2. MASS DEFECTION Right after the Last Supper
Gethsemane – “the oil press”
The Betrayal of Judas
The Trial before Pilate
The Crucifixion

3. Mark 14:27-31
27  Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: 'I(God) will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered.' 28  "But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." 29  Peter said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble, yet I will not be." 30  Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." 31  But he spoke more vehemently, "If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And they all said likewise.

4. ABANDONMENT: (vs.27) Failure can produce faith for the next event in your life when faith will succeed.

5. PREDICTIONS: (vs.28) Listen carefully to every Word of God; there is a plan even if you do not understand it entirely. Jeremiah 29:11

6. DECLARATIONS: (vs.29-31) Peter is acting as if he was the exception; he is claiming greater allegiance; yet he took the greatest fall. I Corinthians 10:12,13

7. Life Steps
Failures can produce great results when you learn from them; Peter and Pentecost. Never loose sight of the Word of God, you can trust it entirely, no matter what! People will walk away from the Lord’s WAY, you remain faithful. Luke 9:62