I filmed the video below earlier this year by the excavations of the high priest’s house in Jerusalem. Jesus actually walked on these stones!
(By the way, I’m going to be taking another trip to Israel in January-February 2021. [In an earlier version I wrote 2020!] Stay tuned for more info.)
The difference between Peter and Judas is that Peter, even when he denies Christ, is still trying to say close, whereas Judas runs off on his own.
Be like Peter.
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I've always thought that the calling of Andrew and Peter, James and John was a strange story, but recently I read something somewhere that made a lot of sense to me. Twice, Matthew tells us that the brothers left their nets "immediately," i.e., when Jesus calls, they respond totally: they don't hedge their bets or halfway follow him. What's Matthew trying to tell us?
Either we follow Jesus, or we don't: there is no place for a half-hearted discipleship.3
Jesus says, "Follow me." In response, what do you need to "immediately" leave, drop, or do today?