WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.080 Lord, we thank you for your word. 00:00:02.399 --> 00:00:05.020 Lord, we thank you for the stories of Jesus 00:00:05.020 --> 00:00:06.299 and the character of Jesus, 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:09.099 for how deeply you love us. 00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:11.599 Lord, I pray that as we hear from your word today, 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:12.679 that you would speak to us 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:13.820 and that you would be at work. 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:14.980 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:19.580 So I know at least a few of us here 00:00:19.580 --> 00:00:21.080 are Marvel movie fans. 00:00:21.820 --> 00:00:23.620 And for those of you who don't know, 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:25.440 the kick of superhero movies 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:26.600 for the last 10 years or so 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.359 are mostly put out under the brand of Marvel, right? 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:31.780 And so these stories are often compelling, 00:00:31.940 --> 00:00:33.060 but they've also got, 00:00:33.420 --> 00:00:35.280 have like achieved their own frameworks at this point 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:37.060 where we kind of know what's gonna happen in the movie 00:00:37.060 --> 00:00:38.600 and there are certain key things 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:39.539 that they always bring up. 00:00:40.259 --> 00:00:41.120 And one of those things 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:43.700 that there's often an after credits scene now. 00:00:43.899 --> 00:00:45.560 So literally fans will sit in the theater. 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:46.719 And I shouldn't say fans, 00:00:46.760 --> 00:00:48.200 I should say me too, because I do this. 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:50.179 And so you'll wait for five minutes 00:00:50.179 --> 00:00:51.439 for all the credits to scroll by 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:53.420 so that you can see a little 30 second clip 00:00:53.420 --> 00:00:55.900 that kind of concludes some side story 00:00:55.900 --> 00:00:58.679 or it ties into something 00:00:58.679 --> 00:00:59.740 that's happening in the future. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.659 One of the most popular ones 00:01:02.659 --> 00:01:03.979 is at the end of like the, 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:05.079 one of the movies 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:06.560 and all of the superheroes 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:08.140 are sitting in like this local restaurant 00:01:08.140 --> 00:01:09.620 and they're chowing down on food 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:11.260 and they're in like their full outfits and everything. 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:13.460 And it's just like this really weird, corny scene 00:01:13.460 --> 00:01:15.659 that just fulfills some offhanded comment 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:17.159 that a character made earlier in the movie, 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:18.519 you know, after they win the battle, 00:01:18.620 --> 00:01:19.640 they're like, hey, you wanna go get food? 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:20.060 Basically. 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:25.680 And so John 21 is a bit like an after credits scene. 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:29.159 Everything is kind of wrapped up nicely in John 20 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:30.140 for Jesus's story. 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:31.180 He's resurrected. 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:32.680 He reappears to the disciples. 00:01:33.060 --> 00:01:35.460 He commissions them to go out as he was sent out. 00:01:36.219 --> 00:01:38.460 But John 21 in this chapter, 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.659 John wraps up a few loose ends, right? 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:43.040 What happens to Peter after he denies Jesus? 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:45.859 And what happens to John, the author of the book? 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:48.459 And as John answers these questions, 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.819 he communicates his last message to Jesus's followers, 00:01:52.459 --> 00:01:53.680 that Jesus loves generously, 00:01:54.379 --> 00:01:56.879 restores fully and calls uniquely. 00:01:57.900 --> 00:02:00.400 And so we see his generous love in the first story 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:02.219 where they go out and fish 00:02:02.219 --> 00:02:04.060 and Jesus provides a lot of fish for them. 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.539 And so this section is bookended in verses one and 14, 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:11.520 that this is of Jesus revealing himself. 00:02:12.079 --> 00:02:13.520 So I really see the purpose of this section 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:15.800 is it's another testimony to Jesus's revelation 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:17.360 of himself after he was resurrected. 00:02:17.939 --> 00:02:19.700 It's another piece of John's claim 00:02:19.700 --> 00:02:21.560 that Jesus truly died and rose again. 00:02:22.460 --> 00:02:24.360 But each of these times that Jesus appears, 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:26.820 he does it with a little bit of a different purpose. 00:02:27.420 --> 00:02:29.760 And so the first time he appears to Mary, right? 00:02:29.820 --> 00:02:31.080 Just outside of the tomb. 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:33.439 And he sends her to go and tell everybody else 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:34.180 that he's resurrected. 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:37.360 And then the second time he appears as proof 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:38.520 of his resurrected body 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:41.120 for most of his disciples in a room. 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:43.760 And then the third time, 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:45.539 second time to his disciples directly, 00:02:45.799 --> 00:02:47.280 he appears for the benefit of Thomas 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:48.259 to really care for him, 00:02:48.379 --> 00:02:50.299 someone who has doubted that Jesus is really rose. 00:02:50.819 --> 00:02:52.919 And so this last time here, 00:02:53.399 --> 00:02:55.259 Jesus seems to reveal himself 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:57.479 to demonstrate his ongoing love for the disciples 00:02:57.479 --> 00:02:59.719 and his generous provision for them. 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.719 And so Peter, who is a fisherman by trade, 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:03.959 goes out to fish 00:03:03.959 --> 00:03:06.099 and the other disciples go along with him. 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:08.639 And this is likely either to feed themselves, 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:09.560 maybe they're hungry, 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:11.920 or they could be catching extra fish 00:03:11.920 --> 00:03:12.640 to go out the market 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:13.699 and try to make some money. 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.699 Now, fishing is probably a little bit different 00:03:16.699 --> 00:03:18.699 than most of our careers here 00:03:18.699 --> 00:03:19.659 for those who are working. 00:03:21.420 --> 00:03:24.199 Fishing is literally like hand-to-mouth work. 00:03:24.640 --> 00:03:26.740 And so for a lot of us working, 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.340 you know, academics or tech or business, 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:31.340 if we have a down day 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:32.360 where we're not as productive, 00:03:32.819 --> 00:03:34.800 we don't get a tenth of our paycheck cut out 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:36.199 or something in that two-week period 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.000 or however your payment system works. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.340 But with fishing, you know, 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:40.960 if you go out and spend an all-nighter 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:41.800 fishing on the lake 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:43.099 and you don't catch anything, 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.060 then you have made no money at that point. 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:47.039 It would be like if I showed up to work one day 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:48.139 and didn't get a lot of work done 00:03:48.139 --> 00:03:49.240 and my manager came up and was like, 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:50.400 yeah, sorry, we're not paying you today. 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:51.340 You didn't get everything done. 00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:52.759 Like, what? Are you serious? 00:03:54.420 --> 00:03:57.139 So this is a devastating evening for the disciples 00:03:57.139 --> 00:03:58.860 to spend all night out on the lake 00:03:58.860 --> 00:04:00.460 and to catch nothing. 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:04.099 And so this kind of frames Jesus' appearance 00:04:04.099 --> 00:04:05.659 and question as he comes up to them. 00:04:06.020 --> 00:04:07.939 And so it's kind of in the morning dusk, 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:08.639 so they probably, 00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:11.060 when it says the disciples didn't recognize Jesus, 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:12.080 it's probably legitimately, 00:04:12.340 --> 00:04:13.780 like, they're a few hundred yards off from shore. 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:15.819 They probably can't quite see him in the morning haze. 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:18.959 And so there's this guy standing on the edge of the beach 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:20.079 after all night out fishing. 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:21.620 He's like, hey, have you caught any fish? 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:23.240 And the disciples are probably like, 00:04:23.300 --> 00:04:24.420 oh my gosh, no. 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:27.180 And Jesus says, 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:28.459 oh, well, why don't you just throw the net 00:04:28.459 --> 00:04:29.540 on the other side of the boat? 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:31.300 And if you don't know this is Jesus, 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:33.300 this sounds like, are you serious? 00:04:33.540 --> 00:04:36.939 Like, I don't know if there's an exact phrase for it, 00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:38.519 but there's kind of fisherman's folklore 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.019 where people have these ideas 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:41.379 that they're good fishermen, 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:43.259 but the reasons that they are 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:45.199 are probably not connected to reality at all. 00:04:45.259 --> 00:04:45.699 It's just kind of, 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:47.920 oh, I know where the exact best fishing spot is. 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:48.879 Sometimes that's true 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:49.600 and sometimes it's just, 00:04:49.699 --> 00:04:50.899 I caught a lot of fish there one time. 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:53.259 I know an older gentleman 00:04:53.259 --> 00:04:54.699 who goes fishing regularly 00:04:54.699 --> 00:04:56.659 and he takes another fellow with him 00:04:56.659 --> 00:04:58.579 and the other fellow at one point 00:04:58.579 --> 00:05:00.639 had a very poor fishing experience. 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:02.239 I think he caught like one fish 00:05:02.239 --> 00:05:03.259 the whole time they were out there 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:05.659 and my friend caught like two dozen. 00:05:06.159 --> 00:05:07.139 And ever since then he said, 00:05:07.239 --> 00:05:07.919 oh, this guy, you know, 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:08.560 I think about the fish, 00:05:08.599 --> 00:05:09.399 he couldn't catch a cold. 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:10.679 You know, it's just like, 00:05:11.039 --> 00:05:13.419 that stigma is stuck to him at this point. 00:05:13.719 --> 00:05:14.759 And so this feels like 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:16.519 that kind of fisherman's advice. 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:17.199 Like, oh, just, you know, 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:18.139 I always throw the net 00:05:18.139 --> 00:05:19.039 on my right side of the boat. 00:05:19.099 --> 00:05:20.039 It's going to work for you guys. 00:05:21.020 --> 00:05:22.120 And so the disciples, 00:05:22.300 --> 00:05:23.379 whether they're exasperated 00:05:23.379 --> 00:05:25.360 or whether they just, you know, 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:26.540 all right, sure, whatever, 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:28.180 they throw the net on the other side. 