WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.160 Now, can you turn with me in your Bible to John chapter 21 on page 1090. 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:18.140 Now, we're thinking this morning about the hope beyond the fear of shame and failure 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:24.660 that Jesus and the gospel brings. So we're in John chapter 21, 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:28.120 and we're going to read together the first 17 verses. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.259 Afterwards, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. 00:00:35.740 --> 00:00:41.659 It happened this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.719 the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:50.519 I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them, and they said, we'll go with you. 00:00:50.519 --> 00:00:54.560 So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 00:00:54.560 --> 00:01:00.880 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:04.320 He called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish? 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:09.500 No, they answered. He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some. 00:01:10.100 --> 00:01:15.180 When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:19.939 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it is the Lord. 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:24.879 As soon as Simon Peter heard him say it is the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him, 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:27.560 for he had taken it off, and jumped into the water. 00:01:28.579 --> 00:01:31.939 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.840 for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:40.560 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it and some bread. 00:01:41.299 --> 00:01:44.400 Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish you have just caught. 00:01:45.060 --> 00:01:47.939 Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. 00:01:47.939 --> 00:01:53.879 It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn. 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.019 Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast. 00:01:57.819 --> 00:02:00.700 None of the disciples dared ask him, who are you? 00:02:01.039 --> 00:02:02.299 They knew it was the Lord. 00:02:03.039 --> 00:02:06.939 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them and did the same with the fish. 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:13.020 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead. 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:17.560 When he'd finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:23.060 Simon, son of John, do you truly love me more than these? 00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:26.439 Yes, Lord, he said, you know that I love you. 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:29.660 Jesus said, feed my lambs. 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:35.680 Again, Jesus said, Simon, son of John, do you truly love me? 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:39.719 He answered, yes, Lord, you know that I love you. 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:43.680 Jesus said, take care of my sheep. 00:02:44.180 --> 00:02:49.879 The third time he said to him, Simon, son of John, do you love me? 00:02:50.780 --> 00:02:55.939 Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, do you love me? 00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:59.180 He said, Lord, you know all things. 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:01.100 You know that I love you. 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:05.080 Jesus said, feed my sheep. 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:06.560 Amen. 00:03:07.700 --> 00:03:12.580 Now, I wonder if you were to reflect on your life to date, 00:03:12.700 --> 00:03:18.160 what you would consider your defining moments to be. 00:03:19.260 --> 00:03:27.820 In a sense, your life and mine are these collections of events and memories, 00:03:27.819 --> 00:03:35.359 things that have happened that are then available for us to replay in our minds. 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:42.479 So we have those moments that we love to think about, times of happiness and success and joy, 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.939 times where everything just came together perfectly. 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:55.520 But yet we know that there are other moments, other events, other memories which are profoundly painful. 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:59.599 Those two are etched in our minds. 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:04.439 Times of failure, of shame, of disgrace. 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:09.939 It could be as simple as being picked last in the playground. 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:16.120 It could be reflecting on words spoken in anger to somebody that we love. 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:18.819 People that we failed to defend. 00:04:18.980 --> 00:04:23.019 Lies that we told to protect ourselves. 00:04:23.019 --> 00:04:28.419 Perhaps a parent who saw nothing good in us. 00:04:28.419 --> 00:04:31.299 Abuse that we experienced. 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:38.000 A failure to meet our own expectations or the expectations of others. 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:45.459 Shame has been described as a master emotion. 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:53.659 Because these dark strands of our past, they can play and replay in our minds, 00:04:53.899 --> 00:05:00.859 seeking to persuade us that we are worthless, that we are unclean, that we are hopeless. 00:05:01.459 --> 00:05:06.479 That shame would seek to dominate and define us. 00:05:07.479 --> 00:05:10.259 Now where does shame come from? 00:05:10.259 --> 00:05:19.159 Well, biblically we find it way back in the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 3. 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:25.159 That the moment at which Adam and Eve decide to turn away from God, 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.379 they decide that they're going to disobey God's word, 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.539 they're going to eat the fruit they're not supposed to, 00:05:31.420 --> 00:05:34.699 they discover that rather than becoming godlike, and that's a wonderful thing, 00:05:35.039 --> 00:05:37.420 now they find that they want to hide. 00:05:37.420 --> 00:05:43.400 There is shame that has entered into the human experience. 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:51.660 They feel exposed and unclean, and they're seeking to hide both from one another and from the Lord God. 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:59.780 If guilt belongs in the courtroom, then shame lives in the community. 00:05:59.779 --> 00:06:07.379 I don't know if any of you have read Nigel Hawthorne's book, A Scarlet Letter. 00:06:08.219 --> 00:06:13.779 The main character in that book is a young woman by the name of Hester Prynne. 00:06:14.919 --> 00:06:22.759 And Hester had to wear a scarlet A around her neck as a mark of shame, 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:29.800 a badge of shame because of adultery that she had committed in her past. 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:36.360 A story that really reflects on shame and community. 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:43.500 But we know too that as well as shame being something that's heaped on us from other people, 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:48.139 it's also something that we can pour on ourselves. 00:06:48.139 --> 00:06:59.779 Shame can come because of experiences and actions. 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:03.899 Sometimes where we're the active agent and we have wronged someone, 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:06.439 and shame is one of those consequences that we feel, 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:08.719 but sometimes we're passive. 00:07:08.939 --> 00:07:13.500 We feel shame because of wrongs that have been done to us. 00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:19.959 And what's really important for us as we set out on looking at this theme 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:25.920 is to remind ourselves that when God created man and woman, 00:07:26.980 --> 00:07:32.860 Genesis 2 verse 25, we're told that they were naked and they were unashamed. 