Devotional for Adults December 20, 2018 Jesus confirms Peter's faith and loyalty «After eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter:" Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these? " He replied: "Yes, Lord; you know I love you". He said to him, "Feed my lambs" (John 21:15). PEDRO DENIED CHRIST three times in the courtroom. He denied that he belonged to Christ and even cursed, even when he had sworn to go with Jesus to prison and death. However, Jesus looked at him with tenderness and compassion. It was then that the disciple felt that his heart was pierced by an arrow and ran out of the room. He ran in solitude and darkness, until he saw himself in the Garden of Gethsemane, right where Christ had cried and agonized in prayer. There, he wished to die for the betrayal he had committed. But he did not take his life like Judas, who also ran out of the room to hang himself and not see the crucifixion of Jesus. Peter was about to be dismissed as one of the apost...
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