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<v Speaker 1>and other Addresses by Andrew Murray Peter's repentance. And the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the

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<v Speaker 1>word of the Lord, how he had said unto him

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<v Speaker 1>before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice and

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<v Speaker 1>Peter went out and wept bitterly, Luke twenty two, sixty

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<v Speaker 1>one and sixty two. That was the turning point in

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<v Speaker 1>the history of Peter. Christ had said to him, thou

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<v Speaker 1>canst not follow me? Now, Peter was not in a

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<v Speaker 1>fit state to follow Christ, because he had not been

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<v Speaker 1>brought to an end of himself. He did not know himself,

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<v Speaker 1>and he therefore could not follow Christ. But when he

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<v Speaker 1>went out and wept bitterly, then came the great change

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<v Speaker 1>Christ previously said to him, When thou art converted, strengthen

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<v Speaker 1>thy brethren, here is the point where Peter was converted

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<v Speaker 1>from self to Christ. I thank God for the story

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<v Speaker 1>of Peter. I do not know a man in the

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<v Speaker 1>Bible who gives us greater comfort when we look at

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<v Speaker 1>his character, so full of failures, and at what Christ

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<v Speaker 1>made him by the power of the Holy Ghost. There

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<v Speaker 1>is hope for every one of us. But remember, before

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<v Speaker 1>Christ could fill Peter with the Holy Spirit and make

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<v Speaker 1>a new man of him, he had to go out

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<v Speaker 1>and weep bitterly. He had to be humbled. If we

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<v Speaker 1>want to understand, I think there are four points that

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<v Speaker 1>we must look at. First, let us look at Peter

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<v Speaker 1>the devoted disciple of Jesus. Next at Peter as he

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<v Speaker 1>lived the life of self. Then at Peter in his repentance,

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<v Speaker 1>and last at what Christ made of Peter by the

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<v Speaker 1>Holy Spirit. Peter the devoted disciple of Christ. Christ called

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<v Speaker 1>Peter to forsake his nets and follow him. Peter did

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<v Speaker 1>it at once, and he afterwards could say rightly to

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord, we have forsaken all and followed thee. Peter

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<v Speaker 1>was a man of absolute surrender. He gave up all

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<v Speaker 1>to follow Jesus. Peter was also a man of ready obedience.

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<v Speaker 1>You remember Christ said to him, launch out into the

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<v Speaker 1>deep and let down the net. Peter. The fishermen knew

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<v Speaker 1>there were no fish there, for they had been toiling

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<v Speaker 1>all night and had caught nothing, But he said, at

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<v Speaker 1>thy word, I will let down the net. He submitted

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<v Speaker 1>to the word of Jesus. Further, he was a man

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<v Speaker 1>of great faith. When he saw Christ walking on the sea,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, Lord, if it be thou bid me come

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<v Speaker 1>unto thee. And at the voice of Christ, he stepped

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<v Speaker 1>out of the boat and walked upon the water. And

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<v Speaker 1>Peter was a man of spiritual insight. When Christ asked

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<v Speaker 1>the disciples, whom do ye say that I am, Peter

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<v Speaker 1>was able to answer, thou art the Christ, the son

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<v Speaker 1>of the Living God. And Christ said, blest art thou

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<v Speaker 1>simon Barjona, For flesh and blood hath not revealed it

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<v Speaker 1>unto thee, but my Father, which is in Heaven. And

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<v Speaker 1>Christ spoke of him as the roc man, and of

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<v Speaker 1>his having the keys of the kingdom. Peter was a

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<v Speaker 1>splendid man, a devoted disciple of Jesus. And if he

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<v Speaker 1>were living nowadays, every one would say that he was

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<v Speaker 1>an advanced Christian. And yet how much there was wanting

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<v Speaker 1>in Peter, Peter living the life of self. You recollect

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<v Speaker 1>that just after Christ had said to him flesh and

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<v Speaker 1>blood had not revealed it unto THEE, but my Father,

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<v Speaker 1>which is in heaven. Christ began to speak about his sufferings,

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<v Speaker 1>and Peter dared to say, be it far from THEE, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>this shall not be unto THEE. Then Christ had to say,

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<v Speaker 1>get thee behind me, Satan, for thou savest not the

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<v Speaker 1>things that be of God, but those that be of men.

