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 When you hear someone talk about a restoration project,

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 what comes to your mind?

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 Maybe trying to restore a house, an old house,

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 or a classic car,

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 or maybe just a piece of furniture,

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 an antique piece of furniture.

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 When you think about a restoration project,

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 does trying to restore a fallen or broken person come to your mind?

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 You know, when it comes to restoration projects,

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 from God's perspective,

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 He is concerned with restoring people,

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 fallen and broken people,

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 bringing them to Himself.

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 We see a good example of that

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 in the way that Jesus restored Peter

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 in John's Gospel, the 21st chapter.

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 If you would, go ahead and turn to John chapter 21.

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 As you're turning,

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 I want to remind most of you and tell some of you,

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 Peter failed the Lord terribly

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 as the leader of his disciples.

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 After Jesus was arrested,

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 before He was crucified,

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 Peter actually denied that he even knew Jesus,

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 not once,

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 but three times.

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 After His resurrection,

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 Jesus reached out to Peter

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 to restore Him,

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 to bring Him back into a right relationship with Himself,

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 and in the process,

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 with the other disciples.

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 We see how Jesus reached out

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 to restore Jesus,

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 or to restore Peter publicly,

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 here in John chapter 21,

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 beginning in verse 15.

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 Now before we read what happened

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 in this restoration,

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 let's put it in context.

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 Chapter 21 begins with

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 seven of Jesus' disciples

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 going fishing on the Sea of Galilee,

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 and they fished all night

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 and caught nothing.

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 But then as day began to break,

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 Jesus was on the shoreline,

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 and He called out to them.

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 They were close enough.

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 He called out to them,

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 cast your nets on the other side of the boat.

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 That's where you're going to catch fish,

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 and they did,

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 and they caught 153.

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 As this was taking place,

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 they were hauling their nets in,

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 they recognized who Jesus was.

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 They recognized it was the resurrected Jesus

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 calling them,

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 and so they did all they could

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 to get there as quickly as they could

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 to be with Jesus.

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 Well, when they got to Him,

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 they found that He had prepared a breakfast for them.

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 He had a charcoal fire burning

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 with some fish already on it,

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 told them to bring some of their fish,

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 and they had a great time together.

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 Jesus,

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 seven of His disciples,

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 around an open charcoal fire,

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 eating breakfast,

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 life was good.

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 But then,

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 Jesus looked at Peter

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 and began

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 the restoration process

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 in front of the disciples.

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 Let's read it in verse 15.

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 John 21.

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 When they had finished breakfast,

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 Jesus said to Simon Peter,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me more than these?

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 He said to him,

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 yes, Lord,

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 you know that I love you.

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 He said to him,

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 feed my lambs.

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 He said to him a second time,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 He said, yes, Lord,

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 you know that I love you.

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 He said to him,

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 tend my sheep.

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 He said to him the third time,

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 Simon,

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 son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 Peter was grieved

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 because he said to him the third time,

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 do you love me?

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 And he said to him,

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 Lord,

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 you know everything.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 feed my sheep.

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 We're going to begin this morning

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 a message about restoration.

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 We're going to come back next week

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 and then a third week

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 and see all the dynamics involved

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 in Jesus reaching out to Peter,

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 him coming back,

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 him being recommissioned.

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 And then the third week,

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 we're going to learn something

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 about minding our own business.

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 But today,

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 let's look at how the Lord

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 graciously works

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 to restore

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 his fallen people

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 to loving fellowship

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 and then useful service.

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 Our Lord is in the,

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 first thing I want us to say,

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 our Lord

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 is in the restoration business.

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 This is what we're going

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 to focus on today.

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 Our Lord,

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 He is in the life

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 restoring business.

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 Note that Jesus

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 initiates

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 this restoration session.

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 They're on the shore together,

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 having breakfast together,

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 and all of a sudden,

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 they've eaten,

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 they're sort of relaxing probably.

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 Jesus looks at Peter

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 and says what we've just read.

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 Peter

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 had failed Jesus terribly

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 and there was absolutely

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 no excuse for it.

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 You think about it.

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 Peter has spent three years

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 living with Jesus,

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 listening to Him teach.