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:38.120 We were not created to bear that weight of shame, 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:42.279 and therefore there is hope in God and in the good news of Jesus 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:46.359 that that shame can be removed. 00:07:47.859 --> 00:07:54.939 And that's what takes us to today's account in John chapter 21, 00:07:55.139 --> 00:08:02.539 where we have, in a sense, the rehabilitation of Peter by Jesus the Savior. 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:09.119 But just before we get into that, just an important clarification to make, 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.240 that we're very much dealing here this morning as we were last week 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:19.019 with what we might call low-level anxiety about shame or failure. 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:25.600 But we need to recognize that for some people that anxiety runs much deeper. 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:30.240 It might be clinical, requiring medical help, requiring counseling, 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:33.220 requiring medication, etc. 00:08:33.220 --> 00:08:39.019 Ultimately, the healing of the Lord Jesus is the hope for us all, 00:08:39.379 --> 00:08:42.139 that he is the one who brings help at that deep spiritual level. 00:08:42.220 --> 00:08:47.460 But that's not to downplay, of course, the importance of seeking professional help 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:49.420 where that's required. 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:56.799 Now, having said that, let's see together how Jesus deals with Peter 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.519 and how it speaks to us. 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:07.120 The first thing I want to say is that Jesus offers hope beyond your failure. 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:12.819 What is Peter's story up until this point? 00:09:12.820 --> 00:09:19.680 Well, we read in Luke chapter 5 of Peter being called from his occupation 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:24.620 as a professional fisherman by Jesus to become a fisher of men. 00:09:25.060 --> 00:09:29.440 He was going to share in the work of Jesus, bringing the message of Jesus, 00:09:29.900 --> 00:09:33.260 the news of the kingdom of God to others. 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:38.740 But now we find him, along with some of his contemporaries, fellow disciples, 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:44.180 and verse 3, Peter says, I'm going out to fish. 00:09:44.580 --> 00:09:46.460 And they say, we'll go with you. 00:09:46.680 --> 00:09:49.320 And they're all out there in the boat. 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:52.139 Now, there's nothing wrong with that, 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:55.200 but you do get a sense that somewhere along the line, 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:58.960 Peter's mission has been lost. 00:09:59.100 --> 00:10:03.460 That rather than being a fisher of men, here he is out fishing. 00:10:03.680 --> 00:10:05.960 Now, why is that? 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.580 Well, we read, didn't we, in John chapter 18, 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:11.139 and we could have read in other places, 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:17.759 that Peter had very much failed Jesus in his point of need. 00:10:18.040 --> 00:10:21.240 Peter had been the most confident of all the disciples, 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:23.960 saying to Jesus things like, I'll never let you down. 00:10:24.060 --> 00:10:25.519 Everyone else might, but I never will. 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.000 I will die for you. 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:31.060 Peter could say, did say. 00:10:31.059 --> 00:10:35.859 But he abandons Jesus with the others that Jesus arrests, 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:36.659 and he runs. 00:10:37.619 --> 00:10:43.000 And then in that trial scene, he denies even knowing Jesus. 00:10:45.599 --> 00:10:47.219 But here's the wonderful thing, 00:10:48.659 --> 00:10:50.319 that Peter has failed Jesus, 00:10:50.599 --> 00:10:54.139 but Jesus is not finished with Peter. 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:58.059 Here we are in a post-resurrection scene. 00:10:58.159 --> 00:10:59.259 Jesus has died. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.240 Three days later, he's come back to life, 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:05.879 and then he's making these appearances to his disciples. 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:07.620 And here is one of these, 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:11.279 in which he issues Peter, in a sense, 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:13.960 with a new call to mission 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:17.679 that recalls that first call to mission. 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:23.620 That we notice that both in Luke 5 and here, 00:11:24.099 --> 00:11:26.679 the call of Jesus happens in the same place, 00:11:27.219 --> 00:11:29.559 by the Sea of Galilee. 00:11:29.959 --> 00:11:32.459 Now here it's described as the Sea of Tiberias. 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:38.439 And we notice to just how similar the two miracles were. 00:11:39.079 --> 00:11:41.279 That both times, the fishermen have been out all night 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.379 and have caught nothing. 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.199 Jesus tells them, throw out your net, 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:49.140 and there's this huge catch of fish. 00:11:49.640 --> 00:11:52.640 Here is Jesus deliberately taking Peter back 00:11:52.640 --> 00:11:56.120 to that moment where he was called at first. 00:11:57.700 --> 00:11:59.840 And when John, in verse 7, 00:11:59.940 --> 00:12:01.720 the disciple whom Jesus loves, 00:12:02.680 --> 00:12:05.520 having reflected on what's just happened 00:12:05.520 --> 00:12:07.060 in this massive catch of fish, 00:12:07.140 --> 00:12:09.700 says to Peter, it is the Lord, 00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:13.060 we've got this wonderful movement of Peter 00:12:13.059 --> 00:12:17.719 where instantly he's running towards Jesus. 00:12:18.339 --> 00:12:20.039 We might expect the opposite 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:22.000 because he's failed him hugely. 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.159 But he recognizes in Jesus 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:29.679 the extension of undeserved grace. 00:12:30.439 --> 00:12:35.339 That Jesus is offering kindness and restoration. 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:40.539 That Jesus is continuing to provide for Peter 00:12:40.539 --> 00:12:44.299 despite and beyond his failure. 00:12:44.939 --> 00:12:46.959 We see that physically. 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:51.819 In verse 9, Jesus has prepared breakfast. 00:12:51.959 --> 00:12:54.539 While these professional fishermen couldn't catch anything, 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:58.019 Jesus has got a barbecue going, 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:00.939 there's fish on it, and there's some bread. 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:03.659 And then in verse 12, there's the invitation, 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:06.299 come and have breakfast. 00:13:06.299 --> 00:13:08.779 So he's providing for Peter and the others physically, 00:13:09.079 --> 00:13:11.019 but also spiritually. 00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:15.599 The same word used for fish there is, 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.899 it's a deliberate choice because in John chapter 6, 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:23.559 John who writes his gospel also uses that same word fish. 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:28.120 And it takes us back to the feeding of the 5,000. 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:31.699 When Jesus multiplied a few loaves and two fish 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:34.120 to feed a huge crowd. 