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 We'll read from the Gospel of John, chapter 21, verses 1 to 14.

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 And this is the reading of God's Word.

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 After this, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias,

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 and He revealed Himself in this way.

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 Simon Peter, Thomas called the twin, Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee,

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 the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

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 Simon Peter said to them,

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 I am going fishing.

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 They said to Him,

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 We will go with you.

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 They went out and they got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

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 Just as the day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore,

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 yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Children, do you have any fish?

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 They answered Him,

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 No.

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 He said to them,

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 Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.

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 So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in.

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 Because of the quantity of fish.

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 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter,

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 It is the Lord.

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 And when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,

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 he put on his outer garment,

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 for he was stripped for work,

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 and he threw himself into the sea.

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 And the other disciples came in the boat,

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 dragging the net full of fish,

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 for they were not far from the land,

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 but about a hundred yards off.

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 And when they got out on land,

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 they saw a charcoal fire in place,

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 with fish laid out on it,

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 and bread.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.

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 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore,

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 full of large fish,

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 one hundred and fifty-three of them.

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 And although there were so many,

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 the net was not torn.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Come and have breakfast.

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 Now none of the disciples dared ask him,

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 Who are you?

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 They knew it was the Lord.

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 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them,

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 and so would the fish.

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 And this was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples,

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 after he was raised from the dead.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord, we ask now that you would open our hearts to hear

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 what you have to teach us,

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 to show us how you want to change us today,

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 from your word.

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 And we pray that in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 This summer we're looking at some encounters with Jesus

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 throughout the Gospels.

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 There are forty-six people that Jesus encounters

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 individually in the Gospels.

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 And then if you add the corporate,

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 the group encounters,

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 it's a lot more than that.

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 All types of people,

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 all different backgrounds,

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 all with different aches and pains

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 and issues going on in life.

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 And so one of the things you can do

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 when you read encounters with Jesus

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 across the Gospels

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 is look for yourself

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 across these encounters.

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 This text, John 21,

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 is an encounter with a group of disciples,

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 particularly Peter.

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 And this text has been read

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 in lots and lots of different ways.

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 And the way I want to come at it today

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 is really through that lens

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 of the encounter with these disciples.

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 And I want to suggest,

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 I want us to see in this third post-resurrection appearance

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 of Jesus to his disciples

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 that Jesus is encountering people,

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 apostles here,

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 who are restless and running away

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 and hiding and fruitless, really,

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 in the ministry that they've been called to.

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 And that is the reason that Jesus comes to them

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 and comes to encounter them.

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 They had little impact.

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 They had not done great things for God yet.

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 And so Jesus comes to them in that context.

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 Now, lots of people in this room today

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 are believers, Christians.

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 You follow Jesus.

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 You're a disciple.

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 And you, like me,

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 struggle with the fact

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 that you're intellectually committed.

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 Credo, I believe,

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 and I know what I believe,

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 that Jesus Christ died

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 and he rose again on the third day

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 and that happened.

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 The facts are there.

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 But you find it really difficult

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 to get the intellectual assent

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 to those truths

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 down into your heart and your hands

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 where you're actually living

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 out the Christian life thoroughly.

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 And so if you're a Christian today

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 and you've ever said,

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 in your heart,

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 maybe to somebody else,

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 I have a really, really difficult time

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 getting Sundays to matter for Mondays

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 and bringing the whole

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 of what the gospel means

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 and all of its resources

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 down into my normal everyday life.

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 And I can say today,

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 can you say with me today,

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 I have the existential anxiety,

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 the ache,

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 that I know that there are aspects of me

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 where I am not who I am

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 in Christ and the way I live.

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 That I've not yet put on all

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 that the gospel calls me to do.

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 And live for him thoroughly

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 in every single way.

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 And that's exactly what's going on here.

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 One way to express this

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 is through David Downing's works.

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 David Downing is an author

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 who's written a number of books

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 about C.S. Lewis.

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 And he wrote a really good book

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 called The Reluctant Convert,

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 The Most Reluctant Convert.

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 And it's about C.S. Lewis' conversion.

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 And he records some of the letters of Lewis.

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 And we found a letter from C.S. Lewis

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 to his friend Arthur Greaves.

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 Lewis was 17 years old when he wrote this.

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 And he says,

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 I believe,

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 Arthur,

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 I believe in no religion.

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 There is absolutely no proof

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 for any of them.

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 And from a philosophical perspective,

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 Christianity is not even the best one.

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 So he was 17.

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 And then at 32,

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 he writes back to his friend Arthur Greaves.

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 And this is what he says.

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 Christianity is God expressing himself

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 through what we call real things,

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 namely the actual incarnation,

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 crucifixion, and resurrection.

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 So from 17 to 32,

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 he had been converted.

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 He had come to faith.

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 And one of his other,

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 a young man that knew him at the time

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 that's written a couple books

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 about him as well,

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 and David Downing records this interaction,

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 Walter Hooper,

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 said that as he watched Lewis over the years,

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 very famous quote,

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 in time, he said,

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 he was the most thoroughly converted man

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 I ever knew.