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 Peter had had the advantage

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 of being with Jesus,

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 being taught one-on-one

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 in their group

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 of disciples,

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 their twelve.

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 Jesus had chosen him

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 to be the leader of the band.

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 Jesus had made Peter

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 a part of His inner circle

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 along with James and John.

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 Peter had all kinds

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 of advantages

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 in his own personal relationship

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 with Jesus,

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 but it didn't do him any good.

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 He still failed his Lord

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 when his Lord needed him most.

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 Peter failed Jesus,

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 but Jesus was not going

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 to fail Peter.

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 Jesus was going

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 to restore him,

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 bring him back,

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 because that's what Jesus does.

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 That's how much the Lord

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 loves and cares

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 about His people.

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 You know,

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 once the Lord calls

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 someone to Himself

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 and does this work

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 of regeneration

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 to make us His child,

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 puts His Spirit in us,

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 He's never going

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 to let us go.

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 He's never going

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 to let anything

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 take us from Him,

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 and Jesus emphasized

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 this Himself

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 on several occasions,

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 but here's one good example

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 in John chapter 6.

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 Look at it.

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 Jesus is talking.

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 All those the Father

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 give me

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 will come to me,

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 and whoever comes to me,

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 I will never drive away.

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 For I have come down

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 from heaven

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 not to do my will,

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 but to do the will

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 of Him who sent me.

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 And this is the will

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 of Him who sent me,

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 that I should lose none

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 of all those

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 He has given me,

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 but raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 For my Father's will

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 is that everyone

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 who looks to the Son

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 and believes in Him

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 shall have eternal life,

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 and I will raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 Paul describes this

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 in terms of

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 how nothing

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 can ever separate us

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 from the love of Christ

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 in Romans chapter 8.

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 We're not going to look

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 at it this morning,

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 but I'd encourage you

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 sometime.

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 Romans chapter 8

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 is one of the great

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 chapters of the Bible,

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 and toward the end,

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 beginning in verse 31,

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 Paul writes about

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 how nothing under the sun

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 can ever separate

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 God's child from God.

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 How nothing can ever

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 separate us from the love

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Nothing.

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 It is emphasized.

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 God loves His children

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 enough that He's going

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 to do whatever it takes

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 to take care of us,

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 to bring us back

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 to Himself at some point

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 if we ever walk away from Him.

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 God loves us enough

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 to discipline us.

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 The book of Hebrews

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 talks about this.

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 One of the best examples

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 is Hebrews chapter 12,

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 verses 5 and 6.

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 Look at what the writer

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 says about God.

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 My son, do not regard lightly

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 the discipline of the Lord,

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 nor be weary when reproved

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 by Him,

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 for the Lord disciplines

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 the one He loves

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 and chastises every son

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 whom He receives.

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 Here's the thought.

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 As a child of God,

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 He loves you so much,

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 He's not going to let you

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 ruin your life.

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 He'll let you mess up

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 a lot of things.

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 But sooner or later,

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 God is so going to work

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 in the life of His child

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 to humble you,

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 to break you,

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 to bring you to the point

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 where you will willingly

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 come back to Him

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 just as we see

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 in Peter's life.

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 Jesus reached out to Peter

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 in love,

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 but Jesus didn't make it easy.

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 This breakfast around

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 the campfire,

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 it was not something

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 like a positive experience

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 like you have

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 at some of your camps.

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 Everybody holding hands,

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 smiling,

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 and singing together.

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 This was tense.

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 This was a stressful scene.

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 Here's some reasons

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 why we should think that.

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 The fire that Jesus made

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 would have brought back

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 terrible memories for Peter.

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 Look back in verse 9

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 here in John 21.

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 It was a charcoal fire.

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 That's the same kind of fire

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 that Peter was warming himself by

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 when he denied knowing Jesus.

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 John brings that out.

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 All the Gospel writers

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 don't bring out charcoal fire,

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 but John does.

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 Look in chapter 18,

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 verse 18.

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 It says,

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 Now the servants and officers

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 had made a charcoal fire

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 because it was cold,

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 and they were standing

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 and warming themselves.

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 Peter also was with them,

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 standing and warming himself.

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 And that's the setting

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 when Peter denied that he knew Jesus.

