WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.400 We'll begin our worship by singing together in Psalm 25 in the Scottish Psalter version. 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:13.120 We'll find that on page 231 of the Blue Praise Book. 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:25.300 Psalm 25, Scottish Psalter, the first version, and singing there from verse 4 to verse 10. 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:37.960 Words that may be familiar to us, words that teach us to follow Jesus, follow the words that are set before us in the Bible, that we'll be taught by them. 00:00:39.299 --> 00:00:42.840 Which will be a theme that we'll have considered in our sermon. 00:00:43.740 --> 00:00:44.659 The words there are, 00:00:44.659 --> 00:01:14.659 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:27.959 We'll sing from verse 4 down to verse 10. 00:01:28.659 --> 00:01:29.620 We'll stand to sing, 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:33.380 Show me thy ways, O Lord, thy paths, O teach thou me. 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:34.620 Amen. 00:01:34.620 --> 00:01:50.620 Show me thy ways, O Lord, thy paths, O teach thou me. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:55.620 Father, thy paths, O teach thou me. 00:01:55.620 --> 00:02:04.620 Let in my teaching be. 00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:10.620 For thou art, O thoughtless, 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:16.620 Do ye shall be ye shall send. 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:25.620 And I am only all the day, 00:02:25.620 --> 00:02:30.620 Expecting to attend. 00:02:30.620 --> 00:02:38.620 Thy tender mercy, O Lord, 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:44.620 I may be to remember. 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:53.620 And loving thy kindnesses for thee, 00:02:53.620 --> 00:02:59.620 Have ye of hope forever. 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:07.620 My sins and faults of truth, 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:14.620 Do thou art, O Lord, forget. 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:19.620 After thy mercy, 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:22.620 Have ye of me, 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:28.620 And for thy goodness paid. 00:03:28.620 --> 00:03:37.620 God, who shall not be, 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:40.620 Thou mayest, 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:41.620 Thou mayest, 00:03:41.620 --> 00:03:43.620 In her soul. 00:03:43.620 --> 00:03:44.620 And for thy heart, O Lord. 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:48.620 And for thy grace, O Lord, 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:52.620 And for thy grace, O Lord, 00:03:52.620 --> 00:03:58.620 And for thy grace, O Lord, 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:12.620 The hope has sought the Lord, our true and mercy due. 00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:26.620 The hope has sought the Lord, our true and mercy due. 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:34.280 We'll now join together in a word of prayer. Let us pray. 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:43.099 Our Heavenly Father, we give thanks that we can gather in this place on your day. 00:04:43.679 --> 00:04:46.839 The day where we remember the risen Lord Jesus. 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:54.299 And so as we join together, all different people, all different places. 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.139 Lord, we pray that you would speak to us. 00:04:58.799 --> 00:05:03.599 We pray that as we sing from your word, as we read from your word. 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:10.340 As we call upon you in prayer and as we meditate upon what you say to us. 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:16.820 We pray that we would hear you speaking to our hearts and to our souls. 00:05:17.320 --> 00:05:20.460 That we may be guided by your instruction. 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:23.480 That you may lead us and keep us. 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.860 And often we confess that we have gone astray. 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:30.939 There are many faults and failings within us. 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:35.399 But Lord, you welcome us to come. 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:39.339 You tell us to come and draw near to you. 00:05:40.139 --> 00:05:44.180 And so let us draw near to you, O Lord. 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:46.899 With reverence and honour. 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:49.959 Mindful of whom we are approaching. 00:05:51.139 --> 00:05:52.639 Lord, we pray for our children. 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:57.060 We pray for those that will go through into holiday tweenies. 00:05:57.060 --> 00:05:58.699 We pray for those that will lead them. 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:02.720 We pray that you would speak to them also. 00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:05.040 We pray that you would teach them likewise. 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:07.759 And guide them in their young lives. 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:11.340 We pray for those who have been at camp. 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:13.800 We pray for camps that are taking place. 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.680 And we pray that you would be with the leaders there. 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:21.860 And that you may reveal yourself to them in their young lives. 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:25.080 That you may sow seeds in their hearts at such a young age. 00:06:25.699 --> 00:06:28.759 And that in your timing they would grow and flourish. 00:06:28.900 --> 00:06:30.939 And bring forth fruit for your glory. 00:06:32.020 --> 00:06:37.280 So Lord, we pray as we join together in worship and praise. 00:06:37.780 --> 00:06:40.319 That you would be pleased to bless your people. 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.500 All this we ask in Jesus' name. 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:44.620 Amen. 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:44.740 Amen. 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:51.120 I'd just like to say a word to the younger ones that are with us. 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:54.300 You may have noticed as you are coming into the building. 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.160 There's a few flags tied to the railings. 00:06:58.660 --> 00:07:00.720 And if you go into the hall after. 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.579 You'll see there will be a few more flags in there too. 00:07:05.579 --> 00:07:08.300 That's for next week's holiday club. 00:07:09.019 --> 00:07:13.259 And we pray that it will be a time of fun that we have together. 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:16.439 But every country has a flag. 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.920 It's what identifies you as a country. 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:22.159 You hold. 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:24.139 I've got a flag here. 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:26.120 It's got lots of different flags in it. 00:07:26.159 --> 00:07:27.300 It's still in its packaging. 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:29.399 I hope no one's looking for it. 00:07:29.420 --> 00:07:31.480 It was lying on the table in next door. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:33.560 I was hoping to come out with a flag. 00:07:33.659 --> 00:07:36.899 But I've got this one that's got lots of different flags in it. 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:38.199 You see Switzerland there. 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.159 There's other ones there that I don't know. 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:41.819 Great Britain's at the top there. 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:42.800 America, Canada. 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:43.740 Korea. 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:45.839 All different flags. 00:07:47.599 --> 00:07:48.579 Identify people. 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.599 When they go to the Olympic Games that are taking place and have started. 00:07:52.740 --> 00:07:56.839 They'll be flying their flag as a team walk in. 00:07:57.539 --> 00:07:59.560 It's telling them, this is where we're from. 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:00.620 This is our people. 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:01.779 This is my homeland. 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:03.959 This is my country. 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:04.500 This is my country. 00:08:07.919 --> 00:08:09.519 I was thinking about that. 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:12.539 I was wondering, does a Christian have a flag? 00:08:13.459 --> 00:08:16.939 We don't have a flag to show the world. 00:08:16.939 --> 00:08:20.420 but Jesus says in his word 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:22.519 in the songs of Solomon 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:24.120 God says 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:27.219 his banner over me is love. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:30.379 The Christian 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:33.159 has his identity 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.399 in the love of Jesus. 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:38.379 The Christian's identity 00:08:38.379 --> 00:08:40.580 is in love. 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:44.059 The Christian 00:08:44.059 --> 00:08:46.519 is from 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:48.319 heaven. 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:51.000 The Christian is going to heaven. 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:53.100 The Christian belongs to their homeland 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:54.519 which is heaven. 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:57.439 And although they don't have a flag 00:08:57.439 --> 00:08:59.579 to fly like the countries 00:08:59.579 --> 00:09:00.579 of this world 00:09:00.579 --> 00:09:03.740 they can fly the flag of love 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:04.960 for Jesus Christ. 00:09:06.179 --> 00:09:07.139 And you may know 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:09.340 of grown-ups who are Christians 00:09:09.340 --> 00:09:11.600 that speak to you 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.779 and love you like no one 00:09:13.779 --> 00:09:14.720 else could love you. 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:19.220 Every Christian 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:20.800 is welcomed 00:09:20.800 --> 00:09:23.620 into heaven. 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:25.259 Every Christian 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:26.139 is adopted 00:09:26.139 --> 00:09:27.600 into that place 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.639 that they call home 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:30.700 because Jesus 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:32.139 died for them. 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:34.080 They are adopted 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:35.320 into this place 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:36.700 of love 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:39.139 because Jesus died 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:39.840 in love 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:41.580 for every single 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:42.480 one of us. 00:09:45.920 --> 00:09:46.940 We love 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:47.700 as Christians 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:49.540 because Jesus 00:09:49.540 --> 00:09:50.879 first loved 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:51.440 us. 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:53.899 And when we go out 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:54.820 into this world 00:09:54.820 --> 00:09:55.600 as Christians 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.620 we don't have a flag 00:09:57.620 --> 00:09:58.340 to fly 00:09:58.340 --> 00:09:59.700 with lots of different 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:00.480 colors in it. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.680 we fly the flag 00:10:03.680 --> 00:10:04.200 of love. 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:06.000 We love one another. 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:07.340 We love our neighbors. 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:08.580 We help those 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:09.519 who are poor. 