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<v Speaker 1>There was Peter in his self will, trusting his own wisdom,

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<v Speaker 1>and actually forbidding Christ to go and die. Whence did

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<v Speaker 1>that come? Peter trusted in himself and his own thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>about divine things. We see later on more than once

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<v Speaker 1>that among the disciples I was a questioning who should

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<v Speaker 1>be the greatest, and Peter was one of them, and

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<v Speaker 1>he thought he had a right to the very first place.

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<v Speaker 1>He sought his own honor, even above the others. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the life of self strong in Peter. He had

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<v Speaker 1>left his boats and his nets, but not his old self.

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<v Speaker 1>When Christ had spoken to him about his sufferings and said,

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<v Speaker 1>get THEE behind me, Satan, he followed it up by saying,

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<v Speaker 1>if any man will come after me, let him deny

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<v Speaker 1>himself and take up his cross and follow me. No

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<v Speaker 1>man can follow him unless he do that self must

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<v Speaker 1>be utterly denied. What does that mean? When Peter denied Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>we read that he said three times, I do not

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<v Speaker 1>know the man. In other words, I have nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>do with him. He and I are no friends. I

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<v Speaker 1>deny having any connection with him. Christ told Peter that

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<v Speaker 1>he must deny self. Self must be ignored and its

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<v Speaker 1>every claim rejected. That is the root of true discipleship.

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<v Speaker 1>But Peter did not understand it and could not obey it.

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<v Speaker 1>And what happened when the last night came? Christ said

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<v Speaker 1>to him before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny

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<v Speaker 1>me thrice? But with what self confidence? Peter said, though

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<v Speaker 1>all should forsake THEE, yet will not I? I am

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<v Speaker 1>ready to go with THEE to prison and to death.

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<v Speaker 1>Peter meant it honestly, and Peter really intended to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>But Peter did not know himself. He did not believe

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<v Speaker 1>he was as bad as Jesus said he was. We

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps think of individual sins that come between us and God.

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<v Speaker 1>But what are we to do with that self life,

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<v Speaker 1>which is all unclean our very nature? What are we

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<v Speaker 1>to do with that flesh that is entirely under the

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<v Speaker 1>power of sin? Deliverance from that is what we need.

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<v Speaker 1>Peter knew it not, and therefore it was that, in

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<v Speaker 1>his self confidence he went forth and denied his Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice how Christ uses the word deny Twice he said

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<v Speaker 1>to Peter the first time, deny self. He said to

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<v Speaker 1>Peter the second time, thou wilt deny me? It is

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<v Speaker 1>either of the two. There is no choice for us.

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<v Speaker 1>We must either deny self or deny Christ. There are

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<v Speaker 1>two great powers fighting each other, the self nature in

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<v Speaker 1>the power of sin, and Christ in the power of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Either of these must rule within us. It was self

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<v Speaker 1>that made the devil. He was an angel of God,

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<v Speaker 1>but he wanted to exalt self. He became a devil

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<v Speaker 1>in hell. Self was the cause of the fall of man.

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<v Speaker 1>Eve wanted something for herself, and so our first parents

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<v Speaker 1>fell into all the wretchedness of sin. We their children

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<v Speaker 1>have inherited an awful nature of sin. Peter's repentance. Peter

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<v Speaker 1>denied his Lord thrice. And then the Lord looked upon him,

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<v Speaker 1>and that look of Jesus broke the heart of Peter,

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<v Speaker 1>and all at once they opened up before him the

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<v Speaker 1>terrible sin that he had committed, the terrible failure that

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<v Speaker 1>had come, and the depth into which he had fallen.