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:30.720 And the results are quite different 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.760 than the typical fisherman's advice, right? 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:34.560 The net fills up instantly with fish. 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:37.520 And so John, for John, 00:05:37.580 --> 00:05:38.379 it instantly clicks. 00:05:38.460 --> 00:05:39.520 He says, this is the Lord. 00:05:40.420 --> 00:05:42.080 And for Peter, as it usually doesn't, 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:43.060 it doesn't instantly click. 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:44.540 But as soon as John says it, 00:05:44.900 --> 00:05:45.920 Peter is out of the boat 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:46.820 and swimming to shore, 00:05:47.300 --> 00:05:49.460 leaving the others to drag the net 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:50.680 a few hundred yards into shore. 00:05:52.339 --> 00:05:53.079 And so thankfully, 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:54.459 Peter's not completely rude. 00:05:54.539 --> 00:05:54.899 And he actually, 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:55.680 when they get the boat in, 00:05:55.719 --> 00:05:57.180 he comes back and helps drag the net 00:05:57.180 --> 00:05:58.060 up to shore. 00:05:58.560 --> 00:05:59.560 And so they sit 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:00.639 and they eat with Jesus 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:02.500 and it's just this overwhelming thing. 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:04.139 And in verse 12, 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:05.699 it's phrased a little strangely 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:06.599 and I want to point it out. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:07.579 You know, Jesus says, 00:06:07.679 --> 00:06:08.699 come and have breakfast. 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.120 Now, none of the disciples dared ask him, 00:06:11.219 --> 00:06:11.919 who are you? 00:06:12.219 --> 00:06:13.399 They knew it was the Lord. 00:06:13.799 --> 00:06:14.919 And it feels kind of weird. 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:17.300 It's like, why would you think about asking 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:19.319 if you know it's the Lord? 00:06:19.460 --> 00:06:20.340 Like, what's going on here? 00:06:21.140 --> 00:06:22.920 And I think it's really an expression, 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:24.900 probably, of just the emotions 00:06:24.900 --> 00:06:26.060 that they felt at that time. 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:27.500 Like, here is a man 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:29.460 who has only appeared to them 00:06:29.460 --> 00:06:30.240 a couple times 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.700 and that they saw die, right? 00:06:32.740 --> 00:06:34.060 And he's sitting on the beach 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:34.879 cooking fish. 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.759 Like, we are so used to hearing the story 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:40.580 that the disciples, 00:06:40.780 --> 00:06:42.379 like, this is the first time 00:06:42.379 --> 00:06:43.139 that they've seen Jesus 00:06:43.139 --> 00:06:44.560 really interact with material, 00:06:44.740 --> 00:06:46.939 not, like, phase into a room magically, 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:47.980 like, through a locked door. 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:49.000 So it's, like, 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:50.159 a really typical experience 00:06:50.159 --> 00:06:51.420 and I think this is just the expression 00:06:51.420 --> 00:06:52.159 of, oh my gosh, 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:53.339 like, this is the Lord. 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:55.699 And you kind of want to ask 00:06:55.699 --> 00:06:57.740 because he should be dead, 00:06:58.219 --> 00:06:59.500 but here he is. 00:07:00.159 --> 00:07:01.779 And so I think that's the expressiveness 00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:02.680 that's going on there. 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:04.699 And so I mentioned 00:07:04.699 --> 00:07:05.899 that the purpose for this section 00:07:05.899 --> 00:07:07.600 is another testimony 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:08.779 to Jesus' resurrection. 00:07:09.420 --> 00:07:10.519 But I think that the message 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:11.800 of this section seems to be 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.939 that Jesus simply loves his disciples 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:15.120 and loves caring for them. 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:16.340 You know, he gives them 00:07:16.340 --> 00:07:17.740 an overabundance of fish. 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:21.139 So 153 could easily be 00:07:21.139 --> 00:07:22.639 over 1,000 pounds, right? 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:23.900 And yet the net is not torn 00:07:23.900 --> 00:07:25.020 that they're catching the fish with. 00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:26.860 And he also cares for them 00:07:26.860 --> 00:07:28.300 and he prepares breakfast for them 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:29.920 after a long night of work, right? 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:31.340 He's already cooking the fish on the shore. 00:07:31.460 --> 00:07:32.960 It's not necessarily the fish they caught. 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:34.280 He's gone out and caught some 00:07:34.280 --> 00:07:35.139 and has prepared something 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:36.199 specifically for them. 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.300 And we have no real given reason. 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:40.480 There's no allegory. 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:41.420 There's no symbolism. 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:44.360 It's simply that Jesus loves his disciples 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:45.420 and cares for them. 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:48.240 And I think that it's much like 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.100 washing his disciples' feet earlier. 00:07:50.280 --> 00:07:52.439 He's showing that he still serves them 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:54.140 and is going to provide for them 00:07:54.140 --> 00:07:55.080 after his resurrection. 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:58.140 And I think it's worth highlighting 00:07:58.140 --> 00:07:59.520 this generous provision here 00:07:59.520 --> 00:08:02.480 because in our modern world, 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:03.900 I think the common word for it 00:08:03.900 --> 00:08:04.600 is networking. 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:07.660 But there's a lot of aspects in life 00:08:07.660 --> 00:08:09.640 where we're pushed to build relationships 00:08:09.640 --> 00:08:11.240 with people so that we can get 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:12.780 some sort of advantage from them later. 00:08:13.220 --> 00:08:14.480 So it's making connections 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.720 or getting to know somebody. 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:17.080 And often we think about, 00:08:17.220 --> 00:08:18.800 okay, if I get to know this person, 00:08:18.900 --> 00:08:20.200 what can I possibly get from them 00:08:20.200 --> 00:08:20.760 in the future? 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:23.900 And I think that Jesus challenges 00:08:23.900 --> 00:08:24.840 that conception. 00:08:24.980 --> 00:08:25.879 I'm not saying that we shouldn't 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:26.520 do those things. 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.100 I am saying that we need to go out 00:08:28.100 --> 00:08:30.240 and love much like Jesus did 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.100 without much benefit to ourselves. 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:34.759 And so when I was a staffer 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:35.600 at college camps, 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:36.639 one of my camp directors 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:38.519 would ask the question regularly, 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:39.980 when was the last time 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:40.899 that you did something 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:41.720 for someone else 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:42.860 when you received 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:44.500 absolutely no benefit for it? 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:46.820 Like it was of no selfish motivation. 00:08:47.420 --> 00:08:48.779 Nothing was really returned to you. 00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:50.519 And every time that I remember 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:50.980 that question, 00:08:51.060 --> 00:08:52.600 I can't think of the last time 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:53.980 that I have selflessly 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:55.279 served somebody in that way. 00:08:56.040 --> 00:08:57.259 And I think that Jesus 00:08:57.259 --> 00:08:59.200 sets the example for us here 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:00.060 of doing this, 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:01.219 but he also shows us 00:09:01.219 --> 00:09:02.619 that this is how he continues 00:09:02.619 --> 00:09:03.359 to love us 00:09:03.359 --> 00:09:05.019 with this provision, 00:09:05.199 --> 00:09:06.599 this true care for us. 00:09:08.259 --> 00:09:09.459 And so one of the ways 00:09:09.459 --> 00:09:10.359 in this story 00:09:10.359 --> 00:09:12.159 that Jesus goes on 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.239 to uniquely love his disciples 00:09:14.239 --> 00:09:16.719 is by restoring Jesus 00:09:16.719 --> 00:09:17.819 after he denied, 00:09:18.199 --> 00:09:20.079 or by restoring Peter 00:09:20.079 --> 00:09:22.579 after he denied Jesus three times. 00:09:23.379 --> 00:09:25.439 And so moving into 15 through 19, 00:09:26.659 --> 00:09:27.359 this is kind of, 00:09:27.439 --> 00:09:28.479 this is the counter passage 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:29.860 to Jesus's three, 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:30.620 or man, 00:09:30.659 --> 00:09:31.379 I'm going to keep saying this, 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:33.639 Peter's three times denying Jesus 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.279 when Jesus was at trial. 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:36.879 And I think that Peter's denial 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:38.300 of Jesus carries a special weight. 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:39.080 This isn't just saying, 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:40.159 oh, I don't believe in Jesus. 00:09:40.340 --> 00:09:41.019 He's not, you know, 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:41.620 he's not real. 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:42.600 This is someone 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:43.639 who followed Jesus 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:44.500 for three years 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:46.639 and had a pre-built relationship 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:47.200 with him. 00:09:47.340 --> 00:09:48.399 And they had had exchanges 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:48.980 and they had gone 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:49.820 through things together. 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:51.500 And then at the first sign 00:09:51.500 --> 00:09:52.820 of real challenge 00:09:52.820 --> 00:09:53.460 and difficulty, 00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:54.500 he's denied him 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:54.680 and said, 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:55.740 no, I don't know this man. 00:09:56.580 --> 00:09:57.899 It reminds me a little bit 00:09:57.899 --> 00:09:59.100 of kind of flare-ups 00:09:59.100 --> 00:09:59.700 that we have 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:00.720 in the relationships 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:01.960 with people that we care about. 00:10:02.560 --> 00:10:03.440 A kind of funny 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:05.039 but also sort of dangerous one sometimes 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:05.779 is if you're arguing 00:10:05.779 --> 00:10:06.320 with your spouse 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:07.080 or significant other 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:07.960 and you say, 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:08.840 oh, you remind me 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:09.419 of your parents. 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:10.279 Don't say that. 