Series: You Don’t Look Like Your Picture

Luke 22:54 – 57 (NLT) ⁵⁴So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s home. (Annas’ complex) And Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵The guards lit a fire (charcoals–Jn.18:18) in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there. ⁵⁶A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. (KJV: earnestly looked) Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”

Mark 14:68 (NLT) ⁶⁸But Peter denied it.“Idon’t know what you’re talking about,” he said, and he went out into the entryway. Just then, a rooster crowed.

Matthew 26:71 – 72 (NLT) ⁷¹Later, out by the gate, another servant girl noticed him and said to those standing around, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”John 18:26 (NLT) ²⁶But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked,“Didn’tI see you out there in the olive grove with Jesus?”

⁷²Again Peter denied it, this time with an oath.“Idon’t even know the man,” he said. (oath = I swear to God/As God is my witness -James 5:12–“donot swear…”)

Matthew 26:73 (NASB) ⁷³A little later (about an hour–Lu. 22:59) the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you too are one of them; for even the way you talk gives you away.”
⁷¹But he began to curse and swear,“Ido not know this man you are talking about!”

Luke 22:61 – 62 (NLT) ⁶¹At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered that the Lord had said, “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” ⁶²And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.

Servant girl #1: Accusation: Appearance

We should Look like Jesus:
Romans 8:29 (KJV)—“tobe conformed to the image of his Son…
2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)—“changed into the same image from glory toglory…”

Servant girl #2: Accusation: Association

We should walk with Jesus:
Col. 2:6 (ESV) Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
1 John 2:6 (KJV)—“hethat saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”

Servant man/group: Accusation: Accent

We should talk like Jesus:
Ephesians 4:29 KJV: “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying…”
Colossians 4:6 KJV: “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt…”

• Gk. lalia (la-lee-ah) = dialect / accent / speech-pattern (rare noun)

Monday Morning Moment: The failure was real—but it was not final. When we’re His…….our failures will not define us!