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<v Speaker 1>And Peter went out and wept bitterly. Oh, who can

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<v Speaker 1>tell what that repentance must have been during the following

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<v Speaker 1>hours of that night and the next day when he

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<v Speaker 1>saw Christ crucified and buried, and the next day the Sabbath, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>in what hopeless despair and shame he must have spent

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<v Speaker 1>that day. My Lord is gone, my hope is gone.

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<v Speaker 1>And I denied my Lord, after that life of love,

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<v Speaker 1>after that blessed fellowship of three years, I denied my Lord. God,

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<v Speaker 1>have mercy upon me. I do not think we can

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<v Speaker 1>realize into what a depth of humiliation Peter sank then.

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<v Speaker 1>But that was the turning point and the change. And

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<v Speaker 1>on the first day of the week, Christ was seen

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<v Speaker 1>of Peter, and in the evening he met him with

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<v Speaker 1>the others. Later on, at the Lake of Galilee, he

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<v Speaker 1>asked him, lovest thou me, And till Peter was made

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<v Speaker 1>sad by the thought that the Lord reminded him of

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<v Speaker 1>having denied him thrice and said, in sorrow, but in uprightness, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I love thee

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<v Speaker 1>Peter transformed. Now Peter was prepared for deliverance from self,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is my last thought. You know. Christ took

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<v Speaker 1>him with the others to the footstool of the throne

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<v Speaker 1>and bade them wait there. And then on the day

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<v Speaker 1>of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came and Peter was a

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<v Speaker 1>changed man. I do not want you to think only

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<v Speaker 1>of the change in Peter in that boldness and that power,

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<v Speaker 1>and that insight into the scriptures, and that blessing with

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<v Speaker 1>which he preached that day. Thank God for that. But

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<v Speaker 1>there was something for Peter deeper and better. Peter's whole

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<v Speaker 1>nature was changed. The work that Christ began in Peter

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<v Speaker 1>when he looked upon him, was perfected when he was

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<v Speaker 1>filled with the Holy Ghost. If you want to see that,

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<v Speaker 1>read the first epistle of Peter. Ye know where in

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<v Speaker 1>Peter's failings lay. When he said to Christ in effects,

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<v Speaker 1>thou never canst suffer it cannot be, it showed he

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<v Speaker 1>had not a conception of what it was to pass

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<v Speaker 1>through death into life. Christ said, deny thyself. And in

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<v Speaker 1>spite of that, he denied his Lord. When Christ warned him,

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<v Speaker 1>thou shalt deny me, and he insisted that he never would.

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<v Speaker 1>Peter showed how little he understood what there was in himself.

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<v Speaker 1>But when I read his epistle and hear him say,

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<v Speaker 1>if ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy

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<v Speaker 1>are ye, for the spirit of God and of Glory

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<v Speaker 1>resteth upon you. Then I say that it is not

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<v Speaker 1>the old Peter, but that is the very spirit of Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>breathing and speaking within him. I read again how he says,

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<v Speaker 1>here unto ye are called to suffer, even as Christ suffered.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand what a change had come over Peter. Instead

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<v Speaker 1>of denying Christ, he found joy and pleasure in having

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<v Speaker 1>self denied and crucified and given up to the death.

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<v Speaker 1>And therefore it is in the Axe we read that

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<v Speaker 1>when he was called before the council, he could boldly

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<v Speaker 1>say we must obey God rather than men, and that

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<v Speaker 1>he could return with the other desires and rejoiced that

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<v Speaker 1>they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ's name. You

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<v Speaker 1>remember his self exaltation. But now he has found out

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<v Speaker 1>that the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is

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<v Speaker 1>in the sight of God of great Christ. Again he

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<v Speaker 1>tells us to be subject one to another and be

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<v Speaker 1>clothed with humility. Dear friend, I beseech you look at

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<v Speaker 1>Peter utterly changed, the self pleasing, the self trusting, the

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<v Speaker 1>self seeking, Peter full of sin, continually getting into trouble,

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<v Speaker 1>foolish and impetuous, but now filled with the spirit and

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<v Speaker 1>the life of Jesus. Christ had done it for him

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<v Speaker 1>by the Holy Ghost. And now what is my object

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<v Speaker 1>in having thus very briefly pointed to the story of Peter.