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.480 Another thing is, 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:12.620 you know, 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:13.759 I think of children 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:14.840 that get so upset 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:15.759 and just riled up 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:16.060 and they're like, 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:17.460 I hate you, mom or dad. 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:17.879 Or, you know, 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:18.519 and they just say that 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:19.279 and they stomp off. 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:20.519 And that's not like serious 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:21.120 in that moment, 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:22.279 but that's painful 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:23.080 to the parents. 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:24.600 Or, you know, 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:25.540 a really powerful thing 00:10:25.540 --> 00:10:26.379 can be when a parent 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:27.600 expresses disappointment 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:28.240 in their children 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:29.780 in really strong terms. 00:10:30.160 --> 00:10:30.360 You know, 00:10:30.420 --> 00:10:31.080 unintentionally, 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:32.639 maybe in the heat 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:33.080 of the moment, 00:10:33.420 --> 00:10:34.639 but those things 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:35.940 chip at the relationship 00:10:35.940 --> 00:10:36.879 that have been built up 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:37.600 over all that time 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:38.940 and it's a swift swing. 00:10:39.420 --> 00:10:39.620 It's, you know, 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:40.440 it's really taken 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:41.180 a chunk out of it 00:10:41.180 --> 00:10:42.000 and it's to test 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:42.420 the endurance 00:10:42.420 --> 00:10:43.180 of that relationship. 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:45.600 And I think that 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.780 those are all kind of 00:10:46.780 --> 00:10:48.520 little types 00:10:48.520 --> 00:10:49.360 of what Peter 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:50.240 has done with Jesus. 00:10:50.920 --> 00:10:51.240 You know, 00:10:51.280 --> 00:10:51.620 they've built 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:52.660 that relationship together 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:54.159 and now he's denied Jesus. 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:55.740 And so Jesus is working 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:56.860 on not just forgiving 00:10:56.860 --> 00:10:57.600 Peter for this, 00:10:57.639 --> 00:10:58.240 not just brushing 00:10:58.240 --> 00:10:58.959 it under the rug, 00:10:59.299 --> 00:10:59.600 but we'll see 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:00.100 that he actually 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:01.159 restores Peter 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:02.439 and we'll get into that 00:11:02.439 --> 00:11:03.559 a little bit more 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:04.199 in detail. 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:05.459 But one of the first things 00:11:05.459 --> 00:11:06.120 I want to talk about 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:06.699 with this section 00:11:06.699 --> 00:11:08.039 is verse 15. 00:11:08.959 --> 00:11:09.679 And there's a couple 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:10.860 things going on here 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:11.600 that I want to stop 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.339 and really examine. 00:11:13.819 --> 00:11:14.219 First, 00:11:14.319 --> 00:11:15.279 it seems like 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:15.899 the conversation 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:16.740 between Jesus 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.259 and Peter 00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:18.259 probably happened 00:11:18.259 --> 00:11:19.459 by the campfire 00:11:19.459 --> 00:11:20.299 with all the other 00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:21.319 disciples sitting around. 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:22.820 I know in verse 19 00:11:22.820 --> 00:11:23.620 or verse 20 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:24.320 it talks about 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:25.500 Jesus is walking 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:26.100 down the beach 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:26.520 with Peter 00:11:26.520 --> 00:11:27.680 and John's behind them. 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:31.060 But in verse 19 00:11:31.060 --> 00:11:31.860 it seems to indicate 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:33.780 that Jesus says, 00:11:34.040 --> 00:11:34.300 follow me 00:11:34.300 --> 00:11:34.780 and that's when 00:11:34.780 --> 00:11:35.300 they get up 00:11:35.300 --> 00:11:36.080 from after breakfast 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:37.080 to walk down the beach. 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:38.680 And so this seems 00:11:38.680 --> 00:11:39.200 kind of awkward. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:40.600 Jesus is asking 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:40.940 these questions. 00:11:41.040 --> 00:11:41.480 It's kind of like 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:42.300 you don't want to be 00:11:42.300 --> 00:11:42.680 in the room 00:11:42.680 --> 00:11:43.700 when a parent 00:11:43.700 --> 00:11:44.760 is disciplining their child 00:11:44.760 --> 00:11:45.580 or chewing them out. 00:11:45.760 --> 00:11:46.860 That's just an awkward moment, 00:11:46.940 --> 00:11:47.400 particularly when you're 00:11:47.400 --> 00:11:48.100 growing up as a kid. 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:48.900 If your friend 00:11:48.899 --> 00:11:49.939 is getting beat down 00:11:49.939 --> 00:11:50.559 by their parents, 00:11:50.659 --> 00:11:51.959 you're doing something wrong. 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:52.379 It's like you don't 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:52.779 want to be there 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:53.259 in that moment. 00:11:54.079 --> 00:11:55.559 So it feels awkward to us 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:56.980 but I think that it fits 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:59.819 with the story so far. 00:12:00.899 --> 00:12:01.980 Peter is really 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:03.100 one of the main characters 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:04.360 in John besides Jesus. 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:06.899 And he often seems 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:07.959 to be kind of set up 00:12:07.959 --> 00:12:09.220 as the de facto leader 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:09.980 of the disciples. 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:11.340 He often speaks for them. 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:12.539 He's the one 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:13.399 that publicly spoke 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:14.159 for the disciples 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:15.120 when a bunch of people 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:16.179 stopped following Jesus 00:12:16.179 --> 00:12:16.860 in John 6. 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:18.159 And Jesus turns 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:18.580 to the disciples 00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:18.899 and said, 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:20.220 are you going to leave me? 00:12:21.300 --> 00:12:21.919 And Peter's the one 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:22.340 that speaks up 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:22.519 and says, 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:23.300 who else would we go to? 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:23.879 You are the one 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:24.779 with the words of life. 00:12:25.700 --> 00:12:27.519 Peter publicly chopped off 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.320 the ear of the servant 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:28.899 in the garden. 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:31.399 And Peter also publicly 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.980 denied Jesus three times. 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:34.100 So a lot of Peter's actions 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:34.820 have been in front 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:35.919 of these disciples already. 00:12:36.500 --> 00:12:37.399 So it makes sense 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:38.379 that his restoration 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:39.340 would happen in front 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:40.200 of all of them as well. 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:42.500 A second kind of confusing 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:43.279 thing about the verse 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:44.039 is that there's 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:44.940 an undefined pronoun 00:12:44.940 --> 00:12:45.840 that Jesus uses 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.720 in the first question. 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:48.220 And Jesus says, 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:49.419 Simon, son of John, 00:12:49.560 --> 00:12:50.519 do you love me 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:51.700 more than these? 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:53.659 And so it's, 00:12:53.820 --> 00:12:55.659 no one's like exactly sure 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:57.000 what these is, 00:12:57.259 --> 00:12:58.139 but there's only 00:12:58.139 --> 00:12:58.580 so many things 00:12:58.580 --> 00:12:59.300 it could be. 00:12:59.820 --> 00:13:00.700 And I think the two 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.279 main things are, 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:01.779 it could either be 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:02.860 the fish that he had 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:03.340 just caught, 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:04.480 or it could be 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:05.080 the disciples 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:06.600 who are sitting around him. 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.360 Once again, 00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:09.320 the choice of the other 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:10.139 disciples seems kind 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:11.000 of awkward at first, 00:13:11.180 --> 00:13:12.139 like playing favorites 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:12.600 or something. 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.200 But it probably fits 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:16.019 better with the story. 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:17.200 And so the fish, 00:13:17.420 --> 00:13:18.420 what the fish has 00:13:18.420 --> 00:13:18.960 going for it 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.500 is the explanation 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:20.480 for the pronoun 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:21.200 is that it's 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:21.700 the less awkward 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:22.159 of the two. 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:22.540 You know, 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:22.759 okay, 00:13:22.820 --> 00:13:23.220 do you love me 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:23.960 more than the fish here? 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:25.019 But there seems 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:26.519 to be no story 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:28.180 and context for that. 00:13:28.420 --> 00:13:28.460 Right? 00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:29.180 There's never any 00:13:29.180 --> 00:13:30.120 conflict between fishing 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:30.960 and following Jesus. 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:31.879 And in fact, 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:32.300 when the disciples 00:13:32.300 --> 00:13:33.040 are called from fishing, 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:33.740 they always leave 00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:34.639 to go to follow Jesus. 