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:37.080 And after that, Jesus declared, 00:13:37.379 --> 00:13:39.900 I am the bread of life. 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:43.460 And he called on people to, as it were, 00:13:43.820 --> 00:13:47.920 feast on his body and his blood. 00:13:48.300 --> 00:13:51.140 An image that before the cross, 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:52.920 people didn't understand, 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:55.720 and some were horrified by. 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:57.540 But now after the cross, 00:13:57.680 --> 00:14:01.200 it's clear to Peter that Jesus is inviting him 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:04.420 to feast on that forgiveness that is available to him 00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:08.860 because of the sacrifice that Jesus had offered on the cross. 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:11.680 That here is this spiritual gift 00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:17.540 of forgiveness, of restoration, of reconciliation. 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:23.019 Did Peter feel the weight of his failure? 00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:26.699 Of course he would have because he's human. 00:14:28.319 --> 00:14:34.059 But those fears and that weight is met by 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:37.899 Jesus calling him friend 00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:43.699 and that invitation from Jesus to come. 00:14:46.939 --> 00:14:50.059 Jesus offers hope beyond failure. 00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:53.899 As we read through both Old Testament and New Testament, 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.059 what we find is a catalog of heroes 00:14:57.819 --> 00:15:02.559 whose lives are redeemed from failure. 00:15:03.819 --> 00:15:10.019 People like Jacob, who lied and deceived to inherit. 00:15:10.719 --> 00:15:13.159 Moses, who was a murderer. 00:15:13.959 --> 00:15:18.959 King David, guilty of adultery and organizing a murder. 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:23.019 Jonah, the prophet who ran from God. 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:30.200 Saul, the one who was determined to destroy the church of Jesus Christ. 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:33.139 But all of them received grace and mercy 00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:35.460 beyond these failures. 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:37.500 There is hope for us. 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:42.580 I wonder today, is there anybody here holding back from God 00:15:42.580 --> 00:15:46.740 due to a failure in your life? 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:50.799 imagining that there is some sin, some mistake, 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:52.560 some wreck that you've created 00:15:52.560 --> 00:15:56.720 that's too great for God to want anything to do with you. 00:15:57.620 --> 00:16:00.340 I wonder if there's anyone here punishing themselves 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:02.740 rather than coming to Jesus 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:05.799 to find hope and healing. 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:09.879 Martin Luther, the reformer, 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:14.100 Luther says this to those who would be tempted 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:18.159 to stand on the sidelines thinking that you're too bad. 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.399 Luther says, 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:23.840 join the company of hard-boiled sinners. 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.439 Jesus is a savior and redeemer 00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:33.019 from real, from great, from terrible sins. 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:40.500 We need to beware the lie that would say that we are unworthy 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:45.039 and that our sense of worthiness would keep us 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.179 from the mercy of God. 00:16:47.579 --> 00:16:49.720 Because what we discover in the Bible, 00:16:49.860 --> 00:16:51.659 what we discover in Peter's story, 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.139 is that our shame, our sin, our failure 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:58.039 is outweighed by our need for mercy 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:03.459 and God's desire to extend that mercy to us. 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.559 That Jesus' death on the cross 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:13.740 is sufficient to cover all of our darkest moments. 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:17.859 We are not to put our sin 00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:20.659 as being something greater than 00:17:20.659 --> 00:17:23.440 the grace of God in Jesus Christ. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.220 As if we are in a special category. 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:30.400 Jesus can heal of all sin. 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:32.059 And hope begins 00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:35.140 when we humbly own our failure, 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.400 when we acknowledge our unworthiness, 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:40.200 but we don't run from Jesus. 00:17:40.360 --> 00:17:43.580 Instead, we run to hear that invitation 00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:45.100 to forgiveness, 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.600 to restoration, 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.680 to reconciliation. 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:53.440 There's a Christian author 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.779 from New Zealand 00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:56.420 by the name of Rita Snowden. 00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:58.740 And she said this in an interview. 00:17:59.380 --> 00:17:59.700 She said, 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.080 You can ask me what forgiveness means. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.100 It is the wonder 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:07.160 of being trusted again by God 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:08.799 in the place 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:10.860 where I disgraced Him. 00:18:12.180 --> 00:18:13.820 There is grace beyond disgrace. 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:15.279 That's Peter's testimony. 00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:18.299 That can be yours too. 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:20.779 And what about as Christians 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:23.839 when those feelings of guilt 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.039 and shame and unworthiness 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:29.039 rise up again in our own minds? 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:32.259 When those events from our past 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:34.539 come back to haunt us? 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:38.379 We will, towards the end of the service, 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:40.740 be singing a hymn 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:42.839 before the throne of God above. 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:44.579 I find myself often going back 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:47.079 to the words in the second verse 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:48.339 which say, 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.139 When Satan tempts me to despair, 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.939 and he will, and he does, 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.960 and we know this, 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:57.740 and tells me of the guilt within, 00:18:58.500 --> 00:19:00.500 that guilt that is real, 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:02.339 and we know that too. 00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:05.819 Upwards I look 00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:08.859 and see Him there 00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:11.159 who made an end 00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:12.779 to all my sin. 