WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.080 We hope that you enjoy this teaching from Christ Church. 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:11.580 This material is copyrighted and no unauthorized duplication, redistribution, or any other 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:15.280 ! use of any part is permitted without prior consent from Christ Church. 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:22.640 Please consider donating to this work in the San Francisco Bay Area online at ChristChurchEastBay.org. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:30.760 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel according to John, chapters 21, verses 1-25 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:32.320 as printed in the liturgy. 00:00:33.219 --> 00:00:36.340 A reading from the Gospel according to John. 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:42.939 Afterward, Jesus appeared to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee. 00:00:43.420 --> 00:00:44.600 It happened this way. 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:52.420 Simon Peter, Thomas, also known as Didymus, Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, 00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:54.660 and two other disciples were together. 00:00:55.460 --> 00:01:00.260 I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them, and they said, we'll go with you. 00:01:00.800 --> 00:01:04.340 So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:09.400 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:09.799 Jesus. 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:13.599 He called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish? 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:15.040 No, they answered. 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.460 He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some. 00:01:19.459 --> 00:01:24.739 When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:29.479 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it is the Lord. 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:34.979 As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, it is the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around 00:01:34.979 --> 00:01:38.060 him for he had taken it off and jumped into the water. 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:43.719 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:45.859 from shore, about a hundred yards. 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:49.579 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals. 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.099 There was fish on it and some bread. 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:56.219 So Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish you have just caught. 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.700 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.719 It was full of large fish, 153. 00:02:04.819 --> 00:02:07.539 But even with so many, the net was not torn. 00:02:08.139 --> 00:02:10.599 Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast. 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:14.239 None of the disciples dared ask him, who are you? 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:15.819 They knew it was the Lord. 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:21.120 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them and did the same with the fish. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:26.819 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the 00:02:26.819 --> 00:02:27.219 dead. 00:02:27.659 --> 00:02:33.680 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:34.740 me more than these? 00:02:35.180 --> 00:02:36.419 Yes, Lord, he said. 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:37.759 You know that I love you. 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.539 Jesus said, feed my lambs. 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:45.139 Again, Jesus said, Simon, son of John, do you love me? 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.399 He answered, yes, Lord, you know that I love you. 00:02:48.899 --> 00:02:51.120 Jesus said, take care of my sheep. 00:02:51.539 --> 00:02:56.359 The third time he said to him, Simon, son of John, do you love me? 00:02:56.859 --> 00:03:01.359 Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, do you love me? 00:03:01.799 --> 00:03:04.139 He said, Lord, you know all things. 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:05.539 You know that I love you. 00:03:05.539 --> 00:03:07.979 Jesus said, feed my sheep. 00:03:08.259 --> 00:03:13.739 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger and dressed yourself and went where you wanted, 00:03:13.959 --> 00:03:18.659 but when you are old, will stretch out your hands and someone else will dress you and lead 00:03:18.659 --> 00:03:20.399 you where you do not want to go. 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:25.340 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. 00:03:25.859 --> 00:03:27.680 Then he said to him, follow me. 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:32.599 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:38.180 This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, Lord, who 00:03:38.180 --> 00:03:39.500 is going to betray you? 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:43.099 When Peter saw him, he asked, Lord, what about him? 00:03:43.620 --> 00:03:48.759 Jesus answered, if I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:50.180 You must follow me. 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:55.299 Because of this, the rumors spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. 00:03:55.579 --> 00:03:57.840 But Jesus did not say that he would not die. 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:02.500 He only said, if I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? 00:04:03.099 --> 00:04:07.300 This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote about them. 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:09.960 We know that his testimony is true. 00:04:10.580 --> 00:04:12.580 Jesus did many other things as well. 00:04:12.699 --> 00:04:17.280 If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world will not 00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:19.819 have room for the books that would be written. 00:04:20.340 --> 00:04:22.019 This is the gospel of the Lord. 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:24.199 Praise to you, O Christ. 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:28.860 Thank you, Tonya, and happy birthday, Christ Church. 00:04:30.039 --> 00:04:37.139 We are honored today to have Bart and Katie Garrett here, who is my sister and brother-in-law, 00:04:37.339 --> 00:04:43.699 and more importantly, the founders of Christ Church, who poured 14 years of their lives out 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:48.839 here, their time, talent, and treasure, lots of blood, sweat, and tears as well. 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:56.859 And it would be hard to estimate just how much love that they've invested into this church. 00:04:57.019 --> 00:05:01.659 And so we're pleased to have them, and Bart's going to be leading us in communion and praying 00:05:01.659 --> 00:05:02.399 for us in a moment. 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:08.299 We're also celebrating the 20th birthday of Christ Church by sending Andrew off on a four-month 00:05:08.299 --> 00:05:08.879 sabbatical. 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:13.739 So happy birthday, Christ Church, via Andrew. 00:05:13.740 --> 00:05:13.800 Thank you. 00:05:14.900 --> 00:05:20.900 We, you know, I've been thinking this week a lot about this verse in 1 Corinthians 3. 00:05:22.420 --> 00:05:30.740 It's a new community of Christians in Corinth, all of them converts from their former Greco-Roman 00:05:30.740 --> 00:05:31.439 way of life. 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:37.759 And Paul, the Apostle Paul, compares them to a new tree, this living organism. 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:45.139 And he says, you know, there's been all these people that have planted the church, that have 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:46.039 watered the church. 00:05:47.099 --> 00:05:53.159 But then Paul says, so neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but 00:05:53.159 --> 00:05:55.620 only God who makes things grow. 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:58.879 And I just, my prayer all week has been, only God. 00:05:59.740 --> 00:06:03.439 You know, and that's really our heart today in this worship service, is we just want to 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:09.060 thank only God and praise only God because only he's the one that makes things grow. 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:15.019 And if we keep humbling ourselves before him and asking him, he'll keep making things grow. 00:06:15.579 --> 00:06:17.220 So only God. 00:06:18.180 --> 00:06:25.480 And we, you know, as we come to this, the end of this sermon series in the Gospel of John, 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:31.100 it's just a beautiful picture, I think, of what a church is supposed to be. 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:34.700 You know, Jesus is risen from the dead. 00:06:35.460 --> 00:06:37.260 He's alive forevermore. 00:06:37.900 --> 00:06:39.260 And he's gone through death. 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:40.580 He's come out the other side. 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:42.680 He's gone on into this new creation. 00:06:43.320 --> 00:06:45.960 And now he's gathering together with his disciples. 00:06:46.939 --> 00:06:50.780 And he's showing them the kind of life he wants them to live. 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:58.980 And so what I want to talk about today is fishing with Jesus, eating near Jesus, and shepherding 00:06:58.980 --> 00:06:59.760 under Jesus. 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:01.379 And you can just kind of track. 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:03.379 These are the three movements of this text. 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:08.500 Fishing with Jesus, eating near Jesus, and shepherding under Jesus. 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:11.399 And let's start with fishing with Jesus. 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:13.680 What is this story for? 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:15.599 Why was this story written down for us? 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:23.360 Well, it says explicitly in verse 1 that afterward, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:24.120 Sea of Galilee. 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:26.480 And this is the way it happened. 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:31.699 And then down in verse 14, it says, this was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples 00:07:31.699 --> 00:07:34.180 after he was raised from the dead. 00:07:34.180 --> 00:07:43.980 So on Easter Sunday, God literally, physically, historically raised Jesus from the dead. 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:53.580 And after that great event, Jesus is now coming to individuals and pairs and groups of disciples 00:07:53.580 --> 00:08:01.420 in order that he might convince them that he really has been glorified, that this body of 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:04.960 his is an incorruptible and victorious body. 