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:36.500 And Jesus just blessed 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:38.019 them with 153 fish. 00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:38.960 So it seems a little weird 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:39.460 to come back 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:40.240 and ask the question 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:40.759 that way. 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:42.519 So the more awkward 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.879 explanation of the disciples 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.299 seems to sit correctly. 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.799 And I think that this is 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:49.480 expressing not literally, 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.100 Peter, 00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:50.779 is there like some 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:52.500 quantifiable more amount 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:53.460 of love that you have 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.500 than the rest of the disciples? 00:13:55.079 --> 00:13:55.779 What he's saying is, 00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:56.659 Peter, you know, 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.620 is the passion 00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:58.539 that you've shown for me, 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.299 is that true? 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:00.980 Because Peter, 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:01.840 as we said before, 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.899 Peter's frequently 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.779 representing the rest 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:05.279 of the disciples 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:06.779 and even does 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.720 outlandish things 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:08.519 above and beyond them. 00:14:08.620 --> 00:14:09.519 A few others of them 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:11.019 is that when Jesus is 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:12.259 washing the disciples' feet, 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:12.800 you know, 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.259 Peter says, 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:13.840 okay, whoa, whoa, 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:14.740 don't wash my feet. 00:14:14.800 --> 00:14:15.680 This is crazy. 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:16.899 And Jesus says, 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:17.960 no, I have to wash your feet. 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.660 And then Peter's like, 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:19.180 okay, fine, 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.800 but can you wash 00:14:19.800 --> 00:14:20.600 my hands and head too? 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.560 And Jesus is like, 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:22.120 just calm down. 00:14:22.920 --> 00:14:23.820 It's gonna be fine. 00:14:24.660 --> 00:14:25.879 So Peter's like always 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:27.160 showing that exuberant passion. 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:28.759 And Peter says, 00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:29.779 I will lay down my life 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.779 for you during the Last Supper, 00:14:31.160 --> 00:14:32.940 which ends up not being true, 00:14:33.040 --> 00:14:33.660 but then ends up 00:14:33.660 --> 00:14:34.940 being true later also. 00:14:35.700 --> 00:14:36.720 And then Peter is the one 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.440 who also barrels 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.420 into the tomb head first. 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.120 We talked about this 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.880 in our community group 00:14:39.880 --> 00:14:40.580 a little bit last week. 00:14:40.700 --> 00:14:41.020 That's like, 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:42.220 you have no idea 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:42.680 what's in there. 00:14:42.780 --> 00:14:43.800 This dead body possibly 00:14:43.800 --> 00:14:44.520 could be really bad. 00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:45.220 And Peter just, 00:14:45.520 --> 00:14:45.700 boom, 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.860 like straight into the tomb, 00:14:47.040 --> 00:14:47.880 like right by where 00:14:47.880 --> 00:14:48.500 Jesus was laying 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.560 looking for what's going on. 00:14:50.160 --> 00:14:51.440 So I think the question here 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.020 is not that quantifiable 00:14:53.020 --> 00:14:53.660 love question, 00:14:53.800 --> 00:14:55.240 but is that passion 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:55.880 and exuberance 00:14:55.880 --> 00:14:56.400 that you've shown, 00:14:56.540 --> 00:14:57.220 is that there? 00:14:57.540 --> 00:14:58.380 Do you love me? 00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:01.080 And so Jesus and Peter 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:02.179 go back three times. 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:03.439 There's slight differences 00:15:03.439 --> 00:15:04.460 between all the questions 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:05.000 and answers, 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.519 but they're almost 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.299 all identical. 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:10.100 And Peter gets exasperated 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:11.159 by the third time 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:12.039 the question is asked. 00:15:12.299 --> 00:15:13.179 And that kind of makes sense. 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:13.379 You know, 00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:15.179 you can say what once 00:15:15.179 --> 00:15:15.919 if you didn't hear 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:16.600 what somebody said, 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:17.559 but like if you don't hear 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:18.220 them the second time, 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.740 like you don't get another chance. 00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:20.360 You just have to pretend 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:20.820 you understood 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.360 what they said. 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:23.680 So like there's, 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:25.019 it feels like there's always 00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:25.519 room for like that 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.360 clarifying question, 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:27.960 but the third time is like, 00:15:28.560 --> 00:15:30.180 Lord, you know everything. 00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:31.879 You know that I love you. 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:34.360 And I think that the reason 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:36.159 that Jesus asked him three times 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:38.259 is not just because symbolism 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:39.200 works well and you know, 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.039 you denied me three times, 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:41.340 so I have to ask you three times 00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:42.240 and that's how it's going to work. 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.840 I think that there's real 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:45.460 restoration at work here. 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.460 The answer to the question 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:50.159 or the answer to Peter's answer 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.779 is not, 00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:51.919 okay, you know, 00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:52.740 it's not, 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:53.779 do you love me? 00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:54.699 I love you. 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:55.879 I forgive you. 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.539 It's, 00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:57.339 do you love me? 00:15:57.439 --> 00:15:58.079 I love you. 00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.939 Feed my sheep, right? 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.079 Jesus is doing, 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.679 Jesus is doing more 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.339 than just saying, 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.439 don't worry about it. 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.439 He's really saying, 00:16:07.839 --> 00:16:09.959 I'm restoring Peter 00:16:09.959 --> 00:16:10.959 back to the commission 00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:11.659 I've given him 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:13.220 to the church fully 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:14.519 from that point of denial. 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:15.459 And so I really think 00:16:15.459 --> 00:16:16.939 that each statement of denial 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:19.199 is replaced with a call to serve. 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:22.339 I think that the correct illustration here 00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:23.199 is probably something 00:16:23.199 --> 00:16:24.720 about restoring like old paintings 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.299 and I looked at that a little bit 00:16:26.299 --> 00:16:27.839 when I was looking for like illustrations 00:16:27.839 --> 00:16:29.159 but I really don't understand enough 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.639 about paintings. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.600 So maybe some of you do, 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.799 it's like super meticulous 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.360 the work they do 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.959 to like restore a painting 00:16:33.959 --> 00:16:34.980 to look the way it used to 00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:35.740 but not too much 00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:36.819 and there's like these fights about, 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.120 oh no, 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:37.799 they made it too bright, 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:38.879 that looks too much better. 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.600 Like whatever, 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.159 I don't know. 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:42.480 Car restoration is another thing 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.799 where you have like a vintage car 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.379 that you restore 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.939 that's drivable 00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:46.259 so you can go and show it at shows. 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:48.580 The thing that I know about 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.200 is video games 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:50.840 so I'm gonna share that with you. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:53.580 And so about 30 years ago, 00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:55.100 you guys probably, 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.899 a lot of you remember this, 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.759 like the big TVs called CRTs, 00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:59.519 like when we didn't have HD TVs 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.019 that were skinny 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:00.819 and attached to the wall 00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:02.659 and you had to like lug them around 00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.960 like this to be able to set them down 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:05.359 and the screen was only that big anyways. 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.940 Older video game systems 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:09.400 were designed to run on those TVs 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:11.200 and so if you find a way 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.180 to finagle a 30 year old video game system 00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:14.420 onto an HD TV, 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.099 you're gonna find out 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:16.200 it doesn't look very good, 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:17.660 and it doesn't respond very well. 