It's hard for a man to man up and say, I ain't nearly the man. I thought I was.

But Dr. Tony Evans says that's the beginning of the road to restoration.

But only when you come to realize what God says about you, is he willing to come down and meet you then?

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Today, we'll hear about a man who failed the most important test of his life in a way he never

thought he would or even could. But he made an amazing comeback. Let's join Dr. Evans as he tells us

all about it.

The implosion occurs when dynamite is attached to a building

and it is made to collapse in the very place in which it stands.

Many of us have been involved in or have witnessed in people we know and or love and implosion take place.

Things look like they were going well for an extended period of time only to discover a massive collapse occur.

Such was the case in the life of one of the great personalities of the

Bible. His name was Peter. Turn your Bible to St. John chapter 21, and I want to talk to you from Peter about us.

In John 21, 15, so when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon, Peter,

Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? Jesus Christ had been preparing his

disciples for his death. He had been talking to them about the day coming up soon when he would no longer

be with them, he would be killed and things were going to be different. He said, now, when I'm

gone, I want you to learn to love one another through serving one another.

I want you to become connected in light of the fact that I'm going to be leaving.

Times are going to be tough, times are going to be rough, and you're going to need one another.

Because the tendency or the temptation or the difficulty will come in such force

that you'll want to bail out when the going gets tough now that's when peter raised his hand

...