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 Go ahead and take your Bibles, turn over to Mark chapter 14 this morning.

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 Mark chapter 14 as we continue on in our series through the book of Mark here this morning.

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 As we have been looking here as Jesus has been taken here to the high priest's palace

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 and interrogated and falsely accused.

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 And this was the first of his trials along the pathway to the cross as he went.

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 And while Jesus was facing the accusations, two of his disciples this morning we're going to find

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 and expressly talk about one and that's Peter.

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 But John and Peter had followed the mob to Caiaphas' house.

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 And we're going to see here this morning that Peter here becomes the central focus

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 as he would soon engage in the very thing that Jesus had revealed to him

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 that he would deny that he ever knew Jesus.

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 And so as we're going to look here this morning, if you found Mark chapter 14,

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 let's stand together in honor of the reading of the Word of God.

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 And we'll have kind of a broken reading here this morning.

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 We're going to read verse 54 and then jump over to verse 66

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 because these two kind of tie together about Peter here.

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 And so we see here in verse 54 it says,

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 And Peter followed him afar off, even under the palace of the high priest.

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 And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.

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 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest.

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 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him and said,

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 And thou also was with Jesus of Nazareth.

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 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest.

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 And he went out into the porch and the cock crew.

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 And the maids saw him again and began to say to them that stood by,

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 This is one of them.

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 And he denied it again.

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 And a little after, when they stood by again, said to Peter,

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 Surely thou art one of them, for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeeth thereto.

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 But he began to curse and to swear, saying,

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 I know not this man of whom ye speak.

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 And the second time the cock crew and Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him,

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 Before the cock crowed twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

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 And when he thought thereon, he wept.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Fathers, we come before you this morning, Lord.

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 We're thankful for your word.

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 We're thankful for even the reality.

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 As we're going to look at Peter here this morning, Lord,

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 A man that did many things similar to what we do oftentimes, Lord.

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 Even get caught up in ourselves.

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 Lord, to not rely upon you.

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 Lord, we can learn so much from even this incident with Peter

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 And how he even grew through it.

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 Lord, help us to grow also in you through these things, even here today.

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 And Lord, we just love you and thank you.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 May we be seated.

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 You know, as we find here, Jesus here has told his disciples beforehand what was going to transpire.

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 You know, and that's one of those things that oftentimes we can get information but not want to do anything with it.

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 You know, if we don't like the information, oftentimes we ignore it.

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 You know, sometimes we put it off to the side.

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 Sometimes we exempt ourselves from it, as we're going to see here with Peter.

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 And we're going to see here as he told his disciples that they were going to be offended and they were going to run away.

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 If you remember earlier here that Peter took offense to what Jesus said.

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 When Jesus looked at Peter and said, Peter, hey, I know who you are.

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 I know what you're going to do.

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 I know how you're going to respond.

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 I know because it's been foretold how these things are going to come about.

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 And we're going to look here this morning and Jesus is telling Peter.

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 And Peter's response is he looks at Jesus and says, Jesus, I've been faithful and there's no way I would deny you.

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 You know, you know, it's very easy to see Peter in ourselves sometimes.

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 Because sometimes we can have that same idea in our minds, you know, even about our service to Christ.

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 But we need to be careful because we're going to see here as Peter learned also, we have to be there's some dangers.

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 There's some things that led him here that can cause a problem in our life also.

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 And we know that Jesus made it very clear to him in Peter's response in Mark 14 and verse 31.

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 It tells us there, but when he spake more vehemently, if I should die with you, I will not deny thee in any wise like also said they all.

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 You know, it's interesting in that passage there in Mark 14, when you consider that Peter stood up and was very vehement.

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 He's very aggressively stating, Jesus, I will never forsake you.

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 Now, that's interesting because Peter was the one who always got up and got going, right?

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 That word vehemently, I want to remind you, it's almost like Peter got in Jesus' face and told him, I don't believe you.

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 I will be faithful even unto death.

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 That's how confident Peter was of how he would respond to a situation.

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 You know, I want you to consider something when you're judging things and you're looking at other people, never look and say, I would never do something.

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 Because sometimes you don't know how you'll respond until that moment.

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 We need to just look and say, Lord, help me to be faithful, increase my faith.

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 Lord, help me to trust you in those situations.

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 Help me to move forward through them.

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 And so Peter here, he was very adamant.

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 They got the others on board.

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 You ever know somebody gets excited and has a lot of energy?

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 Everybody else jumps on board too?

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 You know?

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 But you know, you realize even all the other disciples also all ran away.

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 They all went their own direction.

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 You know?

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 And we see here, he was ready to give everything for the Lord, even his life.

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 And he was close to that happening here.

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 Just a little bit before this, you remember when the mob came out to arrest Jesus.

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 And what's Peter do?

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 He takes the sword and he lops off the ear of Malchus, the high priest's servant.

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 He literally could have lost his own life if it weren't for Jesus intervening.

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 Because remember, what did Jesus do, you know?

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 And, you know, that whole account just still fascinates me.

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 Here's Peter doing something really dumb.

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 And Jesus steps in and makes a difference.

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 You know, I just imagine Jesus taking the ear and putting it back on and Malchus is going,

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 Whoa.

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 How do you charge somebody when there's no offense?

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 You know?

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 I always laugh and think about that.

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 You know, how good a witness would Malchus have been against Peter?

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 Well, he cut my ear off, but Jesus put it back on.

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 It's working just fine.

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 Matter of fact, I hear better than I did before.

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 That wouldn't work too good, would it?

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 But we realize here as Peter is here and Jesus is telling Peter, he says, Peter, I know.

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 And I think Jesus appreciated Peter's fervency and his energy.

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 But we need to understand Jesus also knew the heart.

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 He knew how Peter was going to respond.

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 He knows how we're going to respond.

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 He knows what we're made of.

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 But I want you to see the importance of this moment here that we're going to look at here this morning,

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 because this is one of the few events you'll find in all four Gospels.

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 All four of the Gospel writers write about this.

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 From a little different perspective, give us different details.

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 As we'll see here in a little bit, John even informs us that people who knew Malchus was one of them that were accusing Peter.

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 I know you're one of them.

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 You know, maybe he pointed them out and said, that's the dude who cut my ear off.

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 You know, we don't have all that information, but we know the Bible tells us that there were those who knew him and connected that with Peter.

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 But we find here that Peter denies Christ.

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 Yet the fact is that it's just a snapshot into Peter's life.

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 You know, the one thing is we talk about this because oftentimes you can look at this and say, it's very negative what Peter did.

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 But I think this is recorded, it's important in all four Gospels because it's something important for us to note.

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 That what happens in a moment does not define you for the rest of your life.

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 God can take and forgive and move forward with your life.

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 Peter's a testimony to that.

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 Because I don't know about you, when you read about Peter denying Christ and how he does it here as we're going to look at it,

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 you would think that would be unrecoverable.

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 That Peter would be down and out and Jesus would just write him off.

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 But Jesus already knew as we're going to look and understand what happens here this morning.

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 Because Peter learned much through the event because, you know what made the difference between living in failure and being restored?

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 Was we're going to see here that Peter's repentance, realizing what he had done,

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 and coming back to the Lord made all the difference.

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 Oftentimes when we get caught in events in life, it's because we want to stay there.

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 We're not willing to say, Lord, I was wrong.

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 Lord, I need your forgiveness.