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.819 And so there's this thing 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.660 called emulation 00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:21.680 which is careful, 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:23.059 tedious redesign 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:25.880 of both the original systems processor 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:27.200 and the game itself 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.240 to be able to run it 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.680 on modern TVs. 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:31.440 And so one of the biggest gaming companies, 00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:31.940 Nintendo, 00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:34.240 made a small little emulator 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:35.120 basically like that 00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.980 and reproduced, 00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.340 you know, 00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:37.880 the exact game 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:39.019 as it was before. 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.440 And so it handles 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.240 absolutely beautifully 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:43.080 but it also acts 00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:44.080 exactly like the game did 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:45.240 and so it's restored 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.880 in that sense. 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:48.319 And so Jimmy can actually attest to this. 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:50.160 He was over at our house 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:50.620 one afternoon. 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.220 I think we were just 00:17:51.220 --> 00:17:52.160 like hanging out afterwards 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.519 and Jimmy, 00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:54.539 like I showed it to Jimmy 00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.799 who had grown up with this system 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.080 and he's like, 00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:56.819 this is amazing. 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:57.819 He's kept being like, 00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:59.080 okay, just one more level. 00:17:59.380 --> 00:17:59.960 Like if we're like, 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.819 he was like, 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:02.000 I'm just gonna try one level up front 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:03.059 and then like 10 minutes later 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.240 he's like, 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.400 okay, I gotta stop for sure now. 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:07.860 But it works exactly like it did. 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:09.140 It was restored fully. 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:11.519 And so when we think of restoration, 00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:14.660 we think of hard, tedious labor 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:16.720 to bring something back to where it was. 00:18:16.780 --> 00:18:18.380 This is not just a brushing under the rug. 00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:21.700 Jesus is really working on Peter here 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.740 to restore him. 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:26.360 And so once Jesus restores Peter 00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:28.040 from his past mistakes, 00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:30.080 he also gives him a future purpose 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:32.079 to glorify God in his death. 00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:34.639 And so verse 18, 00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:36.279 I mean verse 19 makes it clear 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.119 that that's what he's describing. 00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.939 This is to show how he would glorify God 00:18:38.939 --> 00:18:39.379 in his death. 00:18:40.199 --> 00:18:42.659 Verse 18 is likely referring to crucifixion 00:18:42.659 --> 00:18:44.019 when it says stretch out your hands 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:46.679 and being carried where you don't wanna go. 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:49.819 And this is kind of the early church. 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.419 That's the earliest records we have 00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:53.059 is that Peter was the first one martyred 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:54.460 and that he was crucified. 00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:56.460 It's also possible, 00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:58.240 I would say likely that Peter 00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.460 had probably already been martyred 00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:01.759 by the time John had actually finished this gospel. 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:03.920 So he's probably describing at this point 00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:05.680 both the prophecy and that it did happen. 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.799 And so what's interesting is that 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:11.319 this is a reversal of the previous experience, right? 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:14.039 John first lied to protect his own skin 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:15.579 when he was in slight danger. 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.880 But Jesus is saying, 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.480 next time that this happens, 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:20.140 you're going to risk your own life 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:22.079 and you're gonna give glory to God in doing it. 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:25.440 So there's a future restoration there as well. 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:28.900 One of the earliest instances of church martyrdom 00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:29.880 that we have recorded 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:31.759 is of a bishop named Polycarp. 00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:35.120 And he was put to trial before a proconsul 00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:36.100 and then executed. 00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:41.220 And the words that he uses are like, 00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:43.700 this is what I picture like Peter standing up 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:45.120 before he was martyred. 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:47.759 And so the proconsul was insistent 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.380 and said, 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:50.900 take the oath and I shall release you to Polycarp. 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:52.060 Curse Christ. 00:19:52.780 --> 00:19:53.700 And Polycarp said, 00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:55.740 86 years I have served him 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.900 and he never did me any wrong. 00:19:58.259 --> 00:20:00.779 How can I blaspheme my king who saved me? 00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.920 And so that's just a reversal. 00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.819 You know, Peter going from, 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.519 oh, I don't even know this man 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.460 to the example that Polycarp sets 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.539 and probably Peter said, 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.200 if we have the record, 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:12.460 of absolutely affirming his belief in Jesus, 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.680 even in the face of death. 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:17.620 So Jesus restores his past, 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.920 you know, sets his future 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:20.900 and then he gives him the open offer 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:22.140 to restoration in the present 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.460 with follow me, right? 00:20:23.580 --> 00:20:25.340 And I think that this is probably a literally like, 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.180 hey, come on, 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.120 let's walk down the beach together, 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.620 follow me. 00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.840 But John does a lot of this double meaning stuff 00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:30.420 where it's, you know, 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:32.480 okay, come and follow me. 00:20:34.100 --> 00:20:34.900 And so at this point, 00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.400 oh, sorry, 00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:38.840 follow me is kind of the way 00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:40.120 that Jesus calls the disciples 00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:42.160 back in John 1 originally too. 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.360 That's specifically the word he uses 00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.220 when he calls Philip. 00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:45.340 He says, you know, follow me. 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:47.259 So at this point, 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.939 Peter is fully back in the position 00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:50.879 he was before denying Jesus. 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.459 And like I said before, 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.019 restoration is not trivial. 00:20:54.179 --> 00:20:55.559 It requires extreme work. 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:57.319 And I think that work in this case 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:58.959 is the death and resurrection of Jesus, 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:01.220 that Jesus has died and come back to life. 00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:03.759 To bear Peter's sin in this instance, 00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:06.299 he can now call Peter back to restoration. 00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:09.000 And I mean, this is really like, 00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:11.179 this is one of the first actings 00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:12.859 out of the gospel that we see 00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:15.319 of direct forgiveness given to Peter. 00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:17.619 Um, every time personally 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:19.679 that I wonder about whether God is, 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.539 God forgives me 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.799 or is like disappointed in me. 00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:23.559 Um, this is the passage 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.559 that I come back to 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:26.359 because it's extremely clear to me 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:28.639 that Jesus is the one restoring here. 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:30.579 It's not about Peter coming back to Jesus. 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:33.079 It's about Jesus working to forgive him 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:35.019 even after he's denied Christ three times. 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:38.679 Um, and I hear two primary concerns 00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:40.179 from kind of two groups of people 00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:41.279 that might be wondering, 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.619 you know, is God disappointed in me? 00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.779 Does God really forgive me? 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.839 Does he really restore me? 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:46.679 Um, and I think the first group 00:21:46.679 --> 00:21:48.379 are, um, those who feel 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:49.079 that they've committed, 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:50.619 like, grievous faults. 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.319 Um, maybe they've hurt someone 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.679 in a very lasting way 00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:55.740 or done something that was really wrong. 