83 Peter Denies Jesus [Luke 22:54–62]
The Bible passage: [Luke 22:54–62]
The Story:
They seized Jesus, led Him away, and brought Him to the house of the high priest. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.
Some of them lit a fire in the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat among them.
When a servant saw him sitting with the others, she said, “This man was with Him too.”
Peter denied it: “Woman, I don’t know Him!”
After a little while, someone else said, “You’re one of them!”
“Man, I am not!” Peter said.
About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was with Him. He’s also a Galilean.”
But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
Just then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered the words of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
Peter went outside and wept bitterly.
The Lessons:
- We all fail at times, even someone as strong as Peter. [Romans 3:23]
- God knows when we are going to fail and He works around our failures to bring glory to Himself. [Romans 8:28]
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