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 This morning, we're going to welcome the Reverend Andrew Goisweta to our pulpit.

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 Andrew is the former assistant pastor at a Presbyterian church in Traveler's Rest, South Carolina,

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 and now serves as the campus minister for Reformed University Fellowship at Davidson College.

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 And Andrew's not just simply a guest preacher, he's actually had some influence on our church,

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 so I'm going to tell you a couple of stories.

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 I first met Andrew in 2008 as a student.

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 We were both students at Davidson College, and Andrew went ahead of me to Covenant Seminary.

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 Andrew started Covenant in St. Louis in the summer of 2012.

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 And July 3rd, 2012, was a Sunday.

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 July 4th, 2012, Andrew walked over from his apartment on campus,

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 and he scanned in his worship guide from the worship service the previous Sunday and emailed it to me.

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 You might be wondering, why was he sending you a worship guide?

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 Well, he wanted me to see what this church was doing,

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 which is that they had these interesting worship guides where they had a sidebar explanation of what was happening in the worship service.

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 And I thought, that is so cool.

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 If I'm ever leading a church, we have to do that.

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 So nine years later, it finally happened last year in 2021.

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 So if you can either thank or insult Andrew depending on your feelings about the worship guide, it's his fault.

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 The other thing that's Andrew's fault is, so that was 2012.

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 And then in 2014, I actually started at Covenant Seminary.

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 And what I think none of you know is this Bible that I use every Sunday to preach from was a gift from Andrew as soon as I arrived in seminary.

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 And he gave it to me partially to show me the importance of having a Bible.

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 What's neat about this Bible is it can stay open on any page of the Bible, including Genesis 1.

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 So it's a preaching Bible.

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 And he told me, it's really important when you preach.

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 You've got to always have the Bible in your hand so people know where the authority comes from.

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 So that's some influence.

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 It has this inscription in the front that says,

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 For my dear friend, Matthew Capone, June 2, 2014, from Andrew Coisweta, Proverbs 30, verse 5.

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 And Proverbs 30, verse 5 says this,

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 Every word of God proves true.

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 He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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 Which is fitting because Andrew's going to come now and bring us God's word.

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 So, Andrew, we're delighted to have you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Matthew, for that kind introduction.

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 It is great to be with you this morning.

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 Joined by my wife, Amanda.

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 This is actually my second time worshiping with y'all.

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 Even though it's my first time preaching for you, it's my second time worshiping here.

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 The first time was several years ago at Matthew's installation service.

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 And what a joy that was to be here for that special occasion and to worship the Lord that Sunday morning, that Lord's Day morning.

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 So, it's a delight and a privilege to be able to preach God's word for you this morning.

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 I want to thank Matthew and the elders for having me.

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 My sole regret in offering to preach for Matthew this morning was that I wouldn't get to hear him preach this morning.

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 As y'all know very well, Matthew is quite the gifted preacher and has been for very many years.

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 I know that he has served y'all well through those preaching gifts.

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 But even more importantly, Matthew is a good man.

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 And I'm sure you've learned that as well.

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 He did not mention this, but he was actually the best man in my wedding and one of my dearest friends for very many years.

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 So, it's a privilege to preach in his stead this morning.

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 If you have a copy of God's word, I'd invite you to turn with me to John chapter 21.

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 We're going to be looking at verses 4 through 19 this morning.

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 And we are jumping into the very end of this gospel account.

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 We're going to be looking at the very famous passage of Jesus restoring Peter.

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 And as we prepare to read God's word, I want to ask you this.

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 Have you noticed how very many TV shows these days, they begin with the two words, previously on.

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 And then they launch into a recap.

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 In fact, Matthew and Amanda and I were watching a TV show last night and it did the very same thing.

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 It started with previously on.

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 And it helps orient you to where you are in the story.

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 So, as we're jumping into the very end of John chapter 1, I want to begin by saying,

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 previously on John's gospel, Jesus has been crucified.

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 He's been buried in the tomb in Jerusalem.

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 He remained there for three days.

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 And on the third day, he has risen again to new life.

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 And he appeared to many of his disciples on multiple occasions.

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 Well, our story begins more than a week after those events.

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 No longer are we in Jerusalem, but we are up in the north in Galilee.

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 And this story begins after Jesus' disciples have been fishing all night and they've caught nothing.

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 So, that's where our story begins early the next morning.

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 So, would you please give your attention to the reading of God's word?

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 This is John chapter 21, verses 4 through 19.

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 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Children, do you have any fish?

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 They answered him,

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 No.

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 He said to them,

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 Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.

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 So, they cast it.

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 And now, they were not able to haul it in because of the quantity of fish.

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 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter,

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 It is the Lord.

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 When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,

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 he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work,

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 and threw himself into the sea.

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 The other disciples came in the boat,

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 dragging the net full of fish,

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 for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.

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 When they got out on land,

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 they saw a charcoal fire in place,

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 with some fish laid out on it,

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 and bread.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.

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 So, Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore,

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 full of large fish,

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 153 of them.

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 And although there were so many,

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 the net was not torn.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Come and have breakfast.

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 Now, none of the disciples dared ask him,

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 Who are you?

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 They knew it was the Lord.

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 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them,

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 and so with the fish.

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 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples

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 after he was raised from the dead.

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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, 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 to him,

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 Yes, Lord, 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, 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, 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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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 when you were young,

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 you used to dress yourself

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 and walk wherever you wanted.

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 But when you are old,

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 you will stretch out your hands

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 and another will dress you

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 and carry you

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 where you do not want to go.

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 This he said to show

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 by what kind of death

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 he was to glorify God.

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 And after saying this,

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 he said to him,

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 Follow me.

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 Every word of God

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 proves true.

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 He's a shield to those

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 who take refuge in him.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Father in heaven,

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 would you grant us this morning

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 eyes to see

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 and ears to hear

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 glorious things

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 spoken of you

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 in your word.