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:11.239 And it's the prototype of the kind of bodies that his disciples are going to have when they're 00:08:11.239 --> 00:08:12.719 raised at the end of time. 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:21.300 It's like Jesus is coming to them and he's wanting to convince them that even though sin and death 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:26.600 had been ruling over this world for a very, very long time, through his cross and through his 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.620 resurrection, sin and death had been overthrown. 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:32.360 And now there's a new king. 00:08:32.560 --> 00:08:33.899 There's a new Lord. 00:08:34.160 --> 00:08:36.080 And he's reigning in grace. 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.600 He's reigning in righteousness. 00:08:37.800 --> 00:08:41.500 He's wanting to share his eternal life with his disciples. 00:08:41.500 --> 00:08:46.799 And so Jesus just keeps appearing to them and trying to convince them of these things. 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:52.740 And notice how he chooses to appear and reveal himself here in this story. 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:57.340 It says in verse 3, Simon Peter told the rest of the disciples, 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:58.320 I'm going out to fish. 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:01.799 And they said, well, okay, we'll go along with you. 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:03.600 And so they went out and they got into the boat. 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:05.820 But that night they caught nothing. 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:10.620 And early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:15.100 And so he called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish? 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.179 And what's interesting is that in the Greek text, he doesn't use the word friends. 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:19.419 He uses the word kids. 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:22.879 And the question sounds like this. 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:26.519 Children, you have no fish, have you? 00:09:27.740 --> 00:09:34.299 It's this really playful and provocative thing that the resurrected Jesus is doing with his disciples. 00:09:34.299 --> 00:09:37.039 Why is he asking the question this way? 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:44.139 Why is he drawing attention to their fishing failure and to their empty nets and their empty boat? 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:48.159 Verse 3 emphasizes they fished all night and they caught what? 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:49.279 Nothing. 00:09:50.259 --> 00:09:55.839 It's the same word that Jesus used in the upper room when he said, apart from me, you can do nothing. 00:09:56.719 --> 00:10:00.439 In John 15, I'll just read a little bit more of that text. 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.400 He's in the upper room with his disciples the night before he dies. 00:10:03.640 --> 00:10:06.780 And he says, no branch can bear fruit by itself. 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:09.700 It must remain in the vine. 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:12.660 And neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:14.380 I'm the vine. 00:10:14.660 --> 00:10:15.260 You are the branches. 00:10:15.400 --> 00:10:19.200 If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:22.560 Apart from me, you can do nothing. 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:28.820 See, the disciples have gone out fishing, but they're doing it by themselves. 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:30.520 They're doing it apart from Jesus. 00:10:30.620 --> 00:10:33.920 They're doing it without the resurrected Jesus. 00:10:35.040 --> 00:10:36.300 And what is the result? 00:10:36.400 --> 00:10:39.640 The result is that they've caught nothing. 00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:45.140 And of course, you know, fishing in the Gospels, it's never just about fishing, is it? 00:10:45.920 --> 00:10:48.420 Because when Jesus first called these guys, what did he say? 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:54.060 He said, come, come follow me and I will make you into fishers of men. 00:10:54.160 --> 00:10:57.560 Come follow me and I will send you out to fish for people. 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:00.679 And that's the mission of the disciple community. 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:05.459 That Jesus' disciples are to fish for people. 00:11:06.479 --> 00:11:12.059 But if we try to go fishing by ourselves, we try to fish apart from Jesus. 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:15.099 And without Jesus, what are we going to catch? 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:16.879 Nothing. 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:25.320 If we try to bear fruit in our worship, in our fellowship, in our mission, apart from the living and life-giving vine, 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:33.519 it's going to be like that moment where, you know, you see a tree that's bearing fruit and you pick a piece off and it looks so good. 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:39.399 And then you bite into it and immediately you regret that decision and you just want to spit it out. 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:40.620 That's what Jesus is saying. 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:43.440 That's the kind of fruit you'll bear without me. 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:53.940 And in the same way, Jesus is saying, if you try to go fishing for people, you're not really going to catch many people without me. 00:11:55.080 --> 00:12:01.440 Verse 6, he says, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some. 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:08.940 And, you know, when Jesus says this, every guy in the boat would immediately remember what happened the very first time. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:17.720 And I don't know if you remember that story, but it's in Luke chapter 5 where Jesus doesn't really know Peter very well. 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:23.140 But he steps into Peter's boat and he starts giving Peter fishing advice. 00:12:23.380 --> 00:12:27.960 And Peter says, well, master, we've worked hard all night and we've caught, again, nothing. 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:35.040 And Jesus tells Peter, well, put out into the deep water, which, by the way, no one fishes in the deep water. 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:40.259 But he says, put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch. 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:44.180 Now, Peter has spent his whole life fishing these waters. 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:49.379 His father and his grandfather before him have been fishermen. 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:54.220 Peter knows how to make a good living at fishing. 00:12:54.220 --> 00:12:58.420 Peter has a thriving and a profitable fishing business. 00:12:58.540 --> 00:13:01.240 And he knows that Jesus is just a stonemason. 00:13:01.420 --> 00:13:03.240 Jesus is just a builder. 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.940 Jesus knows nothing about fishing and is giving him terrible fishing advice. 00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:20.980 And he knows that Jesus is testing him in a way, asking him whether or not he's willing to go against his own instincts and his own experiences. 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:30.519 But Peter also knows that he's been relying on himself and relying on all the things that he knows. 00:13:31.300 --> 00:13:33.560 And yet the result is he's caught what? 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.600 He's caught nothing. 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:43.519 And, you know, the turning point in that story in Luke 5 is that when Peter trusts Jesus, he says to Jesus, 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:52.240 Jesus, because you say so, he says, Jesus, at your word, I'm going to let down the nets. 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:58.079 And the result is that they get this enormous, miraculous catch of fish. 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.480 And Peter, in that moment, he's astonished and he falls at Jesus' feet. 00:14:01.539 --> 00:14:03.860 He says, go away from me, Lord, for I'm a sinful man. 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:11.460 And Jesus says to Peter, don't be afraid, Peter, because from now on you're going to fish for people. 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:13.120 You're going to be catching people. 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:21.700 So you see in John 21, when the resurrected and living Lord Jesus comes to Peter and comes to his disciples, 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:30.960 he wants to let them know that the mission of fishing for people and catching people has not changed. 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:37.759 But he also wants to let them know that the fishing mission has to be on my terms. 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:40.660 And it has to be according to my word. 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.420 Put out into deep water. 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:47.379 Throw out your net on the right side of the boat. 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.360 How can Jesus say that? 00:14:50.400 --> 00:14:52.240 How does Jesus know where all the fish are? 00:14:53.540 --> 00:15:00.500 Has Jesus gone to Bass Pro Shop and gotten some expensive, high-end, 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.980 the ultrasonic fish finder? 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:07.740 No, see, the universe was created through Jesus, ex nihilo. 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:11.659 And God has raised Jesus up from the dead. 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:15.440 And so fish aren't hard for Jesus. 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.840 If Jesus says the fish are going to be out in the deep water, 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:23.500 if Jesus says the fish are going to be on that side of the boat and not on this side of the boat, 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:25.259 well, that's where the fish are going to be. 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.620 Because that's how powerful Jesus is. 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.080 And that's how powerful his word is. 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.700 Isaiah 55 says, 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:37.860 My word that goes forth from my mouth will not return to me empty, 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:42.960 but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent my word. 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:49.800 And you see, when Jesus' disciple community lives in obedience to his powerful word, 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:53.040 when it trusts his trustworthy commands, 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:58.000 when it carries out its mission under the authority of Jesus 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.240 and in line with the direction of Jesus, 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:02.780 well, we're not just going to catch many fish. 