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 I need you.

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 And oftentimes we're going to see people can get caught there when they're not willing to turn to the Lord for forgiveness and restoration.

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 And so Peter's story is important to us because, you know, we will experience that sometime in our life you're going to fail.

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 Sometime in your life if you say, I'm going to serve the Lord, you're going to fail the Lord.

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 But Peter's account gives us hope to say we know God can put things back together.

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 That God can restore in lives and through Him that we can experience forgiveness and restoration.

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 You know, just the fact that we have failed the Lord and sinned against Him doesn't mean that we're doomed to end our lives in that condition.

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 You know, I want you to know that there's hope in the midst of crisis we have a Savior.

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 When we look at Peter here this morning, I don't want you to look and say, well, what a bum.

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 I want you to look at it and say, what can I learn?

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 What can I learn from Peter's life that I can apply to my own?

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 What things do I need to do in my life when I'm in the position Peter was in?

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 Because the reality is all of us are going to sin.

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 All of us have sinned. All of us will sin.

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 But what's done with that sin is what's important.

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 And so we're going to look here this morning for a few moments here into this passage here.

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 But look together. We're going to look at Peter's fear.

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 Because, you know, one thing I think you're going to find is fear drives a lot of things.

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 How you perceive what's going on around you drives a lot of things in our life.

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 And we're going to look at this this morning because while all of Peter's,

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 all the disciples ran away from Jesus when he was arrested,

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 we learn that two of them, and in Mark he just makes note of the one,

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 because notice in verse 54 it says,

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 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest.

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 And we see this, but I want you to understand, John, look over to John chapter 18.

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 John chapter 18 in verse 15.

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 We're going to see here that John records,

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 And Simon Peter followed Jesus and did it, and so did another disciple.

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 And that disciple was known unto the high priest,

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 and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.

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 And so, in other words, we find here that John,

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 we know that John has a connection somehow with the high priest.

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 Now, the Bible doesn't tell us in detail what that connection is.

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 But we know that he was in a position enough that he was allowed into the palace.

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 He was recognized as somebody that was familiar around where the high priest was.

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 And so we're going to see here this morning that we find John here is into the palace,

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 and Peter is outside.

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 He's warming himself by the fire.

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 And we find that John speaks to the maid that's watching the door

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 and convinces her to go get Peter.

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 You know, this is where Mark picks up.

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 Peter's sitting by the fire with the servants.

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 Now, that's interesting because he just cut off one of the ears of one of the servants.

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 So he goes and he's trying to hide himself amongst them.

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 And we find here that Peter there was even in the palace of the high priest,

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 and he sat with the servants and warmed himself by the fire.

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 You know, it was here that the maid found Peter.

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 We see here in verse 66 here in our text, it says,

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 As Peter was beneath the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest.

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 You know, why was she coming out?

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 Well, if you read John's gospel, you'll find that John was the one who sent her out

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 to get Peter, to get Peter on inside also.

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 You know, but notice how Peter responded to her.

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 She comes out and Peter, and when she saw Peter warming himself,

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 she looked upon him and said,

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 And thou also was with Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Now, that's interesting that she says thou also.

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 What's that tell you?

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 She knows there's another one.

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 You know, that there was another one.

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 John was already in and she was sent out to get Peter.

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 And how does Peter respond?

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 You know, Peter here does the first denial that comes.

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 He's nervous about what's happening.

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 And you look in verse 68 and it says,

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 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest.

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 And he went out into the porch and the cock crew.

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 In other words, we see here that here's Peter.

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 He says, I know not.

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 And then he uses another best excuse.

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 No comprende.

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 You know, I don't understand.

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 You know, that's like a universal thing.

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 If somebody wants to get out of trouble, if people,

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 because you've got to remember, in biblical times,

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 people spoke multiple languages.

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 In other words, Peter was sitting there and he goes,

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 Well, I don't understand.

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 You know, it was a tool that he used to try to deny.

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 You know, I want you to understand that it's no different today.

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 A lot of people do that.

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 You know, well, I just don't understand.

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 Understand.

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 But the thing is, when it comes to the things of God,

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 you better pay attention.

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 Because there's things in life you cannot understand and get by.

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 But if you fail to understand what Christ has done for you,

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 it devastates eternity.

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 One misunderstanding about what Christ has done for you

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 will devastate eternity for you.

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 It's something that you better figure out

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 because God made it simple.

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 Amen?

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 You know, well, I appreciate that God made it simple.

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 It's not complex.

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 But we find here that the rooster crows in the background,

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 just as Jesus had warned Peter

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 that he would deny him three times before,

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 that old rooster crowed two times.

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 You know?

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 So we know that this happened pretty quickly

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 in the sequence of things

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 because he didn't even consider

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 what he had just heard

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 and wanting to avert attention from himself.

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 He moves into the porch area.

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 In other words, his fear

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 of being recognized.

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 He was scared of what was going to happen.

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 And he tries to avert.

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 He tries to get away.

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 You know, sometimes we'll do the same thing.

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 You know, even believers sometimes

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 will let fear overcome

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 wanting to be associated with Christ.

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 Peter, the one who had walked with him,

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 wanted to disavow

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 for his own means.

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 For preservation.

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 We find here it was only a brief while

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 before another maid recognizes him

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 and begins to tell others who he was.

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 And Peter overhears the accusation

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 and begins to deny.

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 Look here as we say in verse 69,

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 And a maid saw him

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 and began to say to them that stood by,

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 This is one of them.

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 And he had denied it again.

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 And a little after,

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 they that stood by said again to Peter,

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 Surely thou art one of them.

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 For thou art a Galilean,

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 and thy speech agreeeth thereto.

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 So we find here

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 that there's a brief while

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 and a maid recognizing.

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 He quickly hears the conversation.

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 I mean, I can see her over there.

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 That's Peter.

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 He was one of them.

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 And the crowd's looking at Peter,

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 and Peter's going,

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 Man, I've got to say something.

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 Once again, fear overcomes

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 what's taking place.

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 And we see here as Peter is there,

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 and he quickly overhears,

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 and he denies that he ever was with Jesus.

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 You know, John gives us a little insight.

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 John 18, 26 says this,

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 One of the servants of the high priest

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 being his kinsman,

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 whose ear Peter cutteth off.

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 In other words, Malchus,

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 somebody related to Malchus.

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 I imagine if they were both there together,

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 they'd already had a conversation

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 about what happened.

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 You say, preacher, how do you know that?

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 I don't know how anybody,

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 if you had your ear cut off

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 and somebody miraculously put it back on,

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 you wouldn't tell somebody.

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 You know?

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 It's kind of like the lame man

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 in the book of Acts.

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 He says, I don't know,

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 but all I know is, you know,

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 I couldn't walk, now I can walk.

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 You know, you have the same account

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 with people who couldn't see.

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 I was blind, but now I see.

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 You know, I can't explain it.

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 I can't tell you what happened.

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 I imagine Malchus was the same way.

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 He says, he cut my ear.

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 I don't know what happened,

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 but Jesus healed it.

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 He was going to be telling people.

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 And we see here that these,

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 cut it off.

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 He says, did not I see thee

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 in the garden with him?

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 You know, in other words,

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 he was there.

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 He says, I recognize you

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 from the garden.

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 So here's Peter,

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 and he's kind of feeling pushed in

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 from the things around him.

