There were only 3 times in the gospels when Jesus spoke directly to Simon and called him by his God given name “Peter”. I will try to refer to Peter as Simon throughout this brief study since that is his original family given name. Even though we will find that Jesus called him Peter from the very beginning, for a much of his time with Jesus he was called Simon. We know him mostly as Peter because we are looking back in time.  The gospel accounts show that Jesus spoke to Simon several times and in many different contexts. Although I would like to studyRead More →