One last comment: I've long thought that Peter's vascillations and subsequent redemption was Christ's way of showing us that even the highest among us CAN receive redemption, if we'll just turn away from our doubts and vascillations, and fully commit to Him. So in a way, Peter's "failings" were Christ's way of giving us all the assurance that no matter what our station in life, we ALL are subject to the very same rules and standards of behavior when it comes to our salvation, and our development as believers. Is our God a wondrous God or what? He teaches us in so many ways, our feeble minds just can't seem to absorb it all! The more I know about Him, the more enawed I am of Him!