Peter's Journey: From Denial to Renewal
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LUCAS 22: 54-62 NTV
54 then they arrested him and led him to the house of the high priest. And Peter followed them at a distance.
far away. 55 the guards lit a campfire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and
Pedro joined the group. A servant saw him by the light of the campfire and began to look at him.
steadfastly. Finally he said: "This man was one of Jesus' followers." 57 but Peter denied him
negotiated: "Woman, I don't even know him!". 58 after a while, someone else saw him and said:
Surely you are one of them. No, man, I'm not! he replied. 59 about an hour
Later, another person insisted: "Surely this is one of them because he is also Galilean."
but Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!". Immediately, while he was still speaking, the
cock crowed. 61 At that moment, the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the words of
Mister quickly passed through Pedro's mind: 'Tomorrow morning, before that
The rooster will crow, you will deny me three times that you know me." 62 And Peter went out to the courtyard, weeping.
bitterly.
Everyone here in this place knows in one way or another the story of Peter when he denied Jesus.
this unique man who decided to try to have a different life guided by the Lord, all
we know Pedro's recklessness, but I think few of us have put ourselves in his shoes.
Pedro... After this event happened, what he felt, the only thing the reading tells us is that he cried.
bitterly.
But in order to have a little more clarity regarding what we are discussing, I wish
take them to a crucial point in Pedro's life, if I wish to take him to the moment when Pedro
meet with the teacher, with that other one who was going to revolutionize his life.
Luke 5:1-11 NTV
One day, while Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, large crowds were gathering.
they were leaning over him to listen to the word of God. 2 Jesus noticed two empty boats in the
shore because the fishermen had left them while they washed their nets. 3 upon climbing to one of
the boats, Jesus asked Simon, the owner of the boat, to push it into the water. Then he
he sat in the boat and from there taught the crowds. 4 when he finished speaking, he said to
Simon: Now go to the deeper waters and cast your nets for fishing. 5 Master answered
Simon, we have worked hard all night and haven't caught anything; but if you do it
you say, I will cast the nets again. 6 and this time the nets were filled with so many fish that
they began to break! A cry for help attracted the companions from the other boat, and
Soon the two boats were full of fish and about to sink. 8 when Simon Peter
realizing what had happened, he fell to his knees before Jesus and said: Lord, for
Please, stay away from me, I am too sinful to be near you. 9 for I was very
astonished by the amount of fish they had caught, just like the others who were with
He. 10 of his companions, Santiago and Juan, sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. Jesus
He answered Simon: "Do not be afraid! From now on, you will catch people!"
When they reached dry land, they left everything and followed Jesus.
Like many of us here, we came to know the Lord in a not very good season of
our life, likewise Peter encountered Jesus on one of those not so good days, this man
I had put in a night's worth of work and had not gathered any profit.
they might think that that night had been lost, but a miracle was about to happen in front of
the eyes of Peter, but before that the scripture says that Peter was washing the nets and that has
a very strong meaning for these men, in a few words what they were manifesting is,
we give up, there is nothing more to do to be able to have a good catch, but while they
The Lord got into Peter's boat and preached from there.
The question today is how many of those here are washing networks? How many are saying
I can't take it anymore, I give up, nothing I undertake goes well and I have invested money.
Time, tears, and I see no results. I have resigned myself, I am washing my networks.
Well, today I come to tell you that God says to start over.
It is not a suggestion, it is an order.
We can imagine Pedro saying, 'I have tried all night, feeling discouraged because no one's listening.'
had achieved nothing…look, Jesus doesn’t say he didn’t try, he says to cast the net again, to throw it again
start.
Throughout history, many people had to start over.
A man broke with 5 car factories... he succeeded with the sixth, HENRY FORD.
A man was fired for not having good ideas, he didn't know how to draw Walt Disney.
Another was one who was taken out of his school's basketball team because he couldn't shoot.
This man is Michael Jordan.
A boy who did not speak at the age of 4 and was expelled from school for being a dunce.
Albert Einstein.
And there are many like that in the world....... They didn't stop after their first attempt; when they failed, they came back.
to start
David... Moses... And the main character of our story today, Peter.
