Do you remember in the scriptures where Jesus told Peter after he said he wouldn’t deny Christ that Satan had desired to sift Peter as wheat? And subsequently, after Jesus was arrested, Peter denied knowing Jesus as one of his disciples - even to the point of cursing vehemently. But when Peter realized the shame of his betrayal, he wept bitterly. And when Jesus resurrected and appeared to Peter and asked, Do you love Me? Peter exclaimed, Of course I love You. Jesus said, Feed my sheep. But Peter had been broken in his spirit ie sifted as wheat. Not until Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit upon Peter did he overcome his fear of failing God and renewed his vow and became a faithful witness of the resurrection endured with power after the Holy Spirit came upon him.
E K K L E S I A - Apostolic 488
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