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Cedarvi e c L;brar Cedarvjl , Ohio 4531 ' ' a e ere esus a e ' ' the tribute money. Peter had no mone,·: but the Lord knew h1 need, e\en before Peter told Him. ot1ce ver e 25. It wa Je· u Who poke about it fir t to Peter and reminded him that hi te timony would hurt if he failed to meet thi re pon ibility. Je u aid. " Peter, go down to the by Mrs. James Jeremiah ea fishing. The fir')t fi h 1 ou catch will have a coin in it mouth to pay your tax.'' Ye , He i the ame to– day, and He ha pro mi. ed to ., upoly all yot1r need accordin,g to H i riche in glory by Chri t Je~u·;.'' (Phil. 4: 19) ··And Je u , walking by the ea of Galilee, saw two brethren, imon. called Peter, and Andrew his brother ' ca ti ng a net into the ea for they were fi her . And He aith unto them. Follow Me, and I will make you fi hers of men. And Je tt went about ail l Galilee teaching ... and preaching ...and h ealing .. . And there followed Him great multitide of people from Galilee. . ." (Matthew 4:18. 19, 23, 25) Once again in John 21: 1-14, Je u appear to H i di ciple on the hore of the ea of Tiberi a'. which i 1u t an 1 other nan1e for the an1e ea. He h ad been crucified, buried. raised from the dead. Thi wa H i third appearance to H i , {1; ~jole i.,r~ H: Thi pa t Augu t it ~ a my privilege ro be in I rael. On Friday Augu t 8, i.ve traveled by bu·.. north from the cit\ of Jeru a]en1, through azareth , to Tiberia on the hore of the ea of Galilee. A we came over the top of the mountain we could ee the city of Tiberi a built on the lope down to the hore of the ea of Galilee which was ne tled between the mountain on either ide. The beauty of thi sce ne i difficult to de cribe. It was about noon when we arrived in Tiberia . We had lunch in a lovely re taurant overlook– ing the ea. After lunch we took a boat ride from Tiberi a aero to Capernaum. It wa thrilling as we realized we were in the very place where Je u lived and performed much of H i,3 three , ear ' earthly mini try. Here in apernaum. on the no rth hore of alilee. He lived and began Hi n1inistry (Matt. 4:13). In Matt. 4:18, l 9 He called Peter and Andrew to be H i first disciple . He refer to Caper– naum, in Matthew 9: 1 a "Hi own cit)f,.. Here He clean ed the leper , healed the centurion'5 ervan l of palsy. and al o the man brought to Hin1 "sick of the palsy. lying on a l)cd · ( 1 at thew 9. 23. It wac; on the shore of 1alilec where He ca~t out the <len1ons, allo\.ving them to enter int the wine who "ran violently d v- n a tecp place into the sea." ( 1att. 8:28-32 l1at clay a·, \.\'C rode acr<)ss t l1e a, the " ' ind ca 111e llJ1 ar1d th,. vVa\'CS gr .. \.\ l1igl1er. \ c v..' t.::re re111inded of t 11 e d a '\ he 11 J ll s an l 11 is d i c i p 1 s "ere 11t 011 1l1e ca and a ,::,e,11 tor,11 (. ro ( 1atl. 8 :21-2 ,) . Jestis rel>u d tl1c "'ind , , n<l thert: \1-' H a ,, eat ct1l111" . \\' llat ii I on f r ti ! ~' itl1 Je ua al) ar Oltr l1i1, t lif\; , ~ n 11 t ~ear. lTt.: <l n t gt1,,r, n- no l r 1 1 , I> t 1 t l I .,, ,,.. i l1 t a i c u TH OHIO IND PENDfNl BAPTIST thro tt J?l1 the torn1 and trial afely to the other ide even a He did Hi di ~iple . After the feeding of the 5,000 on the hill ide by the ea, Je u urged the di cipl e· -- to get into a boat and cro over to the other ide while He went upon a mount ain alone to pray a He o often did. (Matt. 14:22-23) Again a torm aro e in the night and the di ciple were afraid. Je us was aware of their problem and came to them walking on the wate r. Peters experience that nigh t trying to walk on water has in it a tremendou~ le on for u to learn . When he took hi eye off hri t and aw the wave and wind around him, hi faith weakened and he began to ink. Oh , that we could learn that regard– le ., of circum tance and urrounding problem , the ame One Who " tretch– ed forth Hi hand and caught Peter" i al o by our side to give courage and victory in our daily 1 ive ! In Matthew 17 :24-27 Peter i agai n facing a problen1. He lived in Caper– nat1m and the ta co ll ect r can1e for re t1rrection. Peter had rJe nied hi Lord three tin1e . H ere aQain in ··elf– wi ll and defeat, he ay , " I go fi b– ing". o often the defeated chri tian lead other to be defeated 'with him. even a Peter did. We read. ·That night they caugiht nothing." When Je· --u came to them and they took order fro m H im in tead of Peter, ' They caugh t a mt1ltitide f fi h." Then Je·-- u aid, Come and dine ." The be t cure for L1r defeated. fruit– le . li ve. i the f od which God pro– vide. a we fell ,v hip v>'ith H im through Hi v\'ord. Je tl n1et their phy ical need for f od. then , ho\A,,ed them that their grcate t • piritual need wa a love for hri t which v.: tild cat1 e then, to " 11 w H in1." and "F eed the he p.'' Th i an1e Je u-.. \ h n1et H i d i·~cj pie that d a 1 () n the a lilee hore and tL1 rned their defeat into ictor i , able t d the an1e f r .. u t (la)'. Tru t H in, . and ohe H im, and "'the peace f G d that ptl ,eth (111 under tand1ng" can h )' t1r . ESTABLISHING BAPTIST CHURCHES WHERE THERE WERE NONE IN NORTHERN UNITED STATES AND IN CANADA HIAWATHA BAPTIST MISSIONS 2601 Lincoln Road, South Escanab a, Mich iga n 49829 ..... --------------------------------------------------------------·----- JANU 6.RY 1970 9 I