We won\u00adder how Peter\u2019s expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces influen\u00adced his metamorphosis.<\/p>\n
The meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis of Simon Peter beg\u00adins on the shore of the Sea of Gali\u00adlee whe\u00adre he is clea\u00adning the fishing nets tog\u00ade\u00adther with three others. Then Jesus comes. He looks at Simon very long and atten\u00adtively and says: \u00abYou are Simon, the son of John, but you will be cal\u00adled Cephas\u00bb \u2013 this is the Ara\u00admaic word for Peter and means \u00abrock\u00bb (Joh. 1,40\u201342). Jesus is soon sur\u00adroun\u00added by a crowd. He gets into the boat with Simon and pre\u00ada\u00adches. After the ser\u00admon, Jesus says to Simon Peter: \u00abNow go fur\u00adther out and cast your nets the\u00adre, and you will catch many fish. \u00abMas\u00adter,\u00bb Simon repli\u00aded, \u00abwe work\u00aded hard all last night and caught not\u00adhing. But if you say so, I will try again.\u00bb Inde\u00aded, the nets are so full of fish that they threa\u00adten to break. The boat is com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly over\u00adloa\u00added. When Simon Peter rea\u00adli\u00adses what has hap\u00adpen\u00aded, he falls to his kne\u00ades befo\u00adre Jesus and says, \u00abLord, don\u2019t worry about me any more \u2013 I am too gre\u00adat a sin\u00adner to be with you\u00bb (Luke 5:8 NL<\/span> ). Jesus sees it dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly. \u00abDon\u2019t be afraid, Simon! From now on you will be fishing for peo\u00adp\u00adle.\u00bb Peter, with the three others, lea\u00adves ever\u00ady\u00adthing and they fol\u00adlow Jesus. This start could be sum\u00adma\u00adri\u00adsed as fol\u00adlows: You meet Jesus. Jesus looks you in the eye and you feel: Jesus knows ever\u00ady\u00adthing about you. You rea\u00adli\u00adse how bad\u00adly you look befo\u00adre him, but the love he shows you encou\u00adra\u00adges you to open up to him. You say yes and go with him, like the four fisher\u00admen at that time. When Jesus later asks his disci\u00adples who they think he is, Simon ans\u00adwers: \u00abYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God! (Mat\u00adth. 16,16) Jesus ans\u00adwers: \u00abHap\u00adpy are you, Simon, son of John. For this is what my Father in hea\u00adven has reve\u00ada\u00adled to you. From a man you could not have this. From now on you shall be cal\u00adled Peter. Upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell can\u00adnot touch it. I will give you the keys to the king\u00addom of hea\u00adven. What you bind on earth will be bound in hea\u00adven, and what you open on earth will be open in hea\u00adven\u00bb (Matthew 16:17\u201319 NL<\/span>). Peter has God to thank for this inspi\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, he recei\u00adves a very per\u00adso\u00adnal pro\u00admi\u00adse from Jesus. \tPeter found Jesus in an inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading way. What was it like for you? Lk 5,1ff We won\u00adder how Peter\u2019s expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces influen\u00adced his meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis. The meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis of Simon Peter beg\u00adins on the shore of the Sea of Gali\u00adlee whe\u00adre he is clea\u00adning the fishing nets tog\u00ade\u00adther with three others. Then Jesus comes. He looks at Simon very long and atten\u00adtively and says: \u00abYou are Simon, the son of John, but you will\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[35],"wpfc_sermon_series":[72],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":{"0":"wpfc_preacher-bernhard-hohl","1":"wpfc_sermon_series-metamorphose","2":"wpfc-sermon-single","3":"post-3368","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
\nThe first expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces of the disciples
\nWhat the disci\u00adples first expe\u00adri\u00adence was very remi\u00adnis\u00adcent of the way a rab\u00adbi deals with his stu\u00addents. It is like a Bible school \u2013 com\u00adbi\u00adned with prac\u00adti\u00adcal out\u00adreach. Jesus always seeks to be clo\u00adse to peo\u00adp\u00adle. The disci\u00adples are ama\u00adzed at so many things that Jesus can do with his divi\u00adne power: The sick are hea\u00adled on the spot, peo\u00adp\u00adle are freed from demons. The dead are rai\u00adsed. Ever\u00ady\u00adthing they hear and expe\u00adri\u00adence encou\u00adra\u00adges them and streng\u00adthens them in their faith. It is the same with us. When someone tells you about an expe\u00adri\u00adence with God, or tells you how a ser\u00admon spo\u00adke to him or her and brought him or her for\u00adward, then you rejoice with him or her. When the young peo\u00adp\u00adle come home from a camp exci\u00adted, it\u2019s not just their grand\u00adpar\u00adents who are hap\u00adpy, but all of us! When you expe\u00adri\u00adence an ans\u00adwer to pray\u00ader in the small group, it is an encou\u00adra\u00adge\u00adment for ever\u00adyo\u00adne. App\u00adren\u00adti\u00adces are also allo\u00adwed to make mista\u00adkes. Peter too with the other 11 colleagues!