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 And we find here that

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 as he stood there,

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 we find in verse 7,

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 he denied it again.

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 And a little after that,

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 stood by him again,

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 said to Peter,

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 surely thou art one of them,

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 for thou art a Galilean,

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 and thy speech agreeeth thereto.

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 You know, surely thou art,

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 it's a matter of fact.

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 He said, look at him.

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 And they looked at Peter and said,

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 well, we've got a couple of clues

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 going on here.

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 One, you look like somebody

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 that's from Galilee,

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 but your speech betrayeth you too.

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 Now, let's put this

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 into a common thing,

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 because we do this all the time

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 with people, don't we?

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 Have you ever met somebody

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 and you looked at how they're dressed

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 and you heard their accent

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 and you said,

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 I have a real good idea

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 where you're from.

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 They might not identify it,

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 but they'll say things like this,

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 you're not from around here,

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 are you?

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 You know,

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 have you ever noticed

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 how those things come up?

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 You recognize pretty quickly,

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 hey, this person

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 is not from around here.

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 And what's the big indicator

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 is what?

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 Their language,

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 even an accent

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 or things associated,

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 identifies that quickly,

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 doesn't it?

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 In other words,

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 Peter didn't speak

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 like they spoke in Jerusalem.

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 They had a little difference.

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 You know,

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 we might put today,

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 you know,

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 some of the things

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 that we have

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 that identify those things.

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 You know,

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 you have

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 that Bostonian accent.

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 Have you ever known

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 somebody from Boston

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 in that area?

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 It's just like

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 you pinpoint them

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 right away.

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 You know,

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 because they forget

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 parts of words.

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 Then you got

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 the Jerseyites.

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 You know,

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 that's a whole different

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 lingo from the Bostonians.

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 You know,

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 and then you have,

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 you know,

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 that's also different

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 from the Carolina accent,

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 which is different

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 from the Texas accent,

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 which is different

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 from the Virginia accent.

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 You know,

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 and if you get

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 in some place,

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 you know,

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 people can tell

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 whether you're

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 from Virginia

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 or Carolina

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 or West Virginia

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 or Tennessee.

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 I mean,

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 all those places

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 you can pick up

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 little nuances

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 of difference.

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 And so,

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 it's very easy

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 that sometimes

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 we see and hear

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 the same thing

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 happened with Peter.

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 You know,

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 it was very evident

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 that Peter

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 here responds,

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 though.

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 He says,

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 I've been outed.

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 I've been,

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 everybody knows

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 and notice in verse 71,

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 he says this,

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 he says,

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 but he began to curse

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:57.039
 and to swear,

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 saying,

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 I know not this man

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 of whom you speak.

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 Now,

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.940
 I want you to understand

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 what takes place here

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 because when it talks

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.279
 about Peter

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.880
 swearing here,

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 it doesn't mean

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.860
 Peter used vulgar language.

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 What Peter did here

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 is far worse

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.000
 than vulgar language.

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 You know,

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.579
 when we talk about

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:18.019
 curse and swearing today,

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.420
 you know,

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.519
 we have a certain

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.859
 association of words

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.680
 and dynamics,

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 but I want you

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.039
 to understand

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.279
 what Peter did here

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:26.700
 when we understand

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 what's being said

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 is far worse

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 because Peter swears

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.220
 by the very one

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.920
 he denies.

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 I want you to know

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.059
 that Peter was there.

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 He may have said

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:37.500
 something like this,

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.339
 and if he was speaking today,

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:39.980
 he may say,

00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:41.480
 I swear before God

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.200
 that I don't know

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.160
 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 He literally swore an oath

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.379
 to God

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.400
 that he didn't know Jesus.

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 That's what it's speaking about.

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:51.780
 It's the same dynamic.

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.759
 That word curse,

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.440
 let me just give you,

00:21:53.780 --> 00:21:54.780
 so I can validate

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:55.720
 what I'm telling you

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.519
 as you can understand

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.440
 even from the Scripture.

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 Turn over to Acts 23

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 for a moment

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 because this same word

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.320
 is used over in Acts 23

00:22:03.320 --> 00:22:04.180
 and verse 12.

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 This idea of curse,

00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.400
 it's a vow

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.640
 that he's making

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.660
 before them.

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:10.060
 Here in Acts 23

00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:10.680
 and verse 12,

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.000
 it says,

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 And when it was day,

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.820
 certain of the Jews

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.680
 banded together

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.840
 and bound themselves

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:16.560
 under a curse,

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 under a vow

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.900
 before God.

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 That's how that term

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.779
 is expressed

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:22.019
 in the Scripture, okay?

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:24.259
 I want you to understand

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:25.100
 that connection

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 because we're not talking

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.240
 about Peter

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.160
 using language

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.500
 that we might say

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.440
 was a little colorful

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:33.000
 here trying to break away.

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.640
 He did something

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.500
 far worse

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.279
 when you think about it.

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.880
 He swore

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.779
 by the very one

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.440
 he was denying.

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:40.640
 Peter had fallen

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.460
 a long way.

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.600
 Consider what he was

00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:44.019
 just a few hours previous.

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:46.019
 He was in Jesus' face

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.880
 basically saying,

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.259
 Lord,

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:49.120
 I don't believe you.

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.100
 I'm going to be faithful

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:51.259
 to you no matter what.

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.519
 And within a few hours,

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.960
 Peter has denied Christ

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.640
 three times

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.460
 even to the point

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.700
 of swearing

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:58.440
 by the name of the Lord

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.400
 that he didn't know him.

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.480
 That's a long ways.

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:02.319
 Lord, I will never deny you

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:04.079
 to I'll swear by God

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.960
 I don't know you.

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:07.100
 That's about as far

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:08.340
 as the extreme you can get.

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.880
 He went from both ends.

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.059
 He moved both ends

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.679
 of the spectrum

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.879
 from one I will never

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:14.480
 I will never give up.

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.139
 I will not always

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.960
 hold on to you

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:17.279
 to I don't even want

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.980
 to know you.

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.659
 He literally blasphemed

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.859
 the name of the one

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.700
 that he swore

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.460
 that he would follow.

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.159
 I think Peter's fear

00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:25.179
 of this situation

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.940
 and his fear

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.679
 led to his failure.

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.839
 When he got there

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.579
 he found out

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.460
 that his faith

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.759
 wasn't focused

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.980
 on the right things.

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.019
 And we'll see here

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.639
 this morning

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:37.159
 because Peter's failures

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:38.519
 that come here

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.599
 because we need

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.539
 to talk about this.

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.279
 What got Peter

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.000
 to this point?

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.680
 What are the things

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.299
 that we see

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.240
 in Peter's life

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.779
 that got him

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.720
 caught up into this?

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.899
 You know?

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.440
 What caused Peter

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.019
 from going

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:53.159
 from a close walk

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:53.839
 with the Lord

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:55.740
 to openly denying him?

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.519
 How did Peter fail?

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.579
 One that was so

00:23:58.579 --> 00:24:00.159
 focused upon the Lord.

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.460
 He said,

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.059
 Lord, I've given

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.639
 everything up for you.

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.659
 But we can look

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:04.519
 at Peter's life

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.779
 and identify some problems

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.859
 in our own lives too.

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.000
 Because one of the things

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.859
 I see first

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.819
 in Peter's life

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.359
 is a problem

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.299
 with self-confidence

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.319
 instead of confidence

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.839
 in God.

