Not me! Matthew 26:50-56 NLT

"Not me, I will never, even if" All words spoken with good intent but at the first sign of trouble, "all the disciples deserted Him and fled".

Do you think you wouldn't have? Do you think you would have done different? Probably not. Jesus had warned them, scripture had prophesied it. It was inevitable.

We do the same thing today. When the pressure is on we stay quiet. When the opportunity is in front of us, we miss it. "What will people say? What will they think? Will I be mocked? Will I be ridiculed?"

Jesus warned us "If the world hates you, remember that it hated Me first."
John 15:18 NLT

Matthew 26:50-56 NLT

50 Jesus said, “My friend, go ahead and do what you have come for.”

Then the others grabbed Jesus and arrested Him.  51 But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear.

52 “Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. “Those who use the sword will die by the sword.  53 Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands  of angels to protect us, and He would send them instantly? 54 But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?”

55 Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest Me? Why didn’t you arrest Me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.  56 But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.” At that point, all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Blessings, Cecilia