\nEvery now and then they put their foot in their mouth: When mothers want to bring their child\u00adren to Jesus, they cha\u00adse them away! Com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly miss\u00ading Jesus\u00bb inten\u00adti\u00adon! Or: The disci\u00adples are on the lake in a hea\u00advy storm and Jesus is slee\u00adping peaceful\u00adly \u2013 they wake him up and want to con\u00advin\u00adce him that their last hour has come. Jesus only asks: \u00abWhy are you afraid? Is your faith so small?\u00bb (Matthew 8:24 NL<\/span>) How many times have you been at your wits\u00bb end and stop\u00adped pray\u00ading. You are rowing wild\u00adly through life and are con\u00advin\u00adced that no one can help you now, not even Jesus. But you know very well that you are not alo\u00adne. In the storms of your life, Jesus is with you in the boat, no mat\u00adter whe\u00adre you are.
\nSpe\u00adcial Peter Experiences
\nTho\u00adse who think of Peter natu\u00adral\u00adly also think of the disci\u00adples\u00bb boat trip at night when Jesus meets them like a ghost on the water (Mt 14:26ff). Jesus reassu\u00adres them: \u00abDon\u2019t worry! It\u2019s me. Don\u2019t be afraid!\u00bb Then Peter again spon\u00adta\u00adneous\u00adly: \u00abIf it is you, call me to come to you on the water!\u00bb \u00bb So come\u00bb Jesus calls to him. I was ama\u00adzed that none of the 11 others cal\u00adled out, \u00abMay I come too?\u00bb As the wind and waves pick up again, Peter beco\u00admes frigh\u00adten\u00aded and sinks. \u00abLord, help me!\u00bb he cries. Jesus gives him his hand and pulls him up. \u00abYou of litt\u00adle faith,\u00bb he says, \u00abwhy did you doubt?\u00bb Jesus is hol\u00adding a mir\u00adror up to our eyes the\u00adre! Why is it that faith and doubt are some\u00adti\u00admes so clo\u00adse to each other?
\nJesus takes Peter and two other disci\u00adples up a moun\u00adtain one day to pray. The disci\u00adples overs\u00adleep the pray\u00ader time, but wake up in time to see Jesus tal\u00adking to Moses and Eli\u00adjah in a visi\u00adon. Peter is so exci\u00adted about this mee\u00adting that he imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly agrees to build a hut for Moses, Eli\u00adjah and Jesus each. Mark\u2019s Gos\u00adpel says of Peter here: \u00abHe did not real\u00adly know what he was tal\u00adking about.\u00bb
\nIt would be so nice if a youth retre\u00adat by the sea never ended \u2013 or a church weekend, a church retre\u00adat\u2026 a Bible school time\u2026 !!! Sud\u00adden\u00adly it\u2019s all over and all they see is Jesus! If you are in dan\u00adger of fal\u00adling into a hole after a won\u00adderful event, it is cru\u00adcial whe\u00adther you keep your eyes on Jesus or not!
\nQuestions
\nPeter repea\u00adted\u00adly asked Jesus ques\u00adti\u00adons such as: \u00abLord, how often should I for\u00adgi\u00adve someone who wrongs me? Seven times?\u00bb \u00abNo!\u00bb Jesus ans\u00adwe\u00adred, \u00abseven\u00adty times seven times!\u00bb(Matthew 18:21\u201322 NL<\/span>) I won\u00adder if Peter expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced that someone often wron\u00adged him? To be able to for\u00adgi\u00adve, twice is hard\u00adly pos\u00adsi\u00adble and seven times seems impos\u00adsi\u00adble! Jesus\u00bb ans\u00adwer is high school! \u00abStop coun\u00adting, just for\u00adgi\u00adve.\u00bb To be able to apo\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adse and for\u00adgi\u00adve \u2013 good for tho\u00adse who, with God\u2019s help, have alre\u00ada\u00addy muta\u00adted the\u00adse two impos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties into \u00abYes, I can!
\nAno\u00adther ques\u00adti\u00adon from Peter makes us won\u00adder: \u00abWe have given up ever\u00ady\u00adthing to fol\u00adlow you. What will we get in return?\u00bb (Matthew 19:27 NL<\/span>) We may shake our heads, but such thoughts some\u00adti\u00admes stir in us: \u00abI have work\u00aded so hard for the church, done so much vol\u00adun\u00adt\u00ada\u00adry work\u2026 The\u00adre should be some\u00adthing in it for me \u2013 here alre\u00ada\u00addy and not only in hea\u00adven!\u00bb The ans\u00adwer Jesus gave Peter can be expres\u00adsed as fol\u00adlows: \u00abOnly tho\u00adse can ask who have not yet unders\u00adtood what eter\u00adnal life in the King\u00addom of God will bring! I am con\u00advin\u00adced that once we enter God\u2019s king\u00addom, we will all have for\u00adgot\u00adten to ask about the reward. Becau\u00adse ever\u00ady\u00adthing will be so stun\u00adnin\u00adgly beau\u00adtiful and glo\u00adrious! The worst ques\u00adti\u00adon the disci\u00adples ever asked was a com\u00admon ques\u00adti\u00adon that tur\u00adned into an argu\u00adment: Who do you think is the grea\u00adtest among us?! Les\u00adson from Jesus: \u00abIf anyo\u00adne wants to be first, he must take the last place and ser\u00adve ever\u00adyo\u00adne\u00bb (Mark 9:35 NL<\/span>). If you want to be gre\u00adat, be a ser\u00advant! If you want to be gre\u00adat, take in a child!