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 Maybe Jesus was reminding Peter

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 of how he tried to blend in with a crowd

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 instead of standing out

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 as a real disciple of Jesus.

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 Maybe that's why

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 Jesus made the charcoal fire,

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 had Peter sitting around it

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 with the other disciples

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 to bring back the memories

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 of the night

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 when he denied his Lord.

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 You know,

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 this is something that

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 we can identify with

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 if we'll stop and think for a moment.

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 I'm talking about failing the Lord.

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 Aren't there times

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 when you as a Christian,

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 you're in some settings,

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 and maybe there's a discussion

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 about how God wants us

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 to live in this world.

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 Maybe there's a discussion

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 about some issue,

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 some matter,

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 and the Bible's clear

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 about how a Christian should live,

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 and there's a discussion going on,

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 but you purposefully remain quiet.

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 You don't say a word

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 because you don't want to call attention

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 to the fact that you're a Christian.

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 You don't want people

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 to start talking about

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 what the Bible actually teaches

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 because you don't want

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 to get their wrath.

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 You don't want them

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 to give you a hard time

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 about that narrow-minded teaching

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 that they know the Bible teaches.

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 Sometimes we can get

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 in situations as Christians.

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 We don't do exactly like Peter did

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 and deny Jesus.

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 We just keep our mouth closed.

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 We just make sure

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 that we don't speak up

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 and identify ourselves

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 as belonging to Him,

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 as trusting Him,

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 as trusting God's Word.

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 So sometimes,

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 our just being quiet,

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 our just sort of backing away

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 can be just as much

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 a denial of Jesus

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 as what Peter did.

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 Second thing that made this

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 such a tense situation

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 is the name by which

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 Jesus addressed Peter

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 would have troubled Peter.

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 Look at it.

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 In verse 15,

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 and it's all three,

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 15, 16, and 17,

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 all three verses,

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 Jesus called him

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 Simon, son of John.

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 Nothing wrong with that

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 except this.

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 Simon was His given name.

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 Calling him Simon, son of John

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 was a formal way

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 of addressing Peter.

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 The problem is,

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 that's not the name

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 Jesus gave Peter.

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 That's not the name

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 Jesus usually used

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 in talking to Peter.

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 That word Peter,

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 that name,

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 that's what Jesus gave him.

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 His name's Simon.

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 Peter, though,

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 we know him by that name.

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 When Jesus called him

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 to be His disciple,

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 His follower,

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 He gave him this nickname,

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 Peter,

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 which means rock.

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 But in this setting,

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 after Peter denies Jesus,

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 Jesus deliberately calls him

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 Simon three times.

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 Jesus refuses to call him

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 Peter three times.

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 It seems obvious

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 that Jesus was reminding Peter

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 of His human weakness

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 and His inability to be a rock

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 on His own.

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 Don't you understand

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 human weakness?

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 Don't we understand

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 that very well?

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 That's why we give in

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 to temptation, isn't it?

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 We do that.

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 We're tempted.

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 We know the right thing.

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 We know what God

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 wants us to do,

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 but we just,

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 we don't seek His help.

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 We don't seek His way

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 of escape.

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 And so we just

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 sort of do the best

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 we can,

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 we think,

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 and in just trying

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 to do our best

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 without His help,

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 we fail.

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 Just like Peter,

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 we find that trying

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 to live a Christian life

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 in our own strength,

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 it just doesn't work

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 because we are weak.

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 When my boys were little,

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 and my grandchildren now,

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 especially my grandson,

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 Will,

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 I tease them about

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 being weak

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 and their inability

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 to beat me

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 in some of the things,

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 some of the games

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 we play.

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 And I call them,

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 I used to call my boys,

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 I call Will sometimes

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 things like rabbit

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 or flea

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 to tease him

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 because he's weak,

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 because he can't

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 beat me.

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 Now some of y'all

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 wimpy thinking people,

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 you're thinking,

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 oh that's going to

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 destroy his self-esteem.

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 Wake up!

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 Huh?

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 That's right.

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 You may be some kind

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 of manby-pamby,

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 but my boys

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 and my grandchildren

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 aren't.