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 Now, God does all the converting.

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 But what did Hooper mean by that?

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 What he meant by that was,

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 over the years,

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 he saw how much the gospel

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 got into the bones of Lewis.

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 And how much it expressed

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 in every area of his life.

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 And if you come today,

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 and you think,

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 you know, boy,

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 God is out of sight,

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 out of mind for me most days.

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 And I've got a lot of prayerlessness

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 in my calendar.

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 And I really struggle

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 with addiction

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 to an idol

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 that I've not been able

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 to get away from

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 and kill.

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 John 21

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 is for you.

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 Let me show you two things.

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 Just two.

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 Number one,

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 the restless and running

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 disciples that we are.

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 And secondly,

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 the revealer

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 who comes for them.

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 So first,

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 the restless and running disciples

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 that we are,

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 that we can be,

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 that the apostles were.

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 All right,

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 to understand this passage,

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 there's lots of different readings of it,

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 but I think you've really,

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 really got to pay attention

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 to the context

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 and the details

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 that John gives here.

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 This is the third

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 post-resurrection appearance.

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 We're told that twice

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 in the passage.

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 And in verse one,

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 it says that Jesus

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 revealed himself to them.

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 In John's gospel,

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 the word,

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 the concept reveal,

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 means far more

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 than just show up.

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 John's words are so important.

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 He's very careful.

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 And reveal means

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 an unveiling,

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 a pulling back the curtain,

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 a showing his glory.

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 You saw at the end of the passage

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 when they're sitting with Jesus

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 to have breakfast on the beach,

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 they say,

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 it says,

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 they dared not ask

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 if it was him.

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 What does that mean

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 when you're standing right next to him?

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 When you're sitting right next to him,

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 you dare not ask?

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 They knew

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 there was something different about him

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 after the resurrection.

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 And here,

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 you have this unveiling

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 of his glory.

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 Now,

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 how did he do it?

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 That's verse one.

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 Who did he do it to?

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 Verse two.

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 And we're told here

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 about seven disciples

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 that he revealed himself to.

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 And it could be,

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 Peter's mentioned,

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 Nathaniel,

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 John the beloved,

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 and others.

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 It could be

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 because John is so

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 typically using words

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 and historical facts

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 as symbols.

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 It could be that

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 because there's seven listed,

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 he's talking about

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 all of the twelve.

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 We don't know.

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 It could be seven.

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 It could be twelve.

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 But here,

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 there's this group of disciples

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 and we're told that

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 they're fishing.

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 Verse three,

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 they're fishing.

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 Peter said,

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 I'm going to go fishing.

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 Do you want to go with me?

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 And they went with him.

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 And so,

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 they are 95 miles away

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 from Jerusalem

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 and they're in Galilee

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 and they've gone fishing.

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 And it says here

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 that it was nighttime,

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 very important.

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 It was dark.

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 They had caught

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 absolutely nothing

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 all night.

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 And John is trying

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 to get you to see

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 throughout his whole gospel

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 that when he uses

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 a word like darkness,

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 night,

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 empty,

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 nothing,

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 that he's conveying

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 not just a historical fact,

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 and it is.

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 But also something going on

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 about the spiritual condition

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 of the people

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 that he's speaking about.

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 So you can remember

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 someone like Nicodemus.

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 Nicodemus came to Jesus

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 at night.

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 It was dark.

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 He was spiritually empty.

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 And he came to ask,

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 what can I do to be saved?

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 In the same way,

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 John is trying to get us

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 to see through

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 the little details

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 that the darkness,

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 the empty nets,

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 the fact that they're

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 not catching any fish

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 is a revelation

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 of what's going on

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 in their souls.

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 It's a spiritual life

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 issue as well.

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 And the empty nets

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 refer to empty hearts

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 that there's something

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 wrong here.

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 They're not who

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 they're supposed to be

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 in this passage.

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 You can even see this

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 in verse 4

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 when it says

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 that Jesus shows up

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 on the beach

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 and when the breaking

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 of the day came,

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 when the sun came out,

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 everything changed.

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 Right?

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 And so John's signaling

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 that this historical detail,

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 this fact,

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 when the morning came,

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 boy,

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 the spiritual realities

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 came too.

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 Everything changed.

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 And you see how much

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 John's using his language

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 to point us to something

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 deeper,

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 spiritually significant

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 throughout the text.

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 Now, what does that all mean?

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 What's the takeaway here?

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 When you see those facts

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 in the light of chapter 20,

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 in chapter 20,

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 the first two resurrection

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 appearances,

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 in the first appearance,

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 Jesus shows up

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 raised from the dead.

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 He's in a room

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 with these same disciples.

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 And in chapter 20,

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 verse 22,

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 he says to them,

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 I'm now going to breathe

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 on you.

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 And I'm going to give you

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 And you're going to go

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 into all the world

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 and where you forgive sins,

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 sins will be forgiven.

