Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

He denied Jesus... Then This Happened

29 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this sermon excerpt, the speaker recounts Peter’s moment of shame after denying Jesus, then describes a subsequent baptism with the Holy Spirit that grants him the gift of speaking in tongues. The speaker argues that this spiritual experience dramatically shifts Peter’s character—from fear and denial to bold proclamation of the gospel. The same pattern, the speaker claims, applies to believers today: receiving the Holy Spirit’s gift of tongues empowers them to become bolder in worship, prayer, evangelism, and personal testimony, turning previous shyness into confident expression of the cross.

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Peter had formally denied Jesus. Peter was ashamed of admitting that he was a follower of Christ. But suddenly he experiences this baptism with the Holy Spirit. He receives that gift of speaking in tongues. And as he makes use of that gift, his boldness begins to grow. Whereas in one instant, he was afraid to even admit that he knew Jesus, here in this instance, he is now proclaiming the truth boldly in front of people who he knows he's going to offend. And so as you begin to make use of the gift of tongues, you're gonna notice now you become bolder about your worship, bolder about praying, bolder about evangelism, where once there was that shyness, that hesitation, now you're expressing with boldness the work of the cross. You're expressing with boldness your testimony.