CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE/Peter's Worst Failure - Conclusion

 Jesus had just come out on the balcony overlooking the courtyard. In that moment, describe at the outset of this chapter, his eyes met Peter's. It dawned on Peter just how terribly he had failed his Master. Peter left the courtyard, crushed by the weight of his own guilt. He headed into the streets of the city making his way lit by sinking full moon. The tears welled up. The sights swam before his eyes. He broke down and wept bitterly. - MARK 14:72; LUKE 22:61, 62. 

In the wake of such a failure, it is all too easy for a person to assume that his sins too terrible to be possible. Peter may have wondered as much himself. Was it so? 

Next time: CHAPTER TWENTY-THRE/Was Peter Beyond Forgiveness?

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