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:14.279
 When Peter was talking

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.839
 to Jesus

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.240
 he says,

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.579
 I, I, I, I

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:18.000
 will never forsake you.

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:20.339
 The reality is

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.019
 there's only one

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.099
 that will never forsake you

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.720
 and that's God.

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.259
 You know?

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.819
 After the Passover meal

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.680
 early that evening

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.099
 Jesus revealed to them

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:29.140
 that all would forsake him

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.099
 that very night.

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.119
 You know,

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.500
 all would do there.

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:35.099
 and Peter quickly responded

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.920
 if you remember

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:37.440
 and informed Jesus

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:39.299
 that the rest might leave

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.440
 but he never would.

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.359
 Self-confidence

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:46.779
 in what I can do,

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:49.839
 how good I can hold on,

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:53.480
 how much my ability is.

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.460
 The problem is

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.359
 Peter believed

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.680
 he reached a place

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.660
 in his spiritual life

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.539
 where failure

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.420
 was impossible.

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.740
 I want you to understand

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:03.400
 that you never reach a point

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.740
 where failure is impossible.

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.960
 I want you to understand

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.759
 the Bible

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:10.319
 warns us

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.539
 it's a dangerous place

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.920
 to be

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.500
 when you think

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.180
 your ability

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.220
 and who you are

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:17.200
 is above failure

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.920
 before God.

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.599
 Look over to

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.940
 Proverbs chapter 29.

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.759
 Proverbs 29

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.940
 and verse 23.

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.900
 You find here

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.900
 in the book of Proverbs

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.859
 it says this.

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.120
 It says,

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.120
 A man's pride

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:29.319
 shall bring him low

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.559
 but honor

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.220
 shall uphold

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.860
 the humble

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:33.360
 in spirit.

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.360
 You know,

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.440
 you'll find many verses

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.160
 talking about

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.860
 the contrast

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.680
 between pride

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.279
 and humility.

00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.539
 A high self-confidence

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.299
 in what we're talking

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.160
 about here in Peter

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:45.579
 is pride.

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.880
 Pride in your life

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.180
 saying,

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.059
 I know

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.200
 my ability

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.539
 who I am

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.519
 gets us in trouble

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.079
 pretty quick,

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.559
 doesn't it?

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:57.039
 Because we need to realize

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:58.339
 you never think

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.160
 that you are above

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.420
 the same situation

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.080
 where you would

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.820
 deny the Lord.

00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:03.360
 I want you to understand

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.560
 the fact is

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.800
 that you're prone,

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.620
 just as prone

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.259
 to sin

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.120
 as anyone else.

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.860
 You're just as prone

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.300
 to sin

00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:10.140
 as Peter was.

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:10.820
 If you let

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.759
 self-confidence

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.620
 and pride

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.600
 take the place

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.700
 of faith

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.360
 and trust

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.000
 and walking

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.160
 with the Lord.

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.700
 I want you to understand

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.440
 that you're only

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.240
 one thought,

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.620
 one act,

00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.460
 one word

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.240
 from being right

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.180
 where Peter was.

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.160
 Look how quickly

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:26.500
 Peter's life changed.

00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.720
 Peter went from one

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.680
 everybody would look at

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.460
 to say that's

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:31.339
 Jesus' most faithful servant

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.920
 to openly deny him.

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.380
 Why?

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.380
 Because his confidence

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.279
 was in himself.

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.039
 You know,

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:39.319
 confidence in himself

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:41.000
 gets us in trouble.

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.100
 How about defiance?

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.700
 The second thing here,

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.180
 there was some defiance

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.079
 in Peter's life

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:47.180
 because self-confidence

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.519
 leads to some defiance

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.140
 because you get

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.279
 centered off

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.120
 what you need

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:52.140
 to focus upon

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.680
 and upon ourselves

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.640
 and what we can do.

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.819
 I want you to think,

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:58.139
 how was Peter defiant?

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.619
 Well,

00:26:58.659 --> 00:27:00.000
 consider what took place

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.779
 even though Peter

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.019
 was told very clearly

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.740
 by the Lord

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.759
 what was going to happen.

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:06.500
 Peter got the biggest problem

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.619
 with self-reliance

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.379
 as he denied

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.559
 what God's word said.

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.119
 He denied

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.200
 what the Lord said.

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.779
 He heard Jesus say,

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.579
 all of you

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.599
 are going to be scattered.

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.319
 You will all run away.

00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:19.059
 And Peter says,

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.299
 what?

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.299
 I don't believe you.

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.799
 Peter rejected

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.720
 the word of God.

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:25.079
 Look back in this passage.

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.159
 Look in verse 31

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.259
 of chapter 14.

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:28.640
 It says,

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.259
 but he spake

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.000
 the more vehemently.

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:31.060
 If I would die with thee,

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:32.500
 I will not deny thee

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.300
 in any wise.

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.440
 Likewise also

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:36.500
 said they all.

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.700
 What did Jesus say

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.300
 before that?

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.680
 He said,

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.820
 before Peter,

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.440
 before the cock crows

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.440
 twice,

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:43.580
 you're going to deny me

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.400
 three times.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.460
 And Peter said,

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.640
 there's no way.

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.540
 Earlier,

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.700
 Jesus had quoted

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.420
 even from the Old Testament

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:53.840
 in Zechariah chapter 13

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.700
 and verse 7

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:56.800
 to prove what he was saying

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.680
 was going to happen,

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.400
 that the disciples

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.779
 were going to go away.

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.039
 They were going to deny him.

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:03.500
 They were going to run away.

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.779
 You know what this is?

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.220
 Peter's problem was

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.360
 he was defiant

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:10.160
 and openly opposed

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:12.000
 to the word of God.

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.560
 Jesus' own words

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.800
 were authoritative enough.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.180
 Jesus quoted from

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.759
 his word.

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:21.160
 And Peter says,

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.559
 Lord,

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:23.619
 I know what you said

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.819
 and I know what's written,

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.140
 but I don't care.

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.680
 You know,

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.980
 dangerous place to be

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.579
 when you know

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.680
 what God says

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.539
 and you openly ignore it

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.839
 because you think

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:34.379
 you know better.

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.680
 Peter got himself

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.240
 in trouble

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.099
 just as quickly

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.759
 as we can

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.839
 when we become defiant

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.779
 to the word of God.

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.799
 To say,

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.039
 Lord,

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.579
 I know what you say,

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.579
 but that doesn't

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.259
 include me.

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.720
 You know,

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.299
 one of the things

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.240
 of self-confidence

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.079
 and defiance

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.799
 is the fact

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.299
 that it's like

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.980
 I'm exempt.

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:50.939
 That's going to happen

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.899
 to everybody else

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.399
 but me.

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.299
 That's really what

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.919
 Peter's saying.

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.139
 Lord,

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:54.779
 that might be true

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.439
 of everybody else,

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.139
 but not me.

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.679
 You know what?

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.339
 There's a lot of times

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.859
 in life

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.519
 that people do

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.119
 the same thing,

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.559
 that we do

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.240
 the same thing.

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.419
 Lord,

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.559
 I know what you say

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.179
 in your word.

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.619
 I know what even

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.539
 the consequences

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.720
 of those choices are,

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.919
 but not me.

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:10.599
 Lord,

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.519
 I'm above that.

