When Shame Breaks You
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There are things about ourselves we're absolutely certain we would never do until the moment we're doing them. That's the uncomfortable mirror this week's passage holds up. It's also where the deepest grace of the gospel shows up. In this week's message from Mark 14:66–72, Pastor Rob continues our series through the Gospel of Mark with the story of Peter's threefold denial of Jesus. Hours earlier, Peter had promised Jesus he would die before he ever denied him. Now he's standing in a courtyard warming himself by a fire, and a servant girl asks a simple question: weren't you with Jesus? Three times Peter is asked. Three times he denies it. Then the rooster crows. Rob's point is that Peter wasn't lying when he made that promise, he meant it. His real problem was that he trusted his own knowledge of himself more than he trusted what Jesus said was true about him. It didn't take an army or a trial to expose that; for Peter, it only took a servant girl and a little pressure. The things we're most certain we would never do are so often exactly the things we end up doing and once we're in the middle of doing them, we rarely stop ourselves. We just keep going. But this passage isn't only a mirror, it's also a window into who Jesus is. Jesus knows the worst about Peter, and it does not change what Jesus does for him. Even before Peter denies him, Jesus has already promised, "after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee." Restoration was settled before the failure ever happened. That's the shape of grace in this passage and it isn't earned by Peter passing the test. It's a gift, secured entirely by Jesus. Listen to the full sermon on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Search Point Hope Presbyterian Church. You can also find it on our website and YouTube channel.
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