Mark 11:1-11
Jesus Rides a Donkey Into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
Mark 11:12-18
Jesus Said The Temple is a Den of Thieves
Mark 11:19-26
Jesus Cursed The Fig Tree And it Dried Up
Mark 11:27-33
Jesus Questioned on His Authority
Mark 12:1-12
Jesus Tells About The Owner Of a Vineyard
Mark 12:13-17
Pharisees Ask Jesus About Paying Poll Tax
Mark 12:18-27
Whose Wife Shall She Be in The Resurrection?
Mark 12:28-34
“You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself.”
Mark 12:35-44
Jesus Makes Charges Against The Scribes
Mark 13:1-13
Prediction of “The Time of Tribulation”
Mark 13:14-23
False Teachers in The End Times
Mark 13:24-32
A Description of The Second Coming
Mark 13:33-37
We Must Not be Found Sleeping
Mark 14:1-9
Jesus Anointed With Perfume
Mark 14:10-16
Judas Arranges For Jesus Betrayal
Mark 14:17-26
Lord’s Supper Replaces The Passover
Mark 14:27-31
Peter’s Heart Was in The Right Place
Mark 14:32-42
Jesus in The Garden of Gethsemane
Mark 14:43-52
Judas’ Arrival to Betray Jesus
Mark 14:53-65
Jesus is Brought Before The Sanhedrin
Mark 14:66-72
Peter Denies His Lord Three Times
Mark 15:1-5
Jesus is Brought Before Pontius Pilate
Mark 15:6-15
Barabbas is Released
Mark 15:16-23
Simon Commanded to Carry The Cross
Mark 15:24-32
Jesus is Nailed to The Cross
Mark 15:33-41
Jesus “Gave Up The Ghost”
Mark 15:42-47
Joseph Places Jesus in The Tomb
Mark 16:1-8
Angel Says Jesus is Risen
Peter’s Heart Was in The Right Place
Mark 14:27–31
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On the way to the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus warned His disciples that they would not understand that He would die and they would all forsake Him. In explaining this Jesus quoted from the prophecy found in (Zech. 13:7) (v. 27).
Peter who was always outspoken, strongly stated that he would never desert the Lord and the other disciples affirmed their loyalty (vv 28-31). Jesus told Peter that before the day was over he would deny Him three times. Peter could not believe that this would happen. He had forgotten his own human weakness and the strength of the devil’s temptations. But there is one thing to be remembered about Peter—his heart was in the right place. Better, a Peter with a flaming heart of love, even if that love did for a moment fail most shamefully, than a Judas with a cold heart of hate. Let that man condemn Peter who never broke a promise, who never was disloyal in thought or action to a pledge. Peter loved Jesus, and even if his love failed, it rose again.
There was nothing for which Jesus was not prepared. The opposition, the misunderstanding, the enmity of the orthodox religious people, the betrayal by one of his own inner circle, the pain and the agony of the Cross—he was prepared for them all. But perhaps what hurt him most was the failure of his friends. It is when a man is up against it that he needs his friends most, and that was exactly when Jesus’ friends left him all alone and let him down. There was nothing in the whole gamut of physical pain and mental torture that Jesus did not pass through.
Application
Before I condemn Peter too severely I need to ask myself how willing I am to admit a broken promise I have made to the Lord. What do I think Jesus thinks about this?
Mark 14:27-31 (English Standard Version)
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