Will You Deny Me
February 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under Bernie's Blog, Devotions
Will you deny Me
Luke 22:33-34 – But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”
Does this sound familiar to you? Can you relate to Peter with these promises he makes to Jesus? Have you ever echoed something similar to the Lord? I will do anything for you Lord, if I am called upon than I will go to prison and I’m even willing to die for you Lord. The Lord says, “Really?” Within 12 hours you will deny that you even know me, not once but 3 times. Wow!
You know often times we make similar promise’s to the Lord. We make these amazing commitments to Jesus in worship and within 24 hours we are denying that we know Him. Sunday morning comes along and during worship we find ourselves telling Jesus that we will do anything or go anywhere for you, we are willing to die for you Lord but as soon as we walk out of the church doors life comes flying at us through various avenues such as family challenges, jobs, finances, peer pressures etc…and its through many of these different avenues we find our selves in a way denying that we know Him. It may not be that we deny Him vocally; it may simply be that we deny Him through our lifestyle. Through the way that we treat our spouses, or loved ones, maybe our denial is through the way we respond to those who don’t agree with us or maybe don’t even like us. Our denial may come through the silence we keep when we hear others are bashing our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Maybe we deny Him in our own speech, conduct and way of life. Maybe we deny Him in the lack of our prayer life or personal worship or devotional experiences.
Question, can you hear the sound of the rooster crowing? The rooster is our spiritual alarm going off and calling us back home! That crazy rooster is calling us to fall on our knees and passionately renew our commitment to Jesus in our own personal lives. Lets do it today!
Good word Bernie…that will preach!
What you wrote on this blog is really true. There are so many who claim to know Christ and are turning their back on Him daily. They have grown comfortable and are falling for the spirit of anything goes in the church, or angry with God for their troubles instead of of giving him the glory in their trials and are just turning their backs on him. They have forgotten their first love. Hearts have grown cold because of fear. Go to youtube.com and type in, Melvin Williams, “Time Is Running Out”. My husband Jeremiah Cummings wrote this song many years ago and it is truly revelate to now. You can also watch some exerts of Jeremiah’s sermons on youtube. My husband has a heart for the Muslim nation and introducing them to Christ. He knows all about Islam because he was a Muslim. Satan has made it his mission to stop him and it is time for the Muslims to bow their knees to the one and only True God and His Only begotten son Jesus The Christ.