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:11.919
 You know,

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.759
 on Wednesday nights

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.579
 we're learning about

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:15.179
 old King Jehoshaphat,

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.539
 you know,

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.460
 and he went off

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.019
 into battle

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.840
 and almost lost

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.360
 his life

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.120
 because he didn't

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.160
 believe what God

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.640
 said.

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.279
 The only thing

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.279
 that saved his life,

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:22.740
 I believe,

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.539
 is he cried out

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.259
 to God and said,

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.519
 Lord,

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.340
 I'm in trouble.

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.799
 I made a big mistake

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.400
 because I didn't

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.500
 obey what you said.

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.640
 Peter got in trouble

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.380
 because he was

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.240
 self-confident

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.059
 and he defied

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.860
 the word of God.

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.279
 You know,

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.900
 people today

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:36.059
 do the exact same thing.

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.500
 We can do

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.519
 the exact same thing.

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.559
 Know what God

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.539
 says about it,

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.000
 but ignore it.

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.600
 A believer

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.400
 is always headed

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.980
 for trouble

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.900
 when they refuse

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.820
 to listen

00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:45.380
 to the word

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.880
 of God.

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.620
 You know,

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.380
 sometimes we think,

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.560
 well,

00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.460
 unbelievers need

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.080
 to hear the word

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.420
 of God

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.940
 and pay attention

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.420
 because I've

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.140
 got it handled.

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.880
 I want you

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.380
 to understand

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:55.540
 whether you need

00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:56.180
 to understand

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.320
 what salvation is,

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.400
 how Christ came

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.240
 and paid the price

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.900
 for your sin

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.180
 on the cross

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.180
 and how that

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.940
 whosoever will

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.680
 call upon him

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.420
 will be saved

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.480
 if they recognize,

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:05.740
 yes,

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.400
 I'm a sinner,

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.400
 I'm drowning

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.259
 in my sin,

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:09.140
 I'm going to die

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.759
 in my sin

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.700
 and only Christ

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.600
 can rescue me.

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:12.200
 I want you

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.680
 to understand

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.500
 that's the beginning

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.360
 of your walk

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.960
 in understanding

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.759
 the word of God.

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.720
 I'll put it this way,

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.680
 until you understand

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.460
 who Christ is

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.180
 as your Savior,

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.840
 the rest of the word

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.200
 of God

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.060
 is really irrelevant

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:23.160
 because if you miss

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.100
 that one point,

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.600
 the Bible says

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.259
 there's two places

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.840
 you're going to go.

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.900
 That's a pivotal point.

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.560
 It's a difference

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:32.740
 between heaven

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:34.539
 and hell.

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:36.400
 Total opposite contrast.

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:36.860
 You know,

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:38.259
 contrary to popular belief,

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.720
 you don't get

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.500
 second chances

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:41.600
 past this life.

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.319
 Be thankful

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.899
 in this life

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.359
 you get more

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.179
 than second chances

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.579
 usually

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:47.279
 because while you're

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.299
 still drawing breath

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.099
 you have a chance.

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:51.299
 You have an opportunity

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.439
 to call upon the Savior.

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.719
 I want you to understand

00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:54.980
 that the word of God

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.579
 is just as important

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:58.439
 for salvation

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:59.219
 as it is

00:30:59.219 --> 00:31:00.059
 for daily living.

00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:01.000
 Peter here

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.859
 denied

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.399
 and defied

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.240
 the word of God.

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.679
 You know,

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.799
 Christians can defy

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.459
 God's word.

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.339
 The Bible says

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.899
 he that knoweth

00:31:08.899 --> 00:31:09.319
 to do good

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.799
 and doeth it

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.339
 not to him

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:12.059
 it is sin.

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.500
 You know,

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.379
 if you want to fall

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.059
 into trouble

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.480
 stand in defiance

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:17.559
 to God's word.

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.919
 It's a dangerous place

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.619
 for us to be

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.599
 because anybody's

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.159
 in trouble

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:23.359
 when they refuse

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.199
 to obey

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:25.220
 the word

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.039
 of God.

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.199
 Peter was defiant.

00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:29.139
 He was self-confident.

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.980
 He was defiant.

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.399
 But you know,

00:31:31.439 --> 00:31:32.459
 Peter also was

00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:33.339
 indifferent

00:31:33.959 --> 00:31:34.339
 and

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:36.639
 had prayerlessness.

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.439
 He didn't want

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.180
 that connection.

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.360
 You know,

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.759
 if you remember

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.480
 back in verses

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.820
 33 through 38

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.519
 Jesus went

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:45.299
 to pray

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.840
 and told his

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.880
 disciples to pray

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.380
 with him.

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.680
 Instead,

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.500
 what did they do?

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.279
 Fell asleep.

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.279
 They were exhausted.

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:52.779
 You know,

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.480
 we talked about

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.740
 the reality of that

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.940
 as we studied that.

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.180
 But I want you

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:58.200
 to see the application

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.759
 here

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.940
 and the implication

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:01.019
 of what happens.

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.240
 They showed

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.920
 indifference

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.660
 to the warning

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.200
 of the Lord.

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.440
 What did Jesus say?

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.580
 Hey,

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.759
 to watch and pray.

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.880
 And they fell asleep.

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.160
 Refusing to pray

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.100
 and seek God

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.779
 would have served

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.559
 them well.

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:13.720
 Or refusing to pray

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.720
 and seek God

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.660
 the very thing

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.059
 that would have

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.019
 served them well

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:19.220
 when the attack

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.880
 of the devil

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.580
 and the flesh

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.039
 came

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.059
 was to pray.

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.600
 You know,

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:23.980
 Peter

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:26.600
 was self-confident.

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.180
 He defied

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.860
 the word of God.

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.400
 He didn't want

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.819
 to pray.

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.000
 He was indifferent.

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.799
 Then we find

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.840
 Peter's impulsiveness.

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:34.480
 You know,

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.919
 just going out

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:37.459
 on his own,

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.759
 you know.

00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:39.459
 Jesus told his men

00:32:39.459 --> 00:32:40.240
 that he was going

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.919
 to be arrested

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.959
 and that it was

00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.859
 the will of God

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.379
 that it was going

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.799
 to happen.

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:46.659
 What was Peter's

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.139
 response?

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.980
 He drew his sword

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.740
 and tried to lop

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.619
 somebody's head off

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.359
 and he only got an ear.

00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:51.480
 Jesus told them

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.819
 what was going

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.480
 to take place.

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.099
 Why do you think

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.559
 Jesus told his disciples

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.059
 what was going

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.759
 to take place?

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.579
 So they could

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.079
 be prepared

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.659
 for what was

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.159
 going to happen.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.779
 You know what?

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.740
 God tells us

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.299
 what we need

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.680
 to know

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.440
 for this life

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.079
 and his word

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.160
 so we can be

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:06.099
 prepared for when

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.559
 the things

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.200
 and challenges

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.059
 of life happen.

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.039
 The question is

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.440
 are we going

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.880
 to listen?

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.900
 Because we're

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.279
 going to find

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.859
 here Peter,

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.220
 he strikes out

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.019
 impulsively

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.640
 and strikes

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.539
 with his sword

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.620
 cutting an ear

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.559
 off of a man

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.019
 by the name

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.640
 of Malchus

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.200
 who we learn

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.099
 later comes

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.819
 back to haunt

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.299
 him because

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.579
 Malchus' kin

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.680
 recognizes him

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:26.680
 and says,

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.420
 hey, I know you

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.120
 from the garden.

