Before the crucifixion of Jesus, Simon Peter said, “I am ready to go with Thee both into prison and to death” (Luke 22:33). And Jesus responded, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”(Luke 22:34).
Peter cursed and denied Jesus. Can you imagine anything worse? But God arched the rainbow of Romans 8:28 over what Peter did. Matthew 26:75 says that Peter went out and wept bitterly, but Jesus forgave him (see John 21).
Hebrews 12:11 says, “Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Peter wept bitterly, but afterward it yielded the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
God means it when He promises that all things work together for our good—the sweet things, the sorrowful things, the simple things.
Greg is a strong believer in Jesus Christ and in the need for revival in today’s Church. He likes reading, writing, music, and spending time with his family and his dog Roxie. By day he is a self-employed non-emergency medical transport driver, and is the Editor-in-Chief for the National War Council, as well as being a political analyst, author, blogger, and an accomplished DIYer. His articles are first published on Inspirational Christian Blogs, and I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ!, and from there the articles are published on other well-known conservative websites.
The author feels convinced that the Church is in extreme danger of being forsaken by God for being unbiblical and seeks to warn all those with “ears to hear.” He believes we are in the last days of the end times, and that God is building His Remnant Church even now.
Greg is the author of: Spiritual Darkness is Destroying America and the Church and
The Jehovah’s Witnesses: Dedicated Servants or Dangerous Heretics?
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Lift Him Up and Watch What Happens
"Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:36