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1 | Was Peter denied before the Father? | Matt 10:33 | Sir Pent | 15786 | ||
I would agree that Peter's denial of Jesus was not one of belief, but instead one of aquaintance. Peter did not deny that Jesus was the Christ. Instead he denied that Peter was who Peter really was. Peter didn't lie about Jesus, he lied about himself by saying he didn't know Jesus. It was still a lie, and was still sin, and still required repentance and forgiveness. However, I think that this is different from the idea, which Jesus was trying to communicate when He said that those who deny Christ would be denied before the Father in Heaven. Whether or not a Christian could do that or not is another interesting question and is covered in the "Can a Christian disown Christ?" thread. |
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2 | Was Peter denied before the Father? | Matt 10:33 | Hank | 15823 | ||
There is, I believe, a sense in which all believers deny their Lord every day of their lives, because each of us, in his own way, sins and falls short of the glory of God. When we allow the things of the world to take pre-eminence over Christ in our lives, even for a short time, we are to some degree denying Him the place He demands in our hearts and lives. Peter's denial had its genesis in fear and cowardice. Ours may stem from lust or greed. We may be deceived and fall prey to idolatry of various sorts. We may equally deny Him by our apathy, our failure to take decisive action in asserting our faith or in witnessing to the unsaved. While our denial may not reach the same magnitude as Peter's did when he blatantly affirmed, "I do not know Him" it is nonetheless denial. --Hank | ||||||