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.759
 But you know

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.480
 what impulsiveness

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.039
 does?

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.720
 It helps us,

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.600
 it makes us

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.779
 operate outside

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.900
 the revealed

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:35.039
 will of God.

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.480
 When Jesus

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.420
 told the disciples

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.940
 what was going

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.319
 to happen,

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.660
 he said,

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.339
 hey, here is

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:41.140
 God's will

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:42.759
 for this moment.

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.180
 You know,

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.860
 stop and consider

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.319
 something for us.

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.400
 How many of us

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.140
 would really like

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:47.039
 sometimes for God

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.579
 to step in

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:47.839
 and say,

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.839
 let me tell you

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.200
 what's going

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.799
 to happen here.

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.640
 Let me tell you

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.140
 how all this

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.579
 is going to be

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.000
 processed.

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.660
 Let me tell you

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.240
 how all this

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.579
 is going to

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.140
 come together.

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.640
 You know,

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.140
 wouldn't it be good

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.839
 to have that kind

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.299
 of revelation

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.159
 in our life?

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.919
 Jesus told the

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:01.159
 disciples exactly

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:02.279
 what was going

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:03.220
 to take place.

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:03.839
 They're going

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.240
 to come,

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.559
 they're going

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.419
 to arrest me,

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.179
 they're going

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:07.279
 to wrongly

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.919
 convict me,

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.259
 they're going

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.679
 to put me

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.500
 on a cross.

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:11.699
 You know what

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.400
 Jesus said too?

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.719
 He said,

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.619
 hey, I'm not

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.119
 going to stay

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.779
 dead, guys.

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:16.159
 Don't get distraught

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.679
 over what I'm

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.299
 going to tell you

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:18.179
 because on the

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.840
 third day I'm

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.299
 going to rise

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.679
 again.

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.519
 Jesus revealed

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.779
 the will of

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:25.879
 God going

00:34:25.879 --> 00:34:26.539
 in the next

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.899
 three days,

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.639
 he revealed

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.139
 the will of

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.619
 God to them

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.059
 what was going

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.419
 to happen.

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.440
 But yet Peter

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:33.419
 acted impulsively

00:34:33.419 --> 00:34:34.079
 in the moment

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.139
 knowing what

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.839
 God had already

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:36.239
 said.

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:37.960
 He said,

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.539
 I want to take

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.419
 my own course,

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.899
 I want to do

00:34:39.899 --> 00:34:40.719
 my own action,

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.539
 I want to do

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.440
 my own thing.

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:42.940
 You know,

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:44.059
 Peter was impulsive,

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.779
 he operated

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.799
 outside of the

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:47.039
 revealed will

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.899
 of God.

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:49.099
 He was doing

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.759
 what he thought

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.460
 was right with

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.239
 no thought for

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:52.019
 what God

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.159
 thought was

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.480
 right.

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:53.880
 You know,

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.519
 it's a danger

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.259
 that we have

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.839
 in our life

00:34:55.839 --> 00:34:56.559
 because Peter

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.440
 was out of sync

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.059
 with God

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.819
 and with God's

00:34:58.819 --> 00:35:00.480
 plan for what

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.880
 was going to

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.000
 happen with

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.920
 his only begotten

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.519
 son, Jesus

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.019
 Christ.

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.739
 I want you to

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.159
 understand,

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.519
 you've got to

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.219
 remind yourself,

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:07.319
 did Jesus need

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.039
 Peter to defend

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.179
 him?

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.619
 No.

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.039
 I mean,

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.519
 they came to

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.159
 arrest him and

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.779
 Jesus said,

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.719
 I am,

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.059
 and they all

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.199
 go,

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:14.420
 they all got to

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.900
 pick themselves

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.519
 back up off the

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.679
 ground.

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:15.980
 I don't know

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.380
 what Peter

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.880
 thought he was

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.239
 doing,

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:19.139
 except being

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.699
 impulsive,

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.319
 thinking his

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:21.019
 own thing and

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.599
 wanting to do

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.259
 his own thing.

00:35:22.459 --> 00:35:22.959
 It's one of the

00:35:22.959 --> 00:35:23.719
 attitudes that

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.619
 contributed to

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:26.699
 his fall when

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.599
 he denied the

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:27.979
 Lord.

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.299
 You know,

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:31.059
 we're all headed

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.879
 to a fall when

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:33.059
 we walk impulsively,

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:34.199
 when we take no

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.859
 thought for the

00:35:34.859 --> 00:35:35.579
 will of God,

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.239
 we're headed for

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.559
 trouble.

00:35:37.399 --> 00:35:38.279
 When we take no

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:38.919
 thought for what

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.799
 God is doing

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.479
 around us,

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.019
 we're heading for

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.319
 trouble.

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.779
 When we walk like

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.619
 we want to walk,

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.219
 we're heading for

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.519
 trouble.

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.480
 When we do the

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.159
 things we want

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.539
 to do,

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.340
 we're out of sync

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.199
 with God's plan,

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.820
 we're heading for

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.139
 trouble.

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.199
 When we're not

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:51.159
 walking with him,

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.800
 and when we're not

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:53.340
 walking with God,

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.000
 we're headed for

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.360
 trouble.

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:54.940
 You know,

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:56.059
 impulsiveness says,

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.219
 I can do this on

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.780
 my own,

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.739
 I don't need the

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.300
 Lord's help.

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.360
 Prayerfulness and

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.340
 reliance on the

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.880
 Lord says,

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.119
 Lord,

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:03.019
 I need your help

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.280
 to find your way

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:05.599
 through life.

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.380
 And ultimately,

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.219
 that's only the two

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.699
 things you can

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.059
 choose.

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.139
 I'm either going

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.980
 to do life my

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.000
 way impulsively,

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.519
 or I'm going to

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.780
 do life God's way.

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.900
 Being obedient to

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.760
 what he says.

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.200
 You know,

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.740
 Peter failed because

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.640
 he allowed these

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:21.460
 things to live in

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.040
 his life,

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.880
 to take root.

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:24.000
 You know,

00:36:24.040 --> 00:36:24.500
 the thing is,

00:36:24.540 --> 00:36:25.000
 it doesn't have to

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.760
 be true of your

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.800
 life or my life.

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.100
 You know,

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:29.280
 we can learn also

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.960
 from Peter,

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.420
 it's time to make

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.380
 a change if you

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.720
 have identified a

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.519
 problem where you're

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.519
 not walking with

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.980
 the Lord,

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.560
 to step up and

00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:37.740
 say,

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.120
 Lord,

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.920
 I repent,

00:36:39.140 --> 00:36:39.660
 I turn to you,

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:39.820
 Lord,

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.920
 I want to have

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.320
 you in charge.

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:44.640
 Because notice

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:44.880
 here,

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.480
 as we finish

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.019
 the passage

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.420
 here,

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.660
 notice here in

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:48.380
 verse 72,

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:48.700
 it says,

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.400
 the second time

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.160
 the cock crew

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.440
 and Peter called

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:53.000
 to mind the

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.740
 word that Jesus

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.340
 said unto him

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.100
 before the cock

00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:55.780
 crow twice,

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.880
 thou shalt deny

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.680
 me thrice,

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.220
 and when he

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:59.140
 thought thereon,

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.640
 he wept.