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:04.620 We're going to catch many, many people. 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:13.740 Friends, the question that this text asks us to examine ourselves with is, 00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:18.560 in what ways are we trying to bear fruit by ourselves? 00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:22.820 In what ways are we trying to catch people apart from him? 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:27.620 How are we operating in our own energy, 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.759 our own knowledge, 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:31.200 our own resources, 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.860 our own strength? 00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:35.180 But in the end, 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:37.700 coming up feeling empty and exhausted, 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:43.200 really bearing very little fruit worth having, 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:46.440 not really catching many people, 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:49.940 not really getting anywhere. 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.840 See, verse 6 says, 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:54.600 Throw your net on the right side of the boat, 00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.620 and you will find some. 00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.700 And when they did, 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:58.860 they were unable to haul the net in 00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:01.120 because of the large number of fish. 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:04.039 When they listened to his word, 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.740 when they obeyed his word, 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:11.119 that is the moment that they experienced Jesus' resurrection power. 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:15.039 And that's how the fishing ministry of the church 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:17.619 would continue over the next three centuries. 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.359 Jesus, 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:21.200 as his disciple community, 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:22.339 was faithful to Jesus 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.480 and obedient to Jesus. 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.519 You know, 00:17:24.620 --> 00:17:25.640 in three centuries, 00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:27.259 half of the Roman Empire 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.259 came into the net 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.279 and came into the boat 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.339 of the church. 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:33.440 And that was not hard 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.360 for God. 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:37.579 And it's not hard for God today. 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.579 We think that, 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.279 oh man, 00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:42.259 it's like nearly impossible 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:44.259 for God to bring people 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.720 into a relationship with himself 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.740 here in Berkeley 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:48.059 and in the East Bay 00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.859 in 2026. 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:50.940 But it's never been hard for God. 00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.220 In Christ's church, 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:54.480 my prayer in our third decade 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.039 is that 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.680 we'll not go out 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:57.480 and work hard 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:59.700 individually, 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:00.480 collectively, 00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:02.259 on our own, 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.519 by ourselves, 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:07.039 apart from the risen Lord. 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.680 But rather, 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.079 that we'll remain in him, 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.000 that we'll listen to him, 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.259 we'll do what he says, 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:14.279 and then we'll just sit back 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.220 and watch him do 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.680 astonishing 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:20.339 and supernatural things. 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.119 Amen? 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:23.799 So, 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.039 the mission of the church 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:26.440 is to fish with Jesus. 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.379 But also, 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:28.940 it's to, 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.019 it's to eat 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:31.319 near Jesus. 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:33.240 It's about eating 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.259 near Jesus. 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.720 What fascinates me 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.379 is, 00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.099 you know, 00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.839 Peter swims to shore 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.079 and he makes 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.839 all the other disciples 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.579 do the hard work 00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:43.319 of getting the boat 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:43.740 to shore. 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.299 But when they all 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:45.519 finally get to the shore, 00:18:46.199 --> 00:18:47.659 how does Jesus say, 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.220 hey guys, 00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:48.799 I'm raised, 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.460 I've been raised 00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:49.819 from the dead, 00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.500 let's celebrate. 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:51.980 How does he do that? 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.139 Well, 00:18:52.199 --> 00:18:53.399 he just cooks breakfast 00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:54.179 for his friends. 00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.099 It says in verse 9 00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:57.279 that they landed, 00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:58.159 they saw a fire 00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:59.079 of burning coals 00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.980 there with fish on it 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:01.579 and some bread was there 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.379 and Jesus said to them 00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:03.299 in verse 12, 00:19:03.419 --> 00:19:04.399 come and have breakfast. 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.399 And none of the disciples 00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:07.179 dared ask him, 00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:08.019 who are you? 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:09.159 Because they knew 00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:09.939 it was the Lord. 00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.699 And Jesus came 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.539 and he took the bread 00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:13.380 and he gave it to them 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.019 and he did the same 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.600 with the fish 00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.519 and this was now 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.480 the third time 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.180 that he appeared 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.380 to his disciples 00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.340 after he was raised 00:19:19.340 --> 00:19:20.460 from the dead. 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:22.480 See, 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.140 there's this simple 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:24.380 invitation from Jesus 00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:25.140 that indicates 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.960 something about 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:27.480 the new creation 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:29.180 that's been launched 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.559 in the resurrection. 00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:32.500 And it's just 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.279 this invitation 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:35.140 to deep connection. 00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:37.259 This invitation 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.559 to deep communion 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.179 communion with Jesus. 00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.339 And I imagine 00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.379 when the risen 00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:43.119 and living Lord 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.440 is giving them 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.039 the bread 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.619 and giving them 00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.179 the fish 00:19:46.179 --> 00:19:48.399 that their minds 00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:48.859 and their hearts 00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:49.519 are going back 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:51.019 to those other moments, 00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:51.299 right, 00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.059 where Jesus took 00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:53.159 five loaves of fish 00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.619 and two, 00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.700 five loaves of bread, 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.940 two little fish 00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:58.079 and he sent his disciples 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.599 out and said, 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.079 trust me, 00:19:59.179 --> 00:19:59.879 trust me guys, 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.960 this is going to go 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.619 a long way. 00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:03.559 And they went out 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.839 and they fed thousands 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:06.599 with barely anything. 