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 Thanks so much, Graham. Let me add my welcome to Graham's. My name's Archie, if that's not

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 obvious to you already. I'm the pastor in training here. And it's really my job this

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 morning to just open the Bible for us. Graham said, get that Bible open in front of you. And

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 if you don't already, I'd love you to do that. In the Pew Bibles, it's on page 1090. And it'd

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 be really helpful for you to have that open in front of you. It's the Olympics this year.

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 I love the Olympics. I know some of you, when I say that, just switch off immediately because

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 you hate sports. But bear with me. The Olympics are in Paris this summer. A hundred years

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 ago in 1924, the Olympics were also in Paris. And it was there that Eric Liddell famously

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 refused to run on a Sunday in his preferred 100-meter distance. Liddell was a Scotsman.

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 He played international rugby, but his real athletic gift was running. He was known as

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 the fastest man in Scotland. But like I say, when he went to the Paris Olympics, the heats

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 for the 100-meter race was on a Sunday. And so he ran and unbelievably ended up winning

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 the 400 meters instead, which he'd never run before. We'll return to Liddell's story later.

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 But I wanted to start here because in that film, Chariots of Fire, the film that immortalized

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 the kind of events around the 1924 Olympics, one of Liddell's competitors, Harold Abrahams,

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 said this,

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 And now, in one hour's time, I will be out there again. I will raise my eyes and look down

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 that corridor four feet wide with ten lonely seconds to justify my existence.

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 Ten lonely seconds to justify my existence.

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 Strikes me that in so many ways, life feels a bit like that for me.

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 Like I'm just constantly striving to prove myself.

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 And maybe you're a bit like that, trying to justify our existence.

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 And maybe it's a bit like that at work. Your value at work is really defined by your output,

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 isn't it? With our parents always striving to make them proud, with our friends and our partners,

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 in so many ways, just constantly seeking to please people. And it's exhausting, isn't it?

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 That performance mentality. So much of our culture is set up in ways that really reinforce

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 that performance mentality. I remember joining a new school. I think I was about nine years old,

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 so it was probably primary six. And my first day at school, instead of being in a classroom

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 with all the other primary sixes, I was taken off into a room on my own. I was made to do all these

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 tests, like a spelling test, a basic numeracy test. Why were they doing that? They were measuring my

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 performance. They wanted to see where I'd fit in at this school. We live in a very performance-driven

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 culture. So much of our value is based on it. So much of how we view ourselves and how we view each

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 other. It's not always a bad thing. Of course, it's not. When I go to the doctor, I do need to know that

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 they've been tested and proved that they know what they're doing. But, and this is really where we're

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 going this morning, that performance-based mentality that's baked into everything in our culture,

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 when we apply it existentially, when we echo with Abraham's that we're trying to justify our existence

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 by our performance in any way, that is only ever going to be exhausting. And actually, even more

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 specifically than that, when we apply that performance metric to our faith, not only exhausting,

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 but crippling, really. Because most of us in this room know the simple truth, don't we? It's at the

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 heart of the Christian faith. It's not about what we've done. It's not about what we've failed to do.

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 The Christian faith is all about Jesus and what he's done in our place.

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 It's not about our performance, but his. I hope we know that this morning.

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 And yet, if you're anything like me, I really struggle to live as though that were true.

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 Maybe especially in moments where I know how spiritually bankrupt I am.

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 As I take stock of my life and look at patterns of thinking and behavior, when I apply that performance

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 metric to my life as a Christian, it's crippling.

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 Because I know that I just will never measure up. I don't know. Maybe that's true of your life too.

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 Well, as Graham said, and what he's just read for us, that passage of Scripture contains the wonderful promise

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 that however much we've drifted, whatever we've done,

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 however far we've strayed from following Jesus, no matter how poor our performance here,

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 Jesus is in the business of restoring people,

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 of calling them home,

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 and recommissioning them to live a life

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 lived for him.

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 So that's what we're aiming at this morning.

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 Why don't I pray for God's help one more time before we get stuck in.

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 Heavenly Father, I pray that as we open your word this morning,

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 you would indeed speak to us,

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 that you would challenge us where we need to be challenged,

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 that you would offer us comfort where we need comfort.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 And as we've been on this journey through John's gospel together,

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 we've consistently returned to chapter 20, verses 30 and 31.

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 This is really a kind of a purpose statement,

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 and the conclusion of the main part of John's book says this,

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 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples,

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 which are not recorded in this book.

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 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,

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 and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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 Ian helped us see last week, really tracing some of the key themes through John,

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 and Ian helped us see how so much of this book drives towards that purpose,

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 towards belief that leads to life and life eternal.

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 And so that would have been a very natural end to the book, I think.

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 But then we get this epilogue in chapter one.

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 So why did John keep writing?