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:14.440 What's our response? 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:14.720 What's our response? 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.720 It's to pray the gospel. 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:19.500 It's to live with hope 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:21.039 in the gospel. 00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.480 It's to shift our focus 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:24.139 from our failure 00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:27.839 back onto the cross of Jesus. 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.980 Jesus shows to us 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:33.819 the undeserved love of God, 00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:35.639 and that's our hope 00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:38.660 beyond our failure. 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:42.019 The second thing 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:43.680 to notice 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:46.300 in the story of Peter here 00:19:46.300 --> 00:19:48.200 is that Jesus offers hope 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:51.040 beyond your shame. 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:53.420 In verses 15 to 17. 00:19:53.420 --> 00:20:00.620 So if Jesus has deliberately recalled 00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:03.060 that first call that He made 00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:05.019 to Peter to become a fisher of men, 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:09.200 Jesus also recalls for Peter 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:11.039 His denial, 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.980 takes him back 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:15.600 to that time around the fire 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:17.759 where He denied three times 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.779 even knowing Him. 00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:21.420 Jesus takes him 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.759 to that painful place 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:24.539 in order that He might 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:26.519 provide healing, 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:28.099 like the surgeon 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.180 who needs to cut 00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:31.279 in order that He might heal. 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:33.139 And there's two ways 00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:34.819 that this shows itself 00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:36.079 in John's account. 00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:38.500 Again, John very deliberately 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.339 in verse 9 00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:42.359 uses a specific word 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:44.559 for a charcoal fire. 00:20:45.139 --> 00:20:45.779 When they landed, 00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.579 they saw a fire 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:47.819 of burning coals 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:49.500 there with fish on it. 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.380 The only other place 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.160 where that's used 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:53.259 is in John chapter 18. 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:55.140 The same fire, 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.839 charcoal fire. 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.720 Peter is warming himself 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:00.759 while Jesus is on trial 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.940 and Peter denies knowing Him. 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:07.519 And if you've ever lit a barbecue 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.200 or been around a charcoal fire, 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:12.559 you know that it's a strong smell. 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:15.220 And smells can evoke 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:17.079 strong memories for us, 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.500 can't they? 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:20.000 Smells that take us back 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.240 to granny's home cooking. 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:25.059 Smells that we associate with 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:26.500 Christmas perhaps. 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:28.839 Smells can do that 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.559 in our brain. 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.660 They can take us back 00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.940 to places and times 00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.539 and events. 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.380 You can well imagine 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.039 for Peter 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:38.519 around a charcoal fire, 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.339 what would burn 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.299 in his mind 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:41.500 would have been 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.839 that denial 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:44.339 that he made. 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:46.119 That most shameful 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.119 episode 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.759 of his life. 00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:51.799 But Jesus takes him back 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.459 there 00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:53.959 in order to 00:21:53.959 --> 00:21:54.740 heal. 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.359 We read 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:58.099 in verses 15 to 17 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.539 that 00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:00.139 that conversation 00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:01.179 after breakfast 00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:02.079 between Jesus 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.859 and Peter. 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.279 Just as Peter 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.179 had denied 00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:07.019 three times 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.139 knowing Jesus, 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.079 that's called to mind 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.839 three times 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:12.019 by that question. 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.519 Simon, 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.459 do you 00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:15.079 love me? 00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.899 And by 00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:18.179 three times 00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:19.079 receiving 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.139 the commission, 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.919 feed my lambs, 00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:23.419 take care of my sheep, 00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:25.699 feed my sheep. 00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.919 Here again 00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:28.079 is the grace 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.279 of Jesus. 