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 We ask this

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 in the powerful name of Jesus,

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 our Lord and Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Now,

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 I don't know if

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 Pastor Matthew

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 does this

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 when he preaches,

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 but a lot of times

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 I will preach

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 and I'll save

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 the main point,

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 the big idea

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 to the very end

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 of the sermon.

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 Not this morning.

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 This morning

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 I am too excited

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 and this is too important

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 for you to miss.

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 So here it is.

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 Here's the big picture,

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 the big idea

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 from this morning's passage.

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 In fact,

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 it's right there

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 printed in your bulletin.

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 God's grace

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 is bigger

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 than our biggest failures.

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 Can I say that again?

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 God's grace

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 is bigger

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 than our biggest

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 failures.

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 You know,

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 that's the message

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 of all of Scripture

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 and in particular

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 it's the message

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 of this morning's passage.

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 And as we dig

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 into this story

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 that we just read,

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 let me ask you this.

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 What's been

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 your biggest failure

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 from this past week?

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 Take a second.

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 Think over this last week.

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 Perhaps

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 it was a sharp word

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 spoken out of anger

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 and frustration

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 to a child,

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 to a spouse,

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 to a parent.

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 Maybe it was

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 a show that you watched

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 or a website you visited

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 that you know

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 you had no business visiting.

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 Maybe it was

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 a word of gossip

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 or slander

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 where you highlighted

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 someone else's failures

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 instead of covering

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 over them

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 in love.

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 What's been

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 your biggest failure

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 from this past week?

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 Maybe you're sitting here

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 this morning

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 and you're thinking,

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 well, shoot,

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 I've had a pretty good week

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 this week.

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 I haven't had

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 big failures.

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 Well, if that's you,

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 let me ask you this.

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 What's your biggest failure

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 from the past month

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 or the past year

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 or your entire life?

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 If you have read

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 any of the four Gospels,

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 Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John,

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 then you already know

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 what Peter's biggest failure was,

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 don't you?

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 Peter's biggest failure

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 was denying Jesus

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 three times,

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 just mere hours,

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 maybe even minutes,

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 since promising to Jesus

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 that he wouldn't.

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 Now, you and I,

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 we may have failed

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 pretty spectacularly

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 this week

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 or this month

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 or this year

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 or in our lives,

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 but not quite like Peter,

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 not like this.

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 And yet,

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 look at that very last verse

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 that we just read together,

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 verse 19.

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 Jesus,

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 even in the aftermath

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 of Peter's biggest failure,

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 Jesus turns to him

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 and says,

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 follow me.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus doesn't discard Peter

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 even after his biggest failure.

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 He doesn't discard Peter.

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 In fact,

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 he beckons Peter

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 to himself.

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 If God's grace

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 is bigger

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 than Peter's biggest failure,

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 then it's bigger

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 than our biggest failures too.

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 And what this story

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 highlights for us,

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 what it shows us,

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 is just how this grace,

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 this huge grace,

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 comes home to us.

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 And it does so

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 in three ways.

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 Through the grace

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 of presence,

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 the grace of place,

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 and the grace

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 of persistence.

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 So let's begin

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 with the grace

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 of presence.

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 Have you noticed

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 how many protagonists,

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 how many heroes,

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 main characters

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 in books or movies

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 have particular

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 calling cards?

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 These distinct things

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 that they do

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 or they say

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 that lets everyone,

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 including the reader

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 or the viewer,

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 know that they're there?

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 I mean,

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 think about it.

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 Who says,

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 elementary,

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 my dear Watson?

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 Everyone knows

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 that's Sherlock Holmes,

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 right?

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 Or,

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 I'll be back.

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 We all know

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 who that is,

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 right?

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 Or,

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 to infinity

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 and beyond.

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 Like,

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 we can't help

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 but know

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 who exactly

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 is talking to us

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 with those

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 distinct calling cards.

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 Well,

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 Jesus has a distinct

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 calling card too.

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 Did you catch it

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 from this morning's story?

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 Look back with me

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 at the first couple

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 of verses,

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 verses 4 through 6.

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 The text says,

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 God's word says,

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 that just as day

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 was breaking,

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 Jesus stood on the shore,

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 yet the disciples

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 did not know

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 that it was Jesus.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 children,

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 do you have any fish?

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 They answered him,

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 no.

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 In verse 6,

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 he said to them,

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 cast the net

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 on the right side

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 of the boat

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 and you will find some.

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 So they cast it

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 and now they were not

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 able to haul it in

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 because of

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 the quantity

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 of fish.

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 Okay,

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 so did you catch it?

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 What is Jesus'

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 calling card?

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 It's him

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 telling his disciples

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 after a really

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 poor night of fishing

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 to cast the net

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 and then providing them

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 with this miraculous,

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 this supernatural

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 catch

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 of fish.

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 That's Jesus'

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 calling card.

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 that's his thing.

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 That lets everyone

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 know that it's him.

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 And this is not

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 the first time

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 that Jesus has done this,

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 right?

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 At the beginning

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 of Luke's gospel

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 in Luke chapter 5,

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 we read

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 that this is precisely

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 how Jesus called

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 his first disciples.

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 It's his

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 calling card.

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 And so how,

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 here in our story,

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 how did the disciples

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 respond to Jesus'

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 calling card?

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 look at verse 7.

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 First,

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 something snaps,

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 something clicks

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 in John's mind,

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 the disciple

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 whom Jesus loved.

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 It said that

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 he said to Peter,

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 it is the Lord.

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 John gets it.

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 He turns to Peter

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 and says,

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 it is the Lord.

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 And then,

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 and then something

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 kind of goes haywire

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 almost in Peter's,

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 in Peter's mind

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 because look what happens

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 when Peter hears

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 that it's the Lord.

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 he put on

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 his outer garment

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 for he was stripped

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 for work

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 and threw himself

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 into the sea.

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 He was so overwhelmed

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 and overcome

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 by the realization

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 that Jesus is here.

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 He's overwhelmed

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 by the grace

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 of Jesus' presence.

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 And you can imagine him

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 just thinking,

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 can this really be?

