Summary
Jesus called Simon Peter, sometimes he called him Simon, and sometimes he called him Peter, and sometimes he would call him Simon Peter. And I thought we would do Andrew and James, or Andrew, James and John, but the more I read about Andrew, the more I just thought, well, we're just going to spend some time with Andrew for a little bit here. We don't have a lot about him when we think of the apostles, even though he's in that first kind of grouping or inner circle of the apostles with Christ, we don't often think of him first, because he's more of a background player. Now, if we back up to that first part where it says the next day John again was with his disciples, so two of his disciples, one of them is John the gospel writer, or can be assumed to be John the gospel writer, because he gives this eyewitness account of this story. And then as He got into His ministry, there came a time where He called these 12 men to be His apostles, to live life with Him, to do ministry with Him, and He chose them to spend more time with Him because these were the men that He was going to commission with going and making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father. So when the 19th chapter, if you go to verse 26, we read, when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, this is when Jesus is on the cross, he is hanging there, he sees his mother standing there, he sees John next to her, he said to his mother, woman, here is your son, then he said to the disciple, here is your mother, and from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
Video citations
- Twelve Ordinary Men: Lesson 1 — Good morning. So today we are studying our study on the apostles, which should be fun. I guess I've been into the history of the church this year, so we're historicizing. But we are going to, of…
- Twelve Ordinary Men: Lesson 2 — We do have a lot to cover, so we are first going to open in prayer. Let us pray. Lord, we thank You so much for gathering us here. We thank You for Your Word that You are constantly shaping us,…
- Twelve Ordinary Men: Lesson 3 — Good morning. All right, so we are going to be jumping back into the 12 ordinary men, though today we will be looking at one ordinary man, Andrew, but before we do, let us open in prayer. Heavenly…
- Twelve Ordinary Men: Lesson 4 — Let's pray. Lord, we thank You so much for Your Word. We thank You for gathering us today to hear Your Word. We ask that Your Spirit would guide us, that we would learn from the men that You called…
- Twelve Ordinary Men: Lesson 5 — And we'll begin with prayer. Lord, we thank you so much. We thank you for calling the 12 men that you called. We thank you for showing us their flaws and their weaknesses, as well as their strengths…
- Twelve Ordinary Men: Lesson 6 — So let's open and pray. Lord, we thank you so much. We thank you for gathering us here once again to learn more about you and to know you better. Lord, we ask that as we conclude our study on the…