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.459 Here is 00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:31.079 Jesus 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.619 seeking to bring 00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.480 as it were 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.339 a memory 00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.220 replacement 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.559 for Peter. 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.079 What will 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.799 the smell 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.660 of burning 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.319 charcoal 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.500 mean to Peter 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.380 now? 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.680 Well, 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.220 it's around 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.500 this fire 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.539 where Jesus 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.819 showed him 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:49.140 great love, 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.559 giving him 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.799 work to do 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:53.400 despite the fact 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.960 that he made 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:55.660 such a mess 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.220 of things. 00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.759 It's significant 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.880 in the conversation 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:01.079 that we see 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.059 Jesus 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:03.400 challenges 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.519 Peter's pride. 00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.900 It encourages 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:07.040 him to humility. 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.340 Do you 00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.220 truly love 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.120 me more 00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:10.759 than these? 00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.320 Peter was 00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:11.580 the one 00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:11.740 who would 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:11.860 say, 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.940 I'm better 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.400 than them, 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.980 I love 00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.660 more than 00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:14.980 them, 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.700 but gone 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.259 now 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.180 is that 00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.860 pride. 00:23:18.800 --> 00:23:19.060 Peter 00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:19.960 rests his 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.460 hope 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.480 in being 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.400 known 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.720 by Jesus, 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.640 being loved 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.880 by Jesus, 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.440 and responding 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.800 to that love 00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.700 with his 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.100 own. 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:35.119 Ed Welch, 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.959 the biblical 00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:36.599 counselor, 00:23:37.219 --> 00:23:37.959 says that 00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:38.599 the king 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:40.000 prefers his 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.859 ambassadors 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:42.819 weak and 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.539 needy, 00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:44.719 and those 00:23:44.719 --> 00:23:45.519 qualities 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.659 are at the 00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:48.000 top of 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.919 an unworthy 00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.939 person's 00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:50.419 resume. 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.799 Jesus 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.480 here takes 00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.719 Peter in 00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:56.399 his weakness, 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.240 in his need, 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.939 in his shame, 00:23:57.959 --> 00:23:58.639 and he turns 00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.439 his shame 00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:00.959 into honor. 00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:02.779 As he gives 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.219 him this 00:24:03.219 --> 00:24:03.980 job to 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.359 feed, 00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:04.859 to take 00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.419 care of 00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:06.439 the lambs 00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:06.659 and the 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:06.879 sheep, 00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:07.199 in other 00:24:07.199 --> 00:24:07.439 words, 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.659 to teach 00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:08.980 and to 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.159 lead the 00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.719 church 00:24:10.719 --> 00:24:11.059 and the 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.500 message 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.839 and the 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.279 ways 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.039 of 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.599 Jesus. 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.459 Here 00:24:15.459 --> 00:24:17.019 is hope 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.939 beyond 00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.439 shame. 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.079 Shame 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.579 makes us 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.019 want to 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.599 run 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:22.399 and hide, 00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:24.480 but from 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.339 the beginning, 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.779 what we 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.500 discover, 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.759 it is the 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.480 goodness of 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:29.799 God, 00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.319 the God 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.980 who moves 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.579 towards us 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.099 to cover 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.620 our shame. 