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 Well, I think Ian said something similar to this last week.

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 I think John wants us to finish on this note of restoration.

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 Really, he wants to guard against that performance mindset in faith.

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 And we see that with this big character, Peter.

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 Peter is one of the main characters, really, in the book of John.

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 He's one of Jesus' closest disciples.

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 And if you remember back a couple of months, I guess it was a few chapters ago,

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 the last time we really encountered Peter, he denied Jesus.

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 Three times he said, no, I am not one of his disciples.

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 And here, despite Peter's catastrophic performance,

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 despite his really failing as a disciple of Jesus,

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 we'll see that Jesus does everything to restore Peter,

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 to restore his relationship with Jesus,

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 and to restore his commission from Jesus.

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 John wants us to know this morning,

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 he wants us to know this morning,

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 that even if we have denied him like that,

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 if we've denied him explicitly in what we've said,

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 what me, a Christian,

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 or if we simply deny him in the way that we live,

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 he is, Jesus is in the restoration business.

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 And so as we walk through this chapter of God's word together,

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 three invitations that we're going to see from Jesus

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 on that path to restoration.

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 He says, come to me,

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 in verses 1 to 14.

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 He says, love me,

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 in verses 15 to 17.

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 And then he says, follow me,

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 in verses 18 to 25.

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 Come to me,

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 love me,

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 follow me.

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 So let's start with that first invitation,

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 come to me.

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 The action takes place back up in Galilee,

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 that's the disciples' hometown.

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 You've probably realized by now that

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 I'm not very good at finding historically

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 or geographically accurate pictures for my slides.

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 That is not Galilee,

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 but it is at least,

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 I guess,

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 a beach and a fire

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 by the beach.

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 But we find the disciples anyway in verse 3.

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 Have a look at verse 3.

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 And Peter says that he's going out to fish

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 and the other disciples,

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 they join him.

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 On the surface,

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 that's a pretty normal thing to do, right?

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 They're fishermen.

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 This is what their whole lives

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 had revolved around.

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 But of course,

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 for this particular group of men,

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 that is actually a very strange thing

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 to be doing.

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 Maybe especially for Peter.

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 Back in chapter 13,

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 if you remember,

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 Peter boldly claimed

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 that he would lay down his life for Jesus.

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 Peter said that he was prepared

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 to follow Jesus even to death.

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 And what we've seen

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 in the final chapters of John's Gospel,

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 Jesus,

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 he's been arrested

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 and he's been beaten.

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 And Peter was standing there

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 in the courtyard

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 as that was happening.

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 He was warming himself

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 around a charcoal fire.

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 Just log that charcoal fire

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 for later.

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 And three times

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 around the charcoal fire,

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 he's asked if he's a follower of Jesus.

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 Three times he answers,

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 I'm not.

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 Peter fails Jesus

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 at the final hurdle.

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 Then of course,

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 Jesus rises from the dead.

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 He appears to his disciples.

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 Peter was there

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 when Jesus did that

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 and he gives them

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 this incredible commission.

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 We saw it last week

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 to go and preach

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 He promised them

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 the Holy Spirit

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 that they wouldn't do that

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 in their own power.

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 I mean, just imagine,

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 just imagine for a second

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 having met the risen Jesus

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 and having been given

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 that commission

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 directly from him

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 and then deciding

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 to go back to the day job.

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 They've gone fishing

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 with Peter.

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 It's a strange decision.

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 And then have a look

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 at verse four with me.

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 Early in the morning,

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 Jesus stood on the shore,

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 but the disciples

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 did not realize

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 that it was Jesus.

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 It's strange, isn't it,

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 that they don't recognize him?

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 Why don't they recognize him?

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 I guess we're about to see

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 in a few verses time.

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 The boat's about 100 meters

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 from the shore.

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 That's quite a long way.

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 It's the morning.

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 We might imagine

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 it's a bit misty.

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 But this isn't the only place

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 that Jesus' followers

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 don't recognize him

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 post-resurrection.

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 And I think it has to be

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 at least in part

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 because he's risen

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 in a perfect

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 and glorious

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 resurrection body.

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 In some ways,

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 like himself before

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 and in some ways,

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 unrecognizable.

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 And let me just say

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 that there is a wonderful promise

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 in that for us.

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 I don't know what sort

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 of relationship

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 you have with your body.

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 For me,

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 as I try and keep

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 the rugby dream alive,

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 I was playing rugby sevens

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 yesterday,

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 and as we warmed up,

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 some 20-year-old

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 in his prime

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 just sort of effortlessly

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 glided past me.

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 There was no way

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 I was catching him.

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 And I'm just constantly

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 reminded that my body

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 is basically slowly dying.

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 And it's a wonderful promise

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 to know that if we trust Jesus,

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 we too will walk

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 that path through death

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 to life eternal.

