{"id":2058,"date":"2016-03-22T00:03:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T06:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pelicanbookgroup.com\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2016-03-22T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T17:03:18","slug":"holy-week-tuesday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/holy-week-tuesday-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week: Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tAt the Last Supper, Jesus tells the Twelve that one of them will betray
\n\tHim. The Apostles are shocked at this revelation, and Peter is later
\n\tadamant that he would die for Jesus. Here we learn two very important
\n\tlessons. One, sometimes the enemy lurks among us and we have to be
\n\twatchful. As in the case of Jesus, we might not be able to escape the
\n\tenemy’s snare initially, but with foreknowledge and faith, we can
\n\tprevail.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo, we shouldn’t be so arrogant as to think we know <\/i>how we will react
\n\tin any given situation. Peter believes with his whole heart that he will
\n\tnot deny Christ—and he shouldn’t. After all, Peter is the first of the
\n\tApostles to profess that Jesus is the Christ. After living with Jesus,
\n\twatching Him perform miracle after miracle—including raising Lazarus
\n\tfrom the dead—and after listening to Jesus preach the truth for years,
\n\tPeter should be so well-versed, so bolstered in faith that there is no
\n\tway he can deny Who Jesus is. We know it now. Peter knew it then. . .and
\n\tyet, he denies his Lord three times before the cock crows.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt’s easy to say we won’t—or will—do this or that. It’s even easier to
\n\tcondemn someone else who chooses wrongly, even though we’ve never walked
\n\tin their shoes, isn’t it?\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Oh, I would never do that!"\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“Oh, I would never deny Christ!”\n<\/p>\n

\n\tReally? What
\n\tabout if it meant the difference between living or being slowly tortured
\n\tor being hung on a cross? If all you had to say in order not to suffer
\n\twas, “Christ is not God” or "I don't know Him" would you do it? They are just words, after
\n\tall. Right?\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThat’s what Peter thought. . .until the rooster crowed that third time
\n\tand he looked into the pained eyes of his Lord and Saviour.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLet’s pray: Lord help me never to be so arrogant that I think I know how
\n\tI will react in a tough situation. Help me never to deny you.
\n\tStrengthen my faith and my resolve so that I will always be able to give
\n\ta reason for my hope in You. Grant me a discerning spirit so that I may
\n\talways recognize the enemy. Grant me the grace to withstand the storm
\n\tso that You may be glorified through my words and deeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the Last Supper, Jesus tells the Twelve that one of them will betray
\nHim. The Apostles are shocked at this revelation, and Peter is later
\nadamant that he would die for Jesus. Here we learn two very important
\nlessons. One, sometimes the enemy lurks among us and we have to be
\nwatchful. As in the case of Jesus, we might not be able to escape the
\nenemy\u2019s snare initially, but with foreknowledge and faith, we can
\nprevail.<\/p>\n

Two,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[509],"tags":[38,39,40,41],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration-spirituality","tag-easter","tag-holy-week","tag-meditation","tag-prayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}