“The King Denied” Mount Olive Lutheran Church Sermon Wednesday February 28th 2024 - Matthew 26:69–75
Lenten Exchange guest preacher Rev. Paulo Brum from New Beginnings Lutheran Church, Regina, Saskatchewan.
Matthew 26:69–75
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.” Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
Here guest preacher Rev. Paulo Brum addresses Saint Peter’s denial of Jesus in the hours leading up to His crucifixion and what that means for you in your life.
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