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.319 And I'm sure 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.759 their hearts 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.179 and their minds 00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:09.839 are going back 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.439 the other night, 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.119 the other week, 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.619 where Jesus took 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.500 the Passover meal 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.919 and he said, 00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.879 he said, 00:20:14.939 --> 00:20:15.379 this is now 00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:16.240 the Lord's Supper 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.859 and he gave them 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.359 the bread 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:18.919 and he said, 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.619 this is my body, 00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.579 do this in remembrance 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.699 of me. 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.779 And so when Jesus 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.399 says to them, 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.679 come have breakfast 00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.159 with me, 00:20:27.699 --> 00:20:28.740 what's he saying? 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.659 What does this mean 00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.619 for us? 00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.439 It means that 00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:34.079 we're not just supposed 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:35.299 to believe in Jesus 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:37.019 in some abstract 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:38.019 and detached way. 00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:39.759 But rather, 00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.720 it's an invitation 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:43.579 to intimate communion 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.220 with Jesus 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.700 to experience his life 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.980 and his power. 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.879 You see, 00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.779 in the ancient world 00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:51.419 to invite someone 00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:52.259 to come and eat 00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.859 with you, 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.180 it meant a lot more 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.799 than it means today. 00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.480 Today it means, 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:55.740 hey, 00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.700 come eat with us 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.259 and it's kind of 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.159 a friendly gesture. 00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.399 I might possibly 00:20:59.399 --> 00:21:00.259 want to be your friend. 00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:01.839 But in the ancient world, 00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.759 it was a pledge. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.279 It was saying, 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:05.379 I want you to be 00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:07.500 like family with me. 00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.339 I want you to be 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.500 in closest relationship 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.119 to me. 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.500 And Jesus is saying here, 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.579 I don't just want you guys 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.420 to believe in me. 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.460 I don't even just want you 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.379 to obey me. 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.299 I want you to know me. 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:21.180 I want to share 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.339 my life 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.740 and all that I have 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.619 with you. 00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.259 In the gospels, 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.619 one of the chief complaints 00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.700 against Jesus 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.859 is people keep coming 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.419 to his disciples 00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:31.740 and say, 00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:32.859 Jesus, 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.259 why, 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.139 or they say to his disciples, 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.799 why does your master Jesus 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:38.379 keep eating with sinners? 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.959 And 00:21:40.959 --> 00:21:44.240 they realize 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.619 that Jesus is practicing 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:47.299 radical hospitality. 00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:48.199 Jesus is 00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:50.719 including all the wrong people 00:21:50.719 --> 00:21:52.319 in the kingdom of God. 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.000 And 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.959 you think about 00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:56.000 these tax collectors 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.179 Jesus was gathering 00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:57.939 around himself 00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:59.039 who were, 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.440 just imagine 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.799 the most despised people 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.660 in our society. 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:04.640 Sellouts, 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.279 traitors. 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.220 And 00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.299 Jesus is over 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.820 at the home 00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.920 of one of these tax collectors 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.559 named Matthew 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.240 and he says 00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.820 at that meal, 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.259 he says, 00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.700 it's not the healthy 00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.480 who need a doctor 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.460 but the sick. 00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:17.279 I've not come to call 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.759 the righteous 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.840 but sinners. 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.160 And he says 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.240 to a guy named Zacchaeus, 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.140 another tax collector, 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.460 he says, 00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.980 today salvation 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.980 has come to this house 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.880 for the son of man 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:28.220 came to seek 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.740 and to save 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.819 that which was lost. 00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.180 And so 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:32.579 Jesus has this pattern 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.539 of eating meals 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.720 with all the wrong people 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:37.140 and he gets to this beach 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.360 after his resurrection 00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.980 and he says 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.339 to these failed disciples 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.559 who've denied him, 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.819 who've abandoned him 00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:45.160 and he says, 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.460 come have breakfast with me. 00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.900 Come sit at my table. 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.200 Come share 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.519 in my meal 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.960 because 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:53.360 I've come to seek 00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:54.319 and to save the lost. 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:56.879 and I want to know you 00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.460 and I want you 00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.079 to know me. 00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.720 I want you to know 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.359 my salvation. 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.119 I want you to know 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.279 the power 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.399 of my grace. 