{"id":59,"date":"2015-03-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/blog\/2015\/03\/31\/holy-week-tuesday\/"},"modified":"2015-11-25T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T19:26:35","slug":"holy-week-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/holy-week-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week: Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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, we shouldn\u2019t be so arrogant as to think we know <\/i>how we will react
\nin any given situation. Peter believes with his whole heart that he will
\n not deny Christ\u2014and he shouldn\u2019t. After all, Peter is the first of the
\nApostles to profess that Jesus is the Christ. After living with Jesus,
\nwatching Him perform miracle after miracle\u2014including raising Lazarus
\nfrom the dead\u2014and after listening to Jesus preach the truth for years,
\nPeter should be so well-versed, so bolstered in faith that there is no
\nway he can deny Who Jesus is. We know it now. Peter knew it then. . .and
\n yet, he denies his Lord three times before the cock crows. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to say we won\u2019t\u2014or will\u2014do this or that. It\u2019s even easier to
\ncondemn someone else who chooses wrongly, even though we\u2019ve never walked
\nin their shoes, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

“Oh, I would never do that!”<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I would never deny Christ!\u201d<\/p>\n

Really? What
\nabout if it meant the difference between living or being slowly tortured
\n or being hung on a cross? If all you had to say in order not to suffer
\nwas, \u201cChrist is not God\u201d or “I don’t know Him” would you do it? They are just words, after
\nall. Right?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Peter thought. . .until the rooster crowed that third time
\nand he looked into the pained eyes of his Lord and Saviour.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s pray: Lord help me never to be so arrogant that I think I know how
\n I will react in a tough situation. Help me never to deny you.
\nStrengthen my faith and my resolve so that I will always be able to give
\n a reason for my hope in You. Grant me a discerning spirit so that I may
\n always recognize the enemy. Grant me the grace to withstand the storm
\nso that You may be glorified through my words and deeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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