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.039
 You know,

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.580
 it's amazing

00:37:01.580 --> 00:37:02.300
 what Peter was

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.600
 feeling.

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.360
 Peter was

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.800
 denied,

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.580
 had just denied

00:37:04.580 --> 00:37:05.039
 the Lord

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.880
 three times.

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.460
 The one that

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.940
 he loved,

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.380
 the one he

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.940
 had committed

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.840
 himself to

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.240
 serve,

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:11.079
 and now

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.559
 he sees

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.019
 Jesus

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.699
 looking at

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:12.779
 him.

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:12.979
 You know,

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.279
 Luke,

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.000
 each of the

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.779
 gospel writers

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.359
 says something,

00:37:15.459 --> 00:37:16.099
 Luke 22

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.599
 says at

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.139
 this point

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.579
 Jesus

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:19.179
 made eye

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.539
 contact

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.179
 with Peter.

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:21.879
 Jesus

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.439
 has all

00:37:22.439 --> 00:37:22.959
 this going

00:37:22.959 --> 00:37:23.419
 on,

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.559
 and he

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.039
 makes eye

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.339
 contact

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.939
 with Peter.

00:37:27.279 --> 00:37:27.919
 Luke 22

00:37:27.919 --> 00:37:28.539
 61,

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:28.879
 it says,

00:37:28.959 --> 00:37:29.199
 the Lord

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.699
 turned and

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.159
 looked upon

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.500
 Peter,

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:30.939
 and Peter

00:37:30.939 --> 00:37:31.500
 remembered

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.000
 the words

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.259
 of the

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.519
 Lord.

00:37:32.799 --> 00:37:33.339
 When Peter

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:33.979
 saw him

00:37:33.979 --> 00:37:34.379
 looking,

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.979
 the Lord's

00:37:34.979 --> 00:37:35.579
 word came

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.159
 to mind.

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.500
 He recalled

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.479
 the conversation,

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.159
 he recalled

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:40.059
 his response,

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:41.159
 and it

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.479
 says he

00:37:41.479 --> 00:37:42.579
 ran and

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.099
 he wept.

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.159
 Now,

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.479
 I want you

00:37:45.479 --> 00:37:46.039
 to understand,

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.599
 repentance

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.319
 isn't just

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.659
 weeping,

00:37:47.979 --> 00:37:48.239
 but you

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.500
 know what?

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.719
 True

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:49.179
 repentance

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.719
 sometimes

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.399
 involves

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:52.299
 that coming

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:52.500
 out.

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.019
 The phrase

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.379
 here is

00:37:53.379 --> 00:37:54.199
 more than

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.599
 weeping.

00:37:56.419 --> 00:37:56.739
 You know,

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.279
 people can

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.679
 put on a

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.059
 good show

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.459
 crying.

00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:59.279
 The term

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.779
 here for

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:02.039
 wept is

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.379
 he was

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:02.899
 broken.

00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:03.859
 Peter's

00:38:03.859 --> 00:38:04.919
 life,

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.519
 his heart

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.579
 was broken

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:09.500
 because of

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.920
 what just

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.319
 happened.

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.039
 He broke

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.440
 down.

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.960
 He lost

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:13.159
 control of

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.840
 his emotions.

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.360
 He was a

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.119
 broken man

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.779
 and he fell

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.799
 before the

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.719
 Lord tearfully.

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.400
 You know,

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.159
 sincere

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.840
 repentance

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.079
 isn't tears.

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.559
 Sincere

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.119
 repentance

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.599
 is saying,

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:22.880
 Lord,

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.980
 I'm broken

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.579
 from my

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.380
 sin and

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.819
 I need

00:38:25.819 --> 00:38:26.179
 you.

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.099
 He broke

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.519
 down.

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:27.799
 You know,

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.139
 the good

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.719
 thing is,

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.699
 if you

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.019
 remember

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.519
 God's

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.000
 promises,

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.619
 you know,

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.519
 consider 1

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:35.940
 John 1,

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.800
 verse 9.

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.579
 Now,

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.099
 this verse

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.780
 is talking

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.639
 expressly to

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.559
 believers because

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.200
 it tells us

00:38:41.200 --> 00:38:41.900
 if we confess

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.400
 our sins,

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.019
 he is faithful

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.519
 and just to

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.139
 forgive us our

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:45.099
 sins and to

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.740
 cleanse us

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.420
 from all

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.519
 unrighteousness.

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:47.940
 You know,

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.440
 it's amazing.

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.940
 Some people

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.159
 think,

00:38:49.260 --> 00:38:49.300
 well,

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.639
 that's for

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.300
 somebody else.

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.559
 You know,

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:50.860
 what the

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.340
 thing is for

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.659
 us?

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.179
 Because if

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.500
 you think

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.900
 you have

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.619
 not sinned,

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:53.960
 you already

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.280
 have a

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:55.119
 problem because

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.460
 you just

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.039
 denied what

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.619
 God's word

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:56.840
 said.

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.119
 You can go

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.480
 back and

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.900
 read 1

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.700
 John 1.

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.380
 Jesus makes

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.659
 it very

00:38:59.659 --> 00:38:59.960
 clear.

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.840
 If you say

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.480
 you have no

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.780
 sin,

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.180
 you're already

00:39:03.180 --> 00:39:03.600
 in trouble.

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.180
 We're going

00:39:04.180 --> 00:39:04.500
 to deal

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:05.180
 with sin

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:05.740
 in this

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.200
 life.

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.640
 The question

00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:08.840
 is,

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.300
 are you going

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.880
 to continue

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.400
 down the

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.800
 road that

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.360
 you're on

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.600
 or are you

00:39:12.600 --> 00:39:12.800
 going to

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.280
 come back

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.780
 to Jesus?

00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:14.800
 Peter made

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.860
 a decision

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.540
 for the

00:39:16.540 --> 00:39:16.800
 Lord.

00:39:17.100 --> 00:39:17.560
 Peter took

00:39:17.560 --> 00:39:18.060
 some things

00:39:18.060 --> 00:39:18.740
 away as

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.040
 he grew

00:39:19.040 --> 00:39:19.640
 through this.

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:20.920
 You know,

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.380
 if you read

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:21.800
 Peter's

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.300
 epistles,

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.580
 you know,

00:39:23.600 --> 00:39:24.160
 consider 2

00:39:24.160 --> 00:39:24.860
 Peter chapter

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.140
 3,

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.440
 look at

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.160
 verse 17.

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:27.899
 It says

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.099
 this,

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.539
 he therefore

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.019
 beloved,

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.500
 seeing ye

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.039
 know these

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.759
 things before,

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.859
 beware lest

00:39:31.859 --> 00:39:32.359
 ye also

00:39:32.359 --> 00:39:33.019
 being led

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.599
 away with

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.960
 the error

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.199
 of the

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.399
 wicked,

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.079
 fall from

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.500
 your own

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.279
 steadfastness.

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.619
 Did Peter

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.119
 fall from

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.460
 his own

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.199
 steadfastness?

00:39:38.379 --> 00:39:38.799
 He says

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.179
 this in

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.679
 verse 18,

00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.319
 but grow

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.980
 in grace

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.219
 and in

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.619
 the knowledge

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:41.960
 of our

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.359
 Lord and

00:39:42.359 --> 00:39:42.639
 Savior,

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.519
 Jesus Christ.

