We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
--Acts 10:39-41
The disciple Peter talked a big game. He, with unflinching loyalty, would follow Jesus to prison and even to death. He was very sincere.
But sincerity isn't always what it's propped up and promoted to be. For Peter denied the Lord three times. When the pressure was on, fear scuttled his sincerity.
My how times change! Now, in the text above, reckless of his own life (for that didn't need to be protected anymore), he goes on record publicly as a witness to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He may have denied the Lord, but the Lord didn't deny him.
And neither does He deny you. That is more than sincerity. That is truth!
PD
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