Apostle Peter

Although Peter said, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You” (Mt. 26:35),

he denied Jesus three times (vv. 70, 72, 74).

“And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, ‘Before a rooster crows,

you will deny Me three times.’  And he went out and wept bitterly” (v. 75).

We should not trust ourselves too much.

We shouldn’t be self-confident.  We shouldn’t be prideful.

We need to be thoroughly broken.  Our pride needs to be thoroughly broken.

We need to thoroughly hate ourselves.

We need to fully realize how weak we are.

In doing so, we will have no choice but to rely on the Lord alone.

In doing so, we will have no choice but to trust the Lord.

Apostle Peter, who followed Jesus who was being take away at a distance (Lk. 22:54),

Denied Him three times (vv. 55-60) and a rooster crowed (v. 60).

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter (v. 61).

Why did Jesus turn and look at Peter?  What Peter did Jesus see?

Did He see Peter who said, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You”? (Mt. 26:35)

Did He see Peter who denied Him three times?

Or did Jesus see a fisher of men? (4:19)

Jesus did discipleship (?) to Peter, who used to be a fisherman (v. 18),

as he took him around for 3 years in order to make him a fisher of men.

But Peter, who had been trained for discipleship for 3 years,

said to his fellow apostles “I am going to fishing” (Jn. 21:3),

even after he saw the empty tomb of Jesus who was arose from the dead (20:6-7)

and saw the resurrected Lord who appeared to the disciples twice (vv. 19-29).

To this Peter, the resurrected Lord appeared third time (v. 14)

And asked him ‘Do you love Me?’ three times

And gave him a mission, “Tend My lambs”, “Shepherd My sheep”

and “Tend My sheep” (vv. 15-17).