After watching The Chosen, episode 2, season 4, I’m struck with Matthew’s conviction to ask Peter’s forgiveness. Matthew had nearly ruined Pater’s family business by collecting taxes for the Romans. But not only that, Peter’s hesitancy to give forgiveness is met with Jesus’s response. “Peter, I’m making you into who you were not.” We become new each time we surrender to His moving in our hearts.
“Following Jesus is not a three-step formula: be with him, become like him, and so on. But there is a sequence. It is not a program but a progression. First, you come and be with Jesus; gradually you start to become like him; eventually, it's like you can't help it - you begin to do the kinds of things he did in the world. We see this progression in the stories of the original disciples: They spent months or possibly years just following him around Israel and sitting at his feet. Very slowly they began to change, and eventually, he "sent them out" to preach.” - John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way
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