Mark 14:66-72 – Peter disowns Jesus
§ Peter cuts off the ear of the servant guard and yet a short time later is afraid of the accusation of a servant girl.
§ He disowns Jesus and yet it was not necessary true that if He admitted that He was with Jesus, he would get in trouble. We presume he would of but we don’t know that for sure. The guards did not really pursue the disciples only Jesus Himself. Were they even interested in His disciples? They had not shown any evidence of that before.
§ Fear of what might happen caused the problem to persist, three times he was asked because he lied. The problem never went away.
§ That’s the problem with lying. Nothing gets resolved, just put off.
§ The separation mentioned in a previous devotional, led to pride which led to a fall.
§ I must learn from Jesus and address the issues I face immediately and with honesty. I cannot escape truth and putting it off only will lead to greater pressure.
§ I need to pray about that for myself and others.
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