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:11.300 We look after those 00:10:11.300 --> 00:10:12.460 who are hurting. 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:16.700 we fly the flag 00:10:16.700 --> 00:10:17.460 for Jesus 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:19.080 in the way 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:19.740 that we act. 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:21.400 In the love 00:10:21.400 --> 00:10:22.220 that we show. 00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:23.680 So that people 00:10:23.680 --> 00:10:25.620 meet you 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:27.360 and say to you 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:29.040 why does that person 00:10:29.040 --> 00:10:31.000 love me so much? 00:10:32.400 --> 00:10:33.120 They can say 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:33.920 well it's because 00:10:33.920 --> 00:10:35.280 Jesus loved me. 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:38.259 when we go 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:39.120 into the world 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.179 fly the flag 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:42.039 for Jesus. 00:10:42.939 --> 00:10:43.740 Love 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:44.819 one another. 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:47.319 That people 00:10:47.319 --> 00:10:49.439 would come 00:10:49.439 --> 00:10:50.500 and love 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:51.779 Jesus too. 00:10:52.579 --> 00:10:53.500 So remember that. 00:10:54.419 --> 00:10:55.600 Love one another. 00:10:56.220 --> 00:10:57.159 Whoever it is 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:57.740 when you 00:10:57.740 --> 00:10:59.120 when you're at school 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:00.539 when you're at college 00:11:00.539 --> 00:11:01.620 when you grow up 00:11:01.620 --> 00:11:02.299 in this world 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:04.039 keep loving 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:05.220 one another. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.000 Keep loving the people 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.919 that you don't know. 00:11:08.459 --> 00:11:09.600 And when people ask you 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:10.980 why do you love me 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:11.579 like you do? 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:12.819 Tell them 00:11:12.819 --> 00:11:14.819 I'm flying the flag 00:11:14.819 --> 00:11:15.919 for Jesus 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:17.500 because Jesus 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.240 loves me 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:19.279 and Jesus 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:20.419 died for me 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:21.639 on the cross 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:22.639 at Calvary. 00:11:23.579 --> 00:11:24.240 So I pray 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:25.079 these thoughts 00:11:25.079 --> 00:11:25.799 would be blessed 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.860 to all of us. 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:28.279 We'll join together 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:29.339 in saying the Lord's 00:11:29.339 --> 00:11:30.139 prayer together. 00:11:31.339 --> 00:11:32.500 Our Father 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.959 which art in heaven 00:11:33.959 --> 00:11:35.199 hallowed 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.020 be thy name 00:11:36.020 --> 00:11:37.360 thy kingdom 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:37.980 come 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:39.080 thy will 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:39.740 be done 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:40.500 on earth 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:41.580 as it is 00:11:41.580 --> 00:11:42.220 in heaven. 00:11:42.920 --> 00:11:44.080 Give us this day 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:45.580 our daily bread 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:46.920 and forgive us 00:11:46.920 --> 00:11:47.780 our debts 00:11:47.780 --> 00:11:48.520 as we 00:11:48.520 --> 00:11:50.140 forgive our debtors. 00:11:50.660 --> 00:11:51.259 And lead us 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:52.680 not into temptation 00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:54.320 but deliver us 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:55.180 from evil 00:11:55.180 --> 00:11:56.320 for thine 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:57.060 is the kingdom 00:11:57.060 --> 00:11:58.100 the power 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:59.340 and the glory 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:00.360 forever. 00:12:00.980 --> 00:12:01.379 Amen. 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:05.039 We'll continue 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:06.240 in our praise 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:07.120 and our worship 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:08.259 by singing 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:09.600 in Psalm 25 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:10.600 of the Sing 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.480 Psalms version. 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:14.240 Psalm 25 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:15.080 of the Sing 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:15.980 Psalms version 00:12:15.980 --> 00:12:16.779 you'll find that 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:18.039 on page 33 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:18.759 33. 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:22.159 And for this 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:23.059 Psalm we'll sing 00:12:23.059 --> 00:12:24.459 the first verse 00:12:24.459 --> 00:12:26.779 and then we'll jump 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:27.759 down to verse 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:28.500 Mark 6 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:30.000 and sing 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:30.919 down to the end 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:31.719 of that Psalm 00:12:31.719 --> 00:12:33.019 to verse 9. 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:34.459 So we'll take 00:12:34.459 --> 00:12:35.439 verse 1 first 00:12:35.439 --> 00:12:36.819 and then we'll jump 00:12:36.819 --> 00:12:38.199 down to verse 6. 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:39.539 The words there 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:40.279 are to you 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:41.079 I call 00:12:41.079 --> 00:12:41.699 O Lord 00:12:41.699 --> 00:12:42.439 my rock 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:44.360 do not be deaf 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:45.900 to my loud cry 00:12:45.900 --> 00:12:48.520 I'll be like those 00:12:48.520 --> 00:12:49.860 gone down to death 00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:51.840 if you are silent 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:52.700 in reply. 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:54.980 And then at verse 6 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:56.820 Praise to the Lord 00:12:56.820 --> 00:12:57.920 for he has heard 00:12:57.920 --> 00:12:59.640 the plea for mercy 00:12:59.640 --> 00:13:00.520 which I made 00:13:00.520 --> 00:13:02.220 he is my strength 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.360 he is my shield 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.960 I trust in him 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:06.080 who sends me aid 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.360 my heart uplifted 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.440 leaps for joy 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:11.180 my thanks to him 00:13:11.180 --> 00:13:12.380 I gladly sing 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:15.139 The Lord God 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:16.759 is his people's strength 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:18.679 a saving fortress 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:19.919 for his king 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:22.439 Lord save your people 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:24.179 your own flock 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:25.279 be pleased 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:25.980 your heritage 00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:26.860 to bless 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:28.700 be their good shepherd 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:30.000 carry them 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.879 forever 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:33.539 in your faithfulness. 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:34.879 We'll sing these 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:36.519 verses to God's praise 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.340 and while we sing 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:38.039 the children 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:38.779 going to holiday 00:13:38.779 --> 00:13:39.980 twenties will come out. 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.639 So we'll stand to sing 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.960 To you I call 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:44.720 O Lord my rock 00:13:44.720 --> 00:14:01.100 to love the end 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:04.100 to my love 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:05.360 I use... 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:06.379 is the Lord glory 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:07.980 for all the eis 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:08.560 to the son who are 00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:09.340 our service 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:09.480 and war 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:09.960 the ends 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.159 on ourчик 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:10.960 we sing 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:12.360 of risk 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:12.659 and the Holz 00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.220 and the hives 00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:14.040 in our life 00:14:14.040 --> 00:14:14.399 to bring our eyes 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:18.000 to even 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.840 to the rebel 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.420 confusing 00:14:19.420 --> 00:14:20.100 and host 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:23.860 down to the likeness 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.860 alone and staff 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.279 the て if you are silent 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:33.519 Praise to the Lord for the matter, 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:42.419 Love thee forever to which I am. 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:51.199 He is my strength, he is my shield, 00:14:51.200 --> 00:15:00.200 Iは let him never change me in, 00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:09.620 My heart of there be for joy, 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:17.420 I allow me to consist. 