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.399
 To him

00:39:44.399 --> 00:39:44.920
 be glory

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.879
 both now

00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:47.619
 and forever.

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.699
 You know,

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:49.879
 I think

00:39:49.879 --> 00:39:50.399
 when you read

00:39:50.399 --> 00:39:50.699
 Peter,

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:51.339
 you find out

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.859
 Peter learned

00:39:51.859 --> 00:39:52.159
 a lot

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.639
 from this.

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:54.920
 Peter grew

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.460
 a lot as

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.659
 we're going

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.000
 to see how

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.820
 God uses

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.380
 him later.

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.179
 God was

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.599
 working.

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.380
 Peter learned

00:39:59.380 --> 00:39:59.960
 his lesson.

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.699
 He repented.

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.420
 He was

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.039
 restored.

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.699
 The question

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:02.980
 is,

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.280
 have you

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.539
 learned

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.079
 your lesson?

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.559
 You know,

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.059
 sometimes we're

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.579
 just as hard

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:05.840
 headed,

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:06.460
 but we have

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.940
 a decision

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.300
 to make

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.599
 what we're

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:07.800
 going to

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:09.059
 do with

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.440
 the Lord.

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:09.900
 You know,

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.260
 today,

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:10.739
 can you see

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.500
 the dangers,

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:14.019
 the signs

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.920
 in your life

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.719
 today that

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.119
 are leading

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.760
 you away

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.420
 from God

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:19.239
 instead of

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:19.739
 towards him?

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.440
 The fact

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.780
 is,

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.539
 some of you

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.579
 are headed

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.159
 for trouble

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.679
 and you don't

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.460
 seem to realize

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.059
 the danger

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.900
 because you're

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.759
 self-confident

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:28.480
 and defying.

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.299
 You're walking

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.799
 in the path

00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:30.519
 Peter was

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.940
 that led

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.599
 him where

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.299
 Jesus told

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:32.519
 him he

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:34.460
 didn't have

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:34.719
 to go,

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.420
 but Jesus

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.820
 knew he

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.099
 was going

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.440
 to go

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.940
 because he

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.420
 knew Peter's

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.679
 heart.

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.639
 He knew

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.059
 what Peter

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.659
 was relying

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:41.940
 on.

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.440
 But you'll

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:43.019
 find Peter

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.539
 differently

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.980
 later on.

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:45.639
 Everything

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.460
 that he did

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.039
 was focused

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.840
 on what

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.440
 Christ had

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.840
 done,

00:40:51.799 --> 00:40:52.880
 just as it

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.320
 ought to be

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.580
 in our

00:40:53.580 --> 00:40:54.019
 life.

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.100
 As heads

00:40:56.100 --> 00:40:56.519
 are bowed

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.820
 and eyes

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.240
 are closed

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.720
 this morning,

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.340
 maybe you're

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.920
 here today

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.480
 and the

00:40:59.480 --> 00:40:59.800
 Lord has

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.240
 spoke to

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.640
 you about

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.200
 some things

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.519
 in your

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:01.880
 life.

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.140
 It may

00:41:04.140 --> 00:41:04.519
 be things

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.120
 nobody else

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.740
 knows about,

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.559
 challenges

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.480
 or thoughts,

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.160
 things that

00:41:08.160 --> 00:41:08.380
 you need

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:08.640
 to say,

00:41:08.700 --> 00:41:08.980
 Lord,

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:11.519
 I need

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:11.900
 to follow

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.539
 your word.

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.300
 I need

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.700
 to trust

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.220
 your word.

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:15.800
 Maybe you're

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.220
 here today

00:41:16.220 --> 00:41:16.480
 and you're

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.080
 not sure

00:41:17.080 --> 00:41:17.480
 where you

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.180
 stand with

00:41:18.180 --> 00:41:18.680
 Christ.

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.840
 Maybe there's

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.100
 never been

00:41:20.100 --> 00:41:20.539
 a moment

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.100
 in time

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.420
 when you

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.740
 can look

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.219
 back and

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:22.359
 say,

00:41:22.479 --> 00:41:22.919
 I know

00:41:22.919 --> 00:41:23.799
 this is

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.299
 the point,

00:41:24.399 --> 00:41:24.679
 this is

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:25.259
 the time,

00:41:25.359 --> 00:41:25.659
 this is

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.359
 the place

00:41:26.359 --> 00:41:28.879
 that I

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:29.419
 called upon

00:41:29.419 --> 00:41:30.139
 Christ as

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.719
 my Savior.

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.299
 Because I

00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:31.579
 want you

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.879
 to know

00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:32.179
 that you

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.719
 don't become

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.299
 a Christian

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:34.799
 over a course

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.299
 of time.

00:41:35.399 --> 00:41:35.759
 You grow

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.299
 and mature

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.839
 as a Christian

00:41:36.839 --> 00:41:37.379
 over a course

00:41:37.379 --> 00:41:37.679
 of time,

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:37.919
 but you

00:41:37.919 --> 00:41:38.479
 become a

00:41:38.479 --> 00:41:38.899
 child of

00:41:38.899 --> 00:41:39.239
 God

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:40.939
 in a

00:41:40.939 --> 00:41:41.199
 moment.

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.959
 It's an

00:41:41.959 --> 00:41:42.500
 instant

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:44.319
 change

00:41:44.319 --> 00:41:45.139
 of position

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:46.099
 before God.

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.379
 Has your

00:41:48.379 --> 00:41:49.399
 position changed

00:41:49.399 --> 00:41:49.839
 or does it

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:50.199
 need to?

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:50.979
 What about

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.559
 you today?

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:51.880
 Heavenly

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.179
 Father,

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.440
 as we

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.880
 come before

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.300
 you today,

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.539
 Lord,

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.860
 we just

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.320
 thank you

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.740
 and praise

00:41:54.740 --> 00:41:55.719
 you for

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.240
 your word.

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:56.460
 Lord,

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.079
 as we learn

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:58.199
 these things

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.740
 from Peter,

00:41:58.840 --> 00:41:59.000
 Lord,

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.500
 that we might

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.320
 know that

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.920
 we can come

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.400
 to you.

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.699
 Lord,

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:03.960
 we know

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.420
 that if we

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.079
 confess our

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.320
 sins,

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.880
 you're faithful

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.300
 and just

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.699
 to forgive

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.019
 us our

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.340
 sins and

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.880
 to cleanse

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.179
 us from

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:10.240
 all unrighteousness.

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:11.639
 Lord,

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.099
 help us to

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.900
 rely upon

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.980
 you as we

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:15.380
 walk each

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.760
 day.

00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.000
 Lord,

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:17.300
 we just

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.900
 commit this

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.519
 time of

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:19.740
 invitation to

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:19.980
 you,

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.199
 Lord,

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:20.399
 that we

00:42:20.399 --> 00:42:20.899
 might look

00:42:20.899 --> 00:42:21.699
 at ourselves

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:23.259
 through the

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:23.679
 lens of

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.259
 your word,

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:25.839
 even here

00:42:25.839 --> 00:42:26.399
 this morning.

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:26.699
 Lord,

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.000
 we just

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.339
 ask it

00:42:27.339 --> 00:42:27.679
 all in

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:27.839
 your

00:42:27.839 --> 00:42:28.219
 precious

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:28.659
 name.

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.379
 As the

00:42:30.379 --> 00:42:31.000
 piano plays,

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.139
 words,