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 All right, well this morning we come at last to the final chapter of the Gospel of John

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 and our final sermon in this book.

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 We began this series on December 22nd, 2019, so that's about three and a half years ago.

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 And if I got the count right, this morning's message is my 106th message in the Gospel of John.

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 And what a journey it's been.

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 I really do hope and pray that you have been blessed to see and to hear things about Jesus

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 that you've maybe never heard before, never thought of, and I hope those things have touched you.

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 This is the good news according to John.

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 Let's hear how John ends his telling of the story of Jesus.

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 Last Sunday we heard about how Jesus appeared to the disciples on two different occasions.

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 The first was on the evening of the day that Jesus rose from the dead.

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 He appeared that evening to all the apostles minus Thomas.

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 And then John told us about how one week later he appeared to them another time, this time including Thomas.

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 Let's pick up the story in John chapter 21.

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 Afterward, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee.

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 Now some of you may have a different translation which says the Sea of Tiberias.

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 The one on the screen has a footnote that says, yeah, it is Tiberias in the original language,

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 but that's just another name for the Sea of Galilee in case anyone's wondering.

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 So if you recall, what the other Gospels record for us is that the morning that Jesus rose from the dead,

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 the angels appeared to the women and they told them to tell the disciples to go to Galilee

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 and that they would see Jesus there.

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 Now Jesus appeared to the disciples before they went to Galilee.

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 He appeared to them in Jerusalem on the night that he rose from the dead,

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 the night of the day that he rose from the dead.

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 And we don't know for sure exactly when the disciples left to go to Galilee,

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 but shortly after Jesus rose from the dead, they head back up north to the region of Galilee

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 where Jesus' hometown of Nazareth was and where many of the disciples' hometowns were there as well.

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 And much of the story of Jesus took place in that region.

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 And the sense that we get from this is that with these resurrection appearances of Jesus,

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 Jesus would often appear, but then he would leave.

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 Leave.

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 And then he would appear again on another occasion and then leave.

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 He didn't just stay with them and walk from place to place with them.

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 So you can imagine that the disciples are pretty excited having seen Jesus alive

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 as they make this three or four day journey back up towards home in Galilee.

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 But we also imagine that they wondered,

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 how will we meet up with Jesus when we get there?

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 Where will we find him?

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 Well, John tells us that it happened this way.

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 Simon Peter, Thomas, also known as Didymus, Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee,

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 the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.

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 That's seven in total.

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 I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them.

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 And they said, we'll go with you.

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 So they went out and got into the boat.

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 But that night they caught nothing.

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 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

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 He called out to them,

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 friends, haven't you any fish?

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 No, they answered.

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 He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you'll find some.

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 When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

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 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,

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 it's the Lord.

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 As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, it is the Lord,

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 he wrapped his outer garment around him, for he had taken it off,

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 and jumped into the water.

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 The other disciples followed in the boat,

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 towing the net full of fish,

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 for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.

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 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it and some bread.

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 Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish you've just caught.

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 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore.

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 It was full of large fish, 153.

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 But even with so many, the net was not torn.

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 Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast.

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 None of the disciples dared ask him, who are you?

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 They knew it was the Lord.

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

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 and did the same with the fish.

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 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples,

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 after he was raised from the dead.

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 So John's the only one that tells us about this meet-up moment with Jesus in Galilee.

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 And we get the sense that the disciples arrived there in Galilee,

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 and with nothing else to do, maybe just Peter decided to do what he always did,

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 to go to work, go fishing,

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 let's get some food on the table.

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 And the other six disciples who were with him decide to tag along.

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 But after fishing all night, they caught nothing.

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 And then, in the morning, all of a sudden they see this guy on the shore,

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 and he's calling out to them, like often happens between fishermen,

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 if you've ever been out to the lake.

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 You know, you guys catch anything?

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 Nope.

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 Nothing.

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 But then, put your net down on the right side of the boat,

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 and you'll catch some.

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 This is the kind of advice that most fishermen chuckle at,

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 as if the other side of the boat will make any difference.

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 And yet, amazingly, all of a sudden, the net is so full of fish,

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 so much that they can't pull it up into the boat.

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 Yet, it was John who realized what was happening first,

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 even before Peter.

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 It's the Lord, said John.

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 And when Peter hears this, he realizes it for himself,

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 grabs his outer garment, jumps into the water, swims to shore,

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 and what does he find?

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 But here's Jesus on the shore, and he's got a fire going.

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 And there's some fish on it, and there's some bread.

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 He's cooking breakfast for the disciples.

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 Jesus says, bring some of those fish that you've just caught.

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 Let's eat.

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 And so Peter does.

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 He goes, he gets the net, he drags it on shore after they arrive in the boat,

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 and they start counting out these fish, and it's 153 large fish.

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 If you include Jesus, that makes eight.

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 So that's about 19 each.

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 A lot of fish.

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 And they sit down, and they have breakfast on the beach together.

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 I love this story.

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 Why did Jesus choose to reveal himself,

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 to appear to them in Galilee in this way?

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 Some people, you know, look at this and wonder,

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 like 153 fish, that's it?

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 Well, that doesn't seem very impressive.

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 Last time, the boats were sinking.

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 Why did Jesus this time seem to do like an inferior miracle?

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 But, you know, the more I've thought about this,

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 I don't think it was really about the number of fish.

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 I think the purpose of this miracle was different.

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 It wasn't to blow all the other miracles out of the water.

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 I think the purpose of this miracle was to be a sign,

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 but a different sign from the other signs.

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 This sign, this miracle was special because it was personal.

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 What made it special, what made it personal,

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 was that it was almost an exact repeat of that awesome miracle

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 Jesus had done three years earlier,

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 which marked the beginning of their following Jesus.

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 If you look back at that in Luke chapter 5,

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 the parallels between this that Jesus did here

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 and what happened three years ago are striking.

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 In both cases, they fished all night and caught nothing.

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 In both cases, Jesus gives some advice

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 to the professional fishermen

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 that ordinarily would seem laughable.

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 In both cases, there's this miraculous, massive catch of fish.