00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:05.679 You see, 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.399 here on this beach, 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.039 the risen Lord 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.759 is saying to them, 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.019 I want to share 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.559 my resurrection life 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.119 and power 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:12.179 with you. 00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.700 And I'll just pause here 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.700 for just an application 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.679 is just this, 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.619 that do you know 00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:20.139 that the risen Lord 00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.000 wants to be 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:23.420 in intimate communion 00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:25.319 with you. 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.480 Not just here 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.099 in this meal, 00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:32.059 but every morning, 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:34.380 every evening, 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.539 Jesus is there 00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:38.359 and he's waiting for you 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:38.819 and he's saying, 00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.240 come and eat with me. 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:43.319 Come and let me feed you. 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.259 Let me nourish you. 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.619 Let me give you substance 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.440 and energy 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.259 and life. 00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:50.180 I've never met 00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.900 a healthy Christian 00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:52.240 who did not have 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.039 the daily practice 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.339 of saying yes 00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:56.660 to this invitation 00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:58.619 to intimate communion 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.940 with the risen Lord. 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.599 And so my encouragement 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.420 to you is just 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:05.180 to turn off your device, 00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.579 put your book aside, 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.140 don't watch the show, 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:12.339 and just be 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:14.460 near Jesus. 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.440 Just be near him 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.980 in his word. 00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.779 Just be near him 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.279 in prayer. 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.440 Just be close with him 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.299 in Christian fellowship. 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.860 Just come and stay 00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.539 by his side 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.519 in the Lord's Supper 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.820 and just enjoy 00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.720 the presence 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:30.340 of our living Lord. 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.680 That's what 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.740 the Christian life 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.220 is all about. 00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:35.120 That's what the ministry 00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.740 of the church 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.820 is all about. 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.039 And the second thing 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:41.180 is Christian ministry 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.539 is simply just finding 00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.660 people and saying, 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:43.960 hey, 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.019 do you want to come 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:47.059 and have breakfast 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.519 with me? 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.779 Do you want to come 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.420 and have lunch 00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.140 with us? 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.180 And it's just simply 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.120 inviting people, 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.019 whether they're inside 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.480 the church 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.519 or outside the church, 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:58.259 to come and enjoy 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.220 intimate communion 00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.240 with us 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.940 as we're in the presence 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.799 of the risen Lord. 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.220 That's what 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.299 Christian ministry is. 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:08.879 and I hope that 00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:10.259 this will be 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.940 one of the marks 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.619 of our ministry 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:13.299 as we move 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.119 into our third 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.500 decade together 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.180 because it's how 00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.139 the resurrected Lord 00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.799 is building 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.799 his disciple community 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.579 on that beach 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:22.659 over a simple meal 00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.839 of bread and fish. 00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.480 The third thing 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.200 I want to talk about 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.240 is not just fishing 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.379 with Jesus 00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.619 and eating near Jesus, 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.379 but I want to talk 00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.019 finally about 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.639 shepherding 00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:34.079 under Jesus. 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.819 shepherding 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.419 under Jesus. 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.639 This is the final lesson 00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:39.019 in Jesus' 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.339 resurrection appearance 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:42.379 and it has to do 00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.939 with Peter 00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.720 and it has to do 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.419 with all who, 00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.139 like Peter, 00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:47.379 have ever spectacularly 00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.220 and miserably 00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.240 failed. 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.399 Here we learn 00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.199 something about 00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:55.139 how Jesus 00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.779 can heal 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.519 our memories 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:59.379 and how he can 00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.960 come into places 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:02.579 of buried hurt 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.299 and fear 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:05.500 places of hidden 00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.039 failure and sin 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.579 in our lives 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.119 and he can just 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.480 come in 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.960 and somehow 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.019 he just deals 00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.480 with it. 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.559 And Jesus just, 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.500 he draws Peter 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.379 around this meal 00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:15.099 and this fire 00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:17.119 and he begins 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:17.879 to just gently 00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.359 expose this deep 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.079 and unhealed 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:22.000 wound in Peter 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:24.000 and start to deal 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.579 with this failure. 00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.319 And if you'll remember 00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.519 back to John 13, 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.619 it was over a meal, 00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.159 it was over 00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:30.259 the Last Supper 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.919 where Peter 00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:32.240 insisted emphatically 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:34.120 he says, 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.579 you know, 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:34.859 Jesus, 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.839 I'm going to remain 00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.900 loyal to you 00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.740 even if all these 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:39.579 others are not, 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.680 I'm going to be 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.339 loyal to you. 