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 Is Jesus really here?

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 When I was 12 years old,

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 my Grandpa Santos,

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 my dad's dad,

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 passed away.

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 Now, Grandpa Santos

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 was one of my favorite,

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 I'll just say,

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 he was my favorite grandparent.

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 He was the one

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 that loved me

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 and my siblings the most.

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 And he had

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 a unique calling card.

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 It was this whistle,

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 this sound

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 that he would make

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 that let everyone know

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 that he was present,

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 that he was there.

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 And you probably

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 never heard it before.

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 I'm going to try it

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 this morning.

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 But Grandpa Santos' whistle

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 sounded like this.

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 That was Grandpa Santos' thing.

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 Who here has ever heard

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 that noise before?

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.600
 Exactly.

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 Right?

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 A couple people.

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 Have you met my grandpa?

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 That's amazing.

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 But whenever I would hear that,

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 if I was in a large crowd,

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 I would know

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 that Grandpa Santos

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 was there.

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 Well, like I said,

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 he passed away

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 when I was 12.

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 It was really sad

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 and really tragic.

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 It was the first grandparent

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 to lose.

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 And, you know,

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 he was in the hospital.

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 He was recovering

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 from surgery.

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 They had removed

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 some cancerous tumors.

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 And we thought

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 he was going to pull through

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 and make it.

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 And then the day

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 that he was supposed

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 to come home,

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 everything went south.

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 All of his internal systems

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 started shutting down.

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 There were complications

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 from the surgery

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 that they didn't catch.

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 And I remember

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 as a 12-year-old

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 praying fervently

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 with my family

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 that the Lord

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 would spare his life.

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 And within a day or two,

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 he was gone.

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 Now,

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 if I were walking

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 around Davidson

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.179
 where I live,

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:25.099
 where my wife and I live

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 with our two girls,

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.299
 let's say I was walking

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 down Main Street

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 or I was walking

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 around campus

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 where I work,

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 and I heard,

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 you better believe

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:38.420
 that I'd be overcome

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 with emotion,

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 that the hair

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 on the back of my neck

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.920
 would stand up

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 just as it's standing up

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.460
 right now.

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.940
 And you better believe

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.920
 that I'd be wondering,

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.940
 could this really be?

00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.500
 Is Grandpa Santos here?

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:54.000
 Are all these sad memories

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:55.640
 coming untrue?

00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.900
 Brothers and sisters,

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.980
 have you,

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.880
 like Peter,

00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:04.240
 have you heard

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.039
 Jesus' calling card?

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:09.279
 Have you experienced

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.960
 the grace

00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:12.059
 of Jesus' presence?

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.079
 Have you been overwhelmed

00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:13.920
 by that grace?

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.920
 If you have ever experienced

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.920
 genuine,

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.880
 loving fellowship,

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:21.000
 Christian fellowship,

00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:23.500
 then you have heard

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.700
 Jesus' calling card.

00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:26.500
 He promises that

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.120
 where two or three

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:28.219
 are gathered in his name,

00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:30.259
 there he is among us.

00:18:31.739 --> 00:18:32.259
 Or,

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:33.159
 have you ever

00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:34.479
 opened up

00:18:34.479 --> 00:18:35.879
 God's word

00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:37.199
 and let God's word

00:18:37.199 --> 00:18:38.719
 open you up?

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.779
 Have you ever

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:42.599
 let yourself

00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.519
 become saturated

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.219
 in God's word?

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.879
 If so,

00:18:44.959 --> 00:18:45.739
 then you have heard

00:18:45.739 --> 00:18:46.939
 Jesus' calling card.

00:18:47.899 --> 00:18:49.459
 Jesus was so saturated

00:18:49.459 --> 00:18:51.139
 in God's word.

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.099
 And if you

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.239
 have internalized

00:18:54.239 --> 00:18:54.739
 God's word,

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.659
 then you've internalized

00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.620
 Jesus as well.

00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:59.080
 The word of God,

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 the writer of the Hebrew

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.580
 says,

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.560
 is living and active.

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.900
 Why?

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.680
 Because Jesus

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:06.240
 is living and active

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:07.620
 among us

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.200
 in and through

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.900
 his word.

00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:10.740
 Or how about this?

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.660
 Have you ever

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.300
 prayed?

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.779
 Have you ever

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.680
 offered up

00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.759
 your sincere

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.420
 thoughts,

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.660
 longings,

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:18.360
 desires,

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.320
 fears,

00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:19.900
 worries,

00:19:20.040 --> 00:19:20.519
 anxieties?

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.120
 Have you ever

00:19:21.120 --> 00:19:21.940
 lifted them up

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.480
 to the Lord?

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:24.400
 If so,

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:24.759
 then you've

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.259
 experienced

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.880
 the grace

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:27.180
 of God's

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:28.099
 presence.

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.420
 God's word

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.059
 promises that

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.620
 our prayers

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:31.099
 are like

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.980
 incense before

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.519
 the Lord.

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.660
 Even today,

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.720
 even right now,

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:36.019
 in the very

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.720
 presence of

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.339
 the most high

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:38.200
 God in the

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.019
 heavenly throne room.

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.240
 An extension

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.059
 of you is

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.480
 there.

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.819
 Your thoughts,

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.460
 your desires,

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.200
 your longings

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.120
 in God's

00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:45.799
 own presence.

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.779
 Or,

00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:48.500
 how about this?

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.640
 Have you ever

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.940
 participated in

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.259
 communion?

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:52.039
 Have you ever

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.680
 taken communion?

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.000
 Have you ever

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.559
 been baptized?

00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:55.500
 Have you ever

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.319
 witnessed a

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.680
 baptism?

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.779
 Then you,

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.000
 too,

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.480
 have heard

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 Jesus'

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.619
 calling card.

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 Because he

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.660
 promises to

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.180
 meet with his

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.900
 people in

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 and through

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.099
 the sacraments

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.720
 of the Lord's

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.660
 Supper and

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.119
 baptism.