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 He can take it

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 because he knows

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 I'm playing

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 and I do that

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 because I know

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 the days are numbered

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 when I'll be able

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 to ever beat him again.

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 Just like I can't

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 even remember a time

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 when I could beat

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 my own boys

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 at anything.

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 Well when it comes

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 to living a faithful

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 Christian life,

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 if we don't seek

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 the Lord's help

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 and strength,

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 we'll find out

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 that we are weak

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 like rabbits

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 and flees,

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 we will fail

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 from our own

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 human weakness

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 just like Peter.

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 Let's look at

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 one other thing

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 why this was

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 a stressful,

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 tenseful situation.

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 The presence

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 of the other disciples.

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 All this takes place,

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 there's Jesus and Peter

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 and there's six

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 other guys,

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 six other disciples,

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 six that Peter

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 has previously led

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 and so Jesus

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 asked him

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 in front of them,

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 do you love me

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 more than these?

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 Now imagine that.

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 Here's Peter,

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 he's already feeling

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 very uncomfortable,

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 he has failed Jesus

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 in front of everybody,

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 everybody knows it

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 and all of a sudden

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 Jesus looks at him

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 in front of these

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 other guys,

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 do you love me

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 more than these

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 other guys do?

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 Why in the world

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 you think,

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 would Jesus

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 say something

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 like that?

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 Well not too many

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 days earlier,

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 Peter didn't have

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 a problem

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 lifting himself

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 up

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 as being superior

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 to his peers.

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 Jesus

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 had told Peter,

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 warned him,

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 you're going to fail,

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 you're going to fall,

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 you're going to deny me.

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 Peter wouldn't have it,

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 wouldn't believe Jesus.

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 Here's what Peter said,

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 look at it,

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 it's in Matthew chapter 26,

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 after Jesus had warned him,

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 Peter answered,

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 though they all fall away

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 because of you,

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 I will never fall away.

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 Peter had said that

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 in front of the other guys.

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 So now,

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 this confrontation,

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 this restoration,

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 it's got to take place

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 in front of these

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 other guys.

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 But let's be honest,

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 no one wants to be

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 called out for their sin,

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 for their failures

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 in front of other people.

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 But when it happens

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 before others

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 or against others,

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 restoration has to

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 include other people.

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 Listen,

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 when we just

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 blow it

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 before God,

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 we can confess

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 our sin to God,

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 the restoration

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 can be just

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 between Him and us.

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 But when we sin

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 against somebody else,

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 we sin in a way

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 that's made known,

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 people know about it,

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 the restoration

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 will have to include

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 those people.

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 When you've wronged

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 somebody else

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 in order to really

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 be right with God,

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 you seek His forgiveness

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 and also,

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 you go to the person

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 you've wronged

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 and you say to them,

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 I'm sorry.

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 You ask them

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 to forgive you.

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 That is a part

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 of restoration

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 when other people

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 are involved

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 and Jesus

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 made Peter

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 answer His question

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 in front of these

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 other guys.

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 This is an important

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.880
 reminder that God

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 takes our sin

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 seriously.

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 And if we are

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 serious about

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 wanting to be

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 forgiven,

00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:11.519
 wanting to be

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 brought back

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 in a close

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 relationship with God,

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 we've got to learn

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 to take sin

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 seriously too.

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 Peter did.

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 Here's something

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 I want us to know,

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 a new thought here.

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 Peter actually did

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 understand all this.

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 He did have some time

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 with Jesus

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 before this encounter

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 on the seashore

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 by the fire.

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 Remember,

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 after Jesus

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 was arrested,

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 he was first

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 taken to the home

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 of the high priest

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 to be questioned.

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 Well,

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 the Scripture says

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 that Peter

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 followed from a distance

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 and was just

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:54.339
 outside the house

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 where Jesus

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 was

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 when he denied

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.500
 knowing Jesus

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.639
 for the third time.

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 Luke

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:02.759
 records what

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.159
 happened like this.

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 It's in Luke

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.220
 chapter 22.

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 Notice this.

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.359
 Peter said,

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:10.159
 Man,

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.779
 I do not know

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.359
 what you're talking

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 about.

