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Peter’s Darkest Hour
Peter is in the high priest court yard waiting as Jesus is put on trail.
The stress and anxiety are off the charts
What will happen?
Why did armed soldiers show up?
I am so confused?
Its during stressful and dark times we make bad decisions.
never make a major purchase or sale something within one month of a tragedy
Widows are taken advantage of after a funeral
During a financial crisis people will liquidate stocks at the bottom of the market,
Peter was told he would deny the Lord three time and vehemently argues with this assertion.
Matt 26.33-
Its all falling apart now!
The group of twelve has split up and fled.
Their leader has been taken captive by the Jewish authorities and are weaponized .
Its a dangerous time to be identified with Christ.
The crowds have gone from praising him to anger.
Sitting there in the middle of a cold night scared.
Illustration -
While Jesus was undergoing His trial before the Sanhedrin, Peter was also undergoing a testing.
He had followed the Lord and gained entrance into the house of the high priest ().
As he sat in the courtyard (cf. ) awaiting the outcome of the trial, he had three opportunities to speak up for his Lord
While Jesus was undergoing His trial before the Sanhedrin, Peter was also undergoing a testing.
He had followed the Lord and gained entrance into the house of the high priest (John 18:15–16).
As he sat in the courtyard (cf.
Matt.
26:58) awaiting the outcome of the trial, he had three opportunities to speak up for his Lord
I The Confrontation
First a maid, probably a female porter, challenged Peter with the statement that he was one of the followers of the Lord.
“Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee,” she said (26:69).
mark 14:67-68
Evidently she recognized John as a disciple and because John had gained access to the courtyard for Peter, she suspected that Peter was also a disciple ().
Feeling every eye on him, Peter categorically denied his relationship with the Lord.
“I know not what thou sayest,” he said ().
A couple of things:
First a maid, probably a female porter, challenged Peter with the statement that he was one of the followers of the Lord.
“Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee,” she said (26:69).
Evidently she recognized John as a disciple and because John had gained access to the courtyard for Peter, she suspected that Peter was also a disciple (John 18:16).
Feeling every eye on him, Peter categorically denied his relationship with the Lord.
“I know not what thou sayest,” he said (Matthew 26:70).
This caught him by surprise
His reaction was quick and defensive.
mark
Matt 26:69-71
Look: they are out for blood, he did have the foreknowledge that Christ had.
He was just trying to protect himself and stay alive!
In Mark - Lady I cant even understand what you are saying !!!!
The confrontation brought out where he was at the time ....
A surprise reaction - have you ever acted wrongly when confronted.
illustration - lying to the FBI is a crime.
Even if you are not under oath you can not lie to and investigator.
When people are backed into a corner they lie to get out
In this case Peter denied the Lord.
II The Certified Statement
matt 26.7
The next confrontation follows up the first and has a direct connection to Jesus.
He is now being cornered and anxiety is off the charts.
This time he ups it one by giving an oath.
This time Peter denied his relationship to the Lord with an oath.
In a court of justice, a man taking this kind of oath invoked malediction on himself if his statement were false.
“I do not know the man,” Peter said.
It would seem that at this point the cock crowed, but Peter did not heed the warning.
He is in deeper and deeper now He uses and oath in the denial.
This time Peter denied his relationship to the Lord with an oath.
In a court of justice, a man taking this kind of oath invoked malediction on himself if his statement were false.
“I do not know the man,” Peter said.
It would seem that at this point the cock crowed, but Peter did not heed the warning.
There was disbelief and he had to ratchet it up a notch to get others to believe.
remember what he said previously
Illustration - when we start lieing we have to lie to cover the lie.
A web will eventually entrap us.
A husband affair will go from one lie to another
What was peter thinking?
Self preservation ?
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III The Conformation of the Prophecy
This next confrontation was from a group.
A his speech gave him away.
We know who you are!
You are not from around hear.
The net is being drawed.
There is no way out to but to publically denounce as hard as I can Jesus.
mark 14.
luke
Peter’s oath silenced suspicions for the moment, but after a while (Luke 22:59 says it was about an hour later) he was accosted again.
Those who were standing around queried him a third time.
“Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee,” they said (Matthew 26:73).
What a wonderful testimony to have: “Your speech gives you away.
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