00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.019 The first 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.680 time shame 00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.700 entered into 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.180 the world, 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.700 what did 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.360 God do? 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.819 He came 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:42.039 searching for 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.460 Adam and 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.599 Eve, 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.299 where are 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.579 you, 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.460 wanting 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.220 relationship, 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.819 and he 00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.539 covered them, 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.000 he clothed 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.200 them, 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.799 and he 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:51.319 promised a 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.839 saviour, 00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.860 a deliverer, 00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.720 a champion 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.380 who would 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.200 come to 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.519 bring an 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.299 end to 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.160 sin and 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.620 shame. 00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.319 It's the 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.839 same in 00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.419 the story 00:24:59.419 --> 00:24:59.979 of Peter. 00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.519 Jesus 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.139 moves 00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:02.179 towards 00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:03.199 him to 00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.879 cover his 00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.219 shame. 00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:04.859 It's the 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:06.059 great message 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.219 of the 00:25:07.219 --> 00:25:07.879 cross 00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:10.959 that we 00:25:10.959 --> 00:25:12.259 bring our 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.839 sin, 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.099 our shame, 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.399 our failure 00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:16.259 to Jesus. 00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.679 He bears 00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:17.919 it, 00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.079 he carries 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.339 it, 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.639 he covers 00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.000 it, 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.019 so that we 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.739 might know 00:25:22.739 --> 00:25:23.879 his love, 00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.599 that his 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.439 love and 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.440 his grace 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.420 might be 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.640 what define 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.299 us, 00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:30.620 not our 00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.220 sense of 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.640 shame or 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.779 failure. 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.320 Just as we 00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.100 close, 00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.340 John, 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.000 who writes 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.940 this gospel, 00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.100 wants us to 00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:42.140 be absolutely 00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:43.500 sure that 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.440 it's the 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.259 resurrected 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:47.039 Jesus who 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.980 offers hope 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.320 beyond shame. 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.980 So in 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.640 chapter 21 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:51.920 and at 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.400 verse 1, 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.799 we're told 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.100 that this 00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:54.019 is another 00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.900 appearing of 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.259 Jesus. 00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.120 And then in 00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.960 verse 14, 00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.680 this was 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.019 now the 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.720 third time 00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.660 Jesus appeared 00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.000 to his 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.480 disciples after 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.660 he was 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:04.040 raised from 00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.700 the dead. 00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.620 Very 00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.320 deliberately 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.140 drawing attention 00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.540 to that fact. 00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:07.900 Why does 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.660 that matter? 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:09.980 Well, 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.680 it reminds 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.860 us that 00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:13.100 Jesus has 00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.780 gone through 00:26:13.780 --> 00:26:14.340 the cross, 00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.019 that Jesus 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.300 has experienced 00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:18.940 for his 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.019 people the 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.200 shame and 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.080 the humiliation 00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:23.700 of rejection. 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.540 of being 00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:27.019 beaten and 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.440 mocked and 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:30.380 spat at and 00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.019 being laughed 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.320 at and 00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:32.440 hanging naked 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.540 and dying 00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:35.019 under God's 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.560 curse, 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.200 dying as 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.780 though he 00:26:36.780 --> 00:26:38.200 were a 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.620 failure. 