Peter Cut That Soldiers Ear Off........deno......share freely.

     

      Then Peter rose up, took out his sword and cut one of those soldiers ears off. Well meaning Peter got out of line. I mean he wanted to protect his Redeemer from the worlds hate and harm as to draw his sword in defense of his Master, but his zeal and love for Jesus was about to get him in a world of sorrow and pain, being MISDIRECTED BY EMOTION INSTEAD OF WISDOM and contrary to the will of God. Jesus had to drink that cup. He had to taste death by way of the cross and Peter again was trying to keep it far from the Lord thru his zeal.
      Many times, in haste and in zeal we shoot off out the mouth or draw a kind of sword so to speak to stand up stand up for Jesus, but we act in zeal more than in wisdom, and we end up (though meaning well) making a mess of things, even as to cause our own selves/ministries/reputations harm acting sometimes to prematurely.
      Well had Jesus not healed that soldier, well meaning Peter would have been in a world of double his trouble. The Roman law was if you attack a Roman soldier like Peter did, you got the death sentence PERIOD. Jesus healing that soldier not only gave strong witness that He was the Christ (Gods Anointed to heal), but He also got Peter out of a world of death for striking an officer in the Roman police force.
      Has your zeal for the Lord got you in a mess? There is grace given us in Jesus for the fix and to mend a mess. Ask and you shall receive......deno.