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 And as we'll see in a few minutes,

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 in both cases, Jesus will tell them the same thing afterwards.

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 Follow me.

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 Maybe it's easy for us today to miss just how special,

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 how meaningful this miraculous sign

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 would have been to these men,

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 these fishermen in Galilee.

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 When Jesus did it the first time,

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 that was the day that they dropped everything.

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 They left their jobs as fishermen behind

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 and they began following Jesus full time.

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 This wasn't really a miracle for the masses.

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 This was a miracle specifically for the men in the boat.

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 Only Peter and maybe James and John

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 knew what Jesus had said to Peter in the boat.

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 Let down the nets for a catch.

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 Back in Luke 5.

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 Probably only Peter and James and John really cared

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 that they'd been out the whole night

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 and hadn't caught anything.

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 So this was almost, I think, kind of like an inside joke.

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 You know, remember that time that Rabbi Jesus

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 told you, Peter,

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 the experienced fishermen that you are,

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 to let down the nets for a catch.

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 And you begrudgingly humored Jesus,

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 only to find out that Jesus

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 was much more than you thought possible.

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 That was the turning point miracle.

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 That was the special personal sign to Peter

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 and to James and to John,

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 the fishermen,

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 that this Jesus indeed was the Messiah

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 that they'd been hoping for.

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 And so that's why I think Jesus does it again,

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 almost like a secret handshake,

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 something that only they would recognize

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 and fully appreciate.

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 It was like a deja vu miracle.

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 I mean, think of this from the perspective

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 of Peter and James and John.

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 There they are.

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 I mean, they're excited that they saw Jesus alive,

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 but there they are again,

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 sitting in a boat all night long.

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 I wonder what they were thinking.

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 Like, you guys remember the last time

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 that this happened,

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 when we fished all night long

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 and caught nothing?

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 Yep, that was the day

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 that everything changed.

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 And now, suddenly,

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 there's this guy on the shore

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 giving us some laughable advice

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 on how to catch fish.

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 Can you imagine the excitement

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 in their hearts

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 when after putting the net down

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 on the right side of the boat,

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 they catch the mother load again?

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 But this time,

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 the excitement wasn't just about the fish,

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 the catch.

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 Peter doesn't even seem to care about the fish.

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 He and John

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 immediately see what the sign points to.

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 Jesus is here.

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 That's him on the shore.

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 And I love how Peter

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 just jumps out of the boat

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 and swims for shore.

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 It's like he doesn't even care about the fish.

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 You guys deal with the fish.

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 I'm going to see Jesus.

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 It was the deja vu miracle.

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 And not just the catch,

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 but also the catching of nothing

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 the night before.

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 And God's thinking about this, you know.

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 Fish kind of have a mind of their own.

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 They're just creatures.

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 This wouldn't have had

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 nearly the same effect

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 had Peter been out all night

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 and, well, they caught six or seven.

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 But, you know,

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 some of those fish,

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 all they had to do

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 was swim over here.

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 Oh, there's a net.

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 They're caught in it.

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 And Peter got something last night.

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 So, you know,

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 I think even part of the miracle too

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 is that they got nothing

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 the night before.

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 It was as if Jesus and his father

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 wanted to set up this whole thing

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 the same way

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 as it happened three years earlier

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 so that there could be

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 no doubt in their minds

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 that, yes,

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 this man on the shore

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 really is Jesus,

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 the resurrected Christ here.

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 Let's notice this detail

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 in verse 12.

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 Jesus invites them

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 to come over and have breakfast

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 and John says,

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 none of the disciples

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 dared ask him,

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 who are you?

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 They knew it was the Lord.

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 These are kind of

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 interesting remarks.

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 It seems that,

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 on the one hand,

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 they wanted to ask,

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 who are you?

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 And yet, on the other hand,

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 John states quite clearly

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 that they didn't

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 because they knew

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 it was the Lord.

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 Well, what are we to make of this?

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 I think we should take John

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 at his word.

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 They knew it was Jesus.

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 Not they thought,

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 not they suspected.

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 They knew it was Jesus.

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 And yet, at the same time,

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 it was like there was

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 something inside of them

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 that just couldn't believe

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 that this was really happening.

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 I mean, we kind of say

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 the same sort of thing

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 when something really

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 wonderful happens

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 that's totally unexpected.

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 We'll say something like,

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 I just can't believe

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 that this is happening.

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 Is this really happening to me?

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 And I think this is

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 the same sort of thing.

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 They wanted to ask Jesus

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 almost like,

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 is it really you?

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 And they didn't

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 because they knew.

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 You know,

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 people don't come back

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 to life from the dead

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 very often.

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 So this was something else

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 for them to experience.

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 Here he is,

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 cooking breakfast for them

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 on the beach.

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 Let's go on with the story.

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 Verse 15.

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 When they had finished eating,

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 Jesus said to Simon Peter,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me

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 more than these?

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 Yes, Lord, he said.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said,

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 feed my lambs.

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 Again, Jesus said,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 He answered,

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 yes, Lord,

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 you know that I love you.

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 Jesus said,

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 take care of my sheep.

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 The third time

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 he said to him,

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 Simon,

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 son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 Peter was hurt

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 because Jesus asked him

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 the third time,

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 do you love me?

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 He said,

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 Lord,

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 you know all things.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said,

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 feed my sheep.

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 What an interesting exchange

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 between Jesus and Peter.

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 If you've ever heard

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 teaching on this before,

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 you've probably heard

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 that there's some

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 changing up of the Greek

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 word for love

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 in this conversation.

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 It starts with

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 Jesus asking if Peter

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 loves him with that

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 Greek agape love.

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 And finally,

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 the last time,

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 it progresses towards

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 the phileo love.

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 Maybe you've heard

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 some of that.

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 Well-meaning preachers

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 have sprung off of that

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 into all kinds of stuff

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 about the differences

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 between agape love

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 and phileo love.

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 And you've got the,

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 you know,

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 the agape love.

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 That's kind of God's

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 unconditional love

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 towards us.

