The Sifting of Simon Peter
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Desiring God
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🗓️ 26 April 1981
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The word of encouragement and consolation and hope that I want to offer to you today from the |
| 0:08.7 | word of God is this, if you love God and are called according to his purpose, if you are despairing |
| 0:18.6 | of all your own resources and looking away to Jesus Christ as the source of your hope, then to you belongs |
| 0:27.0 | this promise. Jesus prays for you and will never let your faith fail and bring you to ruined. He will never let Satan |
| 0:39.6 | so sift you that you no longer have any faith left. |
| 0:47.0 | Do you know why we need to hear a word of consolation and hope the Sunday after Easter. It's because most of our worst collapses of spiritual and emotional strength occur very soon after our greatest spiritual victories and highs. |
| 1:15.0 | Have you ever found that to be the case? |
| 1:18.0 | Maundy Thursday was rich and holy. |
| 1:21.0 | Good Friday was sober and sweet. Today you will be with me in paradise. |
| 1:28.2 | Easter morning was glorious, begotten of God unto a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. |
| 1:35.0 | Sunday night was moving, no greater love, and then came Monday morning. |
| 1:44.0 | And I know personally of more than three people in this congregation whose burdens have brought them to tears this week right after Easter. |
| 1:55.0 | It's almost like a law of nature with me. |
| 1:58.0 | I've gone home at night and said to Noel, well tomorrow is going to be a real bummer. How do you know that? Because today |
| 2:06.1 | was so great. In Luke 22, we have a record of some of the things that happened on that night of the last supper. |
| 2:19.0 | And I'd like you to turn to Luke 22 with me. In verse 15 Jesus says this very moving thing I have |
| 2:27.8 | earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. That must have been a very precious meal. At least when I empathize |
| 2:38.3 | with those disciples and hear Jesus say that to me, my heart is very warmed. And even though he has to give them a mild |
| 2:47.7 | rebuke about their concern for who's the greatest, right after that rebuke in verse 28, he gives |
| 2:57.7 | them an astonishing and reassuring promise. |
| 3:03.0 | You are those who have continued with me in my trials, |
| 3:07.0 | and I assign to you as my father assigned to me a kingdom, |
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