Matthew 26:69-75
Peter Disowns Jesus
69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72 He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”
74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”
Immediately a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Each of the gospels write about Peter denying Jesus...Jesus had predicted that Peter would deny Him after His arrest, three times before morning, when a rooster would crow...
Peter thought he could be tougher than other followers and said "even if all fall away on account of You, I never will." (Matthew 26:33)...Peter was wrong...We want to be good servants of our LORD, but sometimes we are not, just like Peter...And he is the rock, which Jesus would build His church...Peter would become the first Pope...But Peter is an ordinary man, and a great follower...A follower who loved Jesus as much as Peter does, gives us hope...We are weak, because the flesh is weak...Peter, not only, told a servant girl he does not know when ask if he was with Jesus, but the second time he denies Him, Peter does it with an oath...
Peter had a Galilean accent and the third time someone ask him and the questioner said surely you are one of them (a disciple) because your accent gives you away...Peter now curses himself and swears he doe not know the Man...Immediately, just as Jesus had predicted, Peter heard the rooster crow...Peter remembers His words :
“Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” ...Then Peter goes out and weeps bitterly...Peter now knows and realizes what he has done...The weight of his own failure and failings are at this moment felt...The rooster crowing brought him to his true senses...He had failed His Teacher...He was not able to when all were falling away, hold his faith...He did the opposite...Peter had lied and sinned...But now Peter weeps, deeply regretting his actions...His actions and lies and his denials were sins that would be what Jesus would actually soon die for...I to am a sinner...Jesus died for my sins...My sins too, sent Him to the cross...We are ordinary men and women like Peter...Peter gives us hope...But we also need hope from Jesus...We, also, need help from Jesus...We cannot do it alone...We need His forgiveness...Jesus is our LORD full of grace and truth and forgiveness...Jesus would forgive Peter...Jesus will forgive us of our sins...