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:27.000 The Lord's body is in the same 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:35.799 As taking our prayer for his king 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:43.519 Lord, Savior, leave a new 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:49.799 Throne of the Lord's body 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:53.519 Lord, Savior, leave a new 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:58.519 As taking our prayer for his king 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:13.500 Lord, Savior, leave a new 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:18.059 And we'll turn now to read from Scripture 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:20.600 We'll have two readings this morning 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:22.980 And our first reading will be from the Gospel of Luke 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:26.579 Chapter 5, the beginning of that chapter 00:16:26.579 --> 00:16:31.500 And afterwards we'll turn to John chapter 21 00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:34.600 So firstly, the Gospel of Luke 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:37.980 Chapter 5, from the beginning of that chapter 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:39.519 Down to verse 14 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:46.759 Sorry, down to verse 11 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:50.139 Let us hear God's word 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:56.620 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:58.779 That's Jesus, to hear the word of God 00:16:58.779 --> 00:17:02.000 He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:05.220 And he saw two boats by the lake 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:08.279 But the fishermen had gone out of them 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.519 And were washing their nets 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:13.599 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.980 He asked him to put out a little from the land 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:19.139 And he sat down 00:17:19.139 --> 00:17:21.240 And he taught the people from the boat 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.299 And when he had finished speaking 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.419 He said to Simon 00:17:25.419 --> 00:17:27.839 Put out into the deep 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:30.299 And let down your nets for a catch 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:32.759 And Simon answered 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:36.619 Master, we toiled all night and took nothing 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:39.139 But at your word 00:17:39.139 --> 00:17:41.279 I will let down the nets 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:44.319 And when they had done this 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:47.899 They enclosed a large number of fish 00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:50.000 And their nets were breaking 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.799 They signalled to their partners in the other boat 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:55.000 To come and help them 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.459 And they came and filled both the boats 00:17:58.459 --> 00:18:00.059 So that they began to sink 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:03.359 But when Simon Peter saw it 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:06.399 He fell down at Jesus' knees 00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:08.740 Saying, depart from me 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:11.200 For I am a sinful man, O Lord 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:14.240 For he and all who were with him 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:16.099 Were astonished at the catch of fish 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.859 That they had taken 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:20.119 And so also were James and John 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.700 Sons of Zebedee 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:23.559 Who were partners with Simon 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:25.579 And Jesus said to Simon 00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:27.539 Do not be afraid 00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:29.059 From now on 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.779 You will be catching men 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:33.319 And when they had brought 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:34.599 Their boats to land 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:36.720 They left everything 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:38.720 And followed him 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.119 Let's now turn to the Gospel of John 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:44.720 Chapter 21 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.440 Again we'll read from the beginning 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.460 Of that chapter 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:56.779 There's a resurrection appearance 00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:58.359 Of Jesus 00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:59.940 To the disciples 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.619 On the shore 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:04.539 Chapter 21 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.299 Verse 1 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:07.079 After this 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:08.319 Jesus revealed himself 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.740 Again to the disciples 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:11.399 By the sea of Tiberias 00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:13.339 When he revealed himself 00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.379 In this way 00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:16.180 Simon Peter 00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:18.119 Thomas called the twin 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:20.460 Nathaniel of Cana and Galilee 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.839 The sons of Zebedee 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:24.359 And two others of his disciples 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.079 Were together 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.960 Simon Peter 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.819 Simon Peter said to them 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:29.740 I am going fishing 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.759 They said to him 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.439 We will go with you 00:19:33.439 --> 00:19:35.199 They went out 00:19:35.199 --> 00:19:36.939 And got into the boat 00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:38.359 But that night 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:39.839 They caught nothing 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:42.480 Just as day was breaking 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:44.539 Jesus stood on the shore 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:46.399 Yet the disciples 00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:47.179 Did not know 00:19:47.179 --> 00:19:48.220 That it was Jesus 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:50.240 Jesus said to them 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.919 Children 00:19:50.919 --> 00:19:52.759 Do you have any fish? 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:54.460 They answered him 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.279 No 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:57.500 He said to them 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.700 Cast the net 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.599 On the right side 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.180 Of the boat 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:01.160 And you will find some 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:03.039 So they cast it 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.779 And now they were not able 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.700 To haul it in 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:07.000 Because of the quantity 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.640 Of fish 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:09.619 That disciple 00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.660 Whom Jesus loved 00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.940 Therefore said to Peter 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:13.799 It is the Lord 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:15.940 When Simon Peter 00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:17.379 He heard that it was the Lord 00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:18.779 He put on his outer garment 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.660 For he was stripped for work 00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:22.160 And threw himself 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.040 Into the sea 00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:24.860 The other disciples 00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:26.040 Came in the boat 00:20:26.040 --> 00:20:27.040 Dragging the net 00:20:27.040 --> 00:20:27.860 Full of fish 00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:29.060 For they were not 00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:30.060 Far from the land 00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:31.800 But about a hundred yards off 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:33.860 When they got out 00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.580 On land 00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:36.180 They saw a charcoal fire 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.759 In place 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.019 With fish laid out 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.440 On it 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.080 And bread 00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:42.180 Jesus said to them 00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:43.560 Bring some of the fish 00:20:43.560 --> 00:20:44.640 That you have just caught 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:46.500 So Simon Peter 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.440 Went aboard 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.840 And hauled the net ashore 00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:51.259 Full of large fish 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.820 A hundred and fifty three 00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.180 Of them 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:54.660 And altogether 00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.880 There were so many 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.100 The net was not torn 00:20:58.100 --> 00:21:00.100 Jesus said to them 00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:02.140 Come and have breakfast 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:05.040 Now none of the disciples 00:21:05.040 --> 00:21:06.520 Dared ask him 00:21:06.520 --> 00:21:07.940 Who are you? 00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:09.420 They knew 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:11.320 It was the Lord Jesus 00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:13.640 They knew it was 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:15.180 The Lord Jesus 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.880 Came and took the bread 00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:18.360 And gave it to them 00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:20.160 And so with the fish 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.460 This was now 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.420 The third time 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.900 That Jesus was revealed 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.700 To the disciples 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:26.940 After he was raised 00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:28.060 From the dead 00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:29.380 Amen 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.560 May the reading 00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:31.640 Of God's word 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.340 Be blessed 00:21:32.340 --> 00:21:33.120 To those who have 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:33.600 Heard it 00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.560 This day 00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:36.340 Let us join together 00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:37.320 Again in prayer 00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:38.300 Let us pray 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:42.019 Our Father in heaven 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:44.119 As we come near to you 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:45.680 And draw near to you 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.859 And read your word 00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:48.599 We pray that we would 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:50.099 Have a mind upon you 00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:51.319 That is not distracted 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.879 That is not led to and fro 00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:55.399 By the thoughts of this world 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:57.500 And we pray that as we come 00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.599 To this passage 00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:00.200 And your resurrection appearance 