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 He gives them apostolic authority

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 saying,

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 as you announce the gospel,

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 sins will be forgiven.

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 Now,

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 when that happens

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 in chapter 20

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 and you turn to chapter 21,

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 where do you expect

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 to find these apostles?

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 When Jesus has just said,

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 I'm breathing upon you,

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 the Holy Spirit's coming upon you,

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 go into the world

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 and announce the gospel,

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 forgive sins,

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 you expect to find them

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 in the towns

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 and the communities

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 and the cities

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 doing the work of ministry,

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 being fishers of men,

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 announcing the gospel,

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 going to all the world.

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 And instead,

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 you flip the page,

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 chapter 21,

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 and it says,

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 they went to their hometown

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 and they're fishing.

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 And one more thing

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 to really put this in context.

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 You've got to know

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 that this is a parallel moment

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 to Luke chapter 5.

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 And in Luke chapter 5,

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 we have the initial calling

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 of Peter

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 and these very disciples.

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 Some of them, at least.

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 And how was Peter first called?

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 He was fishing.

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 Jesus got into a boat with him.

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 He was casting his net.

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 No fish were being caught.

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 And Jesus said,

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 but cast your net

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 on the other side

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 in deeper waters.

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 And they did it.

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 And as soon as the net came in full,

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 they bowed before him.

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 And Jesus turned and says,

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 now I will make you fishers of men.

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 What's going on here?

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 You see,

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 this is a parallel moment

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 after the resurrection.

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 And what has happened?

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 This is not just them waiting.

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 They're actually here,

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 I think,

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 sitting on their hands.

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 They've been given

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 this post-resurrection commission,

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 go into the world.

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 You've got the Holy Spirit.

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 You've got the authority

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 of the gospel.

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 And they went home

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 and they started fishing.

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 They're going in reverse.

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 They're going back to Luke 5

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 all over again here.

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 And that's why in verses 4 and 5,

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 when Jesus asked the question,

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 he asked them the question,

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 friends, children,

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 do you have any fish?

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 What is that question?

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 It's more than just

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 the historical fact.

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 There's something spiritual.

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 There's a heart issue

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 going on in that question.

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 Friends,

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 do you have any fish?

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 And what is he asking?

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 He's saying,

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 are you catching people?

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 Have you gone out

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 and made,

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 and gone to the towns,

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 the cities,

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 and the communities

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 and brought people

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 into the kingdom?

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 Like I just commissioned you.

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 It's the issue of Luke 5.

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 I will make you fishers of men.

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 And here they are,

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 they're fishing for fish,

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 not for people.

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 They're sitting on their hands.

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 They're not doing great things

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 for the Lord.

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 They're not who God

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 has called them to be yet

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 in ministry at this moment.

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 And these are the apostles.

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 Thomas,

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 in the previous chapter,

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 he was not there

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 for the first appearance

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 and so he doubts.

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 And he says,

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 you know,

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 if I can't see Jesus' hands

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 and his feet

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 and his scars,

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 I can't believe.

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 He doubted like a scientist.

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 He said,

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 I need empirical verification.

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 Chapter 21,

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 the third appearance

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 is a different kind of doubt.

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 It's existential doubt.

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 It's the doubt

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 that we all struggle with

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 as Christians

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 where we say,

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 I'm just not really sure

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 that I totally believe

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 that if I go out

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 and fish for people,

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 serve the Lord

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 in every way he's called us to

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 as Christians,

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 as the church,

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 that there's going to be

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 any transformative power.

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 In other words,

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 they're in a place

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 where the Holy Spirit

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 is a theological concept

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 but not a belief

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 in a living,

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 personal,

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 transformative.

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 And the power of God

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 with us

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 in the city

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 that God has sent us to.

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 And they've got weak faith.

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 And it's a type of doubt

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 that resides in weak faith.

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 It creates an existential ache

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 that says,

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 I know that I'm a Christian.

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 I know that I'm called

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 to be transformed

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 in every way

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 throughout my life.

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 And I also know

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 that I am not

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 who God's called me to be.

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 And I can't figure out yet

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 all the ways

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 that that needs to change.

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 And there's this ache

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 deep down in the heart

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 as a disciple

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 where you know

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 that there's a gap there

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 between those two realities.

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 And this is exactly

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 what the apostles

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 were walking through here.

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 We learn here

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 that you can be a Christian

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 and a rebel to God's will.

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 You can be a Christian

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 and you can be a runaway.

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 You can be a Christian

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 and not walking

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 in the ministry

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 that God has called you to

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 in your normal day-to-day life.

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 And what this passage

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 tells us is that

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 you can do that

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 surrounded by your busyness

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 and normalcy.

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 What did they do?

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 They just went fishing.

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 That was their job.

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 That was their day job.

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 And fishing is not bad.

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 I went fishing last week.

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 I took the kids fishing

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 in Mississippi last week.

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 Fishing is a good thing.

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 It's not about fishing.

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 It's about wherever God

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 has called you

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 to your day job

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 being thoroughly converted,

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 as it was said of Lewis.

