Jesus never approached Peter and condemned him or judged him for it, in fact He told Peter, You will deny Me but when you return strengthen the brothers. This was a design plan by God for Peter to come to grips with who he really was. He wanted to die with his Lord. He wanted to identify with Christ. When it came right down to it he could not do it. Jesus already knew that. In fact, He knows that all of us, no matter how good our intentions are to follow the Lord and obey Him, we cannot do it in our own strength. It is impossible. We must trust Him.
