Matthew 10:33

But whosoever shall deny me before men.

The Jews denied him when they rejected him as Messiah. All who refuse to receive him as their Lord and King deny him still. The recreant disciple who through the cares of the world turns away from Christian life denies him. Peter denied him in the hour of trial, through fear, but repented, confessed him boldly, even unto death, and was forgiven. The denial of Christ may be the silent denial of. life that refuses him, or may be made with the lips, or may show itself in deeds. In the times of persecution which he had just described there would be. great temptation to deny him to save one's life. The Church of Philadelphia, one of the Seven Churches of Asia, was commended because in. time of persecution it had not denied the name of the Lord.

Him will. also deny.

The treatment awarded above will be that visited by men on the Lord here. Those who receive him will be received; those who reject him will be rejected; those who confess him will be confessed and those who deny him, denied. To be denied by Christ is eternal condemnation. As an explanation of what confession or denial before the Father is, turn to Matthew 25:31-46 and read Christ's description of the eternal judgment.