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 Or asking the question,

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 what is God calling me

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 to do with my faith at work?

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 What is God calling me

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 to do with my faith

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 as I raise up children?

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 What is God calling me

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 to do with my faith

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 as I get to know my neighbors

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 in the place

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 that God has put me?

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 In other words,

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 using the resources

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 of the gospel to ask,

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 what is God calling me to

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 in every area of life?

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 And so,

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 before I move on

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 to the second last point,

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 look,

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 Peter exemplifies

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 this reality here.

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 You could think of him

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 as a runaway prophet here,

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 a runaway disciple.

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 In verse 6,

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 Jesus unveils himself.

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 How?

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 He says,

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 cast your net on the other side,

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 and they haul in 153 fish,

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 and then John says,

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 it's the Lord.

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 Remember Luke 5?

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 This is the Lord.

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 And Peter dives into the water.

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 Now, remember that John

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 wants you to really notice

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 the details,

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 and here's a detail

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 that's very strange.

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 Before Peter jumps in the water,

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 we're told that he put on

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 his outer garments.

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 Now, I don't know

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 how it is when you go swimming,

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 but when I get ready

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 to go swimming,

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 I don't put more clothes on.

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 We don't, you know,

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 we, he,

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 it says even more,

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 the details.

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 The Greek text here says

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 he was naked.

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 Now, it's been translated

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 in a way that suggests

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 probably he was wearing

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 an undergarment

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 that was typical

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 underneath the main cloak,

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 but the Greek uses

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 the word naked.

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 And you see,

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 I think what's going on here

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 is that this runaway disciple

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 who had denied Jesus

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 three times

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 and who had gone back

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 to his day job

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 after he had been commissioned

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 to go into all the world,

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 to the city,

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 and tell people

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 about the gospel,

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 he's naked.

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 He's ashamed.

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 And he feels that guilt

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 and he knows that

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 he wants to run to God.

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 He wants to run to his Lord

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 and yet at the same time

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 he knows,

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 if I'm going to go to the Lord,

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 I've got to be clothed.

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 I've got to be covered.

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 And so he covers himself

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 to dive into the water,

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 to appear before the Lord.

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 There's another way

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 that clothing is used

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 throughout the Bible

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 that's really significant,

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 that I think matters here.

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 And it's also that anytime,

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 when you come to experience

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 the grace of Christ,

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 Old Testament and new,

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 you're clothed,

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 you're robed in righteousness.

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 And a second act of clothing

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 often happens

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 in the Old Testament.

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 What is it?

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 It's that when a priest

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 is ordained

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 or a person is commissioned,

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 they receive investiture.

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 What is that?

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 That's this type of clothing

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 in the Old Testament

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 that says you're commissioned,

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 you're sent.

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 Both things I think

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 are going on here.

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 He's covering his shame.

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 He's knowing he needs

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 a robe of righteousness.

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 And at the same time,

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 he's being recommissioned

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 by Jesus.

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 He's about to have breakfast

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 on the beach

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 and be told,

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 this is who you are.

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 Remember,

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 I'm sending you

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 to feed the sheep.

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 Both things are happening.

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 What is this?

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 Some commentators,

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 and I think they're right,

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 have pointed out

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 that when you look

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 at the details

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 of this scene,

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 especially verse 7,

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 what is it?

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 How does John put it?

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 Peter hurled himself

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 into the sea.

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 He threw himself

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 into the sea.

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 Where do we see

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 that language

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 in other parts

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 of the Bible?

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 It reminds us

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 of language

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 very similar

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 to the book of Jonah.

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 When Jonah was in a boat,

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 there's a fish in the water,

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 and he knew

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 that he was naked

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 and ashamed

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 and running

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 from the Lord.

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 He was a Christian.

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 He was a Christian

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 in the Old Testament sense,

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 a disciple,

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 a follower of God,

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 but he was running

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 and he was sitting

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 on his hands,

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 and it says that

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 when he realized,

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 the only way

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 you're going to be saved

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 is if I'm thrown

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 into the sea.

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 He hurled himself.

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 Peter here looks like Jonah.

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 John is telling us,

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 Christian friends,

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 we are little Jonas.

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 We have been,

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 if you're a Christian today,

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 you've been called,

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 you've been converted,

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 you've been changed,

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 you have the power

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 of the gospel

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 in your life.

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 You have all the treasures

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 in Christ that you need,

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 and yet we know

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 the ache of struggling

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 to be thoroughly

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 living out the gospel

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 in that way,

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 of knowing what it means

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 to come from Sunday

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 to Monday,

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 and feeling the existential pain

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 of not knowing

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 how to grow

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 and how to change

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 and how to be fishers

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 of people

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 in our day-to-day lives

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 and thinking,

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 you might look up today

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 and think,

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 you know,

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 I don't know that I've ever

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 shared the gospel

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 with anybody,

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 and I've been a Christian

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 for many, many years,

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 and God has called me

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 to be a fisher of people,

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 and that's the ache

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 that Peter's feeling.