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 And immediately,

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.399
 while he was still

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:15.979
 speaking,

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.379
 the rooster

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 crowed

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 and the Lord

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 turned

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 and looked

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 at Peter.

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 You think about that.

00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:28.879
 Here Peter is.

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.079
 Jesus is somewhere

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.619
 over here

00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:32.639
 being questioned.

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 He's arrested.

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 He's being questioned.

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 It looks bad.

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.480
 Peter is over here

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.640
 warming himself

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.460
 by the fire

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.820
 trying to be

00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.960
 incognito,

00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:44.480
 not be,

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.920
 wants no one

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.420
 to notice.

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 But people notice.

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 They notice his accent.

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 They notice

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 he is one of them.

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 And they question Jesus.

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 Not once,

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 not twice,

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 but three times.

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 And all three times

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 Jesus or Peter

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 denies.

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 I don't even know

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 the man.

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 Now just think.

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.980
 Peter's here.

00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:05.600
 He's mad.

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.600
 He's afraid.

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 He's telling people,

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 I don't know the man.

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 As he's speaking,

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:12.100
 the rooster crows

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 and as he glances

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 this way,

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.920
 his eyes meet

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 Jesus' eyes.

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 He's crushed.

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 Think of the,

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.640
 think of the shame,

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.740
 the humiliation.

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 He has betrayed

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 Jesus

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 and Jesus

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 heard him.

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 Jesus saw him.

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 His eyes

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.860
 were on him.

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 Peter was broken.

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 And Luke goes on

00:22:38.719 --> 00:22:39.399
 to tell us that

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 in verse,

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.240
 same chapter,

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 verse 61.

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 And Peter remembered

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.599
 the saying of the Lord

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 how he had said to him

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 before the rooster crows today,

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 you will deny me

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 three times.

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 And he went out

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 and he wept

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.859
 bitterly.

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.859
 Peter was broken,

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.639
 humbled.

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 He repented of his sin.

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.900
 Now,

00:23:04.020 --> 00:23:05.000
 just because he went out

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.740
 and wept bitterly

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.440
 doesn't mean

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.640
 he was repentant.

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:10.080
 He could have just had

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:11.800
 an emotional breakdown

00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:12.940
 because he betrayed

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.520
 his friend

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 and when he got over it

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.140
 just went all about his way.

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.600
 But that's not what happened.

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.500
 Peter went out

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 and wept bitterly

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.380
 because he truly was

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:23.060
 broken and repentant.

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 And after the resurrection,

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.599
 Jesus appeared to Peter

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:31.339
 on several occasions

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.980
 and at least one time

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.940
 there's a special meeting

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.980
 between Jesus

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.440
 and Peter.

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 Luke tells us about it

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.759
 in Luke chapter 24.

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 Look at it.

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.559
 Two of the disciples

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.480
 made this statement.

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 The Lord has risen indeed

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 and has appeared

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.339
 to Simon.

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:52.619
 Paul says that Peter,

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.879
 that Jesus appeared

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.599
 to Peter specifically

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:58.379
 in 1 Corinthians chapter 15

00:23:58.379 --> 00:24:00.659
 about verse 4 or 6.

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.959
 What we see here

00:24:02.959 --> 00:24:03.819
 in John 21

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.879
 is more like

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:08.579
 Peter's public restoration.

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.439
 Not only to a loving

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:11.619
 relationship with Jesus,

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:13.039
 a renewed relationship

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.639
 with Jesus,

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.599
 but Peter is being restored

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.579
 to a place

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:18.220
 of leadership

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:20.440
 among those disciples

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.400
 again.

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.000
 Now,

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.400
 as stressful

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.240
 and as painful

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.600
 as this experience was,

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.680
 we need to note

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.839
 that Peter,

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.240
 he didn't hold back

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:33.140
 in this situation.

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.640
 Peter was a willing

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.460
 participant

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:38.720
 and he shows

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.480
 that he had already

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.779
 had an encounter

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.400
 with Jesus

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.720
 that changed him

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:44.059
 by the way he responded.

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.460
 Look,

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:46.140
 Peter did not hesitate

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.779
 to profess

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.639
 that his love

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.099
 for Jesus

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.899
 was greater

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.779
 than the other disciples.

