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 Sabbath, Study, Serve 

Taking the Sermon Into Our Week 

Scripture of the Week: John 18: 12-27

From the Sermon:

________ -  that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you did something you knew you shouldn’t have done.

If anyone understood guilt it would be the apostle, _________.

It was almost as if Peter’s zeal was replaced by ______ - fear of the unknown, fear of what was going to happen to Jesus, fear of what was going to happen to him.

What makes this passage particularly challenging, isn’t just that Peter denied Christ. What makes it even more challenging is that Jesus ____________ for that denial! 

There aren’t limits to Christ’s ________________.

Reflection Questions:

How many times have we let our own fear of the unknown hold us back from following the prompting of the Holy Spirit?

How is forgiveness related to this passage in the Gospel of John?

Do you think Peter could have went on to be the rock on which the church was built if he would have been weighed down by the guilt of denying Jesus?

Prayer:

Lord, help us to lay aside our guilt and shame and pick up the freedom and forgiveness that you offer to us. Amen.