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.620 And he says to Jesus, 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.400 I'm going to follow you 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.480 to prison and to death. 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.359 I'm prepared to lay down 00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:48.480 my life on your behalf. 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.359 And then later 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.099 in John 18, 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.539 it was over a charcoal fire 00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.160 in that courtyard 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.740 where Peter 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.220 tried to do that 00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.160 but he failed 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.720 spectacularly. 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.440 Not just once, 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.180 not just twice 00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:01.820 but three times, 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.920 he denied three times. 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.799 It's not just 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.000 that I don't follow him, 00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.640 it's that I don't 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.880 even know Jesus. 00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.960 I've never even 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.600 met the guy. 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:14.019 And Peter goes out 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.559 that night 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.180 in shame 00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.799 and in tears 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.519 and he's going to be 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:18.000 dogged by this memory 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.080 for the rest of his life 00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:20.259 that I was a coward 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.640 and I was a failure 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:23.059 and I'm full of guilt 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.660 and I'm full of shame. 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.820 How in the world 00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.720 did I screw up 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.480 so miserably? 00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:31.099 How did I fail Jesus 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.480 in his hour 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.259 of greatest need? 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.679 And so, 00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.980 the resurrected Jesus 00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.399 comes and he recreates 00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:39.379 the scene of Jesus' 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.079 pride at that meal 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.119 or Peter's pride 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.740 at that meal 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.159 and Peter's failure 00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.859 at that fire 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.740 and now here on the beach 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.679 there's a new fire 00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:49.379 and there's a fresh meal 00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:50.960 and Jesus begins 00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.339 to just gently expose 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.319 this wound 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.720 in his beloved disciple 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.660 and he begins 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.180 to treat it 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.759 with love 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.460 and with prayer 00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:00.100 and he begins 00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.799 to bathe it 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.900 in the power of God 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:03.759 and it's one of the most 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.839 spectacular exchanges 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.319 in the whole Bible 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.779 where Jesus asked Peter 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.319 three times 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.680 he says, 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.500 do you love me? 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.420 Do you love me? 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.539 Do you love me? 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:15.180 And Jesus is giving Peter 00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.799 an opportunity 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:17.299 to admit 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.559 how weak he is. 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.360 He's giving him 00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.759 an opportunity 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.880 to repent 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.860 of all of his 00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.700 failures 00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:25.940 and how does Peter 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.700 respond to this 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.640 gentle probing 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.080 of Jesus 00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:29.240 in his heart? 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.559 Well, 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.039 Peter just says, 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.660 Lord, 00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:32.980 you know. 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.980 Lord, 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.400 you know 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.720 that I love you. 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:37.940 Lord, 00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.380 you know all things. 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.019 You see, 00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.920 now Peter rests 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.440 his confidence 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.400 not on the strength 00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:45.059 of his love 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.759 for Jesus. 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.539 No, 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.140 he's resting 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.880 on the sureness 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.400 of Jesus' 00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.039 knowledge 00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.860 of him 00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.940 and of all things. 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:54.320 Jesus knows 00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:55.980 and Jesus 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.799 has the power 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.759 to deal 00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.279 with Peter's 00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.820 threefold 00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.920 failure 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.820 and to take 00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.519 away his sins 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.460 and not only 00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.059 to take away 00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.519 his sins 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.400 but to take away 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:08.200 the memories 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.600 of his old 00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.200 failings 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.120 and sores 00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.880 and his wounds 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:13.120 and his pains. 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.259 That's how powerful 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.440 the resurrected 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.259 Jesus is. 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.240 You know, 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.660 they're probably 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.279 at this point 00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.420 walking along 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.960 the beach 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:24.460 and Peter's 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.160 answering Jesus' 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.920 questions 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:27.980 and Jesus' 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.899 response is not 00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.420 just a pat 00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.839 on the back 00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.240 and saying, 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:30.779 hey, 00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.359 that's all right, 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.680 Peter. 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.779 Come and be my 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.119 sheep. 00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.700 No, 00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.119 he doesn't say 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.720 come and be my 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:36.980 sheep. 00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.680 He says, 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:38.940 Peter, 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.539 you're the biggest 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.319 failure I've ever 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.599 met 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:42.980 and then he gives 00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.599 him a command 00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.119 and a fresh 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.599 challenge 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.000 and a new 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.399 commission 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:47.200 and Peter's 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.019 threefold denial 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.680 is just wiped 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.320 out and forgiven 00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.700 with this 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.880 threefold commission. 