There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

the meaning of the word curse in this passage. In Mark 14:71 Peter cursed and denied the Lord; the same Greek word is used by Paul in Galatians 1:9, where the word is translated “accursed”: As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. —GALATIANS 1:9 In both instances, this Greek word for “curse” and “accursed” is the word anathema , meaning “to declare one liable to the severest divine penalties.” Peter was not using profanity but was calling down a curse upon himself of divine penalties if he was not speaking the truth! Jesus predicted that before the rooster crowed the third time, Peter would have denied Him. Later, in Luke’s Gospel, after revealing Peter’s future denial, Jesus told His inner circle disciples in Gethsemane, “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matt. 26:41). 3 In the English language, the concept that Peter did use profanity in denying the Lord is suggested. However, this Greek word for “swear” in Mark 14:71 is the same word Paul used in Hebrews 6:13, where he speaks of God swearing a covenant to Abraham. The word means, “to take an oath,” or making an oath. Thus Peter denied the Lord and announced a divine penalty upon himself in the form of an oath to prove to those present that he was not associated with Christ. After hearing the rooster crow the third time, Peter ran from