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.099 To the disciples 00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:03.059 We would learn from it 00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:04.220 And that you would teach us 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.059 From your word 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:07.379 Lord we pray that you would 00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.139 Humble us 00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:10.319 As we come before you 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.759 And we acknowledge 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.960 That we come before 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.460 The Lord God almighty 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:16.059 The creator of all 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.000 And the sustainer 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.179 Of our very lives 00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:20.480 That we would humble ourselves 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:22.240 And be reverent 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:24.359 To worship you 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.599 And give you 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.859 All glory 00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.440 Honor 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.940 And praise 00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:31.160 And as we do so 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.320 Drawing together 00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:33.420 As your people 00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:35.160 As different families 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.100 From around the surrounding area 00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:39.380 Visitors that are here with us 00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:40.480 We pray that we would know 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:42.380 The power of your spirit over us 00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:44.340 Guiding us 00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:46.000 In our understanding 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.880 Helping us to see 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:50.920 And see Jesus in a new light 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:52.680 That we would be taught 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.840 From his words 00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:56.940 That our ears would be unblocked 00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:59.480 To hear something new 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.840 And fresh this morning 00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:02.580 That you would continue 00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.580 To instruct us 00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.279 And guide us 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.140 As the good shepherd 00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.059 In our lives 00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:07.920 That we as your flock 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.600 Would continually draw near 00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.960 To be gathered together 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:13.180 But to be ultimately 00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.460 To rely on you 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:16.400 To follow you 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:18.880 To go with you 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:21.759 To where you will lead us 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:23.840 And so 00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:25.840 Lead us with your promises 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.480 O Lord 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:28.819 In our lives 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:30.119 Let us hold fast 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:31.199 To the promises 00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:32.299 That we have 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.819 That you go 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.419 And prepare a place 00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:36.419 For your people 00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:38.019 That you will hear 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.819 Our prayers 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.639 That you will not 00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.659 Forsake us 00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:42.839 So many 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:45.220 That we can hold fast 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.919 On to 00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:48.799 Give us confidence 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.819 As we do so 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:51.399 That we would not 00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:52.319 Disbelieve 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.339 But believe 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:55.579 In the risen Lord 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.119 Jesus 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:57.159 Who lives 00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:58.240 And ever will live 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.139 And if we believe 00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.659 In him 00:23:59.659 --> 00:24:01.299 Though we die 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:03.379 Yet we shall live 00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:05.939 Lord we pray 00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:07.259 That the gospel message 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.299 Would be proclaimed 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.460 Across this nation 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.579 With faithfulness 00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.960 And you would 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.139 Turn your people 00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:14.220 Back to you 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.859 Knowing 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.259 The plight 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.220 Of the situation 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.359 And where sin 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.159 Has left them 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.480 Knowing that they 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.019 Are in need 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.840 Of a saviour 00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.519 That they are in need 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.460 Of being rescued 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:26.759 Knowing that they 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.420 Need the Lord 00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.480 Jesus Christ 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.300 In their life 00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:31.440 That in him 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.000 They can have 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.540 Peace and purpose 00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:35.539 Lord 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:37.259 Pray that you would 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.700 Teach our nation 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.839 Teach our 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.819 Leaders in government 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:44.799 That they 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.700 Would come 00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.740 And trust in you 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:48.519 And lead 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.659 Our nation 00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.940 Our country 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:52.220 In the ways 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.879 Of God 00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:54.139 That we would 00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.200 Fly the flag 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.440 For Jesus Christ 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.180 And his word 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:59.740 As truth 00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:02.559 Lord 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:04.259 We pray 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.819 For those 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.680 Who proclaim it 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.940 We pray 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.140 That you would 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:09.319 Give them the power 00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.180 Of your spirit 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:11.420 We pray 00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:11.900 That you would 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.920 Bring many more 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:14.279 Men to 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.519 Come and 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.740 Devote their lives 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.339 To you 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:20.480 Consecrate their lives 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.259 To the gospel 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:23.579 And not just men 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:25.000 That needed to 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.620 Proclaim it 00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:27.420 But women 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.500 Boys 00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.480 And girls 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:31.660 That consecrate 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.440 Their lives 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.119 To the Lord 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:34.200 Jesus Christ 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.819 That you would 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.160 Give them 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.960 Understanding 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.859 In their hearts 00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.240 That they would 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.880 Cry out 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.259 Knowing 00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.819 To whom else 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.779 Can we go 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:44.059 So let us 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.480 Come 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.980 And sit at the 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.680 Feet of the 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.319 Lord Jesus 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.099 This morning 00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.000 Like Mary did 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.700 That we would 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.299 Not busy 00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.880 Ourselves 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.660 Like Martha 00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:54.059 And lose out 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.700 On teaching 00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:57.019 But give us 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.680 Peace in our 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.140 Hearts 00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.840 As we come 00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.520 To your word 00:25:59.520 --> 00:26:01.240 We pray for 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.820 Our people 00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:03.480 That we know 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.820 That are 00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.759 Finding life 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.380 