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 And that life eternal

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 contains for us

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 a perfect and glorious

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 and in some ways

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 unrecognizable

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 resurrection body.

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 No more aches

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 or pains

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 or dodgy hamstrings.

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 Then in verse 5,

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 have a look at verse 5,

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 Jesus calls to them,

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 haven't you any fish?

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 A full night of fishing

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 and not a single catch.

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 And so he says to them,

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 verse 6,

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 throw your net

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 on the right side of the boat

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 and you will find some.

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 And so they do.

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 In fact,

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 they catch so many fish

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 that they can't even

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 bring the net into the boat.

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 It's utterly miraculous.

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 And that might just remind you

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 of a very similar story

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 earlier in Jesus' ministry

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 recorded for us

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 in Luke's Gospel.

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 It's right at the start

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 of Jesus' ministry.

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 In fact,

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 it's the very first time

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 that Simon Peter

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 encounters Jesus.

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 Again,

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 these fishermen

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 catch nothing on their own.

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 Might make you wonder

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 slightly how good they were

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 actually at fishing.

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 But there,

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 Jesus also instructs them

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 and they again

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 catch a miraculous haul.

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 And here's the key for us.

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 Listen to what Jesus

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 says to them there.

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 In Luke's Gospel,

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 Jesus says this,

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 from now on,

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 you will be fishers of men.

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 In other words,

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 just as we saw

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 Jesus' commission

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 from them in John

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 last week

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 to go and preach

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 the good news

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 of the forgiveness

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 of sins,

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 when he first meets them,

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 he says,

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 you don't need to fish

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 for fish anymore.

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 You have a new job

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 to fish for men,

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 to bring men

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 into the kingdom.

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 There's no doubt

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 in my mind

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 that Jesus appears

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 to them again here

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 and performs

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 the same sort of miracle

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 so that they would

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 remember that commission.

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 More than that,

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 actually,

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 John,

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 he writes after Luke,

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 this is the last gospel

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 to be written

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 and I think he expects

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 his readers to know

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 that story

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 so that we too

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 would see Jesus'

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 reminder here

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 that they didn't need

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 to go back

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 to their fishing.

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 They'd been given

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 a new and much better

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 commission from him.

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 And the disciple

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 whom Jesus loves,

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 we'll see that's just John,

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 he realizes,

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 see in verse 7,

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 he says,

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 it is the Lord.

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 Maybe he had his

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 suspicions already,

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 maybe that's why

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 they listened to his

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 fishing advice,

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 but now they know

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 it is Jesus.

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 And Peter,

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 he just jumps

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 straight into the water.

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 He's so desperate

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 to be with his friend

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 Jesus again.

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 The others in verse 8,

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 they follow along

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 in the boat,

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 towing the net full of fish.

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 But then in verse 9,

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 we get another reminder

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 for Peter

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 and another reminder

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 for us.

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 Jesus has prepared

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 a charcoal fire

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 and I am sure

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 that we're supposed

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 to have in mind

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 the charcoal fire

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 around which Peter

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 warmed himself

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 as he denied Jesus

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 in the courtyard.

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 Do you see how John

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 writes this narrative

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 to emphasize the fact

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 that Peter had abandoned

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 Jesus,

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 that he'd failed him?

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 And despite the way

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 that John writes,

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 Jesus doesn't rebuke

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 Peter here,

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 does he?

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 He doesn't rebuke

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 any of them.

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 He simply invites them

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 to add some of their fish

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 in verse 10

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 to the barbecue.

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 We're reminded in verse 11

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 that they'd caught

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 a huge amount of fish.

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 It's even numbered

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 for us at 153.

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 Just to say,

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 I don't think we gain

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 anything from reading

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 into numbers like that.

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 Some have tried.

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 I've read some seriously

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 bizarre ideas

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 about why it's 153.

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 But the Bible isn't

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 meant to be read

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 like that.

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 It's not a secret

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 or a puzzle

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 to be unlocked.

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 The plainest meaning

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 is almost always right

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 with the Bible.

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 And I think here

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 John tells us

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 it's 153

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 simply because

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 that's a lot of fish.

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 You know,

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 when I was a boy

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 we used to go

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 mackerel fishing

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 in our little boat

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 up off the west coast.

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 And I remember

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 one summer

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 I must have been

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 10 or 11 years old

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 and we went out

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 in the early evening

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 we were pottering around

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 in this little boat

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 mackerel lines out

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 when suddenly

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 we hit a school

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 of fish, right?

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 And the lines

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 that we were fishing

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 on these mackerel lines

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 they had five or six

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 hooks each

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 and I think we had

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 three or four lines out.

