Tag: Peter’s denial

J.C. Ryle: Men fall in private, long before they fall in public

March 18, 2011

Matthew 26:69-75, part of our passage for today, tells of Peter’s betrayal of Jesus.  J.C. Ryle writes of a series of steps that he believes are recorded for our benefit and learning: The first step to Peter’s fall was SELF-CONFIDENCE. He said, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I never will.” The second step was … More J.C. Ryle: Men fall in private, long before they fall in public

Confidence in whom?

December 14, 2010

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you … More Confidence in whom?