The weight of denying Jesus

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The Bible tells us in the book of Mark a very sad story about one of the twelve disciples of the Lord who denied the Lord Jesus Christ. I am talking about Peter, one who loved the Lord but had the worst of his mistakes and was denying him because it seems that Peter He had character and self-sufficiency problems and the Lord Jesus Christ had warned him that he would deny it but was shocked and told the Lord that he would never deny it but the Lord warned him again that before the rooster sang twice, you will deny me three times and so it was.

Mark 14: 66-72
66 While Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, one of the servants of the high priest came;
67 and when he saw Peter warming himself, looking at him, he said: You were also with Jesus the Nazarene.
68 But he denied, saying, I do not know him, nor do I know what you say. And he went out to the entrance; and sang the rooster.
69 And the maid, seeing him again, began to say to those who were there: This is theirs.
70 But he denied again. And shortly thereafter, those who were there said to Peter again: Truly you are theirs; because you are Galilean, and your way of speaking is similar to theirs.
71 Then he began to curse and swear: I do not know this man of whom you speak.
72 And the rooster sang the second time. Then Peter remembered the words Jesus had said to him: Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And thinking about it, he wept.
(Reina-Valera 1960 (RVR1960)


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This shows us that the only one who knows our heart and our weaknesses is Jesus Christ and before the word is in our mouth he already knows what we are going to say. He also shows us that we should not presume or feel self-sufficient because this feeling can betray us and make us things how are you that Peter did to deny the Lord

Peter denied the Lord as he had pointed out and this was a very heavy weight for his heart because he loved the Lord and the Bible tells us that he cried repentant with a deep pain in his soul

What a sad event he had to live to ask! Although he loved Jesus, we denied him, let us take care of our hearts and our attitude towards the Lord. We depend on him in everything, because we must not be self-sufficient because Jesus is our father and we depend on him in everything

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