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\nFundamental
\nOur meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis takes place in the bust\u00adle and noi\u00adse of the world. In the midst of our flips and flops of faith. It\u2019s not an ever upward line. It\u2019s up and down. But in the dai\u00adly chal\u00adlenges, our faith beco\u00admes stron\u00adger and more sus\u00adtainable, even as we learn from our mista\u00adkes. Peter once stumb\u00adled bad\u00adly. As Jesus pre\u00adpared his disci\u00adples for what was to come in Jeru\u00adsa\u00adlem and spo\u00adke of his suf\u00adfe\u00adring and death, Peter reac\u00adted brusque\u00adly, \u00abThis must not hap\u00adpen, Lord,\u00bb he said \u00abThis must not hap\u00adpen at all!\u00bb Jesus tur\u00adned to Peter and said, \u00abGet away from me, Satan! You want to trap me. You see things only with the eyes of men and not as God sees them\u00bb (Matthew 16:21\u201323 NL<\/span>).
\nEven if we are in the midst of a meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis whe\u00adre we are being chan\u00adged into a being shaped enti\u00adre\u00adly by the Spi\u00adrit of God: We are and remain for the time being still human beings and the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre we must be careful not to always speak human\u00adly, act human\u00adly, see human\u00adly, judge human\u00adly and deci\u00adde human\u00adly. But we should ask our\u00adsel\u00adves how God sees the mat\u00adter; and then speak as he speaks. Judge or deci\u00adde as he would judge and deci\u00adde. Not that he must reproach us in the same way as Peter: \u00abYou see things only with the eyes of men and not as God sees them.\u00bb
\nWhen we fol\u00adlow Peter\u2019s life, we quick\u00adly rea\u00adli\u00adse: he was a Chris\u00adti\u00adan like you and me today: with our good and bad times, some\u00adti\u00admes with gre\u00adat trust, some\u00adti\u00admes with doubts, some\u00adti\u00admes with jus\u00adti\u00adfied ques\u00adti\u00adons, some\u00adti\u00admes with stu\u00adpid ques\u00adti\u00adons, some\u00adti\u00admes we find Jesus to run away, then again to stay\u2026 When many disci\u00adples ran away from Jesus, Jesus asked his 12: \u00abWill you also go away?\u00bb Peter repli\u00aded, \u00abLord, to whom should we go? Only you have words that give eter\u00adnal life. We belie\u00adve and have known that you are the Holy One of God\u00bb (John 6:67\u201369 NL<\/span>).
\nWe pray the Our Father at the end, becau\u00adse the\u00adre is hard\u00adly ano\u00adther pray\u00ader that keeps us in con\u00adstant meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis like this one: Our Father in hea\u00adven, hal\u00adlo\u00adwed be your name, your king\u00addom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in hea\u00adven. Give us this day our dai\u00adly bread, and for\u00adgi\u00adve us our tre\u00ads\u00adpas\u00adses, as we for\u00adgi\u00adve tho\u00adse who tre\u00ads\u00adpass against us. And let us not be tempt\u00aded, but deli\u00adver us from evil. For thi\u00adne is the king\u00addom, and the power, and the glo\u00adry, for ever and ever. Amen!
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\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small groups
\nRead the Bible text: 1 Peter 1:13\u201316<\/p>\n
\n\tPeter was the first to expe\u00adri\u00adence a mira\u00adcle of cat\u00adching fish. How do you explain his reac\u00adtion to this? (Fal\u00adling on his kne\u00ades befo\u00adre Jesus, \u00abI am too gre\u00adat a sin\u00adner\u2026\u00bb etc. Lk 5,1ff
\n\tWhy does Jesus prai\u00adse the disci\u00adple Peter so exces\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly in Mt 16:16\u201319? He even gets a pro\u00admi\u00adse for the future \u2013 and the other 11?
\n\tWhat do you think about Jesus\u00bb lea\u00adder\u00adship style? For a spe\u00adcial moment he always takes the same three disci\u00adples with him. (Mount of Trans\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon Mt 17:1ff; rai\u00adsing Jai\u00adrus\u00bb daugh\u00adter Lk 8:49; Jesus in Geth\u00adse\u00adma\u00adne Mt 26:37) Does\u00adn\u2019t this stir up jealousy?
\n\tPut your\u00adsel\u00adves in the shoes of the 11 disci\u00adples. How would you have reac\u00adted when Peter wan\u00adted to go across the water to Jesus?
\n\tWhy is the Our Father pray\u00ader par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly sui\u00adta\u00adble as a pray\u00ader for our metamorphosis?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"