Peter and John

The two most prominent of the disciples at the Passover supper, Peter and John, were converted in different ways. John heard the word from John the Baptist.
“Looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God." John 1:36. He is ravished by the beauty of Jesus and attracted to His person. A little word is let out from John Baptist's heart and he follows Jesus. John Baptist began his ministry (and rightly so) with the terrible denunciations of coming judgment. The last two notes in John 1 as to the Person of Christ, attracted their hearts and God allows one of those men to tell you "it was about the tenth hour." Do you think God is indifferent to the day and the hour when a soul was brought to Him? No, for it is written of one here in the eternal Word of God.
When Peter was converted, it was different. Andrew went to Peter and brought him to Jesus and said, "We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ." The results were very different in their path. You never find that the Lord had to tell John to follow Him, but He has to say to Peter, "Follow thou Me.”
There are the same distinctive marks in the character of their ministry. John is a true Kohathite, bearing golden vessels of the tabernacle, the Person of Christ. Peter never went beyond the Messiah made Lord and Christ. It is remarkable how his conversion gives a character to his ministry in his epistle and service. It is also true of John in his ministry, although on the other hand, the call of God does all. Still, the character may be much altered afterward which is encouraging to us.