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.839
 Well,

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.640
 not only does

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:14.119
 God meet

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.839
 with Peter

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 and with us

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 through the

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 grace of his

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 presence,

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 but he also

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.099
 ministers to us

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.379
 through the

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.099
 grace of

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 place as

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 well.

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 Would you

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.099
 look with

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.539
 me at

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 verses 9

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 through 14,

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 kind of the

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 middle of

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 the passage

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 that we

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 just read.

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 And as we

00:20:30.719 --> 00:20:31.279
 look over

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.879
 these verses,

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 I want to

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 invite you

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 to imagine

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 the sights

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.319
 and the

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.019
 smells of

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.759
 this scene

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.859
 through the

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 eyes and,

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 yes,

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.579
 even the

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 nose of

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 Peter.

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 So enter

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.119
 Peter's

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 sandals and

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.240
 imagine this

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.559
 scene through

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.379
 his eyes and

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 even through

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 his nose.

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 Here's what I

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 mean.

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 So for

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.079
 one,

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.380
 it's dark

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:53.720
 out.

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:54.859
 Verse 4

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.539
 told us that

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 day was just

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 breaking.

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 And on the

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.539
 shore, there's

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.319
 this charcoal

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.019
 fire already

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:03.220
 set up.

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:05.000
 Jesus is there

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.359
 and he's

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:06.400
 breaking bread

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.539
 and he's serving

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.019
 you a meal.

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.740
 He's feeding

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.740
 you.

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.480
 Now, if you're

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.099
 Peter and you're

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.700
 taking in all

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.319
 these sights and

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.819
 smells, what do

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.240
 these things

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.039
 remind you of?

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:17.740
 when was the

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.639
 last time you

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.299
 saw Jesus

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.399
 break bread and

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:22.819
 serve you a

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.019
 meal?

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.819
 Oh, yeah.

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.879
 It was that

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:27.119
 night when

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.920
 Jesus predicted

00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.420
 that you,

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.000
 Peter, would

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.740
 deny him.

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.720
 And you

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.259
 doubled down

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.759
 and said,

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.180
 no way, I'm

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.599
 going to die

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.240
 before I deny

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.579
 you.

00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:37.299
 Or, man,

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:40.680
 what is that

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.099
 smell?

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.240
 I mean, what is

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.960
 that smell that's

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.819
 filling your nose,

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.539
 that's clinging

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.259
 to your hair,

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:46.939
 that's getting in

00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:48.579
 all your clothes,

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.359
 that's stinging

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.879
 your eyes?

00:21:49.919 --> 00:21:50.619
 What is that?

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:52.139
 Oh, yeah.

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.240
 How could you

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.579
 forget?

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.220
 It's the smell

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.960
 of a charcoal

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.419
 fire.

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.779
 Now, let me

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.179
 pause there.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.139
 For you and

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.740
 for me, the

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.259
 smell of a

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.980
 charcoal fire,

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.419
 what does that

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:03.159
 remind us of?

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.139
 It was a July

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:06.039
 4th, Independence

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.960
 Day, right?

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:08.200
 Like, gathering

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.919
 with family and

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:10.159
 friends, cooking

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.980
 some hot dogs and

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.839
 hamburgers, right?

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.740
 Not so for

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.000
 Peter.

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.839
 What does the

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.460
 smell of a

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.379
 charcoal fire

00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:18.839
 remind Peter

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.220
 of?

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.220
 Well, for

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.500
 Peter, that

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.359
 smell is the

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.960
 smell of

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.379
 failure.

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.059
 Because it

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.599
 was around

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.740
 another charcoal

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.619
 fire that

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.799
 Peter watched

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.679
 Jesus be

00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:34.299
 dragged before

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.079
 a kangaroo

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.720
 court in the

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.220
 high priest

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.639
 courtyard.

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.960
 And it was

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.139
 there around a

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:41.059
 charcoal fire that

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.559
 you, Peter,

00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.720
 denied Jesus

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.039
 three times.

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:45.860
 And you

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.059
 know, they

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.720
 say that

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:48.019
 smell is one

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.240
 of the

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.519
 strongest senses,

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.640
 especially as it

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.140
 relates to

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.680
 memories.

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.779
 So again, if

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.600
 you're Peter and

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.759
 you're there on

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.279
 the shore of

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.880
 Galilee, your

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:57.660
 body might be

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.279
 here on the

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.880
 shore of

00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.059
 Galilee, but

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.100
 your mind and

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:02.420
 your heart are

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.079
 back in that

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.799
 courtyard, around

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.299
 that other

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.140
 charcoal fire,

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:08.079
 watching Jesus

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:10.139
 and denying

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:11.000
 that you ever

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.539
 knew him.

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.299
 And so, for

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.019
 Peter, the

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.460
 smell of

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.179
 failure is the

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:18.779
 smell of a

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.419
 charcoal fire.

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.699
 It reminds him

00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:21.519
 of the biggest

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.259
 failure that he's

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.039
 ever had in his

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.759
 entire life.

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.539
 What does

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.439
 failure smell

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.839
 like to you?

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:31.139
 Is it the

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:32.579
 smell of your

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.439
 childhood home?

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.539
 Maybe a

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.500
 particular room in

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.939
 your childhood

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.319
 home?

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.960
 Is it the

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.599
 smell of a

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.299
 certain perfume

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.059
 or a certain

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.539
 cologne?

00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.539
 Is it the

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.339
 smell of

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.519
 stale beer

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.559
 or whiskey?

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.299
 Is it the

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.819
 smell of a

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.259
 high school

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.179
 gymnasium or

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.759
 locker room?

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.639
 Is it the

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.259
 smell of

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.059
 scantrons and

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.419
 number two

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:52.759
 pencils?

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:54.659
 What does

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:56.299
 failure smell

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.460
 like to

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.720
 you?

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.659
 Well, for

00:23:59.659 --> 00:24:00.939
 me, failure

00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:01.839
 smells like

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.279
 rubber.