00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.540 Why? 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.519 Hebrews 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.519 chapter 12 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:46.060 verse 2, 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.680 Jesus, 00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.720 for the joy 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.120 set before 00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.460 him, 00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.100 endured the 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.699 cross, 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.679 scorning its 00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:55.139 shame, 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.799 and sat 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.259 down at 00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.639 the right 00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.099 hand of 00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.459 God. 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.359 Jesus took 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.500 that shame 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.759 and he 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.339 treated it 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.699 as a 00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.740 small thing, 00:27:04.219 --> 00:27:04.779 as an 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.399 insignificant 00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.819 thing, 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.459 because of 00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:09.419 future glory, 00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:11.579 because of 00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.299 the resurrection, 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.659 because of 00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.299 his return 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.379 to the glory 00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.859 of heaven. 00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.059 His 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.839 resurrection 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.819 stands for 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.519 us as 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.200 proof. 00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.160 There is 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.960 hope beyond 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.099 shame. 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.180 Jesus at 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.839 the cross 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.779 is treated 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:30.079 as the 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.240 scum of 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.799 the earth. 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.799 He faces 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.799 that judgment 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.539 for you 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:37.420 and for 00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.200 me, 00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.480 so that in 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.839 him, 00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:40.900 you and I 00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.400 can live 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.420 with hope 00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.819 that if our 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.339 lives are 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.599 defined by 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.299 what Jesus 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.099 did on 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.879 the cross, 00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.519 that we 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.240 can trust 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.579 him, 00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.139 that our 00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.639 shame can 00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.219 be turned 00:27:53.219 --> 00:27:53.959 to honor. 00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:56.299 We may 00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.519 feel, as I'm 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.439 sure Peter felt, 00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.699 hopeless, ashamed, 00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:01.419 worthless, but 00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.500 we have in 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.119 Jesus the 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.139 king of all 00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:05.359 glory and 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.379 honor, and 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.240 he chooses 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.519 to associate 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:10.059 with us, 00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.339 and that 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.339 because of 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.759 his honor, 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:16.119 we share 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:17.419 in that 00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:19.039 honor, that 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.179 we have an 00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:21.000 invitation, 00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.740 come to 00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.659 me, that 00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.379 can set us 00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.959 free from 00:28:25.959 --> 00:28:26.659 shame and 00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:28.179 failure and 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.599 bring us 00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:28.899 home. 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.559 There is in 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.639 Jesus the 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.879 promise of 00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.519 healing, that 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.559 that weight of 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.220 shame and 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.879 failure that we 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.740 carry will not 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.220 be forever, 00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.659 that in the 00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.299 gospel that 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.099 process of 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.159 healing begins 00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:45.079 now, and 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.740 it will be 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:47.000 made complete 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.720 in eternity, 00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.259 that we will 00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.639 stand face 00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.440 to face 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.879 before our 00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:55.519 Savior without 00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:57.159 shame and 00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:58.099 full of joy.