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.259
 Look at it,

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.859
 verse 15.

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.759
 When they had finished

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.160
 breakfast,

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.339
 Jesus said to Simon Peter,

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.700
 Simon,

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.259
 son of John,

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.059
 do you love me

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.759
 more than these?

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.779
 That's hard

00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.039
 in front of these guys.

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.779
 He said to him,

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.920
 yes, Lord,

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.460
 you know

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:07.000
 that I love you.

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.259
 That had to be hard.

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.920
 Peter had failed Jesus.

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.599
 He had failed

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.519
 his friends.

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:19.379
 He was a pitiful leader

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.480
 in their eyes

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.339
 at this point.

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.259
 But one of the goals

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.939
 that Jesus had

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.679
 for this breakfast

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:27.059
 was to restore Peter

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:29.799
 to a right relationship

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:31.119
 with his fellow disciples

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:33.359
 and to this place

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.159
 of leadership

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:36.059
 among the disciples,

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.139
 which we know

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.659
 later on

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:37.980
 as we read

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.619
 in the book of Acts,

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:40.459
 he did take the lead again.

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:42.619
 Even though it would have been

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.639
 uncomfortable for Peter,

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:46.639
 he swallowed his pride

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:49.119
 and he cooperated

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.639
 with Jesus

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.659
 in this public

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:52.539
 restoration process.

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.459
 Here's what we need

00:25:54.459 --> 00:25:54.879
 to think.

00:25:55.699 --> 00:25:56.500
 When the Lord

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.979
 is working in our lives

00:25:57.979 --> 00:26:01.699
 to restore us,

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:04.139
 we must make sure

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:05.159
 that we don't allow

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:06.439
 pride to be

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:07.619
 a stumbling block

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.939
 to our being

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.859
 fully restored.

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:09.979
 Lord,

00:26:10.979 --> 00:26:11.839
 sometimes God

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.000
 may convict you

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:15.119
 to make some changes

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.039
 in your life

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.479
 and in making those changes

00:26:17.479 --> 00:26:18.199
 you've got to talk

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:18.779
 to some people.

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.379
 You've got to admit

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:22.099
 some past sin,

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:24.359
 some past problems.

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.759
 You've got to seek

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.740
 to be reconciled,

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.919
 to be right with them.

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:29.119
 Or you've got to make

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.199
 some major changes

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:31.819
 that you've got to explain

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.279
 to somebody

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.639
 why you're making the change.

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.899
 And your pride is such,

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.979
 I don't want to talk about it,

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.699
 this is personal,

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.359
 this is private,

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.339
 it's none of their business.

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.199
 Well, it is

00:26:39.199 --> 00:26:41.299
 if it previously

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.119
 involved them.

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:44.099
 It is if that's what

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:45.339
 the Lord's prompting

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.959
 you to do.

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.919
 And Peter did it.

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.939
 He swallowed his pride

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:52.759
 and he spoke up

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.899
 and listened to,

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:55.619
 did what Jesus said

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.659
 in front of these

00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.279
 other guys.

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.379
 Peter also demonstrated

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.139
 his changed life

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.799
 by the way he

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:02.339
 humbly responds

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.819
 to Jesus'

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:07.619
 repeated question.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.379
 Look at it.

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.240
 Verses 15, 16, and 17.

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.759
 Three times

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.619
 Jesus asked Peter

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.819
 the same thing,

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.299
 basically.

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.199
 Do you love me?

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:20.299
 And three times

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.799
 Peter responded

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.539
 the same way.

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.000
 Look at it.

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.559
 Verse 15.

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.319
 Yes, Lord,

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:25.259
 you know that I love you.

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:26.139
 Verse 16.

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.399
 Exactly the same.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.199
 Yes, Lord,

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.159
 you know that I love you.

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:30.139
 Verse 17.

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:31.559
 Lord, you know everything.

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:33.599
 You know that I love you.

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.079
 Peter's showing

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:37.419
 a lot of humility here.

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.639
 Peter does not boast

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:43.619
 of his love for Jesus.

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.359
 Peter does not even

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.299
 respond to Jesus

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.259
 with a simple,

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:51.099
 yes, I love you.

