{"id":2511,"date":"2023-01-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myutmostforprd.wpenginepowered.com\/modern-classic\/not-now-but-later\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:30:35","slug":"%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%87%d0%b0%d1%81-%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%b7%d0%b6%d0%b5","status":"publish","type":"modern-classic","link":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/modern-classic\/not-now-but-later\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041d\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u0439\u0447\u0430\u0441, \u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043c"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Peter first encountered Jesus, he was fascinated. Jesus said, \u201cFollow me,\u201d and Peter went easily. Then he denied Jesus three times, his heart broke, and fascination turned to shame. When Jesus called to him again, Peter could go only because he\u2019d received the Holy Spirit. The first time Peter followed, there was nothing mystical about it. The second was based on a supernatural change, an internal martyrdom made possible by the Spirit (John 21:18<\/a>).
\nBetween these two moments, Peter denied Jesus with oaths and curses. He came to the limits of himself, the end of his human power. Destitute and empty, realizing he could no longer trust himself, he was finally ready to receive the gift of the Spirit. \u201c[Jesus] breathed on them and said, \u2018Receive the Holy Spirit\u2019\u201d (20:22<\/a>). Now, when Peter looked to Jesus, all he saw was Jesus: not the dreams that had enchanted him before, not a vision of himself playing the devoted follower. God had changed Peter, awakening shame and self-knowledge inside him. Yet even these changes Peter knew not to count on. He\u2019d learned to count only on a person\u2014on Jesus himself\u2014and on the Spirit he gives.
\n\u201cReceive the Holy Spirit<\/em>\u201d: it is an invasion, one that cannot happen until we come to the end of ourselves. We must come to this end not just in our imaginations but really<\/em>. When we do, we realize that, in fact, we never did have any power of our own. That\u2019s why all our vows and resolutions ended in failure.
\nNow, on the other side of that failure, we see clearly. Only one star shines in our sky\u2014our lodestar, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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