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.280 He says, 00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:51.700 Peter, 00:29:51.820 --> 00:29:52.360 it's time 00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.400 for you to learn 00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.960 how to be a 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.420 forgiven 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.400 and fearless 00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.820 shepherd. 00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.640 It's time 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.360 for you to learn 00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.240 how to feed 00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.700 my lambs. 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.140 It's time 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.680 for you to look 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.680 after my 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.080 sheep. 00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.000 You see, 00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:04.460 when Jesus 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.160 forgives us, 00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.320 he also gives 00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:06.860 us a job 00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.220 to do. 00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.920 He also 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.600 equips us 00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.280 and he empowers 00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:11.720 us to share 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.660 in his 00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.080 ministry. 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:15.439 that moment 00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:16.319 when we 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.179 profess our 00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.159 love for 00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:18.699 Jesus for 00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:19.019 the first 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.359 time, 00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:19.859 he says, 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.139 well, 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.819 then let's 00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.079 get to 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.379 work. 00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.419 And this 00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:23.720 is the 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.179 one who 00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.639 in John 00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.299 10 said, 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:25.799 well, 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.099 I'm the 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.599 good shepherd. 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.339 And now 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.759 he's saying 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.220 to Peter, 00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.119 I want you 00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.740 to share 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.500 in my 00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.939 work and 00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:32.500 my ministry 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:34.079 of shepherding 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.579 with me. 00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.460 I'm the 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.799 one who 00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.240 has the 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.879 task of 00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.599 leading 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.220 and feeding 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.720 and caring 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.119 for my 00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.339 sheep. 00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.659 I'm the 00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.019 one who's 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.259 going to 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.740 guide them 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.359 to and 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.740 from 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.319 good 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.859 pastures 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.259 and green 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.700 pastures. 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.000 I'm the 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.359 one who's 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.819 supposed to 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.380 keep them 00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.440 safe from 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.720 all the 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.559 wolves and 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.059 the thieves. 00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.140 But Peter, 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.660 from now 00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.059 on, 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.940 now that I've 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.599 plunged your 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.640 failure into 00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.140 my grace, 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.620 I want you 00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.180 to share 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.920 in my 00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.859 work of 00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.359 shepherding. 00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:00.980 And of 00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.140 course, 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.660 we know that 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.259 Peter had a 00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:03.539 special role 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.759 in the early 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.460 church and the 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.120 founding and 00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.839 leadership of 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.319 the church. 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.839 But really, 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.480 every 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.460 Christian, 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:12.720 everyone who's 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.860 been baptized, 00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.960 everyone who 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.799 comes and 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.559 shares in the 00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.039 meal with 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.539 Jesus, 00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.360 every Christian 00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:20.279 has a share 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.559 in the 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.660 ministry of 00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:22.980 the good 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.299 shepherd. 00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.440 And here's 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.019 the secret of 00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.600 that ministry. 00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.460 Here's the 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.440 secret of 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.100 your ministry 00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.660 and my 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.100 ministry. 00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.779 Whether you're 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.819 a layperson 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.180 or you're 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.480 ordained, 00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.880 whether you're 00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.819 part-time or 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.640 full-time or 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.079 volunteer, 00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.779 if you're 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.119 going to do 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:41.019 anything as a 00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.579 follower of 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.799 Jesus, 00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.119 if you're 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.379 going to do 00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.179 anything as a 00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.079 servant of 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.539 Jesus, 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.259 this is what it 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.159 all comes down 00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.339 to. 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.759 Somewhere deep 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.659 down inside, 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.299 the question 00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.879 is, 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.659 is there a 00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.779 love for 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.099 Jesus? 00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:57.000 Can you say 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.439 with Peter, 00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.960 yes, 00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.539 Lord, 00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.399 you know that 00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:01.059 somewhere deep 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.779 down inside, 00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:04.000 I love 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.740 you. 