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<div class="SSN_title">"THE ROAD TO DENIAL"</div>
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<div class="SSN_intro">Intro. We have all with Peter experienced the bitter taste of the tears from personal failure. There were things that I swore I would never be guilty of doing but yet I did it. How could I have ever let My Lord down like that? I weep for shame and weakness. How is it that a man who has walked in such close fellowship with the Lord, and who has made such a strong personal commitment to the Lord ever fail the Lord so completely?</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE WARNINGS OF JESUS TO PETER.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. "Satan has desired to have you that he might sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for you that your faith fail thee not, and when you are converted, strengthen your brethren."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. I believe that this is true of every servant of God, that Satan desires to have you that he might sift you like wheat.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. I also believe that the greater your prominence in the ministry the greater is his desire to have you.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Jesus had told him that He prayed that his faith fail him not. Peter's courage failed, but not his faith.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Jesus had warned Peter that before the rooster would crow, Peter would deny Him three times.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Peter vehemently protested the statement of Jesus declaring that he would die for the Lord.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. And yet, here we find him weeping bitterly.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Jesus warned him that the flesh was weak.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Why is it that we start out we think that we are super saints from the planet Krypton, and though others may be guilty of weakness, we are strong and will defeat the powers of darkness singlehandedly?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We so often make the mistake of thinking that we can do it on our own, somehow I do not need the Lord's help. He is so busy helping all those other needy people He should give His time to them, I will be able to triumph on my own, and I will just bring the trophies of victory to Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. LET US FOLLOW PETER ON THIS ROAD TO DENIAL, AND HOPEFULLY LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. His first mistake was arguing with the Lord, and the scriptures.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. When Jesus predicted that all of the disciples would be offended that night because of Him quoting the scripture "Smite the Shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered." Peter responded, "Though they may all be offended, I will never be offended."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. It was at this point that Jesus predicted Peter's personal failure. That before the rooster crowed he would have denied Him three times.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Peter continued to argue, declaring that he would die for the Lord.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. It is a mistake to argue with Jesus, if ever you find yourself in the position of arguing with Him, know this for sure, YOU ARE WRONG!</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. We notice in his argument with the Lord, how he boasts of his commitment. He was not sure about the other disciples, the Lord may not be able to count on them, but you can always count on Peter. After all did not his name mean rock. "Lord, you can count on Rocky." He in a sense was setting himself above the other disciples.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Beware of boasting in your flesh, or having any confidence in your flesh.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Paul said, "I know that in me, that is in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Paul writing to the Philippians declared "We glory in Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Jesus said,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Mar',7,21);">MAR 7:21</a> For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Mar',7,22);">MAR 7:22</a> Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Mar',7,23);">MAR 7:23</a> All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. That is what is in my flesh. I am no different than anyone else, and if you think you are, you are only deceiving your self.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. The wise man wrote, "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Next we find him sleeping when he should have been praying.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Jesus had asked the disciples to watch and pray with Him, in the garden of Gethsemene, when He returned to the disciples He found them asleep, He said unto Peter, "Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation." He then declared the problem, the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak." vs. 40</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. I am certain that if would only pray more, we would sin less.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. We so often find ourselves doing things other than pray. We are sleeping or watching T.V.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. In the next episode we find him drawing his sword and beginning to swing away and those who had come to arrest His Lord. vs.51</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. In this he showed courage and the truth of his commitment he indeed was willing to die for His Lord.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Many times people find it easier to die for the Lord than to live for Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Isn't that interesting, it takes more courage to live for the Lord than to die for Him.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. As Jesus was being led away by the arresting officers we read, "But Peter followed Him afar off." vs.58</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. That is a great problem for many believers today, they seek to follow Jesus afar off.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. They desire to walk on the fence with Jesus on one side, and the world on the other.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The result is they have too much of Jesus to be fully comfortable in the world, and too much of the world to be happy in Jesus.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. They are miserable when they are living in the worldly scene because of the conviction they feel. They are miserable in church for the same reason.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. I do not advocate trying to follow Jesus afar off, it will usually end in denial of our Lord.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. In following Jesus it pays to stay as close to Him as possible.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">F. In the next scene we see Peter outside of the judgment hall warming himself by the fire that the soldiers had made.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. This is when the little maid began her probing questioning of Peter.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Satan who has desired Peter now has him where he wants him. Proud and boastful of his own resolve, lacking in his prayer life, trying to follow the Lord afar off, now finally trying to find warmth at the enemies fire.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. It is always a dangerous place to be, at the enemies fire. Trying to find warmth in the worldly scene. Seeking to find comfort or pleasure in a worldly environment. Before lone someone is going to ask you, "What are you doing here? I thought you were a Christian."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. As the soldiers joined the attack with the maid on Peter's commitment to Jesus, saying that his speech gave him away, probably referring to a Galilean accent. He began to swear and curse as he denied His Lord. He sought to prove by his speech that he was not related to Jesus. At this point the rooster nearby began to crow, and the sound of the rooster was like a dart going through the heart of Peter.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR ONE WHO FAILS HIS LORD SO COMPLETELY IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL? CAN THE LORD EVER COUNT ON HIM AGAIN? COULD HE EVER BE USED BY GOD IN A PROMINENT PLACE IN THE MINISTRY AGAIN? WILL GOD GIVE A SECOND CHANCE TO ONE WHO HAS FAILED?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. You had better believe it, or there is no hope for any of us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. I have found Him to be a merciful, gracious God of the second chance, and the third chance and the fourth chance, loving, patient, forgiving.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. The sin is not so much the stumbling in the mud, but that of just wallowing there making no effort to get up.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. The Psalmist said, "He lifted me up out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. That is something that we can all echo. We all know what that miry clay is about.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. There are many of you who have stumbled this week, you failed the test, you by your action and maybe your words have denied our Lord, you have been tasting those bitter tears because of personal weakness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Another gospel tells us that as the rooster crowed that Jesus turned and looked at Peter, in that fateful moment their eyes met. What kind of a look do you suppose it was?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Was it a "Peter, how could you?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Maybe a "I told you so." look.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Maybe a "You spineless failure, get lost, I never want to see you again.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. This is what Satan would like you to think.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. One strike and you are out, two strikes, three strikes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. I know from the subsequent events that it was a look of tenderness, of compassion that said, "That's all right Peter, I understand, I forgive, I still love you."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. How do you suppose Jesus is looking upon your failure today?</div>
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