00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.939 Um, and these people can, 00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.500 you know, hear, 00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.579 they might hear a Christian 00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:01.220 who professes, like, 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.159 or confesses to, like, 00:22:02.179 --> 00:22:03.839 small sins, like, um, 00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:05.139 whatever it might be, 00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.559 just, you know, 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.339 I struggle with pride 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.179 or, you know, I'm struggling with, 00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.119 I got mad at somebody. 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.359 And they think to themselves, 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.259 oh my gosh, 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.339 what I've done is so much worse 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.619 than this. 00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.899 Like, God's forgiveness 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.659 is not for me 00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:15.239 or, like, God can't be pleased in me. 00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.639 Um, and those people 00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.599 never realize that Jesus 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.439 can restore people 00:22:18.439 --> 00:22:19.979 from even the greatest of sins. 00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.899 Um, the second group of people 00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.779 are kind of the ones 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.579 that might be sharing about, 00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.719 you know, I got angry at my neighbor 00:22:24.719 --> 00:22:25.579 or something like that. 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.299 It's those who feel 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.299 they consistently struggle 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.439 with endlessly nagging 00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.159 small faults. 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.239 And you may hear testimonies from, 00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:32.639 they may hear testimonies 00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:34.000 from people in the previous group 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.759 of, you know, 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.539 God bringing someone 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.399 out of drug addiction 00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:37.479 or out of a strong belief 00:22:37.479 --> 00:22:38.239 against Christianity 00:22:38.239 --> 00:22:39.139 to believing in him. 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:40.259 And they might sit there 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.759 and think, okay, 00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:42.880 God moves large things like that, 00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:45.100 but he's never gonna come after me 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:46.220 in my small faults. 00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.720 Um, these people 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.440 may never realize 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.860 that Jesus is more persistent 00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.640 in his forgiveness 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:52.240 than we are in our wrongdoing. 00:22:53.020 --> 00:22:53.820 Um, and the fact 00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:55.259 that Jesus fully restores Peter 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.160 should be an encouragement 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:57.720 to all of us in that area. 00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.140 You know, Peter has fallen 00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.520 into both of these camps easily. 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.920 He's made a lot of boneheaded 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.600 small mistakes 00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.660 along the way consistently. 00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:05.840 And he's had the great mistake 00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.420 of denying, 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:08.120 literally denying Jesus. 00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.179 And keep in mind, 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:10.719 this isn't just some guy. 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.899 This is the man that goes on 00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:13.639 to lead the early church, right? 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.559 And when I'm talking 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.119 about restoration, 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:15.899 I'm not talking about, 00:23:15.979 --> 00:23:16.559 oh, you can now do 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.419 this little small thing. 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:19.000 No, Jesus fully restores him 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.719 back to the calling 00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:20.559 that he had for him. 00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:22.959 Um, so I think that 00:23:22.959 --> 00:23:24.539 Jesus' restoration is powerful. 00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:26.439 Um, I think that we often 00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.299 think about restoration 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.519 as something that only happens 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.500 in heaven when things 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.139 are made right. 00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:32.599 Um, and I think that God 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.559 is working that in each 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.699 and every one of us now. 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.679 And I would not run it past him 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:38.460 to, to, to work, 00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:40.180 continue working in your life. 00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:41.700 Ask him for these things 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:43.600 because he continues to restore. 00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:46.980 Um, so I imagine this is all 00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.220 kind of just swirling 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.980 through Peter's head, 00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:50.259 um, including the statement, 00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.400 wait, didn't Jesus say 00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.840 I was going to die 00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.799 a brutal death before? 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.740 Um, you know, 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.519 I can just kind of picture 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.320 that coming back to him 00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:55.820 while they're walking 00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:56.340 down the beach. 00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.340 And Peter's like, 00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.180 okay, but you know, 00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:59.580 what about the guy behind me? 00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.660 Like, is he going to have 00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.340 to go through the same stuff 00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.620 I am? 00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.200 This sounds like, 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.000 you know, pretty rough 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.619 come to the end. 00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:06.400 Um, and Jesus' answer 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.140 to Peter is pretty much, 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.140 yeah, don't worry about it. 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.500 Right? 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.440 He just is like, 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.920 you know, if he, 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.660 if it's my will 00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.920 that he remain until I come, 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.660 what's that to you? 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.960 You follow me. 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.779 Um, and it appears 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.839 that John's purpose 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.740 for including this 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:20.359 is initially the rumors, 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.339 that rumors were spreading 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.759 that Jesus like would come back 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.579 before Peter died. 00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.779 Someone took this out of context 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.579 and spread it around. 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:28.640 Um, and in contrast to Peter, 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.500 John was likely 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.920 the last apostle to be alive 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.539 as he was writing, 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.500 he was exiled 00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.759 and writing Revelation, 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.259 uh, one of the latest books 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.019 in the New Testament. 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.980 Um, so it's possible 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.539 that people are sitting there 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.300 saying, oh my goodness, 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.100 John's still alive. 00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.200 You know, you know, 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.160 in five, 10 years or so, 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.140 Jesus is going to come back 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.720 because he's pretty old 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.460 at this point, right? 00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:47.100 We've seen in the past 00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.120 that every prediction 00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.340 of Jesus is coming back 00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.180 that's before today 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.920 has all been wrong. 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.960 And it also gets people 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.140 really caught up in the, 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.039 oh, when's it going to happen? 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.420 Um, and so I could definitely 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:58.019 see John giving this statement 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.720 here to say like, 00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.779 okay, calm down. 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:01.099 This is not what Jesus said. 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.339 You've misinterpreted this. 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.599 This is what he actually said. 00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.500 He was just using me 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.660 as a possible example 00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:07.240 of, um, Peter 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.619 to contrast Peter 00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.519 not worrying about it 00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.819 and just to follow after Jesus. 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:13.160 Um, and I think 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.279 what's significant to us 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.160 is how different 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.960 Peter and John's calling was, 00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.319 right? 