The Third Angel's Message (1893) - Alonzo T. Jones

Well, not very long before that, only about
twelve days or two weeks before Jesus told them
this, Peter got scared at a girl and denied that he
knew Christ. There was a girl that began to say, "I
saw you with that Galilean." "No, you did not; no. I
don't know Him." He came closer to the fire and
she got a better look at Him, and she said, "You are
one of them." No, I am not. No. I never knew
Him." And then to prove it, he cursed and swore.
Was he prepared to face all the power in the world?
No. He needed to be acquainted with a kind of life
and have hold of something that a girl could not
scare him out of before he could face the world.
Did he not? and Jesus has told them all, "You will
all forsake me and flee this night." "No, we will
not," they all said, and Peter said, "Though they all
forsake you, I will not." Jesus said, "Before the
cock crow you will deny me three times, Peter."
"Though I should die with thee, I will not deny
thee." "And so likewise said they all." But they did
forsake him, didn't they? Matt. 26:31-35.
Well, then, we see that so far as themselves and
their work was concerned and so far as the power
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