Losing confidence in your self?
As Jesus and the disciples began to descend toward the mount,when his crucifixion was drawing near, Jesus said, in a tone of deepest sadness, "All you shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad." Matthew 26:31 But Peter protests, "Although all shall be offended, yet I will not." At another time,he said to Jesus, "I will lay down my life for your sake." But Jesus had warned him that he would that very night deny his Saviour. And again Jesus repeats the warning: "Verily I say to you, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, you shall deny Me thrice." But Peter in his self confidence "spoke the more vehemently, If I should die with you, I will not deny you in anywise. Likewise also said they all." Mark 14:29, 30, 31. In their self-confidence they denied the repeated statement of Him who knew. When Peter said he would...