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 And then you've got

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 phileo love,

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 which is kind of more

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 our human brotherly love

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 towards one another.

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 Well,

00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:05.620
 as time goes on

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 and we get better

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 at studying

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 the Greek language

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 of the Bible

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 and we develop

00:16:09.819 --> 00:16:10.639
 better tools

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.559
 for analysis

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 and more Christian

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 men and women

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 have put their time in,

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 it seems to be

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 the consensus

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 among scholars today

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 that actually

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 that whole hard line

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 distinction between

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 agape and phileo

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 was maybe a little bit

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 overstated in the past.

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 As it turns out

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 from careful study,

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 they're basically

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 just near synonyms

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 overlapping in meaning

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 and in fact,

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 John actually uses them

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 interchangeably elsewhere

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 in the gospel.

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 It's a stylistic choice

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 probably,

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 not to be

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 too repetitious.

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 So we don't want

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 to get distracted

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 from the main point here

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 and kind of go off

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 into this nuance here.

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 It seems as if

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 Jesus is simply

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 asking him three times,

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 do you love me?

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 And Peter's giving

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 his answer.

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 But what's the main thing

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.679
 in this conversation?

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 What is it really about?

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 Why does Jesus ask

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 three times

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 the same question?

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 And what is it

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 that Jesus

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 is asking Peter

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 to do?

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 Well, let's start

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 with some

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 sanctified imagination.

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 Imagine that you

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.779
 are Peter

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 and you're sitting there

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 around this fire

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 eating breakfast

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 and Jesus

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 looks you in the eye

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 and he asks you

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:27.399
 this very personal

00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:28.659
 probing question.

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 Do you love me?

00:17:33.379 --> 00:17:34.559
 Do you love me

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.879
 more than these guys do?

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 What thoughts

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.859
 and feelings

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 are going on

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 in your mind

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 as you

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 are singled out

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 in the group

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 and asked about

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 what's really

00:17:47.959 --> 00:17:48.579
 in your heart?

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 If I'm Peter,

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 I'm thinking back

00:17:52.719 --> 00:17:53.419
 to what happened

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 in the garden

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 that night

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 that Jesus

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 was arrested.

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 I'm thinking about

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 how I talked

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 the talk.

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 I made great boasts.

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 I'm willing to die

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.539
 for you, Lord.

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.399
 But then I'm remembering

00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:08.419
 about how the moment

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.480
 of testing came

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 and I denied

00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.420
 even knowing you

00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:12.380
 three times

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:14.720
 and you caught me

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.340
 red-handed

00:18:15.340 --> 00:18:16.400
 right in that moment.

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 And then I'm thinking

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.259
 back to the day

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 that you rose

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 from the dead

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 and the women

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 told us

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 and I didn't believe them.

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 And then I ran out

00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.740
 to the tomb

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 and I saw that

00:18:29.840 --> 00:18:30.620
 the tomb was empty

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.980
 and I still didn't believe it.

00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:33.080
 John over here did,

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.500
 but I didn't believe it.

00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:38.980
 So it's like,

00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:40.119
 what can I say

00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.279
 in this moment

00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.359
 to affirm my love

00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.439
 for you, Jesus?

00:18:45.199 --> 00:18:46.519
 Well, Peter doesn't go

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.639
 through all that

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:49.019
 in his out loud answer.

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.939
 Instead, he just says

00:18:50.939 --> 00:18:51.799
 what he believes.

00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:53.720
 He says,

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.099
 Jesus,

00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:55.079
 you know

00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.799
 what's in my heart.

00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:58.980
 You know

00:18:58.980 --> 00:19:00.339
 that I love you.

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:03.939
 Three times

00:19:03.939 --> 00:19:06.299
 he says the same thing.

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.379
 Lord,

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.439
 you know

00:19:09.439 --> 00:19:10.740
 that I love you.

00:19:12.399 --> 00:19:13.759
 Peter knows it's true.

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:15.199
 He knows he loves Jesus,

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:16.579
 but how do I convey that?

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:16.879
 Well,

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:17.959
 you know,

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:19.259
 all along through the story,

00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:20.459
 Jesus has been the one

00:19:20.459 --> 00:19:21.319
 that's really known

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:23.319
 what's going on

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.059
 inside of me,

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.799
 inside of others.

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:28.039
 It's been so obvious.

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.159
 He's said it

00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:30.000
 again and again.

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:33.439
 And so that's what he says.

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:34.079
 You know,

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:34.799
 Lord,

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.699
 you know

00:19:35.699 --> 00:19:36.879
 that it's true,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.699
 that I love you.

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:39.259
 And the third time,

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.559
 Peter,

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.619
 he explains a little

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.319
 more fully.

00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:42.439
 He says,

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:42.720
 Lord,

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:45.079
 you know all things.

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.939
 You know all things.

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.500
 You know

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.259
 that I love you.

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.579
 So this answer

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.159
 of Peter's

00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.579
 is actually

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.500
 full of faith.

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:56.639
 Faith that Jesus,

00:19:56.919 --> 00:19:58.199
 the very Son of God,

00:19:58.319 --> 00:20:00.039
 knows all things.

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:02.359
 Even the depths

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.279
 of Peter's heart.

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.899
 It's like he's saying,

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.259
 if I didn't love you,

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:08.740
 I wouldn't even be able

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.679
 to hide it from you.

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.279
 You know

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.939
 all things.

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.959
 You've been right

00:20:13.959 --> 00:20:14.619
 about me

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:15.379
 all along,

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.139
 what's going on

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.839
 inside of me

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:18.199
 the whole time.

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.419
 It's a deep,

00:20:21.919 --> 00:20:22.879
 personal,

00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:24.279
 probing question.

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:26.079
 It's a little

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.579
 unusual,

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.099
 perhaps,

00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:27.759
 to be asked

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.740
 something like this

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.579
 on the spot

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.639
 in front of others.

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.180
 But then it gets

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.920
 a little bit awkward

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.279
 because Jesus

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.500
 asks it again.

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.420
 And then it gets

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.200
 even more awkward

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.799
 because Jesus

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:42.200
 asks it a third time.