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 John 21,

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 it's about all of us.

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 What does Jesus,

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 the revealer,

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 do about it?

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 Secondly,

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 finally,

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 let me give you

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 a few things.

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 You might come today

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 and say,

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 I'm a Christian,

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 and I have not lived

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 for God.

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 I'm a Christian,

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 and I have not done

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 great things for the Lord.

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 What does the revealer

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 have to say about it?

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 Let me give you a few.

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 And we'll close.

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 First,

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 the first thing Jesus does

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 is he reveals himself.

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 He reveals himself

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 to runaways.

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 Jesus comes here,

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 and in verse five,

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 he calls them children.

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 They're in the midst

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 of sitting on their hands,

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 and he says,

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 my children,

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 my family.

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 If you look back

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 at years of sitting

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 on your hands

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 and buried treasure

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 and buried talents,

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 and you say today,

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 again,

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 I'm not who I should be

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 in Christ.

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 When Jesus shows up

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 on the beach here

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 and says,

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 children,

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 what he is saying

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 to you today,

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 to Peter,

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 to all of us today,

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 is your,

00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.599
 your weak discipleship

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:17.960
 will not keep you

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.440
 out of the kingdom

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.880
 of God.

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:18.880


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 your little faith,

00:21:22.260 --> 00:21:22.960
 your weak faith,

00:21:23.040 --> 00:21:24.180
 your lack of growth

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:26.040
 is not going to rip you

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 out of God's hand.

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.180
 Jesus,

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 the revealer,

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 comes and encounters you

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 and pursues you

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 and says to you

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 once again,

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.240
 children,

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 your lack of discipleship

00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.600
 is not going to pull you

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.180
 away from the Lord.

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 He's saying here,

00:21:42.280 --> 00:21:43.060
 I'm going to keep you,

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 and I've purchased you,

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 and I've bought you

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 with a price.

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 In verse,

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 sorry,

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.200
 back to Luke chapter 5

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 when he calls them

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 to be fishers of people,

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 they had this huge catch,

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 and there's this

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.880
 immediate conversation

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:02.140
 between Peter and Jesus.

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 Now,

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.620
 in this passage

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:05.220
 in John 21,

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 I would love to know,

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.180
 maybe you would love to know,

00:22:09.260 --> 00:22:10.100
 what happened

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.940
 in the conversation

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:12.120
 between Peter and Jesus

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 when Peter dove in the water

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 and made it to the beach

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 before everybody else.

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 We don't know what happened.

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.879
 We're not told.

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.059
 The reason we're not told

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.939
 is because the boat

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:20.919
 was 100 yards,

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:22.319
 100 meters from the land,

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 and John was in the boat,

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 and John is writing

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.859
 this gospel,

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 and so John didn't hear

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.939
 the conversation

00:22:29.939 --> 00:22:31.399
 between Peter and Jesus.

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 Maybe it was 10 minutes,

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 15 minutes for them

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.179
 to get the fish in,

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.439
 get back to the land,

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.899
 but there is a conversation

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.799
 that takes place

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.439
 between Peter and Jesus

00:22:39.439 --> 00:22:40.259
 on the shore

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:42.339
 that we never know about.

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 I wonder what was said

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:46.580
 if you go back

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.540
 to Luke chapter 5

00:22:47.540 --> 00:22:49.540
 when they hauled

00:22:49.540 --> 00:22:50.280
 the fish in,

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.300
 Peter,

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.180
 you know,

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.960
 if Jesus tells you,

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.400
 you haven't been

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.040
 catching fish all day,

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.560
 Jesus says,

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.340
 cast your net

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:56.840
 on the other side

00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:57.200
 and you bring

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.940
 all these fish in,

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.740
 you might say,

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.140
 wow,

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.740
 you're amazing.

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.720
 How did you know

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.340
 there were so many fish

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:02.080
 on that side of the boat?

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 You have real power.

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:04.580
 That's not what happens.

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.760
 Instead,

00:23:05.860 --> 00:23:06.520
 in Luke 5,

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.680
 it says that Peter

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:09.560
 bowed his knee

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:10.360
 before the Lord

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.159
 and said,

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.479
 I am a sinner,

00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.539
 depart from me.

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.099
 Now listen,

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 friends,

00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:17.740
 you know that you've

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.719
 had a real encounter

00:23:18.719 --> 00:23:19.299
 with God,

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.740
 not when you say,

00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.039
 whoa,

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.639
 you're amazing,

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.299
 but when you say,

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:25.939
 I'm a sinner,

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.579
 depart from me.

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.919
 I need to get away

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.419
 from you.