Difficult 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.700 That are 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.460 Anxious over 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.080 Their health 00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:10.080 That are facing 00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:11.080 Great changes 00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.920 In the future 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.820 People that are 00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.320 Mourning 00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:15.680 We pray that you 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.420 Would draw near 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.160 To them 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:19.060 For your word 00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.880 Tells us that you 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.640 Are near to the 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.660 Broken hearted 00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.400 And lord 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.759 We just pray 00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.960 That you would 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:27.259 Be our 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.200 Guide 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.900 Ultimately 00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.779 In this world 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.259 That we would 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.040 Come back 00:26:32.040 --> 00:26:32.920 To your words 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.540 That we have 00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:34.160 In scripture 00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.320 That we would 00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:36.279 Understand them 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.779 As truth 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.540 And instruction 00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:39.120 For us to 00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.560 Follow 00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:42.380 Be with us now 00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.340 As we come 00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.880 To your word 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.820 And consider it 00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:46.060 Guide us 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.899 And keep us 00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:48.379 From the evil 00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.759 One 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.179 And all this 00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:51.139 We ask in the name 00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.659 Of the lord 00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.659 Jesus Christ 00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.539 Amen 00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:57.220 We'll continue 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.960 In our praise 00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.579 Before we come 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.220 Back to the 00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.920 Passage 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.700 In John 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.619 Chapter 21 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.500 And we'll sing 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.139 In Psalm 00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:04.720 145 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.159 Of the 00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:06.000 Sing 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.539 Psalms 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.980 Version 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.500 You'll find 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.180 That on page 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.180 190 00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:17.539 For time 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.200 I think 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.079 If it's okay 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.759 We'll just 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.299 Sing from 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.899 Verse Mark 00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.420 17 00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.779 To 21 00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:26.740 17 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.440 The lord 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.019 Is just 00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.519 And good 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.180 In all his 00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.680 Ways 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.759 He shows 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.319 His love 00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.079 To all 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.420 That he 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.000 Has made 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.059 The lord 00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.579 Is near 00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.200 To all 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.720 Who call 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.160 On him 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.420 To all 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.000 Who call 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.680 In truth 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.660 To him 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.859 For aid 00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.000 We'll sing 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.899 These last 00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.519 Three 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.339 Verses 00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.180 To god's 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.599 Praise 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.559 We'll stand 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.039 To sing 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.539 The lord 00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.139 Is just 00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:50.079 And good 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.700 In all 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.379 His ways 00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:57.360 The lord 00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.560 Is just 00:27:58.560 --> 00:28:02.120 And good 00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.620 In all 00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:05.840 His ways 00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:07.120 The Lord 00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:07.620 Is just 00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.120 And good 00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.700 In all 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.280 His ways 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.019 The lord 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:18.519 Is just 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.019 The lord 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.920 Is here 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:23.160 To all 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:25.240 Who call 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.599 Him 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:29.460 To all 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.740 Who call 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.460 Him 00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.799 To 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:34.019 Him 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:37.980 Come 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:43.759 And good 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:55.559 God 00:28:55.559 --> 00:29:10.559 The Lord protects all those who love His name, 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:21.559 A special to knock His wickedness. 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:32.559 Thy lips will fade as some of the plans to go, 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:43.559 I will be forever in His face. 00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:53.559 Let every preacher magnify the Lord, 00:29:53.559 --> 00:30:03.559 And may still slowly live now and always. 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:13.559 I will turn back to the passage that we have read there in John chapter 21. 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:18.559 I am reading there at verse 7. 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:33.559 The last few times that I have been with you here and preached with you, 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:43.559 We have looked at the importance and the impact of the resurrection appearances of the Lord Jesus in the Gospel of John. 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:46.559 We have looked at the account of Mary. 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.559 We have looked at the disciples in the locked room. 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:55.559 We have looked at the account where he appeared to Dante and Thomas. 00:30:55.559 --> 00:31:00.559 And now this is the fourth appearance that John records. 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:04.559 This is the appearance on the Shoah. 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:09.559 And chapter 21 in John's Gospel is the conclusion. 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:12.559 This is his final sign of. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:16.559 This is the last thing he has to say to the reader. 00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:20.559 We have this closing purpose at the end of chapter 20, 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:26.559 Where he says he has written all these things so that you may believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.559 And have life in His name. 00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:32.559 But he has got one last thing to say. 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:35.559 He has got one last thing to write. 00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:39.559 In order to believe. 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:44.559 He has got one last thing for you to hear this morning. 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:55.559 And the restoration of Peter falls through in this chapter and forms an important part of this chapter. 00:31:55.559 --> 00:32:03.559 But John clearly segregates this resurrection appearance in the way he writes. 00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:06.559 John wants you to notice this appearance of Jesus. 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:08.559 You look at verse 21. 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:10.559 He starts off by saying, 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:16.559 After this, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:18.559 He revealed himself in this way. 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:20.559 He's emphasizing this revelation. 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:25.559 And then at verse 14, he breaks it and says, 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:32.559 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:36.559 The third time he revealed himself to the whole of the disciples. 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:39.559 The gathered disciples. 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:43.559 So what's the significance of this passage? 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.559 What does John want us to notice? 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:50.559 Because John is the only writer that records this passage. 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:55.559 And if he wants us to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, why is he recording this? 00:32:55.559 --> 00:33:00.559 Well, Jesus is distancing himself from the people. 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:03.559 Jesus cannot stay in the world any longer. 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:06.559 His appearances seem to become less frequent. 