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.960
 Not all

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.779
 rubber, but

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.259
 a very

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.299
 particular kind

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.720
 of rubber.

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.399
 The kind

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:07.819
 of rubber

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.339
 that they

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.059
 put in

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.980
 stairwells

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.899
 in commercial

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.539
 buildings.

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.299
 You know

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.440
 what I'm

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.079
 talking about?

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.480
 Like those

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.619
 concrete stairs

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.119
 in commercial

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.759
 buildings that

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.119
 have the

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.819
 rubber coating

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.720
 and that's

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.500
 glued down

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.899
 and it has

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.379
 those little

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.980
 bumps that

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.399
 prevent you

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.599
 from skidding.

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:25.039
 That smell,

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.879
 that's the

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.200
 smell of

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.639
 failure for

00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:26.839
 me.

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:29.099
 Because when

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.599
 I was in

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.399
 college, when

00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:30.819
 I was a

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.519
 junior at

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:33.899
 Davidson, I

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.539
 had a huge

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.579
 crush on

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.119
 this girl

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.220
 that I

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.960
 met in

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.539
 RUF.

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.379
 The same

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.000
 ministry that

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.559
 Matthew and

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.000
 I met in,

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.379
 the same

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.920
 ministry that

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.579
 I now serve

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.859
 with.

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.579
 And it just

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.079
 so happened

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.180
 that my

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.759
 junior year,

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.399
 she lived

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.059
 one floor

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.659
 above me

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.039
 in our

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.319
 dorm.

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.659
 And so

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:51.420
 one night,

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.779
 I mustered

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.059
 up the

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.359
 courage to

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.099
 go and

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.659
 ask this

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.019
 young woman

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.319
 out.

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.139
 And just

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.359
 so you

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.579
 know where

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.119
 this story

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.819
 is going,

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.500
 that young

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.079
 woman is

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.559
 not my

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:00.899
 wife,

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.439
 Amanda.

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.559
 So late

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.960
 one night,

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.859
 I get the

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.319
 courage, I'm

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.879
 going to go

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.319
 ask her

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.559
 out.

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.939
 I go out

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.159
 of my

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.599
 room, down

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.019
 the hall,

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.759
 get into

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.599
 the stairwell,

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.980
 and bam,

00:25:13.199 --> 00:25:14.179
 immediately I'm

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:15.019
 hit with

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.039
 the smell of

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.539
 these rubber

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.000
 steps.

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.439
 Our dorm had

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:18.879
 just been

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.460
 renovated the

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.939
 year before,

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.599
 and I don't

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:20.839
 know if it

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.079
 was the

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.659
 rubber or

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.599
 the glue

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.039
 that was

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.639
 connecting the

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:23.980
 rubber to

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.480
 the steps,

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.480
 but man,

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.099
 it was making

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.779
 me lightheaded.

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.299
 So distinct.

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.000
 And so I

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.680
 go up the

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.419
 steps, I'm

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.139
 getting nervous,

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.079
 right, to ask

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.440
 this young

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.919
 woman out,

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.759
 and I go to

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.339
 reach for the

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.039
 door, to

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.259
 open the door

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.680
 to go onto

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.720
 her hall, and

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.119
 I say, I

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.500
 can't do

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.799
 this.

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.720
 So I let

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.119
 go of the

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.139
 door, I

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.599
 turn around,

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:44.000
 I go back

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.359
 down the

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.559
 steps, I go

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.099
 to open the

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.599
 door to my

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.159
 hall, and I'm

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:48.000
 like, Andrew,

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.460
 you've come

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.099
 this far, you

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.519
 got to go

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.059
 follow through

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.460
 with it.

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.639
 And I must

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.000
 have done

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.559
 this probably

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.099
 two or three

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.839
 times up and

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.180
 down the

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.519
 steps.

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.220
 And at one

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.180
 point, I

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.639
 actually started

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:57.899
 to get

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.259
 concerned

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.559
 for my

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.379
 own health

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.859
 and physical

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.480
 well-being

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.660
 because I

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.059
 was getting

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.799
 so light-headed

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.279
 from these

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.059
 fumes coming

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.460
 off these

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.220
 rubber steps.

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.259
 And so I

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.440
 was like,

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.140
 all right, you

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.519
 just got to

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.259
 go do this,

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.779
 you can't

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.319
 stay in this

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.140
 stairwell, go

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.619
 for it.

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:12.059
 So I did, I

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.400
 opened the

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.059
 door, went

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.920
 onto her

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.220
 hall, got up

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.619
 to the door,

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.099
 knocked on

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.319
 her door, and

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.819
 she answered, I

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.640
 asked her out,

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.720
 and she turned

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.099
 me down.

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.859
 And then I

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.539
 had to go back

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.900
 into that

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:26.460
 stairwell, get

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.259
 my nose and

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.940
 my lungs filled

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.360
 with this

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.259
 obnoxious smell

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.360
 of rubber, and

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.860
 then go back

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.960
 to my room.

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:35.140
 Now, that

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.880
 is not

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.220
 necessarily a

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.779
 story of

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.920
 moral failure,

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:40.580
 but it

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:41.279
 certainly felt

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.000
 like social

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.440
 failure.

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:43.820
 You know, that

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:45.059
 rejection from

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.140
 a young lady

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.480
 that you're

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.299
 interested in,

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.160
 it certainly

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.759
 felt like a

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.860
 failure of

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:52.940
 attractability,

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.160
 of

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.140
 desirability.

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:58.280
 and so for

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:59.340
 years, whenever

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.040
 I would smell

00:27:00.040 --> 00:27:01.000
 that distinct

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.580
 rubber smell,

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.140
 I'd be brought

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.660
 back to that

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.160
 place and be

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.780
 reminded of

00:27:03.780 --> 00:27:04.320
 that failure.

