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From Heaven With Love
How many today are interested in the affairs of others, anxious
to know their duty, while in danger of neglecting their own! It is our
work to look to Christ and follow Him. Beholding Him, we shall
become transformed.
John lived to witness the destruction of Jerusalem and the ruin
of the temple—a symbol of the final ruin of the world. To his latest
days he closely followed his Lord. Peter had been restored to his
apostleship, but the honor he received from Christ had not given
him supremacy over his brethren. This Christ made plain in answer
to Peter’s question, “What shall this man do?” He had said, “What
is that to thee? follow thou Me.” Peter was not honored as the
head of the church. He had much influence in the church, but the
lesson Christ taught him by the Sea of Galilee Peter carried with
him throughout his life.
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Writing to the churches, Peter said: “I exhort the elders among
you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ,
... Tend the flock of God ... not as domineering over those in
your charge but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief
Shepherd is manifested you will obtain the unfading crown of glory.”
1 Peter 5:1-4
, RSV.
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