Then Jesus talked his beloved Peter through the process of healing. This amazing Savior simply invited Peter to sit with him and eat. He didn’t scold Peter or even remind him of his cowardly denial. Nor was he waiting to deliver a stern rebuke. How could this be? Jesus wasn’t frowning or scowling.
#GAMES FOR PETER AND JOHN HEAL A LAME MAN FULL#
Peter must have been curious when He saw the full breakfast Jesus had prepared for the disciples on the beach. This was a divine sign that their Master still had plans to use Peter, in spite of his weakness. But then Jesus appeared on the shore and invited His friends to cast their nets on the right side of the boat-and they hauled in a full net of fish! He had fished all night and caught nothing. Sulking, lonely and dejected, Peter went back to what he knew-his fishing job. John’s is the only Gospel that explains how Peter found full restoration after his failure. Luke says Peter went to Jesus’ tomb and found it empty. He never says anything else in Matthew and Mark’s Gospels. Then the rooster crowed, and Peter remembered Jesus’ words: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times” (v. The brave disciple who had promised Jesus he would follow Him anywhere turned into a pitiful wimp. When others questioned him, the Bible says Peter “began to invoke a curse on himself, and to swear, ‘I do not know this Man of whom you speak” (Mark 14:71). When the girl repeated her accusation to some bystanders, he denied knowing Jesus again.
When the high priest’s servant girl accused him of being a disciple of Jesus, he denied it. His disciple Peter was stressed to the breaking point and fearful of the crowd. One of the saddest parts of the Easter story occurred the night Jesus was arrested.
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