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 And I promise you

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 when we hit this

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 school of fish

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 we'd literally

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 pull a line up

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 it would have

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 five or six fish on it

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 we'd take the fish off

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 put it back in the water

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 pull it back up

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 less than 10 seconds later

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 and it would be

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 full of fish again.

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 We caught 56 fish

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 that day

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 and that was

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 I guess nearly 20 years ago

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 and I still remember

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 that number

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 because I would proudly

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 tell anyone

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 for weeks afterwards

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 how many fish

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 we had caught.

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 It seems likely to me

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 that these disciples

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 simply counted the fish

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 because it was

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 a huge number of fish.

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 John wants to say

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 that these men

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 as they encounter

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 Jesus again

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 he transforms

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 their fortunes again

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 and then he stands

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 on the shore

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 with this wonderful

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 invitation in verse 12.

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 Do you see what he says?

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 He says

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 come and have breakfast.

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 He says

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 come to me

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 come and enjoy

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 my presence.

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 He doesn't say

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 why did you deny me?

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 He doesn't say

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 why did you abandon me?

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 He doesn't say

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 what are you doing?

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 Why have you returned

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 to your life of fishing?

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 The whole thing

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 is clearly set up

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 so that they would be

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 reminded that those

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 things are true.

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 The fishing miracle

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 the charcoal fire

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 but in the midst

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 of all of that

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 even as they're reminded

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 of how they've failed him

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 and how they've drifted

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 Jesus simply says

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 come.

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 Would you come to me?

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 And he says

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 the same thing

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 to you

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 and to me

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 this morning.

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 Jesus isn't like

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 our boss at work

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 making sure

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 that we hit

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 all our KPI.

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 He's not like

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 our parents

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 making sure

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 that we've done

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 enough revision

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 for the upcoming exams.

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 He's not even like

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 the voice

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 in your own head

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 constantly evaluating

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 your own performance.

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 Jesus knows

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 that we don't

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 measure up.

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 He knows

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 that we've not

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 always shown up

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 that we've denied him

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 and abandoned him

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 that we've launched

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 our boats

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 onto the lake

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 and that we're drifting.

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 but he also

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 knows that we

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 haven't found

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 what we were

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 looking for there

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 and he stands

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 on the shore

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 and he invites

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 us to come.

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 He says

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 would you come

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 and have breakfast?

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 Would you come

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 and enjoy

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 my presence?

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 Jesus says

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 come

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 come to me

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 but he doesn't

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 just leave it there.

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 He doesn't

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 simply say

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 come to me

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 he also says

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 do you love me?

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 Here's our second

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 invitation

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 love me.

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 You see that question

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 in verse 15

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 Simon son of John

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 do you love me

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 more than these?

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 Two things to notice

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:41.860
 in that short question.

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 First Jesus uses

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 the name Simon

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 when we first met

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 Simon back in chapter 1

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 Jesus sort of

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 renamed him

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 gave him the name

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 Cephas or Peter

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 it's a name that

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 means rock.

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 Throughout this book

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 then he's known

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 as Peter

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 or Simon Peter

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 here though

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 Jesus just calls

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 him Simon

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 as if to say

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 you've hardly

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 been a rock

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 have you?

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 Where's your

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 steadfastness?

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 Where's your promise

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 to stand by me?

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 Do you really

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 love me?

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 Second Jesus

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 challenges him

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 by saying

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 do you love me

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 more than these?

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 And he could be

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 referring to the fish

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 he might be saying

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 do you love me

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 more than your fishing

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 because you did

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 deny me

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 and then return

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 to your life

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 on the lake

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 it doesn't look

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 like you love me

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 more than your

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 love for that

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 big catch of fish

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 he might be

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 referring to that

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 he could be

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 referring to the

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 other disciples

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 in other words

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 he'd be saying

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 do you love me

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 more than the

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 others love me?

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 Remember Peter

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 you're boasting

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 that you said

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 even if the

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 others leave me

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 you never will

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 either way

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 we need to see

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 that Jesus'

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 question comes

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 with a sort of

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 do you really

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 love me?

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 It doesn't much

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 look like it

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 does it?

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 And Peter

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 answers

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 you know

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 that I love

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 you

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 I think he's

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 done making

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 big claims

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 he just simply

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 says you know

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 you know

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 that I love

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 you Jesus

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 Jesus'

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 response

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 feed my

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 lambs

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 this is how

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 you'll show

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 that you love

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 me

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 then from

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 verse 16

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 read with me

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 from verse 16

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 again Jesus

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 said Simon

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 son of John

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 do you love

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 me?

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 He answered

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 yes Lord

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 you know

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 that I love

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 you

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 Jesus said

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 take care

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 of my

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 sheep

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 and again

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 verse 17

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 a third

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 time

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 Simon

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 son of

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 John

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 do you

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 love

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 me?

