How did Jesus inspire St. Peter?

Answer 1

Jesus Christ loved Peter. So much so, that despite his apostasy and denial of Him, He forgave Him and made him the first pope of His Church. Christ loved all the 12 apostles, but one, Judas Iscariat decided to betray HIm for 30 pieces of silver, and hence lost his apostleship. Later, the Church picked Matthias to replace him. Jesus inspired Peter, by His Divinity, His miracles, His perfect love for His creatures, and His forgiveness. Peter repented of his denials, and went on, like Mary Magdalene, to "go and sin no more".

Answer 2

139:2.9 In following Jesus, literally and figuratively, he was either leading the procession or else trailing behind - "following afar off." But he was the outstanding preacher of the twelve; he did more than any other one man, aside from Paul, to establish the kingdom and send its messengers to the four corners of the earth in one generation.

139:2.10 After his rash denials of the Master he found himself, and with Andrew's sympathetic and understanding guidance he again led the way back to the fish nets while the apostles tarried to find out what was to happen after the crucifixion. When he was fully assured that Jesus had forgiven him and knew he had been received back into the Master's fold, the fires of the kingdom burned so brightly within his soul that he became a great and saving light to thousands who sat in darkness.

139:2.11 After leaving Jerusalem and before Paul became the leading spirit among the gentile Christian churches, Petertraveled extensively, visiting all the churches from Babylon to Corinth. He even visited and ministered to many of the churches which had been raised up by Paul. Although Peter and Paul differed much in temperament and education, even in theology, they worked together harmoniously for the upbuilding of the churches during their later years.

139:2.12 Something of Peter's style and teaching is shown in the sermons partially recorded by Luke and in the Gospel of Mark. His vigorous style was better shown in his letter known as the First Epistle of Peter; at least this was true before it was subsequently altered by a disciple of Paul.

139:2.13 But Peter persisted in making the mistake of trying to convince the Jews that Jesus was, after all, really and truly the Jewish Messiah. Right up to the day of his death, Simon Peter continued to suffer confusion in his mind between the concepts of Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, Christ as the world's redeemer, and the Son of Man as the revelation of God, the loving Father of all mankind.

139:2.14 Peter's wife was a very able woman. For years she labored acceptably as a member of the women's corps, and when Peter was driven out of Jerusalem, she accompanied him upon all his journeys to the churches as well as on all his missionary excursions. And the day her illustrious husband yielded up his life, she was thrown to the wild beasts in the arena at Rome.

139:2.15 And so this man Peter, an intimate of Jesus, one of the inner circle, went forth from Jerusalem proclaiming the glad tidings of the kingdom with power and glory until the fullness of his ministry had been accomplished; and he regarded himself as the recipient of high honors when his captors informed him that he must die as his Master had died - on the cross. And thus was Simon Peter crucified in Rome.

** Quote from The Urantia Book, Paper 139, Chapter 2

Answer 3

St. Peter was one of Our Lord's twelve apostles and chosen by Him to be the first leader (pope) of his Church. Peter was crucified up-side-down and earned a martyr's crown in doing so. He would have been declared a saint by acclamation of the early Christians and bishops. At the time there was no official process in place for canonization of saints.

Peter was not canonized. He was proclaimed a saint by early Christians because of his martyrdom about the year 64 AD.. The canonization process did not come into existence until the 12th century. In the primitive Church,
martyrs were immediately recognized as witnessing to the perfection of Christian life on earth, having shown the ultimate proof of their love for Christ by the offering of their lives. By the sacrifice of their lives for Christ, they attained Heaven in eternal glory and were indissolubly united to the Lord, the Head of the Mystical Body.

Today only the pope can declare saints after years of study by the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the Vatican. The church does not create saints. Only God can do that. The Church "screens" candidates for sainthood to determine if they had a life worthy of emulation. In other words, do they make good role models. Also, the Church has to be assured that the person is actually in Heaven. That is the reason that today a number of miracles must be verified before a person can be declared a saint.

Answer 4

st peter spreaded the word about god.He might have done other works for jesus

Answer 5

Christ chose Peter to be the first leader, or pope, of his new church.