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.779
 Peter appeals

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:58.619
 to the all-knowing mind

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.200
 of Jesus.

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:02.440
 Peter doesn't have this

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:05.259
 boastful confidence

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.539
 in himself anymore.

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.500
 So he looks at Jesus

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.160
 and he says,

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.480
 you know

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:12.500
 that I love you.

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.100
 And Peter is emphasizing

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.920
 the you part,

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:16.980
 you, Jesus, know.

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:20.000
 See, Peter's actions

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.559
 lately had not revealed

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.460
 any love.

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:25.019
 So he can't point to that.

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:27.039
 So Peter,

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.819
 listen to this.

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.599
 You think about this

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.019
 personally.

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.319
 Peter actually says

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.779
 to Jesus,

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.079
 you know my heart.

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:37.200
 So you know

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:39.619
 that I love you.

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.500
 How comfortable

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.619
 would you be

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:47.400
 to answer that question

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.859
 as Peter did?

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:51.959
 If the Lord

00:28:51.959 --> 00:28:53.639
 just asked you

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.319
 right now,

00:28:55.219 --> 00:28:56.539
 do you love me?

00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.279
 Would you feel

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.419
 comfortable,

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.699
 confident

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:06.479
 to say to Jesus,

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.459
 Lord,

00:29:08.459 --> 00:29:09.839
 you know

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:12.619
 that I do.

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:15.939
 You know what's in me.

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:18.200
 You know how I think

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.799
 and feel.

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.900
 You know

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:23.799
 that I love you.

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.700
 Truth is,

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.500
 the Lord does know

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.380
 everything about us.

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.860
 He knows right now

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:32.620
 if we truly love him,

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.980
 how much we love him.

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.740
 He knows if we love him

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:38.100
 more than anything

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.200
 or anyone.

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.680
 Here's something

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.580
 we cannot forget.

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:45.120
 If we don't love Jesus

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:46.339
 more than everyone

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.219
 and everything

00:29:47.219 --> 00:29:48.219
 in our lives,

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:50.179
 we have a problem.

00:29:51.719 --> 00:29:53.079
 It's a sin problem.

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.779
 You see,

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.299
 there's one thing

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.299
 Jesus made clear

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.279
 throughout his ministry.

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 I've got to be first.

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 You've got to love me

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.619
 more than your parents,

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.339
 your children,

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.219
 your spouse,

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.679
 even your own life,

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.299
 Jesus said.

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 And Jesus even said,

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 if you don't,

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 you cannot be my disciple.

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 Look it up in Luke chapter 14,

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 beginning about verse 25,

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 if you have any doubts.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.439
 Our love for Christ

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.419
 must be first.

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:26.179
 It must be supreme.

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 Or there's something wrong.

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.019
 Right now,

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.759
 let me ask you,

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 is there something

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.980
 that you love more than him?

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 If there is,

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.640
 just be honest

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.400
 and admit it.

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 But admit to the Lord

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.599
 that's not right.

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 That it's sin.

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.620
 That you know

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.839
 it's not pleasing to him.

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.839
 And ask him

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:56.420
 to change your heart.

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:00.339
 Ask him to so work in you

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:02.240
 that you want

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.940
 to love him

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:05.579
 more than anyone

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.879
 or anything.

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.480
 I want us to be honest

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.699
 as we wind this up.

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.859
 If Peter could experience

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:16.299
 spiritual and moral failure,

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:18.099
 so can we.

00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:22.559
 Peter had a lot more advantages

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.220
 than we do.

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:24.980
 He was actually

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.399
 with the Lord.

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.599
 Peter saw more,

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.339
 heard more.

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:34.319
 But he failed.

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 But the good news is

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.699
 just as the Lord

00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.459
 restored Peter,

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 the Lord will restore us.

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.019
 God does not,

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.039
 never gives up

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.819
 on his broken

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:48.019
 and fallen people.

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 God will work

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:51.279
 in all kinds of ways

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.959
 to bring us

00:31:51.959 --> 00:31:52.459
 to a point

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:54.000
 of humbling ourselves,

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.419
 confessing our sin,

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.740
 and coming back to him

00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:00.620
 in a renewed faith,

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.740
 renewed commitment.