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 Peter

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 was hurt

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 because Jesus

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 asked him

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 the third

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 time do you

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 love me?

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 He said

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 Lord you

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 know all

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 things

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 you know

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 that I

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 love you

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 Jesus said

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 feed my

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 sheep

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 do you

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 see the

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 wonderful

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 grace that

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 Jesus shows

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 Peter here

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 because three

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 times Peter

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 denied Jesus

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 as he stood

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 around the

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 charcoal fire

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 he's a

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 three times

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 spiritual

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 failure

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 and yet

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 three times

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 Peter has

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 the opportunity

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 to affirm

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 his love

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 for Jesus

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 around this

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 charcoal fire

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 on the beach

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 as Jesus

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 forgives him

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 again how

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 important for

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.139
 us here

00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:06.599
 and hear me

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.519
 again loud

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.980
 and clear

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.799
 if you feel

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 yourself to be

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 a spiritual

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 failure this

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 morning

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 as you assess

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 your own

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 performance

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 if you've

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 denied him

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 and drifted

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 away

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 and this is

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 all of us

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 in some ways

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 isn't it

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 if you're not

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 a Christian

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 then you've

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 turned your

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 back on the

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 God who

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 created you

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 but if you

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 are a Christian

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.320
 this morning

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 you continue

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.720
 to know your

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 sin don't

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 you

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 and so he

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 says to each

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 one of us

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 this morning

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 and I need

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 to hear this

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 you need to

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 hear this

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 he says

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 come to me

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 he says

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 will you

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.559
 love me

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 I died

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.759
 for your

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 sins

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.740
 I rose

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 again to

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 rule

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 my performance

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 not your

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 performance

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 and I'm

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 willing to

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 forgive

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 so come

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 to me

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 would you

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 let your

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.120
 failure be

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 absorbed by

00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.140
 the grace

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.540
 of Jesus

00:20:53.540 --> 00:20:54.240
 this morning

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 but then

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.300
 more than

00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:57.740
 that do you

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.120
 see how

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:59.380
 Jesus restores

00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.240
 Peter as he

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.680
 recommissions him

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.520
 in his love

00:21:02.520 --> 00:21:03.620
 that's what he's

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.100
 doing when he

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:04.900
 says take care

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.500
 of my sheep

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.460
 feed my sheep

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.700
 he's giving him

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.820
 the job just as

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 he has done in

00:21:09.520 --> 00:21:10.060
 the previous

00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:10.820
 chapters of

00:21:10.820 --> 00:21:11.500
 preaching the

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 good news

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.099
 of the

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.419
 forgiveness

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.019
 of sins

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.679
 of caring

00:21:14.679 --> 00:21:15.159
 for and

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:15.939
 feeding the

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 church

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.720
 in that way

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:19.599
 and again

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.939
 there's an

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.799
 important takeaway

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.579
 here for us

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.119
 as he asks

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.599
 that question

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.279
 do you love

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.740
 me because

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.559
 if you're a

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.159
 Christian this

00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:25.559
 morning

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.119
 as we come

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.639
 to Jesus

00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.139
 and as we

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:29.240
 declare our

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.339
 love for him

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.039
 even as he

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.720
 forgives us

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.579
 and he restores

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.259
 us he has

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.220
 given us a

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.899
 job to do

00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:36.399
 and it's not

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.500
 about us

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.439
 but it's about

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:39.119
 each other

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:41.179
 all of us

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.700
 have been

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.900
 wired in our

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.320
 own way

00:21:43.320 --> 00:21:43.840
 by the God

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.480
 who created

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.400
 us uniquely

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.279
 gifted to

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.200
 serve him

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.680
 in one way

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.140
 or another

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.960
 and he says

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:50.160
 go go shepherd

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:51.460
 care for my

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:53.400
 people feed

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:54.500
 them with the

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.240
 truth of God's

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.120
 word with the

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.759
 wonderful good

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.240
 news of the

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.440
 forgiveness of

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.600
 sins now we're

00:21:59.600 --> 00:21:59.840
 all going to

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.200
 have different

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.880
 roles in that

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.279
 that's the