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<v Speaker 1>That story must be the history of every believer who

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<v Speaker 1>is really to be made a blessing by God. That

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<v Speaker 1>story is a prophecy of what every one can received

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<v Speaker 1>from God in heaven. Now let us just glance hurriedly

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<v Speaker 1>at what these lessons teach us. The first lesson is this,

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<v Speaker 1>you may be a very earnest, godly, devoted believer in

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<v Speaker 1>whom the power of the flesh is yet very strong.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a very solemn truth. Peter, before he denied

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<v Speaker 1>Christ had cast out devils and had healed the sick,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet the flesh had power, and the flesh had

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<v Speaker 1>roomined him. Oh, beloved, we want to realize that it

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<v Speaker 1>is just because there is so much of that self

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<v Speaker 1>life in us, that the power of God cannot work

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<v Speaker 1>in us as mightily as God is willing, that it

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<v Speaker 1>should work. Do you realize that the Great God is

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<v Speaker 1>longing to double his blessing, to give tenfold blessing through us,

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<v Speaker 1>But there is something hindering him, and that something is

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<v Speaker 1>a proof of nothing but the self life. We talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the pride of Peter, and the impetuosity of Peter,

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<v Speaker 1>and the self confidence of Peter. It all rooted in

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<v Speaker 1>that one word self. Christ had said, deny self, and

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<v Speaker 1>Peter had never understood and never obeyed. And every failing

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<v Speaker 1>came out of that. What a solemn thought, and what

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<v Speaker 1>an urgent plea for us to cry, Oh, God, do

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<v Speaker 1>discover this to us? That none of us may be

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<v Speaker 1>living the self life. It has happened to many a

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<v Speaker 1>one who had been a Christian for years, who had

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps occupied a prominent position, that God found him out

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<v Speaker 1>and taught him to find himself out. And he became

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<v Speaker 1>utterly ashamed, falling down broken before God. Oh the bitter

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<v Speaker 1>shame and sorrow and pain and agony that came to him,

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<v Speaker 1>And till at last he found that there was deliverance.

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<v Speaker 1>Peter went out and wept bitterly. And there may be

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<v Speaker 1>many a godly one in whom the power of the

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<v Speaker 1>flesh still rules. And my second lesson is it is

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<v Speaker 1>the work of our blessed Lord Jesus to discover the

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<v Speaker 1>power of self. How was it that Peter, the Colonel

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<v Speaker 1>Peter self willed, Peter, Peter with the strong self love ever,

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<v Speaker 1>became a man of Pentecost and the writer of his epistle.

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<v Speaker 1>It was because Christ had him in charge, and Christ

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<v Speaker 1>watched over him, and Christ taught and blessed him. The

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<v Speaker 1>warnings that Christ had given him were part of the training.

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<v Speaker 1>And last of all, there came that look of love

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<v Speaker 1>in his suffering. Christ did not forget him, but turned

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<v Speaker 1>round and looked upon him. And Peter went out and

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<v Speaker 1>wept bitterly. And the Christ who led Peter to Pentecost

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<v Speaker 1>is waiting to day to take charge of every heart

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<v Speaker 1>that is willing to surrender itself to him. Are there

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<v Speaker 1>not some saying, Ah, that is the mischief with me?

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<v Speaker 1>It is always the self. Life and self come comfort,

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<v Speaker 1>and self consciousness and self pleasing and self will. How

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<v Speaker 1>am I to get rid of it? My answer is

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<v Speaker 1>it is Christ Jesus who can rid you of it.

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<v Speaker 1>None else but Christ Jesus can give deliverance from the

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<v Speaker 1>power of self and What does he ask you to do?

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<v Speaker 1>He asks that you should humble yourself before him. End

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<v Speaker 1>of Peter's Repentance,