CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE/Further Proof of Forgiveness - Conclusion

 Peter faithfully carried out his assignment for many years. He strengthened his brothers, as Jesus had commanded on the eve of His death. Peter worked kindly and patiently at shepherding and feeding Christ's followers. The man called Simon came to live up his name that Jesus had given him-Peter, or Rock- by becoming a steady, strong, reliable force for good in the congregation. Much evidence to that effect is found in the two warm, personal letters Peter wrote that became valuable books of the Bible. Those letters, show too, that Peter never forgot the lesson he had learned from Jesus about forgiveness. - Read 1 Peter 3:8, 9; 4:8. 

 May we learn that lesson well. Do we daily ask God's forgiveness for our many errors? Do we then accept that forgiveness and believe in its power to cleanse us? And do we extend forgiveness to those around us? If we do, we will imitate the faith of Peter-and the mercy of his Master.

Next time: CHAPTER 125/Jesus Is Taken to Annas, Then to Caiaphas

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