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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: If You Are Afraid That God Will Give Up on You
Description: And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” Luke 5:10
Jesus did not give up on Peter, and He will not give up on you. Jesus knows you and what He can make of you. This is why Jesus moves toward sinners.
Jesus called him Simon, which was Peter’s old name. Most likely, Jesus called him by his old name, because Simon was behaving like the person he used to be. The whole story is about how Simon becomes Peter—the man Christ was calling him to be.
Since Peter’s...