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:08.559 Jesus cannot stay in the world. 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.559 Jesus cannot stay in the world. 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:13.559 He's instructing them how to live their lives without him. 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:17.559 So the disciples are here. 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:21.559 Thankfully, they're not in the locked room anymore. 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:23.559 They've opened the door. 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.559 They've faced the world. 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:28.559 They've faced whatever doubts they had in their hearts. 00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:32.559 They've placed their trust in the Lord's words. 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:39.559 And I am sending you, as we have seen previously. 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:41.559 But we see them here. 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.559 They've gone out. 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:45.559 But they seem to be a bit lost. 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:50.559 They seem to be struggling to figure out what the next steps are in their lives. 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:58.559 And as we look at this passage here, there are three expressions that really shape this appearance. 00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:05.559 And the first of these expressions that are said by the character Peter is, 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.559 I am going fishing. 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.559 The first thing to consider. 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:14.559 What Peter says, I am going fishing. 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:19.559 I'm sure there are many men in here that have exclaimed that. 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.559 I am going fishing. 00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:25.559 Whether it's out of frustrations or maybe just to get a break. 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:29.559 But how does Peter say it? 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:35.559 He's speaking to the disciples there, those that are with him. 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:37.559 And there's seven of them there. 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:41.559 The passage lists them at the beginning. 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:45.559 They're at the Sea of Tiberias. 00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:50.559 This is also the Sea of Gennesaret, that we read of in Luke 5. 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:53.559 It is also the Sea of Galilee. 00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:56.559 It's the same place with three different names. 00:34:56.559 --> 00:35:02.559 Peter is here saying, I am going fishing to the seven disciples that are with him. 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:07.559 And you might ask, well, why are they here at the Sea of Galilee? 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:09.559 What has left them here? 00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:16.559 Well, if you look at the other Gospels, Jesus tells them to go to Galilee. 00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:21.559 You'll find that in Matthew 26 and Mark 16. 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:27.559 He instructs the disciples, I'll see you again at Galilee. 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.559 So the disciples here, they're on the right path. 00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:33.559 They're doing the right thing at this moment in time. 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:38.559 And for these fishermen to return to Galilee, it would have been natural for them to return 00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:40.559 to their place in where they had worked. 00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:44.559 They would have probably delighted to come back to that place that they had left, 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:47.559 to come back to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:51.559 to come back and see the people whom they were familiar with, 00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:54.559 to come back and tell them all that they had seen. 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:57.559 But as they come back, they start going off course. 00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:04.559 They start to wander back into their old way of life. 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:08.559 You can just imagine, you can almost see them there, these seven men, 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:12.559 sitting at the banks of the shore, wondering, what are we going to do next? 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:16.559 Jesus has told us to come here. 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.559 What's next? 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:21.559 They have no real plan set before them. 00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:25.559 They don't really know how to carry out the work of Jesus 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:28.559 and how to continue it. 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:33.559 They fall back into their old work. 00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:37.559 You can see them just sitting on the shore, 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:41.559 watching all the other fishermen heading out to a night of work. 00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:44.559 That was the most opportune time for catching fish. 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:52.559 Peter's just sitting there, and you can just see impulsive Peter just exclaiming, 00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:54.559 I'm going fishing. 00:36:54.559 --> 00:37:04.559 Whether it was for food, whether it was just for something for him to do, we don't know. 00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:06.559 But he's off. 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:11.559 And others say, we will go with you. 00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:17.559 And the end of verse 3 sums up that endeavour that they went on. 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:23.559 They went out, they got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:30.559 They all followed Peter back into their old way of life, back to fishing. 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:37.559 And surely deep down within themselves they knew fine that Jesus had not sent them to Galilee 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:40.559 to go back to being fishermen. 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:45.559 From day dot when Jesus had called them, as we saw in Luke 5, 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:51.559 he called them to be fishers of men, to leave the fishing boat. 00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:58.559 They're at exactly the same place in which he first called them. 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:04.559 But Peter here leads them astray. 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:07.559 He leads them back into their old lives. 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:11.559 They maybe think this is the best thing to do. 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:14.559 And the disciples all follow the wrong voice. 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:21.559 And this is a point that we must all come back to again and again in our lives. 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:24.559 Personally asking ourselves, who am I following? 00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:27.559 Am I following my own voice? 00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:29.559 Am I following what I think is best? 00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:31.559 Am I following someone else? 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:37.559 People in this world chase after having followers online. 00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:40.559 They want to have as many people following them. 00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:43.559 But what are they saying? 00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:46.559 What are these people doing? 00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:50.559 Who are we following in our lives? 00:38:50.559 --> 00:39:03.559 And truth be told, it can look far more attractive than following what Jesus has set aside for us. 00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:05.559 Because the devil will tempt you. 00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:07.559 Certainly tempt you. 00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:11.559 To divert you from following Jesus at all. 00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:16.559 You read Pilgrim's Progress and you see Christian there and the battles he had. 00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:21.559 Trying to follow the path that was set out for him and follow the light. 00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:26.559 And they're diverting and they're getting themselves into all different trouble. 00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:32.559 The devil will tempt us away with things that look attractive and things that look easy in this life. 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:34.559 But who are you following? 00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:39.559 And where is that person taking you? 00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.559 Tomorrow? 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:43.559 In the week ahead? 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:45.559 In the year ahead? 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:47.559 Into eternity? 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:51.559 Who are you following? 00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:57.559 This is a lesson here to keep following the right voice. 00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:01.559 To keep reminding the disciples here. 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:05.559 Listen to my words and remember my words that I taught you. 00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.559 Follow me. 00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:09.559 Do not follow man. 00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:16.559 Do not return into your old ways even when they do look attractive to you. 00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:19.559 Be faithful to me and what I have called you to. 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:26.559 It's even evident when you go through this chapter. 00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:28.559 You can read it in your own time. 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:35.559 Jesus says to the disciples when they're questioning and asking one another what will happen to them. 00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:38.559 Jesus says, what is that to you? 00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:40.559 You follow me. 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:45.559 Who are we following? 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:55.559 These seven disciples went out into the sea of Galilee with great efforts, with great diligence. 00:40:55.559 --> 00:41:01.559 We learn from this passage that they fished all night long and now day is breaking. 00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:11.559 Peter was stripped naked, making every attempt to succeed in the work that he wants to do. 00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:13.559 But he's getting nowhere. 00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:15.559 They've got nothing. 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.559 They're exhausted. 00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.559 They're tired. 00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:19.559 They're empty handed. 00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:24.559 But Jesus stands at a distance on the shore. 00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:27.559 The disciples could not make out who he was. 00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:32.559 And we have this conversation recorded between them. 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:36.559 And he addresses them as children in verse 5. 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:38.559 Do you have any fish? 00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:47.559 And they say that this address as children is more like an informal address to shout lads or guys. 