Great Turnarounds - Talk 4 (Jesus and The Recovering Disciple)

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Speaker Notes - Jesus Turns Failures Into Opportunities When We Add Humility to Our Correction

Luke 22:54-62

54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55 And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. 56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, “This man was with him.”

57 But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.

58 A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.”

“Man, I am not!” Peter replied.

59 About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”

60 Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.” 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Why are Peter’s Denials Troubling to us?

1 - We expect better of Peter
2 - Peter was a man’s man
3 - If Peter cracked, how will I stand up?

What we can learn from it?

1 - Jesus isn’t surprised by anything
2 - Failure Does Not Have To Be Final
3 - Failure Can Push Us Forward

Paul’s church: North River Community Church in Pembroke