Muchas veces nos señalamos por que le hemos fallado a Dios o por que pensamos que no damos la
size for the purpose of God, we lash ourselves for perhaps having denied the Lord with our
actions and words, but once again the Lord today tells several in this place and those who are watching us
Through the networks, start again, you failed okay. Let's start over.
Let's see what Peter did after the death of Jesus.
Simon Peter said to them, 'I am going fishing.' They said to him, 'We will go with you.' They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
Simon Peter said: I am going fishing. The others said, We will go too. So
They went out in the boat, but they didn't catch anything all night.
Pedro is back from where Jesus took him, to a place he hadn't been to for a long time, Pedro is
there by the failure of a promise that could not be fulfilled. I will never deny you.
That is where we go when we break promises we have made to God.
He returned because he followed him from afar, he saw Jesus' gaze when he denied him, and within himself there was.
a void for what I was living... Jesus told him I knew you were going to fail because I know you,
why is it that when you are strong and when you are weak, all the promises were lost in Peter's mind
that he had said 'I will make you a fisher of men', that is what Peter forgot at that moment.
Juan 21:4-7 NTV Al amanecer, Jesús estaba de pie en la orilla, pero los discípulos no sabían que era él. 5 Él les dijo: "Hijos, ¿tienen algo de comer?" Ellos respondieron: "No tenemos nada". 6 Entonces él les dijo: "Echen la red a la derecha de la barca y encontrarán algo". La echaron, y ya no podían sacarla por la gran cantidad de peces. 7 Entonces el discípulo a quien Jesús amaba dijo a Pedro: "¡Es el Señor!" Cuando Simón Pedro oyó que era el Señor, se puso la túnica, pues estaba desnudo, y se arrojó al mar.
At dawn, Jesus appeared on the beach, but the disciples could not see who he was.
preguntó: Amigos, ¿pescaron algo? No contestaron ellos. 6 entonces él dijo: ¡Echen la red a la
right of the boat and they will catch fish! They did it and could not haul the net because of the great
the amount of fish it contained. 7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter:
"It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his tunic (for he had taken it off)
he had taken off to work), he jumped into the water and headed towards the shore.
What a tremendous thing, the Lord who knows everything presents himself once again after a
A night not very easy, once again they had failed in the attempt to fish and he goes back and does it again, repeats.
the same miracle, and I am truly not talking about the fish, I am talking about how I grabbed the attention of
Pedro, once again the Lord shows Pedro how important he is to Jesus and his purpose, but
this time Pedro did not say go away from me, no, this time he hurried to meet the Lord,
He was remembering that first time, that moment that the Lord marked him, and today he is going through it.
they are remembering that first moment, that wonderful encounter
change changed our lives.
Jesus is giving Peter a vote of confidence, what he is saying is my plans, my purpose.
towards you they haven't changed, they are the same, and it is nothing different for each person that is
Listening to this message, God's plans remain intact.
John 21:15-17 NTV
15 After breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?'
more than these? Yes, Lord, Peter answered, you know that I love you. Then, feed my
Jesus said to him, 'Feed my lambs.' 16 Jesus repeated the question: 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?' 'Yes, Lord.'
Peter said, you know that I love you. Then, take care of my sheep said Jesus. 17 he asked about
third time: Simon, son of John, do you love me? Peter was hurt that Jesus asked him the third time
time: "Do you love me?" He replied: Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you. Jesus said:
Then, feed my sheep.
today we know the story and we know how Peter is lifted to wonderful things, but for a
instante pensemos que paso por la cabeza de Pedro en ese instante de esa primera pregunta, ¿me
He loves me? Maybe he didn't respond right away, maybe it crossed his mind, if I say yes he will tell me
that then why I denied it, that why I ended up fleeing instead of being with him in that difficult
moment, but what comes to the surface is the important love for the Lord and responds if I love you, and there the Lord
keep asking and commissioning, in other words the Lord was telling Peter not to me
What you did matters to me, what I am going to do with you matters to me, so for the love that I
you keep going fulfilling your purpose.
And I speak to those people who are thinking that you are not worth it, that you are not worthy, that you do not give the
Size, today the Lord tells you I invested a resurrection in you, the question is do you love me? Says the Lord.
you love me. IF YOUR ANSWER IS YES GET UP START OVER.
A Thousand Blessings.