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:44.940
 In fact,

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.720
 John tells us

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.700
 that with the third time,

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.539
 Peter was hurt.

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.539
 The word there

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.859
 literally means

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.700
 grieved.

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:53.680
 something about

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.240
 being asked

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.360
 that third time

00:20:55.360 --> 00:20:56.259
 stung.

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.799
 Likely,

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.620
 Peter didn't know

00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.039
 why.

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.660
 Jesus was asking

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.840
 him repeatedly

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.620
 and now this

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.380
 third time,

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.059
 is it because

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.840
 he doesn't think

00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.559
 I'm sincere?

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.340
 Does he doubt

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.279
 my love for him?

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:12.259
 Is he asking

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.740
 this because of

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:15.440
 what I said

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.920
 and did

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:17.039
 that night

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.980
 when I betrayed,

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.640
 I denied him?

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.400
 I mean,

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.860
 this might have

00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:22.340
 been somewhat

00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:23.120
 humiliating

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.920
 for Peter

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:25.240
 in front of

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.860
 all the others.

00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:27.900
 Why three times?

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.000
 And then,

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.040
 on top of all that,

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.519
 there's this

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.580
 unexpected thing

00:21:33.580 --> 00:21:34.220
 Jesus says

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:35.220
 after each time.

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.580
 Feed my lambs.

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:41.780
 Take care of my sheep.

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:44.040
 Feed my sheep.

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.940
 This is kind of odd.

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:48.400
 What is this all about?

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.400
 Jesus gives this

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.320
 directive to Peter

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:52.120
 three times

00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:52.519
 and again,

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:53.140
 there's a little bit

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.340
 of stylistic variation

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:54.660
 there.

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:56.060
 There's feed my lambs,

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.360
 take care of my sheep,

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.460
 feed my sheep,

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.380
 but I think it's all

00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:01.280
 driving at the same thing.

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.259
 But what an odd thing

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.840
 to say

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:05.660
 in this moment.

00:22:08.800 --> 00:22:09.320
 You know,

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.340
 I think there is a reason

00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.240
 in Jesus' heart

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.580
 for why three times.

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.160
 I'm not sure,

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.519
 however,

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:16.620
 that any one of us

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:18.039
 can really put words

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.539
 to that

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:20.619
 with 100% confidence

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.719
 that this is why

00:22:21.719 --> 00:22:22.619
 Jesus did it.

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.839
 Almost every Christian

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.739
 I've ever talked to

00:22:26.739 --> 00:22:27.819
 or heard about this

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.739
 seems to have

00:22:28.739 --> 00:22:29.379
 this intuitive

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.299
 understanding,

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.899
 and I have it too,

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.339
 that just as Peter

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.479
 denied Jesus

00:22:34.479 --> 00:22:35.599
 three times,

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.199
 so now Jesus

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.959
 gives Peter

00:22:37.959 --> 00:22:38.679
 the opportunity

00:22:38.679 --> 00:22:40.019
 to affirm his love

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.439
 for him

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:41.459
 three times.

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:42.779
 Somehow,

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.619
 these two things

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.240
 are connected.

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.500
 Many Bibles

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.660
 in the titles

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.519
 that are right

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.619
 above the section

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:52.220
 say something like

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.000
 Jesus reinstates Peter

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:57.180
 or Jesus restores Peter.

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.680
 Is this a reinstatement?

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.519
 Did Peter get

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.279
 uninstated

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:06.420
 when he denied

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.379
 Jesus three times?

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.160
 I'm not so sure

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.740
 about that.

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.559
 What is obvious

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.960
 is that

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.200
 Jesus is not

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.099
 holding what Peter

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.679
 had said

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.299
 or done

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.119
 against him

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.759
 at all.

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.759
 And I think

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.740
 we often gravitate

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.359
 towards that.

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.720
 Look,

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.159
 the Lord

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:23.159
 has forgiven him.

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.000
 That's obvious.

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:27.179
 But there's more here.

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.379
 Jesus is

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.480
 giving him

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.319
 a job to do.

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.639
 Neither is this

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.200
 an opportunity

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.759
 for Peter

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.679
 to prove himself.

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.319
 Some people

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.740
 have kind of

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.819
 spun it that way too.

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:42.179
 or somehow

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:42.980
 to make right

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.779
 what he had done.

00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:44.700
 Listen,

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.720
 confessing three times

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:48.399
 that he loves

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.939
 Jesus

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:50.659
 doesn't change

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.619
 what he did.

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.599
 It doesn't make it right.

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.740
 It doesn't

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.519
 atone for it.

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.319
 What Jesus did

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.939
 on the cross

00:23:58.939 --> 00:23:59.579
 is what atoned

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.039
 for it.

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:01.919
 And so

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.700
 why does Jesus

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.500
 do this thing

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.220
 three times?

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.799
 I'll be honest.

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.279
 I don't know

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.960
 100%

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.319
 that I can put

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.139
 the words to this.

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.839
 All I can say

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.639
 is two things.

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.379
 First,

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.740
 it sure adds

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.579
 a lot of weight

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:17.279
 to this

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.359
 charge

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:18.859
 that he is

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.539
 giving Peter.

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.599
 Three times,

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.279
 feed

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.819
 my sheep.

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.019
 Take care

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.819
 of my lambs.

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.299
 Feed

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.460
 my sheep.

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.399
 Look after them.

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.139
 It's as if

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.919
 Jesus is

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.859
 saying him,

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:33.919
 don't miss

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.259
 this,

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.599
 Peter.

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.559
 Hear this.

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.799
 Then go back

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.779
 and underline it.

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.399
 Then go back

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.339
 and highlight it

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.059
 bright yellow.

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.980
 This is what I

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.019
 want you to do,

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.399
 Peter,

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.339
 from now on.

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:47.179
 Look after

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.759
 my sheep.

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.579
 Take care of them.

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.319
 Feed them.

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.740
 Be a shepherd

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.179
 to them.

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.359
 The second thing

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.099
 that seems clear

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.579
 enough here

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.200
 is that Jesus

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.299
 is somehow

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.980
 connecting

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.240
 Peter's love

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.079
 for him

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:04.319
 with this job,

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.879
 this command.