00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:07.100
 Until just a

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.820
 few years ago,

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.340
 when I returned

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.820
 to Davidson

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:11.120
 College to

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.720
 serve as the

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.480
 campus minister,

00:27:13.520 --> 00:27:14.360
 and wouldn't

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.960
 you know it,

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.960
 the same stairs

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.500
 with the same

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:19.280
 rubber is in

00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:19.820
 the student

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.759
 union, where we

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.420
 have all of our

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.600
 meetings, as it

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.120
 was in that

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:24.000
 dorm room, when

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.339
 I was a

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.559
 junior.

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.159
 And so from

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.500
 the very

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.039
 beginning, when

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.439
 I started

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:27.879
 serving as

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.519
 campus minister,

00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.119
 I'd have to

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.539
 go up and

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.919
 down these

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.719
 stairs and

00:27:30.719 --> 00:27:31.339
 smell that

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.559
 rubber smell to

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.019
 go to our

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.559
 large group

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.039
 meetings, to

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.299
 go to our

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.879
 Bible studies.

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.379
 But here's

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.979
 the difference.

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.839
 When I would

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.479
 go on Tuesday

00:27:39.479 --> 00:27:40.419
 night to go get

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.159
 ready for large

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:41.979
 group as a

00:27:41.979 --> 00:27:42.599
 campus minister,

00:27:43.219 --> 00:27:43.739
 I had my

00:27:43.739 --> 00:27:45.000
 wife Amanda by

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.599
 my side.

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.000
 We would often

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.019
 go up those

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.239
 steps together.

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:51.179
 And after a few

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.799
 times of that

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.359
 happening, I

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.799
 realized,

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.819
 this smell

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.519
 doesn't have a

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.219
 hold over me

00:27:55.219 --> 00:27:55.659
 anymore.

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.519
 The Lord is

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:59.319
 redeeming that

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.439
 smell and that

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:02.179
 memory for me

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:03.299
 and replacing

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.479
 those with new

00:28:04.479 --> 00:28:05.000
 and better

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.359
 memories with

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.919
 my wife Amanda.

00:28:09.739 --> 00:28:10.659
 The Lord is

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.239
 doing something

00:28:11.239 --> 00:28:12.139
 very similar here

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.659
 for Peter.

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.219
 He's bringing

00:28:14.219 --> 00:28:14.939
 him back to

00:28:14.939 --> 00:28:15.739
 that place of

00:28:15.739 --> 00:28:16.799
 failure so that

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.599
 he can redeem

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:19.859
 that memory for

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:21.179
 him, so that

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:22.019
 he can heal him

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.819
 of the guilt and

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.659
 shame and regret

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:25.240
 that he felt in

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.240
 denying his Lord

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.599
 and Savior three

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.119
 times.

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.700
 And the Lord is

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:31.200
 inviting you to

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.279
 return to those

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.240
 places of failure

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.899
 so that he might

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:35.159
 heal and redeem

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:36.139
 those parts of

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.879
 your stories.

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.039
 And now, it

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.740
 might not be

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:41.200
 practical for you

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.740
 to actually

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.899
 physically go back

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.659
 to those places.

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.899
 I mean, what if

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:46.079
 it was in another

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:47.039
 country, right?

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.339
 What if it was in

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.179
 your childhood home

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.180
 and your family

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.960
 since sold it?

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.000
 I'm not saying

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.980
 that y'all need

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.740
 to go back and

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.500
 knock on a

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.380
 stranger's door and

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.900
 say, hey, I used

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.400
 to live here.

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.140
 Can I go to my

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.420
 bedroom?

00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.019
 There's some

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.160
 unfinished business

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.000
 that Jesus wants.

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:03.400
 No, that's not

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.080
 what I'm saying.

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.160
 But what I think

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.920
 the Lord would have

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:08.160
 us do is, look,

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.400
 you can invite

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.019
 Jesus into those

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.840
 places of failure

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.539
 by inviting a

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.359
 brother or sister

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:18.339
 in Christ into

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.139
 those stories.

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.939
 You could turn to

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.839
 a trusted brother

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.459
 or sister in

00:29:22.459 --> 00:29:23.319
 Christ and open

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:25.240
 up and share in

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:27.279
 vivid detail the

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.299
 story of your

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:30.439
 biggest failure and

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:31.139
 allow the Lord

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:32.539
 Jesus to heal and

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.480
 redeem those

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:35.259
 memories for you.

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:38.319
 That's the grace

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.720
 of place.

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.919
 Well, we've

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.900
 encountered the

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.820
 grace of presence.

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.060
 We've encountered

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:46.640
 the grace of

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:46.900
 place.

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:48.300
 Lastly, we

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:49.320
 encounter the

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:50.580
 grace of

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.039
 persistence.

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.620
 Let me ask

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:52.980
 this.

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.640
 As I finished

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.539
 reading the last

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.519
 section of this

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.740
 story as Jesus

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.480
 is restoring

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.120
 Peter, as I

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:01.120
 read verses 15

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:03.000
 through 19, where

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.000
 Jesus, again, he

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.000
 asks three times,

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.620
 do you love me?

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.180
 Do you love me?

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.860
 Do you love me?

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.380
 Did any of you

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.320
 feel for Peter?

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.060
 Like at least a

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.500
 little bit?

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:13.299
 I know I did

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.660
 when I first read

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.299
 this story and

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.819
 many times since.

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.900
 Or how about

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:20.059
 when you read

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.240
 that Peter was

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.400
 actually grieved

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.980
 the third time

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.960
 that Jesus asked

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.440
 him, do you

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.920
 love me?

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.539
 I mean, anyone

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.319
 else here kind of

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.099
 feel like, man,

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.960
 Jesus, why do you

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.819
 got to be so hard

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.640
 on poor Peter?

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.980
 Like, can't you

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.680
 see that you're

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.380
 hurting him, that

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.980
 you're causing

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.079
 grief, that you're

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.059
 inflicting pain?

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.299
 Anyone?

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.180
 Anyone else kind of

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.839
 feel for Peter in

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.419
 this situation?

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.299
 Y'all, there's no

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.899
 way around it.

