had already been down and bought a sword. He wasn’ t a swordsman, he was a fisherman. If they come after you tonight, they will have to come through me buddy. He had his concealed carry permit. They came to get Jesus and Peter did exactly what he said he would do, he said these others may run but not me, I’ ll stand and fight. Jesus reaches down and picks up the ear, slaps it back on the man’ s head and it stays there. You know why, because later on the man goes down to the Police Station. He’ s going to file charges against Peter. He says I want to put this guy in jail because he cut my ear off. The Desk Sergeant said which one? Uh, this one right here; well it’ s on your head. Yeah, but he cut it off. Well how’ d it get back up there? Jesus put it back; oh yeah. Okay, right. Jesus didn’ t want Peter in jail. He wanted him standing up on the day of Pentecost preaching the Gospel. But he did something that devastated Peter emotionally, he said put your sword up. They led Jesus away; now what’ s a man to do? He already tried to fight and the Lord said put your
sword away. Now he can’ t do anything and he follows Jesus afar off. When you follow the Lord afar off, you’ re in trouble; that’ s a bad mistake.
Now Peter is standing near the fire and coals and they come around and say you’ re one of His disciples aren’ t you? No! Now this is a guy that a few minutes ago was willing to die for Jesus. Now he said no! Oh yeah, you are, I’ ve heard you. I’ ve heard you and you sound just like him. You’ ve got the same kind of accent. He’ s from Galilee. You’ ve got a northern accent; you must be one of His disciples. Hey! look at me, I don’ t know Him. She goes over and starts talking to some folk, and she goes back over and says that guy over there, you know when Jesus fed the multitude and the miracle of multiplication took place in your hands, guess who was in your fifty, he was; he knows you. He cursed! He said, I don’ t know Him; and they left him alone.
Then the cock crows, the rooster. Jesus had prophesied, before the rooster crows you will
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