KEY SCRIPTURE: John 18:27 ISV” Peter again denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.”

Our key scripture is a fulfillment of a prophetic word the Lord Jesus gave Peter after he said he would lay his life down for Jesus. This is what the Lord told Peter.  John 13:38 ISV Jesus answered him, “Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.” Peter tried as much as he could to prove, the Lord wrong but he failed. All that the Lord said came to pass.

It seemed the Lord’s word was just to prove Apostle Peter wrong. Remember that it is not every event that is created by God. God who knows all things may report about an event, yet it could have been initiated by the devil himself. In this particular case, it was Satan who had sought to destroy Peter and the other apostles because they were all living by the arm of the flesh. Luke 22:31,32 ISV “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers.” The whole event had already occurred in the realm of the spirit. The Lord only told Peter about it. Satan the accuser wanted to destroy the faith of all the disciples at the moment of the arrest of Jesus. Peter could do nothing about it because he was also functioning in the flesh.

This event teaches us the following.

1. Satan keeps making claims accusations and requests to take the people of God captive.

2. If your voice or no one stands to defend your course, Satan’s claims will hold and have his way against you.

3. Doing things by the flesh always gives the enemy an advantage to have his way.

4. Your daily prayer for yourself is very important. Jesus taught in Lk 18:1 that men ought always to pray and not to faint. Failure to pray will be your own undoing.

Now the main thing that upheld Satan’s attack was that Peter and the rest of the disciples were all functioning in the flesh. If they had been living by the Spirit Satan would not have prevailed to the damage he achieved.

THOUGHT: TO KEEP DEFEATING SATAN, LIVE BY, FAITH AND A CONSISTENT PRAYER LIFE.

FURTHER STUDIES

Eph 6:11 ISV” Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the devil’s strategies.”

Eph 6:18 ISV “Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request. Likewise, be alert with your most diligent efforts and pray for all the saints.”