Description

Summary. In this expository sermon on John 18, Dr. Toby Holt of New Geneva Theological Seminary teaches that the Apostle Peter's threefold denial of Christ exposes the difference between faithfulness in the abstract and faithfulness when tested. Holt sets Peter's failure against Christ's steadfast obedience and grace, showing that Jesus went to the cross to save sinners and rebels—including those who deny Him—and that His look of grace toward Peter reveals the forgiveness offered to our own failures.

Scripture: John 18
Speaker: Dr. Toby B. Holt
Transcript and study page: https://www.newgeneva.org/sermon/the-denials-of-peter

Chapters

1. 0:00 - Peter's Denial and the Grace of Christ
2. 0:28 - From Twelve Disciples to Zero: The Sheep Scattered
3. 2:39 - The Arrest and the Two Disciples Who Followed
4. 4:27 - Two High Priests: Annas, Caiaphas, and the Politics of Power
5. 6:40 - The Kangaroo Court: A Trial Tried in Secret at Night
6. 9:00 - Warming by the Fire: Close Enough to Christ, Not Too Close
7. 9:57 - Expediency and Substitutionary Atonement: Caiaphas Half Right
8. 14:21 - Jesus Interrogated: Where Are the Witnesses?
9. 15:59 - The Officer's Slap and the Humility of God
10. 17:20 - The Disciples and the Doctrine: Different but Not Heretical
11. 19:40 - The Humility and Intercession of Christ for Sinners
12. 21:03 - Peter's Second and Third Denials and the Rooster's Crow
13. 23:47 - The Cursing Denial and the Gaze of Christ
14. 24:51 - Faithfulness in the Abstract Versus Faith That Is Tested

Full transcript and caption timing are maintained in the New Geneva canonical transcript package.