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.439
 And I would imagine

00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:32.299
 that in John 21,

00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:32.500
 though,

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.359
 I don't know what was said,

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.639
 of course,

00:23:33.719 --> 00:23:34.319
 this is imaginative,

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.479
 I don't know what was said,

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.379
 but I would think

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.019
 in John 21

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.959
 that when Peter

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.779
 got to the beach,

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.579
 he probably got down

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.180
 on his knees

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.960
 and said,

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:42.860
 Lord,

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:45.019
 I abandoned you

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.819
 three times

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:49.240
 and I'm sitting

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.960
 on my hands,

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.220
 I am a sinner,

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:53.500
 I don't deserve

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.380
 that you would come

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.019
 and look for me.

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.340
 I don't deserve,

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.519
 I don't deserve this.

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:59.120
 And this passage

00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:00.079
 is giving something

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.799
 so simple

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.900
 but so profound,

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.519
 so important

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.360
 to all of us today

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:05.420
 and that's this.

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.039
 Jesus says,

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.119
 maybe Jesus

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.779
 said it like this,

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.359
 you know,

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.159
 you're a little Jonah,

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.440
 you're a runaway

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:14.240
 and you've been running

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.619
 and running

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:14.980
 and running

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.440
 and running

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 but Peter,

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.680
 you remember

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.279
 what I told you?

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.519
 Look for the sign

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:20.899
 of Jonah.

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.960
 Three days

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.819
 I'll descend down

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.359
 into the belly

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:26.339
 of death

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 but on the third day

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.879
 look,

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.819
 look for the sign

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.119
 of Jonah.

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.440
 You know,

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.279
 what he may have said,

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.779
 he may have said,

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.619
 you're a little Jonah,

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.279
 you're a runaway,

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.139
 you've not done

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.859
 great things for the Lord,

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.899
 you've got weak faith

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:36.279
 but I'm the true

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.839
 and better Jonah

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.819
 and I went down

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.379
 into the water

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.679
 so that you might rise up

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:42.199
 and he's telling you

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:42.839
 here today

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:44.179
 to restless

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:45.359
 and maybe fruitless

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:46.619
 and maybe folks

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.000
 in the room

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.319
 that have had little impact

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.000
 on their community

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.519
 and on the person

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.199
 that you've been walking

00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:52.259
 with for so many years

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.839
 but never shared

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.439
 the gospel with,

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.339
 he's telling you today

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:57.619
 your lack of discipleship

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.459
 will not keep you

00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:59.039
 away from Jesus.

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.679
 He comes for you.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.839
 His grace

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.599
 will not let you go.

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.339
 Then he tells them,

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.379
 he tells them,

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.220
 let's respond to that.

00:25:06.260 --> 00:25:06.760
 He tells them,

00:25:06.760 --> 00:25:07.740
 now go

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:09.660
 and cast your net

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 on the other side.

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.780
 Look at those empty nets

00:25:12.780 --> 00:25:13.620
 for just a second.

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.160
 What is the empty net

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.800
 they're saying

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:18.660
 to us as disciples?

00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:20.380
 It's telling us

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.500
 something so simple

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:23.260
 that when you're not

00:25:23.260 --> 00:25:25.000
 looking at Jesus

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.400
 in your daily life

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.440
 and you're not listening

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.080
 to Jesus

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:29.360
 in your daily life

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:30.260
 and Jesus is not

00:25:30.260 --> 00:25:32.060
 the active practical center

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.740
 of your entire life

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.940
 then there's going

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.720
 to be fruitlessness.

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.480
 So fruitfulness

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.339
 in ministry

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.779
 depends upon dependence

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:43.559
 and all this text

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.240
 is really saying

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 is disciple of Jesus,

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.000
 follower of Jesus,

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.299
 listen to Jesus,

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.599
 look to Jesus.

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.200
 There's an opportunity

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.099
 in God's providence.

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.839
 He's gathered us

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.399
 all here today

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.399
 and in God's providence

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.179
 today,

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.940
 this morning

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.559
 is the morning

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.659
 where he's coming

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.480
 and asking you

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 to ask yourself,

00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:00.120
 in what ways

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:01.760
 am I not following Christ

00:26:01.760 --> 00:26:02.680
 in my day-to-day life

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.840
 and to come and say,

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.880
 hey, it's time to cast

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.760
 your net on the other side,

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.120
 to seek change,

00:26:07.760 --> 00:26:08.120
 repentance,

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.560
 to dive into the water

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.420
 and go down

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.440
 so that you can

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.380
 come up again.

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.880
 The third thing

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.000
 that he tells them here

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.980
 of four,

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.420
 and this is the more

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.180
 specific point

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.480
 and I think the main point,

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:19.880
 he says,

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.820
 you are called,

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.100
 the main calling

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:23.060
 of the church

00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:24.160
 of followers of Jesus

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.680
 is to be fishers

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.520
 of people.

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.559
 And so in this scene,

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.019
 he's asking all of us

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.240
 to look and renew

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.940
 our calling

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:33.059
 to be fishers

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.759
 of human beings,

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.660
 to go out into the world

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.960
 and share the message

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.460
 of the gospel

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.920
 with people

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.900
 in our lives.

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.180
 What does it mean

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.440
 to be a fisher of people?

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.759
 Not obvious language

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:45.160
 to us in the 21st century.