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:50.559 Guys, do you have any fish? 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.559 Fish. 00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:58.559 But if you go to the Greek, it puts a different slant on that phrase. 00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:03.559 It translates really, do you not have any fish? 00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:05.559 There's a negative in it. 00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:09.559 That makes a bit of a difference when you're asking someone that. 00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:12.559 If I ask you, do you have sweets in your pocket? 00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:14.559 Yeah, I've got sweets. 00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.559 It's like, do you not have any sweets in your pocket? 00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:21.559 You know, the second one with a negative in it, it's like, you're not expecting it. 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.559 Do you not have any sweets in your pocket? 00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:26.559 It's implying you've got nothing in your pocket. 00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:34.559 Jesus is speaking to them, asking them, guys, do you not have any fish? 00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:38.559 And when he says fish, it's not even a full fish. 00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:41.559 It is the smallest bit of fish that you could imagine. 00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:44.559 Do you not have anything at all? 00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:47.559 He's asking them. 00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:49.559 And they say, nothing. 00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:57.559 As a fisherman returning to port with absolutely nothing is embarrassing. 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:02.559 And Jesus is asking them to admit their complete failure. 00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:09.559 We don't have a bean to show for all the work that we have done. 00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:14.559 You see, what following the wrong man left them with? 00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:15.559 Nothing. 00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:18.559 Absolutely nothing. 00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:25.559 So it's a lesson for us to consider who we are following, 00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:35.559 and what we will be left with when we follow. 00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:38.559 We must follow Jesus. 00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:41.559 We must follow Jesus. 00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:46.559 So that at the end of our day, we'll not be left empty. 00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:52.559 You can exhaust yourself chasing after the things of this world, 00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:55.559 trying to gather as much as you can. 00:43:55.559 --> 00:44:00.559 But at the end of the day, what's it going to give you? 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.559 Nothing. 00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:05.559 Follow Jesus. 00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:12.559 The second phrase that I want us to consider is, 00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:16.559 it is the Lord, in verse 7. 00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:22.559 This is a phrase that John exclaims to Peter when he recognizes, 00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:24.559 it must be the Lord. 00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:29.559 He says, it is the Lord to Peter. 00:44:29.559 --> 00:44:38.559 Have you ever thought how you would react if someone said that to you? 00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:42.559 And someone said, if you were about your day-to-day work, 00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:46.559 and someone said to you, it's the Lord. 00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:48.559 The Lord is here. 00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:50.559 The Lord has come. 00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:55.559 On the day when the Lord will come, people will exclaim that. 00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:58.559 When it is, we do not know. 00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:05.559 But we must consider how we will react when the Lord does come. 00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:11.559 And it is interesting that when you come back to this passage, 00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:15.559 and you see how the Lord Jesus is revealed to them, 00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:20.559 it is not made by his voice, as it was to Mary. 00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:27.559 It is not made by his sight, as it was to the disciples. 00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:33.559 But it is made by his work, and what Jesus does for them. 00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:37.559 And in our lives, we desire to see Jesus in the flesh. 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:40.559 We wish we could hear his voice speaking to us so clearly. 00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:49.559 But it is often his hands at work that enables us to say, it is the Lord. 00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:55.559 Because Jesus is unnoticed in this passage. 00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:59.559 Which is interesting, because the disciples have already met him twice already. 00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:04.559 And when you go to verse 12, they are sitting with Jesus on the shore. 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:09.559 The disciples dare not ask him, who are you? 00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:17.559 Jesus doesn't seem immediately obvious to them. 00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:19.559 They have a question in their mind. 00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:21.559 Who is this man? 00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:23.559 But they know fine. 00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:27.559 Deep down, it is really Jesus. 00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:32.559 There seems to be something different about his appearance. 00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:40.559 And if anything from this, it is Jesus instructing them to not rely on the visual. 00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:43.559 Thomas was there in this group. 00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:51.559 Thomas was the doctor that said, I will not believe unless I see him and touch him. 00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:53.559 But Jesus is... 00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:57.559 Jesus' identity isn't so clear here. 00:46:57.559 --> 00:47:01.559 We can't say exactly why, but we don't know. 00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:03.559 He is hidden. 00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:08.559 He said, don't rely so much on the visual and my appearances. 00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:10.559 I will be with you. 00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:12.559 I will continue with you. 00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:16.559 But you will see me in the works that I do. 00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:19.559 You won't physically see me. 00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:21.559 You won't audibly hear my voice. 00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:26.559 And that work that he told them to do was to cast the net on the right side of the boat. 00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:29.559 And it kind of sounds ridiculous for them to do. 00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:30.559 They have been fishing all night. 00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:32.559 They have not cost anything. 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:35.559 Jesus gives them a promise to that word. 00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:38.559 You will find some. 00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:48.559 It emphasizes their complete inability, I think, that they listened to this man and they did not question it. 00:47:48.559 --> 00:47:51.559 Like they did in Luke's Gospel. 00:47:51.559 --> 00:47:53.559 He questioned, we've toiled all night. 00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:55.559 But they're here with nothing. 00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:58.559 They've got nothing else to try. 00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:02.559 This stranger saying, cast your net on the right side. 00:48:02.559 --> 00:48:03.559 Well, let's give it a go. 00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:05.559 What other options do we have? 00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:07.559 Time is running out. 00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:13.559 They try it and they receive a net full of fish. 00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:17.559 Time is running out. 00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:20.559 What option do they have? 00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:23.559 To whom else can they go to? 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:27.559 We must follow Jesus. 00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:31.559 What other option do you have? 00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:33.559 Are time is running out? 00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:34.559 John is the first. 00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:36.559 John is the first. 00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:40.559 He has to put two and two together. 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:45.559 Maybe he remembers that account in Luke. 00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:54.559 And when he says it is the Lord impulsive Peter jumps straight into the sea. 00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:58.559 But before he does that, he puts on an outer garment. 00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:01.559 Which is a strange thing to do if you're going to go swimming. 00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:06.559 To put on a jacket, a coat, a covering. 00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:17.559 But it is believed that he did this because he didn't want to appear before the Lord in his nakedness. 00:49:17.559 --> 00:49:20.559 In his shame. 00:49:20.559 --> 00:49:27.559 He came before the Lord Jesus with reverence when he knew it was him. 00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:32.559 And we must come before the Lord with reverence as well. 00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:40.559 In Luke 5, when Jesus was revealed in the catching of the fish, Peter said, 00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:42.559 Depart from me. 00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:48.559 He realized who he was before the Lord. 00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:54.559 And we must realize who we are when we see the Lord in our lives. 00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:59.559 It is the Lord. 00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:04.559 And the final saying that shapes this passage is, 00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:07.559 Come and have breakfast. 00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:09.559 I am going fishing. 00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:10.559 It is the Lord. 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:13.559 Finally, come and have breakfast. 00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:18.559 This is a great phrase to hear if anyone ever says it to you. 00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:20.559 You're lucky enough to get that offer. 00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:22.559 Come and have breakfast. 00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:25.559 Come, it's provided for you. 00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:26.559 Come and enjoy it with me. 00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:29.559 This is what Jesus is saying to them. 00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:31.559 I will provide for you. 00:50:31.559 --> 00:50:34.559 And you will come and be with me. 00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:41.559 And although there was fish on the fire already prepared for them, 00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:46.559 he tells them to bring something of what they have. 00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:53.559 And though these disciples went off track, they went back into their old ways in life, 00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:57.559 probably knowing themselves the foolishness of what they are doing. 