He was a prosperous fisherman and partner with Zebedee and Sons. He was a devout believer, hoping and waiting for God to make good on his Old Testament promises. And then, one day he was called from his boat to follow a man who was the hope of Israel. Peter, the man so filled with faults and foibles, became a fisher of men and spokesman for the apostles. With one notable exception, he was a man ready to confess Christ first in word and then in deed.

Read mark 8:27-30
²⁷Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
²⁸They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
²⁹“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
³⁰Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

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