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:45.960
 Most of us

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.819
 don't fish very often.

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.019
 Why did Jesus

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.039
 take this idea

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.519
 of fishing

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.779
 to talk about

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.259
 the sharing

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.940
 of the gospel?

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.119
 And the reason for it

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.779
 is that in the

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.779
 Greco-Roman world

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:57.039
 and the ancient Near East,

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.920
 the sea is a place

00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:00.299
 in most people's minds

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.500
 of chaos

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.259
 and darkness

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.539
 and death.

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.039
 And I don't know

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.879
 if you've ever been out,

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.599
 if you've ever been out

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:09.099
 to the very tip top

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.819
 of Scotland

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.960
 or the tip top

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.960
 of the Isle of Lewis

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.200
 or Shetland.

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.299
 If you have,

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:15.000
 you've seen

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.180
 the North Sea

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.359
 and if,

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:19.639
 on the east side,

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.920
 and if you've seen

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.480
 the North Sea,

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.660
 you know that

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.420
 on a stormy day,

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.119
 you look out and say,

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.899
 I have no idea

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.979
 how pre-modern people

00:27:25.979 --> 00:27:26.679
 ever navigated

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:27.119
 these waters.

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.259
 That's the image

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.379
 of the seas

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.219
 to people

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:32.159
 in the pre-modern world.

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.759
 What is Jesus saying

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.079
 when he says,

00:27:34.239 --> 00:27:34.859
 go and be a fisher

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.299
 of people?

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.239
 He's saying

00:27:36.239 --> 00:27:37.039
 that you're called

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.119
 to bring people

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:40.000
 out of the place

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.500
 of darkness,

00:27:40.739 --> 00:27:41.819
 the domain of the seas,

00:27:41.959 --> 00:27:42.879
 the place of chaos,

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.059
 into the light

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.639
 of the land,

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.459
 into the sunshine.

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.579
 And so this is,

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.699
 this is a simple

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:50.019
 recommissioning

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.759
 to every disciple

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.359
 in this room

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.519
 that the calling

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.299
 is to go out

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.779
 into the world

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.439
 and help human beings

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:56.179
 that God has put

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:57.119
 in your life

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:59.859
 by works of mercy

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.719
 and ultimately

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.859
 the words of the gospel

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:03.199
 to help them move

00:28:03.199 --> 00:28:03.859
 from a place

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.939
 of darkness to light,

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.219
 from a lack

00:28:06.219 --> 00:28:06.919
 of hope to hope.

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.979
 And Jesus is calling us

00:28:08.979 --> 00:28:09.959
 to renew our sense

00:28:09.959 --> 00:28:10.399
 of that.

00:28:11.199 --> 00:28:12.399
 I heard this week

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.819
 a celebrity

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:15.179
 that has come

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:16.079
 to faith in Christ

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.000
 from a really,

00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:18.459
 really hard life,

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.219
 and they're a very

00:28:19.219 --> 00:28:19.859
 well-known person,

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.939
 and I was listening

00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:22.279
 to a podcast

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.979
 with them this week,

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:24.000
 and one of the things

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.819
 they said,

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.359
 they were asked

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.079
 about how they were

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.579
 going to use

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.179
 their celebrity

00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:28.219
 as a Christian

00:28:28.219 --> 00:28:29.319
 in the coming years,

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.939
 and this person said,

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:33.279
 well, my mission now

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.479
 is to preach the gospel,

00:28:35.459 --> 00:28:36.359
 to love people,

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.299
 and to be forgotten.

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.659
 So I'm trying

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.619
 as best as I can

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.240
 to be forgotten.

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:43.159
 And Jesus is saying here

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:44.099
 that to God's glory,

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.319
 every single Christian's mission

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.579
 is to love God,

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.459
 love people,

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.039
 love the church,

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.619
 and love the people

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.599
 God's put in your life

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:51.459
 and then preach the gospel

00:28:51.459 --> 00:28:52.719
 in order to be forgotten,

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.879
 in order to not be

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.379
 that important,

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.399
 in order to give God

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.159
 all the glory,

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:58.159
 and that's the renewal

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.919
 of discipleship

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.419
 and commitment

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.519
 we're being asked to.

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.240
 And then lastly,

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.939
 the last thing

00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:04.019
 Jesus invites you today

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.779
 to renew discipleship

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.480
 is to come,

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.359
 he says at the end,

00:29:07.699 --> 00:29:08.799
 come and have breakfast

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.219
 with me.

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:12.079
 He calls them children,

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.319
 he calls them family,

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.759
 even though they're runaways,

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:18.140
 but the climax is in verse 9,

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.559
 when they get to the beach,

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.680
 Jesus had prepared

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.759
 a breakfast for them,

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.319
 he had set the fire,

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.839
 and it says

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.200
 that he took bread

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:28.099
 and he gave it to them.

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.539
 Now what does that sound like

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.839
 to you?