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.799
 This is a hard

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.819
 passage, and

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.639
 especially when we

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.379
 get to those last

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.379
 two verses in 18

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:51.000
 and 19, where

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.039
 Jesus predicts how

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.959
 Peter would die.

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.679
 That last section,

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.179
 this whole last

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:56.919
 section, can kind of

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:57.519
 feel like a wet

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.879
 blanket.

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.779
 Like, man, that's

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.959
 cold, that's harsh,

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.480
 that's heavy.

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.819
 But what I want us

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:07.000
 to see before we

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.699
 end our time in

00:31:07.699 --> 00:31:08.299
 God's word this

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.379
 morning, is that

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:10.500
 grace is abundant

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.000
 here.

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.779
 And it's the grace

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.539
 of persistence.

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.700
 So look with me,

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.180
 and let's notice the

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.019
 grace of Jesus'

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:19.279
 persistence and even

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.519
 the grace of Peter's

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.960
 persistence.

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.799
 So first, Jesus'

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.480
 persistence.

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.839
 In verses 15

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:27.279
 through 17, three

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.879
 times Jesus asks

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.879
 Peter if he loves

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.159
 him.

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.960
 Which, wouldn't you

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.759
 know, that's one

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.960
 time for each of

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.259
 Peter's three

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.240
 denials.

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:39.859
 three times Jesus

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:42.339
 restores Peter to

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.400
 his high holy

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:45.460
 calling, to go and

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.200
 fish for men.

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.920
 That calling that

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.180
 Jesus placed on

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.720
 Peter's life, Jesus

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.779
 is now restoring

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.660
 Peter to that

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.059
 calling.

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.740
 And I don't know,

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.779
 I can imagine

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:58.299
 Peter, after a

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.180
 really poor night of

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.759
 fishing where they've

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.220
 caught nothing, just

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.160
 being really hard and

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.859
 down on himself.

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:06.919
 like, man, Peter,

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.740
 what made you even

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.719
 think that you could

00:32:08.719 --> 00:32:10.579
 fish for men like

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.659
 Jesus called you to?

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.639
 You can't even fish

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.359
 for fish anymore.

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.619
 Like, I just imagine

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:17.919
 Peter just so hard on

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.679
 himself or even

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:20.819
 wondering, you know,

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:23.159
 man, now that

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:25.539
 Judas is gone, I'm the

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.139
 worst disciple.

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:29.759
 I mean, the text

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.580
 doesn't say it, so I'm

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:31.280
 not saying that this

00:32:31.280 --> 00:32:32.180
 actually happened, but

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:34.520
 if I were Peter, that

00:32:34.520 --> 00:32:35.120
 would be going through

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.560
 my head.

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.580
 I mean, Judas was the

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:38.080
 worst disciple.

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:39.140
 He betrayed Jesus.

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.900
 But Judas is gone.

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.280
 Who does that leave?

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.280
 That leaves me, Peter,

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.240
 the denier.

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.520
 I denied him three

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:48.040
 times.

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:51.740
 Have you ever been

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.000
 there?

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.839
 Have you ever been

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:56.220
 to this place where

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.299
 you failed just so

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.319
 spectacularly that

00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:01.859
 you're like, man, is

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.680
 life even worth

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:02.980
 living?

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.539
 Should I keep going?

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.740
 If you have wondered

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.639
 that at all, and I'll

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.480
 just acknowledge that

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.519
 there have been a few

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.180
 times when I've

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.980
 acknowledged, when I've

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.200
 wondered that myself.

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:17.840
 If you've ever wondered

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:19.480
 that, please pay

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.660
 attention to what Jesus

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.720
 is saying to Peter

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.059
 here.

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:25.460
 He is saying, look,

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:27.120
 Peter, I am not done

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.759
 with you yet.

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:32.660
 He's restoring Peter to

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:34.400
 his Jesus calling to go

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.380
 and fish for men.

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.360
 Feed my lambs, Peter.

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.779
 Tend my sheep.

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.720
 Feed my sheep.

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:41.220
 I still have a use for

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.500
 you.

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:44.340
 How amazing is that?

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.940
 So why is Peter

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.360
 grieved?

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.600
 Why does it hurt so

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.059
 much?

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.680
 And why does Jesus

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.000
 allow Peter to feel

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.559
 that grief?

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.019
 I think what's going

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:56.200
 on here is that Jesus

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.960
 wants to make sure that

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:59.420
 Peter doesn't take the

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.420
 same path that Judas

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.840
 took.

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:06.080
 Peter, or Jesus,

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:09.460
 wants to call Peter off

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:11.000
 of that path that leads

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.820
 to death and despair.

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.960
 Peter, and Jesus is

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.140
 calling Peter back onto

00:34:15.140 --> 00:34:16.260
 this path that leads to

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.740
 life and salvation.

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:22.380
 How do I know this?

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.780
 Well, in 2 Corinthians

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:26.000
 chapter 7, the apostle

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:28.200
 Paul, he highlights the

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:29.420
 difference between godly

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.980
 grief and worldly grief.

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:33.080
 And what does Paul say in

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:35.160
 2 Corinthians 7 verse 10?

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:38.240
 Paul says that godly grief

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:40.660
 produces a repentance that

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:42.940
 leads to salvation without

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:45.440
 regret, whereas worldly

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:48.219
 grief produces death.

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:52.279
 Again, Jesus wants Peter off

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:53.480
 that path that leads to

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.539
 worldly grief and onto that

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:58.159
 path of godly grief that

00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:00.119
 produces a repentance that

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:01.719
 leads to salvation.

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:05.659
 Jesus here, towards the end of

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:07.759
 our story, Jesus is like the

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:10.779
 field surgeon that is pulling

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:13.139
 the wounded soldier off the

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.519
 field.

00:35:14.359 --> 00:35:16.059
 This soldier, Peter, has just

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.779
 stepped on this landmine of

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.159
 failure.

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:20.779
 And there's all sorts of

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:22.960
 shrapnel of regret surrounding

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.739
 his heart.