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.500
 If you are away

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.039
 from the Lord

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.660
 right now,

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.779
 I want you to know

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.339
 he wants you

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.980
 to come back.

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.819
 If you are

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.799
 a child of God

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.339
 and there's something

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.000
 in your life

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.500
 that you know

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.519
 it's not pleasing to him,

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.819
 maybe there's something

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.779
 you've been dealing with

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.660
 for a long time

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:22.740
 and you just sort of

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.740
 try and put it to the side.

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.799
 It could be

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:26.859
 that the thing

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.759
 that's bothering you

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:29.519
 is so much

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.140
 bothering you

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.019
 that you can't sleep.

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.059
 It may be

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.400
 it's so bothering you

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.059
 that you're

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:36.099
 you're just so

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.819
 eaten up with guilt

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.859
 you're mean as a snake

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.980
 to everybody around you.

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.339
 If you're a Christian,

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.200
 if you are truly

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.980
 a child of God

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.879
 and dwell by the Spirit

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.400
 of God

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:52.019
 and you're separated

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.640
 from God,

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.740
 you will never

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.539
 rest easy.

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.619
 you will never

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.879
 know real peace

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.559
 and contentment

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.200
 in your life

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.119
 until you come back

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.500
 to him.

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.480
 God wants you

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.059
 to come back.

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.639
 God's making your life

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:07.279
 miserable to the point

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.259
 it's like discipline

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.500
 to bring you back.

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.899
 My question to you is

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.839
 will you come back?

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.159
 And you can come back

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.740
 right now.

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.460
 Just admit to God

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.579
 whatever it is

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.379
 he's dealing with you about.

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.759
 Confess your sin.

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.700
 Grieve over it.

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.680
 Turn from it.

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:27.200
 Say yes

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.460
 to whatever

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.100
 he's telling you

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.920
 to say yes to.

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.920
 Make a new commitment

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.440
 of your life

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.200
 to Jesus Christ

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.980
 as your Savior,

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.500
 your Lord.

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.920
 You're trusting him

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.680
 that he paid the penalty

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.480
 for your sins.

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:38.320
 You're trusting him

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:39.480
 that his perfect

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.400
 righteous life

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.019
 has been credited

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.580
 to you

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.160
 because you're

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.900
 trusting in him.

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.740
 Come back

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.980
 to a right relationship

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.440
 with God

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.940
 based on your

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:49.360
 relationship with Jesus.

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.460
 Your renewed

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.660
 commitment to Jesus

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:53.040
 as the Lord

00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:53.580
 of your life.

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.120
 If you're not

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.660
 a Christian

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:57.580
 admit that

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:57.980
 to God

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.500
 that right now

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.180
 you don't have

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.620
 a relationship

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.060
 with him

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:01.300
 but if you want one

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:02.779
 turn from your sin

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.620
 put your trust

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.259
 in Jesus.

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.300
 Have confidence

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:07.820
 when he died

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.240
 on the cross

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:09.360
 he took your place

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.940
 paying the penalty

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.619
 for your sin

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:12.639
 so call upon him

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.860
 to save you now.

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.780
 Our Lord

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.960
 loves

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.039
 to restore people.

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:21.420
 If you are broken

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.039
 fallen

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.699
 or away from him

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.679
 for any reason

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:27.179
 he would love

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.420
 to restore you

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.940
 now

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:31.800
 if you will come

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.239
 to him.

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.199
 Let's pray together.

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.940
 Dear God

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:38.179
 show us

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.759
 what we need

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.119
 to do

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.800
 personally

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:41.039
 right now.

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.920
 Help us

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.800
 to do that.

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:48.480
 and in an attitude

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.880
 of prayer

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.400
 you listen

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.780
 to the Lord

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.320
 and you just

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.120
 obey him

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:54.260
 do whatever

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.760
 he's telling you

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.080
 to do.

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.500
 I would be happy

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.100
 to pray with you

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.580
 here in front

00:34:58.580 --> 00:34:59.580
 in the next few minutes.

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:02.720
 Let's listen

00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:03.200
 to the Lord

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:04.220
 and do what

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.780
 he's telling us

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.220
 to do

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:06.539
 right now.

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:24.400
 good

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.019
 and