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.420
 And we're about to celebrate

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.039
 the Lord's Supper,

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.759
 and you see,

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.819
 Jesus Christ was saying,

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.740
 because I rose,

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:39.599
 because of John chapter 20,

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.019
 today I can come

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.900
 and say to you,

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.920
 you are my family,

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.759
 even in the midst

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.500
 of your weak faith.

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.519
 I will not let you go.

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.079
 And the Lord's Supper

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.379
 says to us today

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.059
 exactly that.

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.720
 Now I want to finish

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.119
 with this.

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.680
 The details in the Gospel of John,

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.259
 so important.

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.640
 There are only two places

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.759
 in the Gospel of John

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:02.779
 where a charcoal fire

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.339
 is mentioned.

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.160
 So sometimes John

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.339
 says something

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.079
 and then he adds

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.579
 an adjective

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.859
 or a little detail

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.500
 that you think,

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.720
 this is extraneous,

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.799
 if the editors

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.720
 were on top of this,

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.420
 they would say,

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.480
 you don't need this

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.480
 to progress the story,

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.400
 but he puts it in anyway.

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.660
 And there are two places

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.480
 in the Gospel of John

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.359
 where he adds a detail,

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.460
 a charcoal fire.

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.339
 One is right here,

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.680
 John 21.

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:27.140
 The first is in John 18.

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.819
 And in John 18,

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:32.319
 Jesus had been arrested

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:34.359
 and he was at

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.900
 the high priest courtroom,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.599
 the courtyard

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.440
 of the high priest.

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.839
 Peter was with him,

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.059
 but Peter was not allowed

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.759
 to go inside.

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.859
 And so Peter was outside

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.440
 the courtroom

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.720
 and he was standing

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 at the door

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 and it says there was

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 a slave girl at the door

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 and she said to Peter,

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 are you not one

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 of his disciples?

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 And he said,

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 I am not.

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 And then John writes,

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 and there was a charcoal fire

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 sitting next to them

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 because it was cold.

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 And you say,

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 John,

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 you didn't need that clause.

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 And then you come

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 to John chapter 21

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 and the only other place

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 in the New Testament

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 charcoal fire is mentioned.

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 And here it is.

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 And when they got back

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 to the beach,

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 it said Jesus had already

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 prepared the charcoal fire.

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 And you know what I think

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 is going on there?

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 I think John's trying

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 to bring a connection to us

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 and I think what he's saying

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 to us is Jesus was using

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 the charcoal fire

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 to say to Peter,

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 do you remember?

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 Do you remember the first time

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 you were asked,

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 are you my disciple?

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 And you said,

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 I am not.

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 And he's saying,

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 Peter,

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 we're back here again.

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 And are you my disciple?

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 And this time,

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 it is not Peter's job

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 to answer.

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 You see,

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 the fact of the fire,

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 the fact that Jesus

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 is sitting there,

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 he's prepared breakfast,

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 he's become the host

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 of the covenant meal.

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 And he's saying,

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 you said no,

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 but I say yes.

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 You said no to me,

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 but I overcame your no

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 with my yes.

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 And you are my disciple.

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 And by the power

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 of the cross and resurrection,

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 I have claimed you.

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 Your family,

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 you're loved by God.

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 Your weak faith

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 will not get you

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 out of my hands.

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 You were ashamed of me.

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 That's not enough

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 to take the gospel

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 away from you.

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 That's not enough

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 to take the power

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 of the cross away.

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 The first fire

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 announced Peter's betrayal.

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 The second fire

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 announced his belonging.

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 The same hearth

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 that witnessed Peter's rebellion

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 is the very hearth

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 by which he was restored.

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 That's what John's

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 showing us here.

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 The cross of Christ

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 turns restless rebels

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!

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 into family!

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 And then it keeps us there.

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 And if you come today

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 saying,

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 I have not done

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 great things for God!

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 And I am not

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 the Christian

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 in terms of my life

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 that God has called me to be!

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 Jesus Christ wants you to know

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 as you come

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 and you take and eat

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 that His grace is sufficient

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 and it will never let you

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 get out of the hand of God.

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 He loves you

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 to the uttermost.

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 And that the true

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 and better Jonah,

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 He went down into the depths

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 so you could rise up.

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 And as long as you're in Him

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 and you are,

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 you will be family.

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 He will never let you go.

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 Weak faith people,

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 come and eat with Him today.

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 Let us pray.

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 Father,

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 we ask now

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 that you meet with us

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 in just a moment

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 as we come to dine

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 at your table.

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 You are the host.

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 Thank you for wanting

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 to have breakfast with us.

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 And so we see that

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 in this passage,

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 Lord,

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 come and eat with us.

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 We ask now,

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 Lord,

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 that you would come

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 and speak especially

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 to those in this room

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 who think,

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 I have years and years

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 and years

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 of nominal faith.

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 I've not lived for the Lord.

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 I've not shared my faith.

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 I've not changed.

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 Lord,

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 come to them

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 and speak your love to them

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 and then send us out

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 into our city

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 to be fishers of people.

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 And so that's our prayer today.

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 We ask for that

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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