Will You Deny Him?
Peter looked boldly into the eyes of the Lord and said
without hesitation, “though all men shall be offended because of you, yet will
I never be offended.” To which Jesus replied, “assuredly,
I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three
times.” But unwaveringly, Peter clove to his self-confidence and said, “…though
I should die with you, yet will I not deny you” (Matthew 26:33-35).
Soon
after this conversation, Judas came with the multitude to betray Jesus. They took Him away to be placed on trial for
the crimes, which He had not committed. He was found guilty and was sentenced
to death. And as they began to mock and spit upon Jesus, Peter was following at
a distance when he sat to warm himself by a fire. First, a servant girl saw him
and said, “this man was also with Him,” to which he replied,
“woman, I do not know Him" (Luke
No
doubt any faithful Christian would hope they could look into Jesus’ eyes and
say, “I would never deny you.” The truth is, while He is not physically here on
earth, we have chances every day to stand with Him or to deny Him. When given
an opportunity to share the gospel, do you declare as did Paul, “I am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ” (Romans