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.799
 beauty of

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.299
 church I

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.779
 think Peter

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.640
 would later

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.480
 himself write

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.240
 especially to

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.039
 the elders to

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.740
 be shepherds

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.660
 of God's

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:09.420
 flock there is

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.799
 a special

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.860
 responsibility there

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.339
 for the elders

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.799
 of a local

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.279
 church if

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.519
 you're an

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.859
 elder in

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.099
 the room

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.339
 today listen

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:16.659
 up but we

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.439
 all can

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:18.139
 shepherd one

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.899
 another as we

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.479
 bring God's

00:22:19.479 --> 00:22:20.319
 word to bear

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:21.679
 on one another's

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:23.639
 lives we do

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.559
 that really simply

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.859
 as we sing

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.679
 with and to

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.279
 one another

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.639
 we'll do that

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.119
 in our growth

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.279
 groups midweek

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:32.019
 we do that by

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.740
 discipling our

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.339
 young people

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.259
 parents you all

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.899
 do this as you

00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:35.559
 bring up your

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:37.419
 children we do

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.039
 it as we catch

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.740
 up after the

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.539
 service or if we

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.179
 meet for coffee

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.840
 through the week

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.480
 to encourage

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.620
 and to challenge

00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.279
 we can all do

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.039
 this in one way

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.900
 or another

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:47.180
 and can I just

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.539
 say if you're

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.259
 not especially

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.060
 interested in

00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:49.820
 doing that

00:22:49.820 --> 00:22:51.940
 or if you think

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.420
 that that's an

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.779
 impossible task

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:56.080
 and you're a

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.759
 Christian here this

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.700
 morning then maybe

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.220
 you need to

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.980
 encounter Jesus

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.440
 again

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:02.060
 maybe you need

00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:02.960
 to admit your

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.259
 spiritual bankruptcy

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:06.720
 maybe you need

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:08.000
 to experience the

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.840
 freedom of his

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.600
 forgiveness as

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.099
 Jesus says

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.899
 come to me

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:12.439
 as he says

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:13.179
 love me

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:14.639
 and as he

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.139
 gives us a

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.059
 commission to

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.959
 care for one

00:23:16.959 --> 00:23:17.259
 another

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:19.480
 finally he says

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:21.099
 follow me

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:23.119
 notice Jesus

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:24.079
 doesn't tell Peter

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.699
 that the sheep

00:23:24.699 --> 00:23:25.319
 will become

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.279
 Peter's sheep

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.299
 they're always

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.299
 Jesus's sheep

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.659
 Peter has a job

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.439
 to do in

00:23:30.439 --> 00:23:31.439
 caring for them

00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:32.939
 but Jesus

00:23:32.939 --> 00:23:34.679
 is the true

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.379
 shepherd

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:37.400
 in fact back

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.280
 in chapter 10

00:23:38.280 --> 00:23:39.560
 Jesus describes

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:40.240
 himself if you

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.940
 remember as the

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.640
 good shepherd

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.160
 he says the

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.820
 good shepherd

00:23:42.820 --> 00:23:43.440
 will lay down

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.180
 his life

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.160
 for the sheep

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.520
 and of course

00:23:45.520 --> 00:23:46.060
 that's exactly

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.560
 what Jesus

00:23:46.560 --> 00:23:47.160
 has done

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.620
 dying in the

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.140
 place of his

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.960
 people dying

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.960
 for sin

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.040
 so that we

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.760
 don't have to

00:23:52.760 --> 00:23:54.720
 rising again

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.460
 promising that

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.040
 new life

00:23:56.040 --> 00:23:56.580
 that's what the

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.060
 good shepherd

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.640
 has done

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.560
 he calls Peter

00:23:58.560 --> 00:23:59.420
 to feed his

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.860
 sheep

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 but he then

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.459
 says verse 18

00:24:02.459 --> 00:24:04.519
 very truly I

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.099
 tell you

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:06.399
 when you were

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:06.899
 younger you

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.759
 dressed yourself

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.639
 and went where

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.119
 you wanted

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.479
 but when you

00:24:10.479 --> 00:24:11.339
 are old you

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.919
 will stretch

00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.339
 out your

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.959
 hands and

00:24:12.959 --> 00:24:13.500
 someone else

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.919
 will dress

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.379
 you and lead

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:14.759
 you where you

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.279
 do not want

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.779
 to go

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:17.459
 apparently that

00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:18.500
 phrase stretch

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.339
 out your hands

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.039
 was a common

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.619
 term for

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.439
 crucifixion at

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.000
 the time

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.519
 so John then

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.359
 confirms for us

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.119
 in verse 19

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:26.099
 Jesus said this

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.959
 to indicate the

00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:27.779
 kind of death

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.019
 by which Peter

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.759
 would glorify

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.319
 God

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.599
 Jesus is

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.400
 warning Peter

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.900
 that he's

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.500
 going to be

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.940
 crucified

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.599
 just like

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.400
 Jesus was

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.319
 and then he

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.740
 says follow

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.660
 me

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:40.619
 you know

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.240
 that's exactly

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.920
 what he said

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.500
 when he first

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.379
 met Simon Peter

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.079
 back in chapter

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.680
 one he said

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.559
 follow me

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:47.299
 but in chapter

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.059
 one it was so

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.379
 exciting for

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.960
 Simon Peter

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.460
 right Jesus

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.980
