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NASB | Matthew 10:33 "But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 10:33 "But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven. |
Subject: Was Peter denied before the Father? |
Bible Note: 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 |