00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.200 Even though that they both 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:20.019 have this main goal 00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.519 to witness and glorify God. 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.200 Uh, John ends up being 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.599 the second most prolific author 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.180 of the New Testament 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.379 after Paul, right? 00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.180 He provides some of the 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.200 most intimate testimony 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.960 of Jesus and the testimony 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.500 of his second coming again. 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.440 While Peter seems to be 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.180 the de facto leader 00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.759 of the disciples, 00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.340 as we mentioned, 00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.400 but definitely goes on 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.240 to lead the church 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.720 and is at the front lines 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:40.480 of God's Spirit's work 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.080 in the church, 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.000 particularly when they come 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.799 to the Gentiles 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.680 and that wall finally falls. 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.600 The, it doesn't become 00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.580 the Jews or God's 00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.420 chosen people anymore, 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.640 but there are chosen people 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.580 from every tribe, 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.380 race, and nation. 00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:52.240 And Peter's there for that, 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.400 right? 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.299 He's the one right there 00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.200 experiencing it. 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:56.759 Um, as I mentioned before, 00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.340 John, you know, 00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.819 is called to live a long time. 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.000 Peter is called 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.779 to an early death. 00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.440 Um, and something interesting 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.319 is that they both have 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.759 very different personalities. 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.680 Um, it seems like, 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.759 we don't know this for sure, 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.500 but it seems like Peter 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.799 and John were good friends 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.680 from the writing here 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.539 and the way that they, 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.039 that John describes Peter. 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:15.460 Um, we know the two of them 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.200 are working together, 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.120 but they are just 00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:18.720 entirely different people. 00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.819 Uh, John's usually 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.720 the first one to pick up 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.080 on something 00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.900 and kind of think about it, 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.460 and Peter's usually 00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.680 the first one to do something. 00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:26.460 Um, but God is using 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.100 both of them 00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.019 for the same purpose. 00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.180 Uh, and I think that 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.100 there's both an encouragement 00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.460 and a challenge to us there. 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.799 Uh, the encouragement 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.079 is that Jesus's call 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.980 on each of our lives 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.240 can look very different 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.100 from person to person. 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.240 So if you're looking 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.579 at somebody else next to you 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.259 in church 00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.340 or someone else that you know, 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.880 um, don't measure 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.279 your spiritual success 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.299 off of whether you've 00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.079 taken that same, 00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:49.019 the exact same path 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:50.200 as somebody else, right? 00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.000 It might look like 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.660 somebody's living 00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.960 a better life than you are 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.680 or has gotten something 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.600 better than you have, 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.060 but Jesus's answer 00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:56.580 to that is, 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:58.400 no, just follow me, right? 00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:01.519 Um, and both of, uh, 00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.360 I think, you know, 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.540 with this church, 00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.240 you know, some of us, 00:27:04.300 --> 00:27:05.000 we might be called 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.640 to extremes here. 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.580 Some of us may be called 00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.320 to preach Christ 00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:08.360 in countries that are 00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.200 violently opposed 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.800 to Christianity. 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.340 Um, and some of us 00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:11.960 may be called 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.080 to live long lives 00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:14.340 and care for families 00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.320 and injustices 00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:16.279 in our own communities, 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.640 but both of these things 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.660 bring glory to God, 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.500 and God is pleased 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.599 with both of those callings. 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.460 Um, I think that the challenge 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.220 is that, you know, 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.920 in church, 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.119 where this isn't necessarily 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.160 like a friend group 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.859 that you get together 00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.299 and pick, 00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.400 this is, each of us 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.900 have been called 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.900 by God to himself, 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.920 and so there's gonna be 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.940 different personalities here. 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.440 There's gonna be 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.180 Peters and John 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.420 sitting in this room, 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.920 and there's gonna be 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.680 all kinds of different 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.380 personalities too, 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.500 and you're not gonna get 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.160 along with everybody 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.480 right away. 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.319 I'm gonna be honest with you, 00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.539 like, it doesn't work 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.839 that way. 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.319 You know that. 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.900 There are some people 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.779 you click with right away 00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.200 when you meet. 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.720 There are some people 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.000 you're like, 00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:46.099 I just, I don't get that person. 00:27:46.219 --> 00:27:46.959 Like, how do they 00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:48.039 even process life? 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.839 Like, it's just totally 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.539 out of left field. 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.719 Um, and Jesus provides 00:27:51.719 --> 00:27:53.000 the framework for this too, 00:27:53.219 --> 00:27:53.439 right? 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.139 Yeah, my calling 00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:56.419 is on that person's life. 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.500 You follow me, right? 00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.959 Um, and I think that 00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:02.219 this ends up being a blessing, 00:28:02.219 --> 00:28:04.579 and, um, I see people 00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:06.059 who, there are 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.699 different recommendations. 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.639 Should you, like, 00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.459 try to be mentored 00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:09.839 by someone who's similar to you? 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:11.039 Should you try to be mentored 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.059 by someone who's different than you, 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.799 whether it's in work 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.939 or in church or in life 00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:14.779 or whatever it might be? 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:16.399 Um, and personally, 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.799 like, all of my best mentors 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.379 have been people 00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:19.299 that have processed things 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.119 entirely differently 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.759 than I have. 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:23.319 Um, Sean processes things 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.440 entirely differently than I do, 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.480 and I've really enjoyed 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.240 sitting under him 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.039 because of that. 