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.680
 It's almost

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.440
 as if the flow

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.900
 here is

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.900
 because you

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.500
 love me

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.400
 truly as you

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.700
 do,

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.740
 do this for me.

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:15.200
 Feed my sheep.

00:25:15.300 --> 00:25:16.040
 Take care of them.

00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.600
 Look after

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.120
 those who

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.840
 belong to me

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.400
 in the days

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.820
 ahead

00:25:21.820 --> 00:25:23.740
 as I leave.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.300
 Show your love

00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:25.660
 to me,

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.020
 Peter,

00:25:26.280 --> 00:25:27.000
 in this way.

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.800
 Let's move

00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.080
 on.

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.460
 Verse 18.

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.620
 Jesus goes

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.620
 on after

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.480
 this conversation.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:38.980
 He says,

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.740
 Very truly,

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:43.780
 very truly,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.560
 I tell you,

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.440
 when you

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.940
 were younger,

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.960
 you dressed

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.620
 yourself

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.660
 and went

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.080
 where you

00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.440
 wanted,

00:25:50.260 --> 00:25:50.800
 but when you

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.300
 are old,

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.640
 you will

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:52.160
 stretch out

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.820
 your hands

00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.500
 and someone

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.960
 else will

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.500
 dress you

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.500
 and lead

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.860
 you where

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.200
 you do

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.760
 not want

00:25:56.760 --> 00:25:57.260
 to go.

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.620
 Jesus

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.140
 said this

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.700
 to indicate

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.180
 the kind

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.680
 of death

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:02.100
 by which

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:03.380
 Peter would

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.500
 glorify God.

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.740
 Then he

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.120
 said to

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.360
 him,

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:08.019
 Follow me.

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.400
 So Jesus

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:12.060
 starts to

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.600
 talk about

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:12.960
 what the

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.640
 future holds

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.160
 for Peter

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.799
 and he

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.120
 does it

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.460
 with this

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.000
 contrast

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.380
 between

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.840
 young and

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.160
 old,

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.340
 between

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.840
 being free

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.220
 to do

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.960
 whatever you

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.440
 want or

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.779
 do as

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.320
 you please

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:22.519
 and being

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.180
 restricted

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.019
 and being

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.000
 led where

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.400
 he does

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.880
 not want

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.259
 to go.

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.680
 Jesus

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.340
 says that

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.640
 he will

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.460
 stretch out

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:30.019
 his hands

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:32.100
 and John

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.500
 makes it

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.880
 clear that

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.259
 this was

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.960
 talking about

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.940
 how Peter

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.779
 would die.

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:36.960
 In fact,

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.579
 it's possible

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.039
 that John

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.480
 is writing

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.920
 this over

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.700
 three decades

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.980
 later and

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.579
 that at the

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.200
 time of his

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.559
 writing,

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.120
 Peter had

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.960
 already died

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.640
 and so John

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.259
 may be even

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.840
 making a

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.400
 statement about

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.100
 how Jesus

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.799
 was right.

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.220
 This is

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.660
 fulfilled.

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.400
 Look at

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.180
 how we all

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.779
 know Peter

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.480
 died at least

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.960
 in the day

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.420
 that John

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.299
 wrote this.

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.279
 Some think

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.660
 that you

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.599
 will stretch

00:26:59.599 --> 00:26:59.920
 out your

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.319
 hands

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.099
 refers to

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.980
 stretch out

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.539
 like this

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.440
 crucifixion.

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.559
 Others think

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.019
 that it means

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.399
 to kind of

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.839
 hold them

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.359
 out to be

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.799
 bound with

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:08.019
 chains and

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.639
 then led

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.899
 away to

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.359
 some kind

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.980
 of execution.

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.460
 We don't

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.920
 really have

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.259
 a lot of

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.019
 strong sources

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.680
 outside the

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.339
 Bible that

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.460
 speak of

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.180
 Peter's

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:18.299
 death but

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.079
 tradition holds

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.559
 that he was

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.339
 martyred in

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:22.680
 Rome about

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.379
 three decades

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.119
 after this.

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.059
 One source

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.779
 about 150

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.480
 years later

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.960
 says that

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.360
 Peter was

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.160
 crucified and

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.420
 we don't

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.700
 know if

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.120
 that guy

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.960
 had some

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.940
 inside

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.680
 information or

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.039
 some good

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.539
 sources or

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.860
 if he was

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.240
 just looking

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.700
 back at

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.120
 what John

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.680
 wrote here.

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:38.380
 Another idea

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.819
 that you may

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.360
 have heard is

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:39.720
 that Peter

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.380
 was crucified

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:41.259
 upside down

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.480
 because he

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.640
 thought he

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.019
 would be

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.240
 unworthy to

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.799
 be crucified

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.420
 in the same

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.960
 manner as

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.620
 Jesus and

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.839
 unfortunately

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.759
 that seems to

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.420
 have crept up

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.620
 quite a lot

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.059
 of years

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.000
 after as

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.620
 almost like a

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.500
 legend and

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.900
 some of the

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.500
 sources that

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.180
 point to that

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.880
 are pretty

00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:00.120
 dubious in

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.480
 some of the

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.080
 other things

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.500
 that they

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.960
 report according

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.680
 to scholars.

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.700
 So this is a

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.400
 sobering moment

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.920
 for Peter.

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.240
 First he's

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.799
 probed,

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.560
 then he's

00:28:11.560 --> 00:28:12.060
 charged

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:12.740
 repeatedly,

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.440
 and then he's

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.460
 told in a

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.360
 somewhat ambiguous

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:17.740
 metaphor how

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.100
 his story is

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.519
 going to go,

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.500
 how his life

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.039
 is going to

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.600
 come to an

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:21.840
 end.

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.200
 But notice the

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.720
 word John

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.360
 chooses here.

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.859
 there's one

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.419
 word that

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:27.039
 just flips

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.559
 this whole

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.399
 thing on

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.899
 its head.

