The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1964 Page: 2 of 4
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The Howe Enterprise
THIS WEEK’S SERMONETTE
THE COMMISSION TO SERVE
By Ralph Burke, Minister
First Methodist Church
Each day brings new and greater demands
on all of us. We'often feel that there is no
time for the most important things in lif^-
So, we work all week for the minor things of
life and neglect the others. Instead of the
Sabbath being a day of worship and rset, it
is a Hay Tor doing all the things that we were
too busy to do all week.
In St. John’s Gospel we read this question
that Jesus asked Peter, “Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me more than these?” (St. John
21:15). Three times Peter gave an affirmative
reply and three times there followed a com-
mission to serve, “Feed my lambs”—“tend
my sheep’■ — “feed my sheep.” Jesus was
giving Peter a chance to bear witness to his
change of heart. He was also assuring him
of the confidence that He had in his future
service to the Kingdom of God.
There are those in our time who refrain,
from surrendering their lives to Christ be-
cause they feel that it is not in them to
remain true, to maintain a constant allegiance.
They have tried it before a^d faiVd they
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think they do not dare to ask for reinstate-
ment. Being sincere persons, they do not
regard it as fair to expect Christ to receive
them again and to entrust them with a holy
task. In the light of Jesus’ words to Peter,
however, these people must see that it is not
a matter of justice but a matter of love.
Peter was not too proud to assert his
loyalty to Jesus three times over. He had
denied Jesus three times, and now he was
assuring Him of his love three times. It
Was painful to have to do so. The author of
the Fourth Gospel tells us that Peter waa
grieved because Jesus asked him the third
time. But there is power in this kind of pain.
It is redemptive, for it cleanses the heart of
pride and opens the way for Christ’s indwell-
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iing. This is what happened
to Peter. In this moment he
became spiritually mature.
His commitment to Christ
was complete.
The days which followed
saw Peter, the Rock, assum-
ing positions of great respon-
sibility in the church. Next
to the Sermon on the Mount,
the sermon preached at Pen-
tecost was the greatest in ail
history. It fell to Peter's lot
to preach it. Under his
preaching Cornelius the Cen-
turion, a Gentile, received the
Holy Spirit. At his hands the
new convert and his whole
household received Christian
baptism (Acts 10:48). And
while he was called upon in
Jerusalem to defend this act
of his, the apostle stood his
ground so effectively that he
opened the way for the Chrls-
tian movement among the
Gentiles (Acts 11:1).
Yes, it is true that at the
time of Gethsemane, Peter
showed how far he was from
understanding what was tak-
ing place before his very eyes.
Peter’s despair knew no
bounds. Henceforth he was
frightened because he had
been plunged into bottomless
insecurity. He followed at a
distance, thrice he denied be-
ing a disciple of Jesus, and
then went out to weep bitter-
ly. The tears of a child are
one thing; the tears of a re-
pentant man another. For the
child, tears are the measure
of the hurt. For the penitent
adult, they are the healing of
the soul. Thus was it with
Peter. Just as it is with us.
At times the strain had been
great for him. Confusion and
the frantic sense of losing a
beloved friend had blurred
the sharp outlines of his past
experiences with Jesus. Tears
restored the picture and re-
leased the emotions which
had been stifled in the swiftly
moving pace of the recent
events. In days gone by Peter
had never fully realized how
greatly he loved Jesus. Now
he knew! Whatever the fu-
ture held, this much was cer-
tain. Peter was committed
to Jesus, soul and body. The
denial had deepened his loy-
alty to his Lord because of
the repentence that followed
it.
Peter’s martyrdom is too
strong to be denied. It con-
firms the faith Jesus placed
in him when He met him for
the first time. “So you are
Simon the son of Jonas?”
Yes, Peter was commissioned
to serve.
This leads me to ask YOU
are you too busy? If you are
what are YOU doing wii.fi
your time? Your community,
needs you, your affirmative
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