# 302 - Today's Living Word comes from Mr 3:18, “Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.”
If we were to look at the church of Jesus Christ as an actual building, Christ would be the cornerstone, the starting point and the foundation, the first pillar, the other three corner pillars would be Peter, James, and John. The rest of the pillars would be these 9 men, with Judas being a weak pillar that eventually gave way and had to be replaced.
Let's look at the rest of these “lesser known” apostle's and see if we can learn more about them.
Andrew was Peter's brother. If we would use modern church language we would say that Andrew was the one who led Peter to Christ. Jn 1:42 says this about Andrew, “He brought him (Peter) to Christ.
If you look at the other references to Andrew in Scripture, you will see that he was very close to the inner circle of Peter, James, and John, but not quite in it. He is mentioned with the inner circle just one time and that was in Mark 13:3, when the four of them asked Jesus privately about the destruction of the temple.
Imagine that! He led Peter to Christ, and Peter was given a higher place in the pecking order. Did Andrew go in a corner and pout about it? Did he ever grumble about it to others? If he did, we never read about it in Scripture.
I think Andrew is a great example of humility for all of us.
I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.
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