St Peter’s Day

According to church tradition, today is St. Peter’s Day. The first encounter of Peter with the Lord Jesus Christ is seen in the Gospel of John 1.40 where he is referred to as “Simon Peter”. He is introduced to the  Jesus  – the Messiah – by his brother Andrew. Andrew had the habit of introducing people to the Lord. In John 6.9 he introduced the boy with five barley loaves and two small fishes. He introduces Greeks to Him in John 12.20-22. Both brothers were fishermen, Matthew 4.18.. The Lord called them to follow Him to become “fishers of men”, verse 19 It has been said that Andrew was an angler because he evangelised individuals, while Peter would have a big catch as on the Day of Pentecost when he preached to three thousand people, Acts 2.41.