plan\u00adning, it is important to know that intro\u00adverts feel uncom\u00adfor\u00adta\u00adble in cer\u00adtain situa\u00adtions, such as social inter\u00adac\u00adtions at the begin\u00adning of wor\u00adship, like the \u00abcasu\u00adal 30-second exch\u00adan\u00adge with the per\u00adson sit\u00adting next to you\u00bb. Cer\u00adtain body move\u00adments as ins\u00adtruc\u00adted in wor\u00adship etc. also fall into the cate\u00adgo\u00adry of \u00abnice embar\u00adrass\u00adments\u00bb. Intros are over\u00adwhel\u00admed by such spon\u00adta\u00adn\u00adei\u00adty and quick\u00adly feel embar\u00adras\u00adsed. Time to think about some\u00adthing is a scar\u00adce resour\u00adce for extros becau\u00adse they like to keep them\u00adsel\u00adves busy. This is exact\u00adly whe\u00adre intros give them the chan\u00adce to chan\u00adge at this point. The\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre, one should have the cou\u00adra\u00adge to start an event with a \u00abquiet\u00bb con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon that goes wit\u00adhout many words, a pic\u00adtu\u00adre medi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adbi\u00adned with some pro\u00adfound thoughts, a rea\u00adding or a pic\u00adtu\u00adre collage.
\nMatu\u00adre extros mode\u00adra\u00adte group dis\u00adcus\u00adsions in such a way that intros can also contribute.
\nAt the first apos\u00adto\u00adlic coun\u00adcil, seve\u00adral years after Jesus, we seem to be deal\u00ading with a matu\u00adre Peter. He does not domi\u00adna\u00adte the dis\u00adcus\u00adsions. He expres\u00adses his opi\u00adni\u00adon cle\u00adar\u00adly, but then respectful\u00adly lea\u00adves room for fur\u00adther comm\u00adents. In group dis\u00adcus\u00adsions, extro\u00adverts will be very quick to speak up to make their con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adons becau\u00adse they feel that their input abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly must be heard. Intro\u00adverts, on the other hand, always weigh up for a long time whe\u00adther they should say any\u00adthing at all or whe\u00adther they will just embarrass them\u00adsel\u00adves. Extro\u00adverts have to learn to \u00abkeep their mouths shut\u00bb and to make their con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adons at a later stage, even if they can hard\u00adly stand it. It is the task of extros to draw out intro\u00adver\u00adted team mem\u00adbers. This requi\u00adres the con\u00advic\u00adtion that their pro\u00adfound thoughts are an added bene\u00adfit for all present.
\nMatu\u00adre extros con\u00adscious\u00adly build bridges to intros.
\nWhe\u00adther an intro real\u00adly feels com\u00adfor\u00adta\u00adble and accept\u00aded in a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty also depends on how well extros can inte\u00adgra\u00adte him into an exis\u00adting com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. Extros should direct their atten\u00adti\u00adon not only to the loud ones in a group, but also to tho\u00adse stan\u00adding on the side\u00adlines, becau\u00adse that is the pre\u00adfer\u00adred place of intro\u00adverts (if they have not dis\u00adap\u00adpeared befo\u00adre). Approa\u00adching intro\u00adverts in a fri\u00adend\u00adly way and enga\u00adging them in con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon is not dif\u00adfi\u00adcult for extro\u00adverts. But other things are, such as lis\u00adtening with con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon and focus, let\u00adting the other per\u00adson finish, not stee\u00adring the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon towards them\u00adsel\u00adves. One of the most dif\u00adfi\u00adcult things for extros is to endu\u00adre moments of silence. But it is worth it, becau\u00adse it is often only then that they find out what occu\u00adp\u00adies intros in their deepest heart. In this way, extros often dis\u00adco\u00adver the com\u00adple\u00adment in the other, who enri\u00adches the life of the con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon with his or her dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces and gifts and deepens it spi\u00adri\u00adtual\u00adly (e.g. through pro\u00adfound sermons).
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\nExtro\u00adverts like to initia\u00adte new things and are asked to lead groups. Jesus gave Peter the main respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for the grea\u00adtest divi\u00adne pro\u00adject on earth after Jesus\u00bb ascen\u00adsi\u00adon, the buil\u00adding of the church. \u00abFrom now on you shall be cal\u00adled Peter. On this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell can\u00adnot touch it\u00bb (Matthew 16:18). Peter was a rather noi\u00adsy world chan\u00adger. His cal\u00adling was in kee\u00adping with his natu\u00adre. But in order to bring the pro\u00adject to the ground, the coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of extros and intros is still nee\u00added today. Tog\u00ade\u00adther they are only real\u00adly strong.
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\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small groups
\nRead Bible text: Mark 8:27\u201333 and John 13:1\u201310<\/p>\n
\tWhat strengths and weak\u00adne\u00ads\u00adses of an extro\u00advert per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adty do you find in the two Bible pas\u00adsa\u00adges given?
\n\tWhat cha\u00adrac\u00adter traits of Peter do you find in yours\u00adelf? Give examples!
\n\tWho is more simi\u00adlar to you in terms of per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adty pro\u00adfi\u00adle, the quiet Mary or the less quiet Peter? Why?
\n\tHow could it be pos\u00adsi\u00adble that in your group (small group, glow Next, etc.) also the quiet world chan\u00adgers find a good place? What impul\u00adses from the ser\u00admon do you want to implement?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bible Text: Matthew 16:13\u201320; u. v. a. m. | Pre\u00ada\u00adcher: Mat\u00adthi\u00adas Alt\u00adwegg | Series: Wel\u00adco\u00adme home | Peter is a dia\u00adme\u00adtri\u00adcal\u00adly dif\u00adfe\u00adrent per\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adty type than Mary. He is a stron\u00adgly extro\u00adver\u00adted per\u00adson. When the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of Jesus\u00bb disci\u00adples was chal\u00adlen\u00adged, he was usual\u00adly the qui\u00adckest to react. He is an inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve, loud per\u00adson who, howe\u00adver, every now and then\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[23],"wpfc_sermon_series":[53],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":{"0":"wpfc_preacher-matthias-altwegg","1":"wpfc_sermon_series-willkommen-daheim","2":"wpfc-sermon-single","3":"post-2531","4":"wpfc_sermon","5":"type-wpfc_sermon","6":"status-publish","7":"hentry","10":"wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"},"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t