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.559
 Jesus said

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.039
 this to

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.719
 indicate the

00:28:32.719 --> 00:28:33.240
 kind of

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.119
 death by

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.740
 which Peter

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:36.839
 would glorify

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.240
 God.

00:28:39.699 --> 00:28:40.579
 Yes, it was

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.939
 going to be

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.519
 hard, it was

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:41.899
 going to be

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:43.459
 awful, but

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:44.259
 for Peter it

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.919
 would be a

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.859
 death that

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.500
 would bring

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:48.279
 praise to

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.639
 God.

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:50.840
 not like

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.220
 how he

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.660
 denied,

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.800
 not like

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.060
 how he

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:54.420
 said I'll

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.700
 lay down

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.120
 my life

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.400
 for you,

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.780
 but then

00:28:55.780 --> 00:28:56.160
 didn't,

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.000
 but then

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.960
 down the

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.420
 road you

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.220
 will lay

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.660
 down your

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.100
 life for

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.300
 me.

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.800
 You will

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:02.560
 bring praise

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.100
 to God.

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.520
 At this

00:29:06.520 --> 00:29:06.920
 point,

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:10.740
 Jesus says

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.200
 to him,

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.259
 follow me.

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.680
 Peter turned

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.280
 and saw that

00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:15.780
 the disciple

00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:16.300
 whom Jesus

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:17.000
 loved was

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.759
 following them.

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.160
 This was

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.440
 the one

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.740
 who had

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.220
 leaned back

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.560
 against

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.120
 Jesus at

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.540
 the supper

00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:21.880
 and had

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.120
 said,

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.680
 Lord,

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.759
 who is

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.120
 going to

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.700
 betray you?

00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:25.620
 So at

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.020
 this point

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:26.460
 it seems

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.259
 that Jesus

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.120
 asks Peter

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.700
 to go for

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.180
 a walk,

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.140
 using that

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.840
 same language

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.240
 of three

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.700
 years ago,

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:32.340
 follow me.

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.000
 He gets

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.460
 up and he

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.080
 starts going

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.660
 and it

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.080
 seems that

00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.640
 John kind

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.040
 of tags

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.860
 along behind,

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.660
 probably

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.600
 listening in.

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:41.840
 Again,

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.440
 there's that

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.100
 parallel to

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.580
 what happened

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.020
 earlier,

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.960
 just kind

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.460
 of leaving

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.920
 the fishing

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.600
 stuff behind

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.059
 and going.

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:49.879
 Here,

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.899
 they're

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.259
 walking

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.859
 along and

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.939
 there's a

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.259
 bit of a

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.879
 conversation

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:56.319
 that takes

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.000
 place here.

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.319
 So Peter

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.059
 sees that

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.919
 John is

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.339
 following

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:06.019
 and when

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.519
 Peter saw

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.779
 him,

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.339
 he asked,

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:07.819
 Lord,

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.299
 what about

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.619
 him?

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.939
 Jesus

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:11.419
 answered,

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:13.099
 if I want

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.439
 him to

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:14.139
 remain alive

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.639
 until I

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.139
 return,

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.799
 what is

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.139
 that to

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.339
 you?

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:19.220
 you must

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.839
 follow me.

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.919
 Because of

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.159
 this,

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.659
 the rumor

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.319
 spread among

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.839
 the believers

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.439
 that this

00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:25.220
 disciple would

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.859
 not die.

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.819
 But Jesus

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.480
 did not say

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.799
 that he

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.179
 would not

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.480
 die.

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.000
 He only

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.279
 said,

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:31.759
 if I want

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.019
 him to

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.619
 remain alive

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.099
 until I

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.599
 return,

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.179
 what is

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.519
 that to

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.779
 you?

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:39.039
 This is

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.619
 the disciple

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.899
 who testifies

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.359
 to these

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.839
 things and

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.179
 who wrote

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.679
 them down.

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.460
 we know

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.299
 that his

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.759
 testimony

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:47.120
 is true.

00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:48.340
 So there's

00:30:48.340 --> 00:30:49.180
 this interesting

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.060
 little conversation

00:30:50.060 --> 00:30:50.820
 between Jesus

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.420
 and Peter

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.120
 as they walk

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.539
 along with

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.299
 John kind

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.820
 of following

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.380
 behind.

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.720
 Peter's just

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.320
 heard something

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.200
 about how he

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.700
 is going to

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.960
 die.

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.820
 But now he's

00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.940
 curious about

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.799
 John's story.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.640
 How is it

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.080
 going to go?

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.039
 What about

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.279
 him?

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.640
 Is it going to

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.100
 be the same

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.539
 for him?

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.720
 And Jesus

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.400
 gives quite the

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.000
 answer here.

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.400
 If I want

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.759
 him to

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.500
 remain alive

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.019
 until I

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.540
 return,

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.340
 what is

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.680
 that to

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:18.880
 you?

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.800
 You must

00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.360
 follow me.

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.420
 What a

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.080
 loaded answer.

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.360
 John tells

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:27.640
 us that

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.080
 because of

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.860
 this answer

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.400
 the believers

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.300
 started spreading

00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:30.940
 all kinds of

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.900
 rumors about

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:34.680
 John living

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.180
 until the

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.660
 return of

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.100
 Christ.

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.540
 But John

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:38.040
 graciously

00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.700
 reminds his

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.240
 readers that

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.759
 Jesus didn't

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.360
 say that.

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.800
 That wasn't

00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:43.280
 the point

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:43.560
 that he

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:44.120
 was making.

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.040
 It was a

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:45.660
 hypothetical,

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.500
 rhetorical

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.019
 question.

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.120
 Like,

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.000
 Peter,

00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:50.480
 if I have

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.980
 a totally

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.900
 different plan

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.960
 for John

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.340
 than for

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:54.660
 you,

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.540
 what concern

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:57.060
 is that of

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.380
 yours?

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.440
 You must

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.040
 follow me.

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.340
 In other

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.540
 words,

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.140
 Jesus is

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.920
 basically saying

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:06.220
 each person

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.480
 may receive

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.040
 something

00:32:08.040 --> 00:32:09.680
 different and

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.240
 unique from

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.599
 God.

