Do You Hear a Rooster Crowing?

After Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane He was taken to Roman officials and Temple priests for trial.

 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the high priest's courtyard with Jesus. Peter had to stay outside the gate. Then the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman watching at the gate, and she let Peter in. The woman asked Peter, "You're not one of that man's disciples, are you?" "No," he said, "I am not." Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself. …. Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, "You're not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, saying, "No, I am not." But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Didn't I see you out there in the olive grove with Jesus?" Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed. John 18:15-18; 25-27 

Rooster in Joppa - Israel

Peter—one of the greatest and most well-known disciples—denied Jesus. He said he didn’t know Him. Would you ever do the same? During the Last Supper, before Jesus arrest, Jesus told Peter that he would deny Jesus.

Simon Peter asked, "Lord, where are you going?" And Jesus replied, "You can't go with me now, but you will follow me later." "But why can't I come now, Lord?" he asked. "I'm ready to die for you." Jesus answered, "Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter—before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me. John 13:36-38.

Listen for the rooster crow. Do you hear it? Peter denied Jesus. Remember Jesus expects His followers to stand up for Him—publicly.

Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. Matthew 10:32-33

Can you stand up for Jesus…today? Or will you deny Him?

Prayer ~ Lord Jesus—give me the courage to stand up for You. I love You and as You have promised to never leave me or forsake me…I promise You that I will never leave You or forsake you.

Daily Bible Reading: Luke 23; John 18-19

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