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:26.339
 And so Jesus, the field

00:35:26.339 --> 00:35:28.079
 surgeon, the good physician, he

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:30.639
 is working hard to remove that

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:32.099
 shrapnel and to save Peter.

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:34.199
 And yes, it's painful.

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:39.199
 And just as Peter starts to feel

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.940
 overwhelmed and overcome by this

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:42.739
 pain, and just as Jesus starts

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:46.319
 losing Peter, Jesus has his hands

00:35:46.319 --> 00:35:47.420
 around Peter's face.

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.579
 It's as if he's telling him, stay

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.500
 with me, soldier.

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.119
 Stay with me.

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.699
 Stay with me.

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:56.179
 Do you love me?

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.860
 Do you love me?

00:35:58.819 --> 00:35:59.819
 Do you love me?

00:35:59.820 --> 00:35:59.880
 Do you love me?

00:36:04.600 --> 00:36:07.480
 Jesus is sharing the grace of

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.500
 persistence with Peter.

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.580
 And you know what?

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:13.460
 That leads to the grace of Peter's

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.900
 persistence.

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.559
 So let's look at the ending again.

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:19.780
 Look at verses 18 and 19.

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:24.660
 Yes, this is a hard couple of

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:24.900
 verses.

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:29.440
 Jesus saying that when Peter was

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.720
 young, he used to dress himself

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.920
 and walk where he wanted, but

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:33.200
 when he's old, he's going to

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:34.260
 stretch out his hands.

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.860
 Another is going to dress him

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:37.220
 and carry him where he does not

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.860
 want to go.

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.440
 And then verse 19 says,

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:42.539
 this Jesus said to show by what

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:45.800
 kind of death Peter was to

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.780
 glorify God.

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:51.300
 Please don't miss this.

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:54.659
 Here at the very end, Jesus

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:57.260
 promises Peter that he's going to

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:57.940
 end well.

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:02.140
 That Peter's death is going to

00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:04.080
 glorify God.

00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:07.680
 Peter has that promise from

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.860
 Jesus' own lips.

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.880
 And can I be honest here for a

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.080
 second?

00:37:12.040 --> 00:37:14.880
 There are some days where I long

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.360
 to have that same promise from

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.520
 Jesus' own lips.

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:20.300
 You know those kind of days where

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:22.200
 things are not going well, where

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:24.220
 you've messed up royally, when

00:37:24.220 --> 00:37:26.160
 you're convicted over your own sin,

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:28.980
 and you're just, you wonder, man,

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.920
 am I going to make it?

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.619
 Am I going to make it to the

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.159
 finish line?

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.279
 And again, being really honest

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:35.759
 here, like as a minister of the

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:38.339
 gospel, it is hard to see those

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:40.539
 news headlines of ministers who I'm

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:42.659
 sure went into ministry with great

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:45.559
 intent, but at the very end, they

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.239
 don't end well.

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:48.359
 And you know who I'm talking about.

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:51.039
 Their names end up in the news and

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:52.819
 in the media, right?

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:57.080
 I know that apart from God's grace,

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.160
 that can be me.

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:01.120
 And there are some days where I'm

00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:03.480
 just longing for that assurance that

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.460
 I'm going to end well.

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:08.640
 I know what kind of day Peter was

00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:12.920
 having on the Sea of Galilee before

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:15.160
 Jesus showed up.

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:19.000
 And y'all, it was not the same day,

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:20.980
 the same kind of day after Jesus

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.659
 showed up.

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:25.599
 Because after Jesus showed up,

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:27.960
 Peter has this assurance that he

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:29.619
 will end well.

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:33.960
 And brothers, you and I, brothers and

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:36.280
 sisters, you and I have that same

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:39.099
 assurance from our Lord and Savior

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.519
 Jesus.

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:43.599
 And so as I end, let me ask you this.

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:46.280
 Has Jesus shown up in your life?

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.840
 Have you heard his calling card?

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:52.300
 Has your hair ever stood on edge,

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:54.780
 on end, at the grace of his presence?

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.880
 Have you invited Jesus into those

00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:00.400
 places of past failure?

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:05.240
 Have you heard Jesus' persistent

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:09.140
 knock, knock, knocking on the door of

00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:09.579
 your heart?

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.880
 If you can answer yes to those

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:15.280
 questions, then you need to rejoice.

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:15.519
 Rejoice.

00:39:16.660 --> 00:39:18.900
 This is the best news there ever was.

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.800
 Rejoice.

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.640
 Have joy.

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:23.840
 And share that joy with someone.

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:25.260
 Go tell someone about this.

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:26.060
 This is amazing.

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:30.200
 But if not, if you haven't experienced

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:33.220
 that sort of grace, a grace that's

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:35.280
 bigger than your failures, then please

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:37.420
 would you hear these words from

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:38.920
 Jesus' own mouth.

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:41.760
 Jesus says,

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:44.059
 Behold, I stand at the door and

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.440
 knock.

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:49.139
 If anyone hears my voice and opens

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:52.000
 the door, I will come into him and

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.980
 eat with him and he with me.

00:39:57.159 --> 00:40:00.360
 Peter heard that voice and opened the

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.619
 door.

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:05.839
 You all, you all have just heard that

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.339
 voice.

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:10.420
 Will you too open that door?

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:13.059
 Would you pray with me?

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:22.579
 Holy Spirit, I pray for all those in

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:24.359
 this room who have heard your voice,

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:27.799
 who want to open the door, but don't

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:28.400
 know how.

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:32.599
 Would you rush into them right now?

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:37.280
 Would you overwhelm them with your

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:39.960
 grace that is bigger than their

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.340
 failures?

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:44.099
 And would you, Holy Spirit, comfort and

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:48.220
 convince all of us of your presence

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:49.780
 and your persistence?

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:54.840
 We long for you to heal us.

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:59.140
 And we ask all of these things in

00:40:59.140 --> 00:41:00.340
 Jesus' powerful name.

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.500
 Amen.