Peter Later Found Restitution with Jesus (TMF:301)

Monday, November 30, 2015
Peace to Live By: Peter Later Found Restitution with Jesus (TMF:301) - Daniel Litton
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       The good news here is that while Peter did deny Jesus, he later found restitution with him. Jesus forgave him, and their relationship was restored to an even better place than before (see John 21:15-19). And indeed, Jesus will forgive us when we fail ourselves and fail others, no matter how bitter or sorrowful we may feel (see 1 John 1:9). And so Jesus would go through the fury of unfair and unjust trials (see Matthew 26-27, Mark 14-15, Luke 22-23, John 18-19). The group of chief priests and Pharisees twisted what Christ had really done, and they sought for him to receive the death penalty based on false accusations (see Matthew 26:59). And they also didn’t believe his own testimony when he told the truth. You see, they had already decided what they thought about him—that he was hillbilly from Galilee who wasn’t worthy of anything good, and certainly by all means wasn’t worthy of his claim to be the Messiah. They had already made up their minds about him, and anything he would have said wouldn’t have mattered. They already perceived him as guilty no matter what. And so Christ was crucified, but because God allowed it (see Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19). It was actually God’s plan from the very beginning. Christ was dying for the sins of the whole world.