Using Peter as an example, don't get to comfortable when you are standing around the Devil's Fireside.

1. The Devil’s Fireside
Warming at

2. Mark 14:66-72
66 Now as Peter was below in the
courtyard, one of the servant girls of the
high priest came. 67 And when she saw
Peter warming himself, she looked at him
and said, “You also were with Jesus of
Nazareth.”

3. Mark 14:66-72
68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither
know nor understand what you are
saying.” And he went out on the porch,
and a rooster crowed.

4. Mark 14:66-72
69 And the servant girl saw him again, and
began to say to those who stood by, “This is
one of them.” 70 But he denied it again.
And a little later those who stood by said to
Peter again, “Surely you are one of them;
for you are a Galilean, and your speech
shows it.”

5. Mark 14:66-72
71 Then he began to curse and swear, “I
do not know this Man of whom you
speak!”

6. Mark 14:66-72
72 A second time the rooster crowed.
Then Peter called to mind the word that
Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster
crows twice, you will deny Me three
times.” And when he thought about it, he
wept.

7. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were some warning signs
• Self-Confidence (Mt. 26:33-35)

8. Matthew 26:33-35
33 Peter answered and said to Him, “Even
if all are made to stumble because of You,
I will never be made to stumble.”
34 Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to
you that this night, before the rooster
crows, you will deny Me three times.”

9. Matthew 26:33-35
35 Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die
with You, I will not deny You!”
And so said all the disciples.

10. “It was not Pilate, nor any of the
Sanhedrin, nor a mob of soldiers, but a
single waiting-maid, who frightened the
self-confident apostle into denying his
Master.” ~ Alfred Plummer

11. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were some warning signs
• Self-Confidence (Mt. 26:33-35)
• Following afar off (Mt. 26:58)

12. Matthew 26:57,58
57 And those who had laid hold of Jesus led
Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where
the scribes and the elders were assembled.
58 But Peter followed Him at a distance to the
high priest’s courtyard. And he went in and
sat with the servants to see the end.

13. 1Peter 2:19-22
19 For this is commendable, if because of
conscience toward God one endures
grief, suffering wrongfully.

14. 1Peter 2:19-22
20 For what credit is it if, when you are
beaten for your faults, you take it
patiently? But when you do good and
suffer, if you take it patiently, this is
commendable before God.

15. 1Peter 2:19-22
21 For to this you were called, because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an
example, that you should follow His
steps:
22 “Who committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

16. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were some warning signs
• Self-Confidence (Mt. 26:33-35)
• Following afar off (Mt. 26:58)

17. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were aggravating circumstances
• Peter had been warned (Mt. 26:34)

18. Matthew 26:34
Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you
that this night, before the rooster crows,
you will deny Me three times.”

19. 1Corinthians 16:13
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave,
be strong.

20. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were aggravating circumstances
• Peter had been warned (Mt. 26:34)
• Peter had been blessed with
opportunities to see Jesus’
greatness

21. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
Peter had seen:
• The dead raised
• The blind made to see
• The deaf made to hear
• 5000 people fed with loaves and fishes
• Jesus walk on water & calm the storms
• Jesus transfigured with Elijah and Moses

22. 1Peter 1:10-12
10 Of this salvation the prophets have
inquired and searched carefully, who
prophesied of the grace that would come
to you,

23. 1Peter 1:10-12
11 searching what, or what manner of
time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them
was indicating when He testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ and
the glories that would follow.

24. 1Peter 1:10-12
12 To them it was revealed that, not to
themselves, but to us they were ministering
the things which now have been reported to
you through those who have preached the
gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from
heaven—things which angels desire to look
into.

25. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were aggravating circumstances
• Peter had been warned (Mt. 26:34)
• Peter had been blessed with
opportunities to see Jesus’
greatness
• The manner of his denial

26. Mark 14:71
Then he began to curse and swear, “I
do not know this Man of whom you
speak!”

27. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were aggravating circumstances
• Peter had been warned (Mt. 26:34)
• Peter had been blessed with
opportunities to Jesus’ greatness
• The manner of his denial

28. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
The consequences to his warming by
the fire
• The look the LORD gave him

29. Luke 22:60,61
60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know
what you are saying!” Immediately, while
he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

30. Luke 22:60,61
61 And the Lord turned and looked at
Peter. Then Peter remembered the word
of the Lord, how He had said to him,
“Before the rooster crows, you will deny
Me three times.”

31. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
The consequences to his warming by
the fire
• The look the LORD gave him
• The remorse

32. Luke 22:62
So Peter went out and wept bitterly.

33. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
The consequences to his warming by
the fire
• The look the LORD gave him
• The remorse

34. Warming at the Devil’s Fireside
There were some warning signs
There were aggravating circumstances
The consequences to his warming by
the fire