Some of Jesus' followers were beginning to leave him. His teachings were too difficult for them. So he turned to the 12 and asked, "Will you also go away?"

Peter's plaintive reply lives forever, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God."

"Lord, to whom shall we go?" We can scarcely imagine anyone other than Peter saying this. It seems unlikely that this would have been the first response from the critical Thomas or the more philosophical John.

This sudden, unqualified remark could only have come from Peter. At the mere mention of leaving Christ, Peter's soul was on fire, and the words in his heart overcame the slower processes of intellect. He spoke with the voice of one who had experien…