But ### denied [being with Jesus] again.
A little later some of the other bystanders confronted ### and said, "You must be one of them, because you are a Galilean."
### swore, "A curse on me if I'm lying — I don't know this man you're talking about!" And immediately the rooster crowed the second time.
Suddenly, Jesus' words flashed through ###'s mind: "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me." And ### broke down and wept.
—Mark 14:70-72 NLT
### swore that ### didn't know Jesus. Then ### heard the rooster crow, and ### realized the bitter truth. Not once... not twice... but three times ### denied ### Lord. The third time ### even cursed and used an oath to deny Jesus. How could ### have done it? How could ### have slipped so far? A short time earlier ### had drawn a sword and been willing to take on the armed group that had come to arrest Jesus (John 18:10). Where had ### courage, ### conviction, and ### commitment gone? We must realize that none of us is strong enough to guarantee we won't fail or abandon our Lord at times. However, the test we face involves two parts: The first part is the temptation to sin. If we yield to that temptation and sin, the second is to have the courage to recognize it as sin, to be convicted to the core of our hearts of that sin, and to change our hearts and behavior to return to our deeply held allegiance to the Lord.
O Father, give me courage. I want to demonstrate my allegiance to you, your Son, and your Kingdom no matter what my outward circumstances and temptations may bring. But, dear Father, if I fail and sin, please help me to have the courage to recognize it, to be emotionally convicted by it, and to be spiritually committed to come home and show that it was an exception to a life lived for you. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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A little later some of the other bystanders confronted ### and said, "You must be one of them, because you are a Galilean."
### swore, "A curse on me if I'm lying — I don't know this man you're talking about!" And immediately the rooster crowed the second time.
Suddenly, Jesus' words flashed through ###'s mind: "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me." And ### broke down and wept.
—Mark 14:70-72 NLT
Key Thought
### swore that ### didn't know Jesus. Then ### heard the rooster crow, and ### realized the bitter truth. Not once... not twice... but three times ### denied ### Lord. The third time ### even cursed and used an oath to deny Jesus. How could ### have done it? How could ### have slipped so far? A short time earlier ### had drawn a sword and been willing to take on the armed group that had come to arrest Jesus (John 18:10). Where had ### courage, ### conviction, and ### commitment gone? We must realize that none of us is strong enough to guarantee we won't fail or abandon our Lord at times. However, the test we face involves two parts: The first part is the temptation to sin. If we yield to that temptation and sin, the second is to have the courage to recognize it as sin, to be convicted to the core of our hearts of that sin, and to change our hearts and behavior to return to our deeply held allegiance to the Lord.
Today's Prayer
O Father, give me courage. I want to demonstrate my allegiance to you, your Son, and your Kingdom no matter what my outward circumstances and temptations may bring. But, dear Father, if I fail and sin, please help me to have the courage to recognize it, to be emotionally convicted by it, and to be spiritually committed to come home and show that it was an exception to a life lived for you. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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