 was this

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.440
 charismatic

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.400
 preacher and

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.299
 miracle worker

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.039
 he and the

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.599
 other disciples

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.400
 they were excited

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.359
 to follow him

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:58.940
 but now the

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.660
 risen Jesus

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.420
 as he talks

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:00.920
 with Peter

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.640
 by the lake

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.060
 he's got

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.779
 marks in his

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.400
 hands and his

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.960
 feet where the

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.660
 nails were

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:06.720
 he's got a

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.660
 wound or scar

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.200
 down his

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.920
 side where he

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.000
 was pierced

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.660
 and follow me

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.500
 is suddenly much

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.200
 less exciting

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.840
 isn't it

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:16.940
 because he says

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.640
 follow me to

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.500
 the cross

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:20.840
 you see coming

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.380
 to Jesus

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.500
 and loving him

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.180
 that's not an

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.940
 easy or a

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.700
 passive thing

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.300
 to do

00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:26.560
 it's a wonderful

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:27.519
 promise of course

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.160
 forgiveness

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.639
 and of

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.059
 restoration

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.220
 but it's not

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.619
 a promise

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.119
 that all our

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.740
 problems will

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.500
 be solved

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.259
 in fact

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.299
 it's very

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.799
 costly

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:38.519
 we began this

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.940
 morning with

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.539
 Eric Liddell

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.299
 and Eric

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.700
 Liddell knew

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.460
 that very well

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.900
 he was a

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.819
 phenomenal sportsman

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.519
 as we've seen

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.519
 he made that

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.440
 costly decision

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.079
 not to run

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.740
 the 100 meters

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.379
 on a Sunday

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.920
 but actually

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.480
 for Eric Liddell

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.019
 it got a lot

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.639
 more costly

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.339
 than that

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:54.759
 because shortly

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.539
 after the Paris

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.000
 Olympics

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.819
 Liddell set out

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.439
 for China

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:58.720
 really to go

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.279
 and shepherd

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.299
 Jesus' people

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.939
 there to share

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.399
 the wonderful

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.959
 good news

00:26:01.959 --> 00:26:02.539
 of the forgiveness

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.399
 of sins

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:06.000
 but then in 1941

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.059
 things got so

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:08.159
 dangerous in China

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.799
 that the British

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.079
 government advised

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.759
 that all British

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.539
 nationals should

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.439
 leave the country

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:14.279
 Liddell's wife

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.980
 and his kids

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.779
 moved to Canada

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:17.500
 but he was

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.639
 determined to stay

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.399
 and to continue

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.959
 the commission

00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:20.480
 that he'd been

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.259
 given by Jesus

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:23.140
 and he never

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.920
 saw his family

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.359
 again

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:26.879
 and not long

00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.640
 after they left

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.319
 he was moved

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.039
 by the Japanese

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.220
 into an internment

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.519
 camp

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:32.640
 where he eventually

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.319
 died

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:36.640
 Liddell's story

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.460
 is remarkable

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.980
 there are some

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.559
 brilliant books

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.059
 about him

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.599
 actually I'd

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.079
 encourage you

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.099
 to read about him

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.720
 but his following

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.920
 Jesus was clearly

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.140
 incredibly costly

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.879
 it cost him

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.559
 everything

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:49.099
 but you know

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:50.180
 the cost for me

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.900
 and the cost

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.320
 for you

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.080
 it might not be

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.640
 the same

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.720
 sort of cost

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.660
 most of us

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.539
 aren't gifted

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.279
 or called

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.039
 to go somewhere

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.799
 like China

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.420
 most of us

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.980
 won't die

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.740
 like that

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.960
 in our following

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.440
 of Jesus

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.240
 and so we've just

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.440
 we've got to avoid

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.900
 the comparison game

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.019
 do you see the question

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.080
 that Peter asks

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:10.600
 as soon as Jesus

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.299
 calls Peter

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.259
 to follow him

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.720
 in such a drastic

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.779
 and costly way

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.680
 in verse 20

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.480
 Peter looks over

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.960
 his shoulder

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.660
 he sees the disciple

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.559
 whom Jesus loved

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.059
 again that's

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.779
 John the author

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.980
 and then in verse 21

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.779
 when Peter saw him

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.100
 he asked

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.380
 Lord what about him

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.559
 do you see

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.819
 it's the comparison game

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.319
 you say it's going

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.460
 to cost me my life

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.120
 what about him

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.620
 what's it going

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.740
 to cost him

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:34.319
 and Jesus replies

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.940
 if I want him

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.840
 to remain alive

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.819
 until I return

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.759
 what is that to you

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.420
 you must follow me

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.940
 in other words

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.900
 don't play the comparison game

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:43.700
 follow me

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.680
 it's going to cost you

