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Why did Jesus call Simon Peter a rock? In John 1:42 Jesus looks at an unstable fisherman and says, "thou shalt be called Cephas," a stone.
The Great Physician, G. Campbell Morgan Sermon Breakdown: Matt Hepner and TopLobsta read Morgan's chapter on Simon Peter.

Morgan calls Peter an "elemental man": a questioner with real intellect, deep emotion and tremendous willpower, and yet a weak man, lacking the one thing that welds those elements into strength. We follow how Jesus dealt with him: Andrew brings Simon, Jesus looks through him and renames him, then four crises (the hard sayings of John 6, Caesarea Philippi, the Transfiguration and the upper room), the look after the denial, the private appearance after the resurrection, and Pentecost, where Peter finally stands as rock. Plus Morgan's Westminster story: "I know someone who does believe in you."

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Primary passage: John 1:42
Also in this episode: Luke 5:8 · Matthew 14:29 · 1 Peter 2:7 · John 6:67-68 · Matthew 16:16-23 · 1 Peter 1:3 · Matthew 17:4-5 · John 13:36-38 · Luke 22:61-62 · Mark 16:7 · Luke 24:34 · Acts 2:14 · Galatians 2:11

Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:57 Why Is Simon Peter the Best-Known Apostle?
6:08 His Name Was Simon: An Elemental Man
8:37 Peter the Questioner: Why Asking Questions Matters
12:28 Peter's Emotion: Depart From Me (Luke 5:8)
13:40 Peter's Willpower and the Whiskey Story
14:31 Why Was Peter a Weak Man?
17:01 What Is Preciousness? (1 Peter 2:7)
20:05 Andrew Brings Simon to Jesus (John 1:41-42)
21:02 Jesus Looked Through Him
29:41 Thou Shalt Be Called Cephas (John 1:42)
30:26 Why a Rock Is the Result of a Process
34:53 He Believes in You: Morgan's Westminster Story
36:15 Will Ye Also Go Away? (John 6:67-68)
38:02 Caesarea Philippi: Get Thee Behind Me (Matthew 16:16-23)
39:47 Could Peter Have Stopped the Cross?
42:55 The Transfiguration: Hear Ye Him (Matthew 17:4-5)
44:59 The Cock Shall Not Crow (John 13:36-38)
45:54 The Look That Broke His Heart (Luke 22:61-62)
48:44 Did Peter Deny Jesus to Stay Close to Him?
50:44 Free Will and God's Sovereignty: Peter and Jonah
55:05 Tell His Disciples and Peter (Mark 16:7)
58:23 The Lord Hath Appeared to Simon (Luke 24:34)
59:07 Pentecost: Peter Made Rock (Acts 2:14)
59:52 Paul Withstood Him to the Face (Galatians 2:11)
1:02:33 What Peter Became and Why This Series Matters

Questions answered
- Why did Jesus call Simon a rock? (30:26)
- If Peter had intellect, emotion and willpower, why was he weak? (14:31)
- How does Jesus deal with someone no one believes in? (34:53)
- What did Jesus's look at Peter after the denial mean? (47:39)
- When did Peter finally become the rock? (59:07)

Related Straight Bible studies
Previous in The Great Physician: How Jesus Dealt with John the Apostle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Who Was Andrew the Apostle? (John 1:35-42), the brother who brought Simon to Jesus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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