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.440 And I can, all the people 00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.359 that I've benefited from 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:31.139 most in, like, work or life 00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.920 that I think back to 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.839 are people that are like, 00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.119 they're, you know, 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.460 I'm processing life this way 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.480 and they're processing life 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.180 this way, 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.559 and it's just such a benefit 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:40.059 to see all of those 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.799 different perspectives 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.940 and the different ways 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.680 that people work. 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.299 Um, and so I think 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.720 that that's, 00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.460 in God bringing together 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.339 all the different people 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.799 in the church, 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.839 that's part of his design. 00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:51.339 Um, and a lot of personalities 00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.680 are meshing together, 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:54.500 um, for the glory of God 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.000 ultimately. 00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:57.659 Um, so in the, 00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.879 the conclusion of this chapter, 00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.579 come to verses 24 and 25, 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.859 uh, it, 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.460 John kind of includes this 00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.879 as affirming his identity 00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.559 as the writer. 00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.279 You know, in John, 00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.599 in verse 24, 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.379 he says, 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.200 this is the disciple, 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.419 this is the disciple 00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:11.079 who's bearing witness 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.679 about these things, 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.759 the disciple who, 00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.460 you know, 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.240 uh, Peter and Jesus 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.079 pointed back to. 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:18.460 Um, and so he's kind of, 00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.419 he's kind of signing the letter, 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.319 he's kind of signing the letter 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.299 at this point. 00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:23.039 Um, and he's bearing witness 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.139 about these things, 00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:25.079 which are the things 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.119 that Jesus has done. 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.199 And these things 00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:27.579 that he's done 00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.220 in this chapter, 00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.579 you know, 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.379 he's referencing that. 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.220 And a lot of the things 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.859 he's done in this chapter 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.779 are things he's done before 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.339 where he, you know, 00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.179 loves generously, 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.439 restores fully, 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.480 calls uniquely. 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.139 These are themes 00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:37.299 we've seen run through John. 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.159 But, you know, 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.200 Jesus has done miracles. 00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.319 He's spoken truths. 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.539 He's both called people 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.000 to himself 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.799 and scared them away 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.220 from himself 00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.799 by the things 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.440 that he said. 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:47.500 Um, and, you know, 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.279 John is, 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.839 John's ultimate purpose here 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.619 is that he's clearly 00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.440 claiming to provide 00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.399 an eyewitness account 00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.079 to the greatness 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.159 of who Jesus is. 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:56.039 Um, so if you're here 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.339 and you're not a Christian 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.259 or you're not sure 00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.079 what you believe 00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.720 or you're kind of, 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.759 you're, you know, 00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.859 you're not, 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.500 you're not quite sure 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.019 where you're at. 00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:05.919 Um, a lot of these bold claims 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.340 that John makes about Jesus 00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.220 I would just encourage you 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.019 to pay attention to 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.320 because he's making 00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:11.180 real truth claims here. 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.820 He's not just saying 00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.640 this is a cool idea 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.560 that I had about this guy 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:14.279 I met one time. 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.360 He's literally saying, 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.240 no, this is like 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.700 an eyewitness account. 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.660 This is the equivalent 00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.620 of a news story 00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.580 or a video reel 00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.440 because they didn't have 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.180 those things back then. 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.900 This is literally 00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:24.000 as accurate as you can get 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.620 at this point. 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.660 And so he's saying, 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:25.840 you know, 00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.680 Jesus is real 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.920 and he's done these things. 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.700 Um, but I hope more so 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.519 for all of us, 00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:32.279 um, that we see the beauty 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.779 of the things 00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.700 that Jesus did too. 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.779 Um, particularly in this passage. 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:38.019 We experience very little 00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.940 of the kind of love 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.440 and forgiveness 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.820 that Jesus demonstrates 00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.539 in this passage. 00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.240 But you know, 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.580 if you've ever had someone 00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:45.000 that has worked with you 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.980 to restore you 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.200 after you've been beaten down 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.039 by something in life, 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.019 or if you've ever had 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.100 a moment, big or small, 00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:51.380 where someone has come 00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.300 alongside you 00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:54.039 and loved you unconditionally 00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:55.340 in a way that's not beneficial 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.180 at all to themselves, 00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.259 then you've, 00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.360 you've seen 00:30:58.360 --> 00:31:00.039 that these are beautiful moments. 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.880 Like you can remember 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.640 those experiences 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.680 and you appreciate them. 00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.680 And those are all 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.320 little pieces 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.659 of what Jesus' love 00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.259 looks like 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.059 from this passage. 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.200 And the encouragement 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.879 to us is that 00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.559 those are the things 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.559 that Jesus still does 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.399 for his people today. 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.519 So, let me pray for us. 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.159 Lord, I thank you 00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:22.319 for your love for us. 00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.480 Lord, I thank you 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.659 that you still 00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:26.099 generously provide for us. 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.200 You still restore us. 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.980 You still work in us. 00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.539 That you call 00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.740 each one of us here 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.599 uniquely, Lord, 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:32.299 to different walks of life, 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.779 but to walk together in you. 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.279 Lord, I pray that 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:38.619 the words of John 00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:40.039 would just ring in our minds 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.460 and our hearts 00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.379 for years to come 00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:42.879 just after going through 00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.899 John together as a church. 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.379 Lord, I pray that there 00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.240 would just be some truths 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.919 implanted in us, 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.579 maybe that we don't even 00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.500 realize at this point, 00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:52.039 that we would carry with us 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.960 for the rest of our lives. 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.440 In Jesus' name, amen.