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.180
 what it's going

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.779
 to cost you

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.140
 and it will cost you

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.500
 but my call

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.580
 on John's life

00:27:49.580 --> 00:27:50.700
 isn't the same

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.279
 as the call

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.019
 on yours

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.779
 notice Jesus

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.740
 isn't actually saying

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.420
 that John will

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.799
 live until he returns

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.680
 in fact John clears

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.299
 that up for us

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.080
 in verse 23

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.960
 some people seem

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.500
 to think that's

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.299
 what Jesus meant

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.380
 and there's been

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.759
 a rumor

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.560
 that's been spreading

00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:04.100
 but instead

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:05.220
 the meaning is clear

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:07.299
 Jesus is saying

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.140
 to Peter

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.920
 don't worry

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.360
 what it's going

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.519
 to cost other people

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:13.200
 you follow me

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:15.340
 and he says

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.940
 the same thing

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.799
 to us this morning

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.620
 to you and to me

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:17.960
 he says

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.200
 follow me

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:21.600
 it's going to cost you

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:23.460
 do you know

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.080
 I wonder if you've

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:25.160
 been putting this off

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:27.740
 because you know

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.200
 the pain

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.620
 that it's going

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.400
 to involve

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:32.019
 admitting your

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.180
 spiritual bankruptcy

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.180
 knowing that

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.200
 life might need

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.980
 to change for you

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.160
 in painful ways

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.920
 knowing that

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.779
 as Jesus says

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.559
 follow me

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.519
 he isn't calling

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.259
 you to stay

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.000
 where you are

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.940
 but to grow

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.819
 he says

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.539
 come to me

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.599
 I will forgive you

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:50.119
 and I will restore you

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:51.379
 whatever your life

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:52.639
 has looked like

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.720
 however you have

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.119
 performed

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:55.179
 I have performed

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:56.679
 perfectly in your place

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:58.700
 love me

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.700
 I have a wonderful

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.579
 job for you

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:02.619
 and then he says

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.359
 follow me

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:06.019
 and that is hard

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:08.799
 the cost for you

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.920
 might be very

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.900
 different to the

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.960
 person next to you

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.799
 you might need

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.680
 to leave one

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.400
 thing behind

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.139
 and they may need

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.799
 to leave another

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:19.079
 your service of

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.900
 Jesus might look

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.440
 one way

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.339
 theirs might look

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.680
 another

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:23.579
 but Jesus says

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.400
 to each of us

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.619
 in the room

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.119
 this morning

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.759
 who would come

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.299
 to him

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:29.079
 each of us

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.319
 who love him

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.440
 he says

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.259
 you've got to

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.940
 follow me

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.660
 and you've got

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.740
 to count the cost

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:38.480
 but just briefly

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.359
 before we finish

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.240
 John reminds us

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.039
 why this is all

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.180
 worth it

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:44.599
 see in verse 24

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.420
 John tells us

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.000
 that he

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.359
 testifies to these

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.940
 things and he

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.519
 wrote them down

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.140
 we know his

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.079
 testimony is true

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.140
 John's saying

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.640
 it's worth

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.319
 following Jesus

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.900
 it's worth

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.759
 counting the cost

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.440
 because Jesus

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.740
 really did die

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.299
 and he really

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:58.259
 did rise again

00:29:58.259 --> 00:30:00.059
 to rule as Lord

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.620
 it's worth it

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.480
 because it's true

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.220
 we can trust

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.400
 John's account of it

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.220
 and verse 25

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.600
 I love this verse

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.300
 it's got to be

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.860
 one of the best

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.759
 verses in the Bible

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.100
 Jesus did many

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.980
 other things as well

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 if every one of them

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 were written down

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 I suppose that even

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 the whole world

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 would not have

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 enough room

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 for the books

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 that would be

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 written

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 it's mind-blowing

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 isn't it

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 as we've journeyed

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 through John together

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 we've encountered

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 Jesus

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 and just some of

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 the things

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 that he's done

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 he turned water

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 into wine

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 he healed the sick

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 he fed crowds

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 of people

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 he gave sight

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 to the blind

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 he's even raised

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 the dead

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 we've seen

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 a Jesus

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 who is gracious

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 and merciful

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 and compassionate

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 who is just

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 and good

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 and powerful

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 we've met

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 a Jesus

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 who is alive

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 and who is

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 at work

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 today

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 and it is so

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 worth following him

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 whatever it might cost

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 our culture

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 says that you

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 will be judged

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 according to

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 your performance

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 Jesus says

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 I know that you

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 haven't performed

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 all that well

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 I know that you

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 are spiritually

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 bankrupt

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 but I have done

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 everything necessary

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 to restore you

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 I have performed

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 in your place

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 and so he invites

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 us today

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 will you come

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 to him

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 he says

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 will you love me

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 will you follow

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 me

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 thy four

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 will you

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 may be

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 with all

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 him