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.779
 But for

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.240
 each one

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.519
 of us,

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:12.859
 we must

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.559
 follow Jesus

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.039
 with what

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.519
 he gives,

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.500
 with the

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.819
 way that

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.319
 he leads,

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.920
 with the

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.440
 circumstances

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.400
 that he

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.259
 allows and

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.660
 brings.

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.779
 Don't worry

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.380
 about someone

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.059
 else's lot

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.579
 in life.

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.500
 Focus on

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.980
 your own

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.859
 following of

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.200
 Jesus.

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.900
 Peter,

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.759
 don't compare

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.319
 yourself to

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.559
 him.

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.700
 Keep your

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.079
 eyes on

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.299
 me.

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.759
 Follow

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.259
 me.

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.640
 You know,

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:41.819
 I got

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.319
 thinking about

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.819
 this too.

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.480
 It's quite

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.099
 something that

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.619
 Jesus is

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.500
 calling Peter

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.859
 to follow

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:48.720
 him just

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.079
 a couple

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.740
 weeks before

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.140
 he goes

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.400
 up.

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.579
 Jesus

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.960
 wasn't

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.420
 looking for

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.859
 people to

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.420
 just walk

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.160
 around behind

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.660
 him in

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.839
 Galilee 2,000

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.400
 years ago.

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.900
 He was

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.299
 looking for

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.740
 people to

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.099
 give their

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.460
 lives to

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.660
 following Jesus

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.140
 as their

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.519
 Lord,

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:06.339
 king,

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.900
 obeying

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.139
 his

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.740
 commands,

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.639
 devoting

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:08.819
 their

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.039
 whole

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.500
 lives to

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.400
 him in

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.759
 whatever

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.759
 unique

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.559
 circumstances

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.500
 that God

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.900
 gives.

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.359
 For Peter,

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:15.700
 it was going

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.079
 to look a

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.660
 certain way.

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.579
 He would

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.960
 glorify and

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.619
 bring praise

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.259
 to God in

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.220
 this particular

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.700
 way that

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.379
 Jesus said.

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.420
 But for

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.160
 John, it

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.460
 might be

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.720
 totally

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.160
 different.

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.559
 For you

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.940
 and me,

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.019
 it might

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.500
 look totally

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.879
 different.

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.759
 Finally,

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.119
 we come

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.759
 to John's

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.759
 last words.

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.960
 Verse 25.

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.920
 Jesus did

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.539
 many other

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.160
 things as

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.420
 well.

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.819
 If every

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.220
 one of

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.519
 them were

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.059
 written down,

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.579
 I suppose

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:44.879
 that even

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.279
 the whole

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.480
 world would

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.900
 not have

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.799
 room for

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.240
 the books

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.400
 that would

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.819
 be written.

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.339
 This is

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.839
 John's way

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.259
 of saying,

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:52.839
 you know,

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.420
 I could go

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.400
 on and

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:55.379
 on and

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.559
 on about

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:58.039
 Jesus and

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.640
 all this

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.140
 from my

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:00.519
 three-ish

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.839
 years with

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.039
 him.

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:04.460
 time and

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.680
 space didn't

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.759
 permit me to

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.680
 include everything

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.099
 in this

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.480
 account.

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.579
 What John

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.500
 is saying is

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.880
 that this

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.440
 account of

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.739
 Jesus'

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:15.579
 ministry that

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.000
 he's just

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.539
 given us,

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.420
 all 21

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.139
 chapters of

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.420
 it, it's

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.820
 just the

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:20.739
 tiny tip of

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.320
 the iceberg

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.320
 of what

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.699
 happened with

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.079
 Jesus.

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:27.159
 As we draw

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.940
 this series to

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.460
 a close,

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.739
 let's consider

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.420
 one more time

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.039
 how John

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.820
 has already

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.440
 said he

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.900
 wants us

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.440
 to respond

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.840
 to all

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.180
 this.

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.119
 First and

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.519
 foremost,

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.280
 above all,

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.019
 Jesus performed

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.539
 many other

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.200
 signs in the

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.680
 presence of

00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.300
 his disciples

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.740
 which are

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.340
 not recorded

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.740
 in this

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.000
 book,

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.539
 but these

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.039
 are written

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.820
 that you

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.680
 may believe

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:47.019
 that Jesus

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.800
 is the

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.200
 Messiah,

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.440
 the Son

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.920
 of God,

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.380
 and that by

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.059
 believing you

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.440
 may have

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.900
 life in

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.440
 his name.

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:56.019
 This is the

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.840
 main application

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.500
 of the whole

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.980
 story.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:59.400
 If there's

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.960
 only one

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.460
 thing that

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.079
 God wants

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.440
 you to

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.740
 do in

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.440
 response to

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.719
 this account

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.280
 of John,

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.519
 it's this,

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.260
 it's to see

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.900
 the things

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.940
 that Jesus

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.360
 did and

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.719
 said and

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.320
 believe that

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.000
 he is the

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.639
 Son of God,

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.460
 the Messiah,

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.260
 and the

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.420
 promise comes

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.800
 with it.

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.539
 If you do,

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.500
 Jesus promises

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.139
 that you will

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:22.659
 find eternal

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.519
 life,

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.079
 life forever

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.159
 with God.

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.819
 that's his

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.559
 gracious gift.

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.359
 And so I

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:31.159
 leave you with

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.719
 that question.

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.139
 Do you

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:33.379
 believe that

00:35:33.379 --> 00:35:34.299
 Jesus is the

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:35.199
 one and the

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.480
 only?

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.500
 I know many

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.099
 of you already

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.960
 believe that with

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.579
 all your heart.

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.559
 So there's a

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.000
 couple other

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.819
 things that this

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:46.440
 passage can

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.480
 point us to,

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.619
 or ways that it

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.319
 speaks to us.

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.819
 There's this

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.460
 question that

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.139
 Jesus asked

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.940
 Peter, and I

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.639
 want to encourage

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.319
 you to imagine

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.980
 for a moment

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.320
 Jesus asks

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.000
 the same

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.480
 thing to

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.719
 you.