00:50:57.559 --> 00:51:00.559 We know you didn't call us to be fishermen. 00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:07.559 Jesus used this lesson to feed them, to instruct them, to guide them. 00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:11.559 They themselves were nourished by the results of their own mistakes. 00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:18.559 It was used for their own building up. 00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:23.559 Jesus cannot stay with them. 00:51:23.559 --> 00:51:30.559 But they find a lesson in the works of Jesus in their lives. 00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:40.559 And I'm sure there are many of us here who have seen Jesus work in our lives and have learned great lessons from it. 00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:45.559 You can look back in your life, and it's often when you do look back, 00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:50.559 and you say to yourself, well, it was the Lord. 00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:53.559 The Lord was there. 00:51:53.559 --> 00:51:56.559 But you learn from it. 00:51:56.559 --> 00:52:01.559 And maybe it was that you had made a mistake in doing so. 00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:08.559 You look back and the Lord has restored you and taken you and guided you. 00:52:08.559 --> 00:52:10.559 It's a lesson for the future. 00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:14.559 Now, we can't see him physically. 00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:16.559 We can't hear him audibly. 00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:19.559 But he is at work in your life. 00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:23.559 The Lord Jesus is at work. 00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:28.559 Maybe you have to look back to when he first called you. 00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:30.559 That's what he did with the disciples here. 00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:33.559 He took them right back to where he first called them, 00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:36.559 to be fishers of men. 00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:39.559 And they learned a lesson from it. 00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:43.559 To trust in the words of Jesus Christ. 00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:45.559 To follow him. 00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:50.559 Not to try and earn things for themselves. 00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:54.559 For Jesus will provide for them. 00:52:55.559 --> 00:52:59.559 And often we do not know how Jesus will provide for us. 00:52:59.559 --> 00:53:08.559 Often we have to, often we go, often we make the mistake of trying to do it all ourselves. 00:53:10.559 --> 00:53:12.559 But Jesus went before them. 00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:14.559 There was fish already on the fire there. 00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:17.559 But Jesus used this lesson. 00:53:18.559 --> 00:53:20.559 To build them up, to instruct them. 00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:23.559 What a catch they had. 00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:25.559 They had 153 fish. 00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:28.559 And everyone asks, what does this mean? 00:53:29.559 --> 00:53:31.559 Why 153 fish? 00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:34.559 And I don't think anyone really knows. 00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:42.559 Everyone's, people have tried in all sorts of mathematical things in order to reach the significance for the 153. 00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:48.559 But I think it just simply means that the Lord provided for them abundantly. 00:53:49.559 --> 00:53:55.559 And the Lord will provide for you abundantly too. 00:53:56.559 --> 00:54:01.559 Whether it be in this life, or certainly will in the next life. 00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:04.559 The Lord will provide for you. 00:54:04.559 --> 00:54:08.559 And he will welcome you with warmth. 00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:12.559 When you come to him today. 00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:16.559 And when you are welcomed to be with him. 00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:17.559 In his glory. 00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:19.559 In heaven. 00:54:21.559 --> 00:54:24.559 Come and have breakfast with me. 00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:27.559 Come and dine with me. 00:54:28.559 --> 00:54:33.559 Come and enjoy what I have provided for you. 00:54:35.559 --> 00:54:38.559 He has provided for you the most wonderful salvation. 00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:44.559 It is already done. 00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:46.559 We must come to him. 00:54:47.559 --> 00:54:52.559 We must not resort back to following our old lives. 00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:55.559 We must come before the Lord. 00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:58.559 That we would see him. 00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:01.559 And understand what he has done for us. 00:55:01.559 --> 00:55:04.559 And this passage. 00:55:05.559 --> 00:55:06.559 It's all about fishing. 00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:10.559 But it's not really about fishing at all. 00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:15.559 It's not really about the success of the catch that they had. 00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:19.559 It's a lesson on how to go on in the Christian life. 00:55:19.559 --> 00:55:25.559 To trust in him and his words. 00:55:26.559 --> 00:55:29.559 To follow Jesus no matter what. 00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:31.559 To honour him. 00:55:32.559 --> 00:55:38.559 To trust that he will provide for you. 00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:42.559 We all want to be successful in life. 00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:46.559 Success. 00:55:48.559 --> 00:55:49.559 Success. 00:55:50.559 --> 00:55:51.559 Is found in Christ. 00:55:52.559 --> 00:55:54.559 True success is found in Christ. 00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:57.719 the world will leave you empty. 00:55:59.159 --> 00:56:01.340 The world might pat you on your back 00:56:01.340 --> 00:56:02.579 and say you're successful. 00:56:05.059 --> 00:56:06.279 But are you really? 00:56:07.139 --> 00:56:08.779 What have you got to show it? 00:56:09.340 --> 00:56:11.000 What will you have to show it 00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:14.460 when you hear them say it is the Lord? 00:56:19.460 --> 00:56:20.799 Following the world 00:56:20.800 --> 00:56:25.019 will leave you empty handed 00:56:25.019 --> 00:56:28.080 but following Christ 00:56:28.080 --> 00:56:31.580 will bring an abundance to your life. 00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:34.820 He will provide for you. 00:56:36.420 --> 00:56:38.500 So let us follow him. 00:56:39.860 --> 00:56:41.900 Let us trust in him. 00:56:43.760 --> 00:56:45.860 He is the resurrection 00:56:45.860 --> 00:56:47.600 and the life. 00:56:47.599 --> 00:56:52.179 Do you believe this? 00:56:53.339 --> 00:56:53.799 Amen. 00:56:54.420 --> 00:56:57.239 May these thoughts be blessed to us. 00:56:59.279 --> 00:57:02.739 We'll conclude by singing in Psalm 23 00:57:02.739 --> 00:57:04.279 of the Scottish Psalter. 00:57:08.539 --> 00:57:11.099 Find that on page 229. 00:57:12.679 --> 00:57:13.880 Psalm 23. 00:57:14.679 --> 00:57:16.559 Words that are familiar to us. 00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:17.920 Psalm 23. 00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:23.619 The psalmist says that the Lord is his shepherd. 00:57:24.139 --> 00:57:25.079 I'll not want. 00:57:26.480 --> 00:57:30.139 He makes me lie down in pastures green. 00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:32.719 He leadeth me the quiet waters by. 00:57:33.980 --> 00:57:35.000 He also says, 00:57:35.139 --> 00:57:37.279 My soul he doth restore again. 00:57:38.380 --> 00:57:40.159 And me to walk doth make 00:57:40.159 --> 00:57:42.019 within the paths of righteousness. 00:57:42.559 --> 00:57:44.199 Here and for his own name's sake. 00:57:44.199 --> 00:57:47.719 and yea though I walk in death's dark vale 00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:49.879 yet will I fear none ill 00:57:49.879 --> 00:57:53.339 for thou art with me and thy rod 00:57:53.339 --> 00:57:55.659 and staff me comfort still 00:57:55.659 --> 00:57:58.339 my table thou hast furnished 00:57:58.339 --> 00:58:00.419 in presence of my foes 00:58:00.419 --> 00:58:03.000 my head thou dost with oil anoint 00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:05.919 and my cup overflows 00:58:05.919 --> 00:58:09.419 goodness and mercy all my life 00:58:09.419 --> 00:58:11.299 shall surely follow me 00:58:11.300 --> 00:58:14.380 and in God's house forevermore 00:58:14.380 --> 00:58:17.700 my dwelling place shall be 00:58:17.700 --> 00:58:21.840 what a provision by such a shepherd 00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:23.980 that we can follow 00:58:23.980 --> 00:58:27.320 let us stand together and sing these words 00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:30.019 to God's praise the Lord's my shepherd 00:58:30.019 --> 00:58:31.880 I'll not want 00:58:41.300 --> 00:58:44.380 Lord's my shepherd's name 00:58:44.380 --> 00:58:51.840 it makes me down to life 00:58:51.840 --> 00:58:56.380 and pastures be 00:58:56.380 --> 00:59:01.380 he leadeth me 00:59:01.380 --> 00:59:08.460 the quiet water shine 00:59:08.460 --> 00:59:15.920 thy soul be done 00:59:15.920 --> 00:59:20.460 restore again 00:59:20.460 --> 00:59:25.659 and me to hope 00:59:25.659 --> 00:59:27.460 doth may 00:59:27.460 --> 00:59:33.460 within the paths 00:59:33.460 --> 00:59:37.460 of righteousness 00:59:37.460 --> 00:59:38.460 and me to hope 00:59:38.460 --> 00:59:44.460 and yea though I walk in death's dark vale 00:59:44.460 --> 00:59:48.000 yet will I fear none ill 00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:58.000 yet though I walk in death's dark vale 00:59:58.000 --> 01:00:06.000 yet will I fear none ill 01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:13.000 for thou art with me 01:00:13.000 --> 01:00:16.000 and thy door 01:00:16.000 --> 01:00:23.000 and staff me come for still 01:00:23.000 --> 01:00:29.000 thy table 01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:31.000 thy table 01:00:31.000 --> 01:00:32.000 has furnished 01:00:32.000 --> 01:00:33.000 thy table 01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:34.000 has furnished 01:00:34.000 --> 01:00:35.000 shed 01:00:35.000 --> 01:00:38.000 in rest 01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:41.000 of 01:00:41.000 --> 01:00:43.000 thy woes 01:00:43.000 --> 01:00:45.000 my 01:00:45.000 --> 01:00:46.000 end 01:00:46.000 --> 01:00:54.440 The Lord with oil and oil 01:00:54.440 --> 01:01:03.059 And my cup overflows 01:01:03.059 --> 01:01:09.320 Goodness and mercy 01:01:09.320 --> 01:01:13.840 All my life 01:01:13.840 --> 01:01:21.900 Shall surely follow me 01:01:21.900 --> 01:01:32.220 And in the sun forevermore 01:01:32.220 --> 01:01:40.220 My dwelling place shall be 01:01:40.220 --> 01:01:42.980 Concluded prayer 01:01:42.980 --> 01:01:47.219 Lord Jesus 01:01:47.219 --> 01:01:50.039 As we depart from one another 01:01:50.039 --> 01:01:53.280 We pray that you would be our shepherd 01:01:53.280 --> 01:01:55.679 And that we would follow you 01:01:55.679 --> 01:01:57.679 Into the uncertainties of this life 01:01:57.679 --> 01:02:00.219 Lord we pray that you would correct us 01:02:00.219 --> 01:02:01.519 And provide for us 01:02:01.519 --> 01:02:05.320 And that we may see your hand at work within us 01:02:05.320 --> 01:02:07.680 So that we may proclaim to one another 01:02:07.680 --> 01:02:09.780 It is the Lord 01:02:09.780 --> 01:02:12.480 He is still at work 01:02:12.480 --> 01:02:14.380 He is still alive 01:02:14.380 --> 01:02:15.620 And he still reigns 01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:18.280 And will reign eternally forever 01:02:18.280 --> 01:02:24.059 May we hold on to the resurrection promises of Jesus 01:02:24.059 --> 01:02:30.779 That he has provided life for all who believe in him 01:02:30.779 --> 01:02:37.079 So let us believe in the Lord Jesus 01:02:37.079 --> 01:02:40.039 Watch over us as we part 01:02:40.039 --> 01:02:42.699 Be with us as we gather later in this evening 01:02:42.699 --> 01:02:45.960 And may you bless the gathering of your people 01:02:45.960 --> 01:02:46.939 Amen 01:02:46.940 --> 01:02:51.320 Amen 01:02:51.320 --> 01:02:51.860 Oh 01:02:51.860 --> 01:02:52.679 Amen 01:02:52.679 --> 01:03:06.260 Thank you 01:03:10.380 --> 01:03:11.440 Amen 01:03:11.440 --> 01:03:41.420 Thank you.