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.740 I love 00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:06.960 you. 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.619 I love 00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.859 you. 00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.399 That's the 00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.779 key and 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.039 ultimate 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.539 question. 00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.179 No matter 00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.699 how much 00:32:14.699 --> 00:32:14.960 you've 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.819 struggled and 00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.299 failed in 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.159 your discipleship, 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.819 Jesus wants 00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.299 to know, 00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.619 do you 00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:22.079 love me? 00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.240 And though 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.939 goodness knows 00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.599 we've all let 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.000 him down 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.599 plenty of 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:26.980 times, 00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.759 he wants 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.419 to find 00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:29.919 that love 00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.359 in us. 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.699 He wants 00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:32.179 to give us 00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.519 a chance 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.159 to express 00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:33.659 our love 00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:34.059 and he wants 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.480 to come 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.019 like Peter 00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.799 and heal 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.139 the hurts 00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.700 and heal 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.320 the failures 00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.640 of our 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.680 past and 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.900 say, 00:32:40.020 --> 00:32:40.080 well, 00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.580 let's get 00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.960 on with 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.160 it. 00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.220 You've 00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.480 got a 00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.940 new job 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.380 to do. 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.440 And it's 00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.820 out of that 00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.500 grace and 00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.940 joy and 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.700 relief that 00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.520 you've been 00:32:48.520 --> 00:32:48.920 forgiven. 00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:51.120 And as a 00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.800 sign that you 00:32:51.800 --> 00:32:52.320 are forgiven, 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.820 that Jesus 00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.380 wants you to 00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.940 go out and 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.320 he wants you 00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:54.740 to love 00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.700 him by 00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.120 loving 00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:57.460 his flock. 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.300 All of us 00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:00.660 are called 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.000 to find a 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.300 sheep, 00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.680 even just 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.280 one sheep, 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.139 and to 00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:06.240 care for 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.779 that sheep 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.480 with selfless 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.899 love, 00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.680 like Jesus. 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.759 All of us 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.240 are called 00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.399 to find 00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:13.119 at least 00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.700 one sheep 00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.079 and just 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.759 feed that 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.460 sheep with 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.039 biblical 00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.599 truth. 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.839 All of us 00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.220 are called 00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.099 to just 00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.779 find one 00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.539 sheep and 00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.039 just shepherd 00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.579 that sheep 00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.039 with humble 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:26.359 service and 00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.759 to go out 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.160 and show 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.539 our love 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.980 for Jesus 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.619 by loving 00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:30.099 his church. 00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.539 So Christ 00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.779 Church, 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:34.240 as we mark 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.779 our 20th 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.339 birthday today, 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.920 as we enter 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.339 into the 00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.839 third decade 00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.240 of our 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.620 ministry 00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.359 together, 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.900 Jesus is 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.559 offering us 00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.960 the same 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.279 thing he 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.880 offered those 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.500 disciples on 00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.980 that beach. 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.400 He's just 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.180 offering us 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.620 a restored 00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.599 and a 00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.140 transformed 00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.259 and a 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.579 newly 00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.539 commissioned 00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.779 life. 00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.819 To come 00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.819 and fish 00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.480 with Jesus. 00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.259 To come 00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.700 and eat 00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:59.019 near Jesus. 00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.640 To come 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.140 and shepherd 00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:02.480 under Jesus. 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:04.220 it's an 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.579 amazing 00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.120 life. 00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.380 That the 00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:06.759 resurrected 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.299 Lord is 00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.759 calling us 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.260 to live 00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:09.159 with him. 00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.860 And that's 00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.420 what I pray 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.619 we'll be 00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.980 about. 00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.780 That's what I 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:16.019 pray we'll 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.599 get together 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.179 and do 00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.599 is the 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.900 fishing 00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:20.079 and the 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.400 eating 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.539 and the 00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.019 shepherding 00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.760 of Jesus. 00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.699 In the name 00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:25.900 of the 00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.099 Father, 00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.360 Son, 00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.699 and Holy 00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.059 Spirit. 00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:28.259 Amen.