JESUS WHO?

By Rick Mathes

Mark 14:72 And immediately a cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a cock crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.

How could any believer ever even consider denying Jesus as their Lord? I can’t even conceive of the circumstances I would curse and insist that I didn’t know Him or can I? Given this possibility further consideration I realized that I deny Him more often than I want to think about much less admit to. I’m quite sure you do too. Consider a few possibilities and then add your own. Recall your transgressions for a moment with me.

Let’s begin with resisting the Holy Spirit. He’s convicting you of sin; hounding your conscience and accusing you and you are locking yourself up into denial and making yourself the victim of outside and circumstantial causes.

Take a look at your small progress in the process of sanctification. You are dragging your wheels in the mud when it comes to repentance, submitting to Him and obedience to His Ten Commandments. Your backsliding has become blatant and defiant at the foot of His Cross. How soon you forget who it is you are shaming and whose character you are defiling. Remember Him?

Jesus died on the Cross for you. He healed your spiritual cancer and you are keeping it a secret. How can you go about your business day in the day out knowing full well that those who don’t believe will spend eternity in that fiery furnace of hell? Your neglect of lost souls, especially in your own family is not defensible. You have no excuse for hiding the cure and letting the virus of sin go viral.

You haven’t taken time with Jesus and you claim you know Him? Your personal actions, your lack of witnessing speaks volumes about what is going on inside of you. The truth, if it be known, is that you don’t love Jesus or you wouldn’t deny Him as Peter did. Jesus who?

We only have one time around and you need to learn from Peter when the Holy Spirit came upon him. Thousands were saved and baptized from his first sermon. God only knows what will happen if you make known to all who will listen that Jesus is your Lord and you have accepted Jesus as your Lord. Jesus who?