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.460
 What's your

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.000
 answer to

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.179
 it?

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.559
 Do you

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.980
 love me?

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.039
 Do you

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.559
 truly love

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.559
 Jesus?

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.719
 Being a

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.159
 Christian is

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.579
 about more

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.940
 than just

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.340
 belief.

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:15.400
 It's about

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.880
 love.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.820
 It's about a

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.500
 relationship

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:20.240
 with Jesus.

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.399
 Jesus.

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.319
 Yes, he is

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.799
 the teacher

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.099
 and the

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.719
 master and

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.179
 the king,

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.939
 but it's a

00:36:25.939 --> 00:36:26.439
 relationship

00:36:26.439 --> 00:36:26.839
 that's

00:36:26.839 --> 00:36:27.659
 characterized by

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.259
 love where

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.979
 you love

00:36:28.979 --> 00:36:30.899
 him, and

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.339
 he loves

00:36:31.339 --> 00:36:31.579
 you.

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.419
 How would

00:36:33.419 --> 00:36:33.779
 you answer

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.539
 his question

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.459
 were he to

00:36:35.459 --> 00:36:36.000
 ask you that

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.500
 same thing

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.799
 today?

00:36:36.899 --> 00:36:37.159
 Do you

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.579
 love me?

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:42.819
 Finally, do

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.519
 you hear Jesus

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.099
 call to

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.619
 Peter, but

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.199
 not just to

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.939
 Peter, also

00:36:46.939 --> 00:36:47.439
 to you?

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.380
 that call,

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.639
 follow me.

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.019
 There's a

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.059
 particular story,

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.960
 path, future

00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:01.280
 that Jesus

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:02.059
 has for each

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.559
 one of us

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.940
 as his

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.340
 followers.

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.220
 And sometimes

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:05.639
 we might

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.220
 wonder, why

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:06.700
 is mine

00:37:06.700 --> 00:37:07.340
 going this

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.720
 way and

00:37:07.720 --> 00:37:08.559
 somebody else's

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.240
 looks so

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:09.559
 good?

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.139
 Theirs is

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.659
 going that

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:10.920
 way.

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.700
 Why can't

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.220
 I have what

00:37:14.220 --> 00:37:14.820
 they have?

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:17.559
 hear Jesus'

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.360
 words to

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.620
 you.

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.200
 If I have

00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:20.820
 something quite

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.480
 different for

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.960
 them, what is

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.539
 that to you?

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:26.019
 You must

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.760
 follow me.

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:30.160
 Each of us

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:30.820
 by the wisdom

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.420
 and kindness

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:32.260
 of God has a

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.019
 unique way

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:35.180
 that we get

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:36.360
 to bring glory

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.260
 to God with

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.840
 our lives,

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.900
 that we get

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.720
 to praise his

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.019
 name.

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:43.820
 something special,

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.500
 how we

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.679
 will highlight

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:48.519
 God's

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.880
 goodness,

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.759
 God's grace,

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.579
 God's power

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.900
 in ways that

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.800
 won't be true

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.659
 of every other

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.099
 person.

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.980
 And so when

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.539
 the going is

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.059
 tough, I want

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.800
 to just encourage

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.119
 you, don't

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.719
 turn away.

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.119
 Keep following

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.539
 Jesus.

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.800
 Keep your eyes

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.639
 fixed on him.

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:07.019
 He is the

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.579
 good shepherd

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:09.159
 word and he

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.719
 will lead us

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:09.940
 through.

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.860
 Let's close

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.619
 this series by

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.519
 asking for God's

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.799
 help to do

00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:16.159
 this.

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.179
 Let's pray.

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.500
 Father in

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.980
 heaven, we

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.480
 give you

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.159
 thanks for

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:26.759
 this awesome

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.460
 thing that you

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.039
 have preserved

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:30.299
 for us over

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:31.039
 the centuries,

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.299
 this glimpse

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:32.920
 into what

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.539
 happened when

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.159
 you broke

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.840
 into our

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.199
 world and

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.880
 turned everything

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.660
 upside down

00:38:37.660 --> 00:38:39.160
 and spoke

00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:39.780
 to us the

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.400
 good news

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:41.119
 and did

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.579
 the good

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:43.640
 news, died

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:44.280
 for us,

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:45.880
 rose again.

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:49.019
 I pray that

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.720
 you would stir

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:51.039
 up faith in

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.579
 our hearts,

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.240
 that where it's

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.940
 not there, it

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.539
 would be there,

00:38:54.660 --> 00:38:55.240
 that where it's

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:56.099
 there, it

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.519
 would grow

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.200
 stronger.

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.160
 And I pray

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.720
 that each one

00:38:59.720 --> 00:39:00.099
 of us would

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.480
 be able to

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.119
 answer this

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:05.300
 question and

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:06.320
 say truthfully

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.800
 from the

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:08.600
 heart, Lord

00:39:08.600 --> 00:39:09.180
 you know

00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:10.480
 that I love

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.680
 you.

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.860
 Help us

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:14.320
 to follow

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.660
 you.

00:39:15.580 --> 00:39:16.180
 Lead us.

00:39:17.600 --> 00:39:17.920
 We pray

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.380
 this in

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.600
 your name,

00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:20.480
 in the name

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.000
 of Jesus.

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:22.460
 Amen.

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.380
 I'll invite the

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.059
 worship team to

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.380
 come up.

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.559
 Amen.

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.620
 Amen.

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:28.100
 Amen.

00:39:28.100 --> 00:39:28.120
 Amen.

00:39:28.120 --> 00:39:28.180
 Amen.

00:39:28.180 --> 00:39:28.240
 Amen.

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.260
 Amen.

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.500
 Amen.

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.620
 Amen.

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.360
 Amen.

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.539
 Amen.

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.360
 Amen.

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.480
 Amen.

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.500
 Amen.

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:31.559
 Amen.

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.460
 Amen.

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.500
 Amen.

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.559
 Amen.

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.559
 Amen.

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.559
 Amen.

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.559
 Amen.

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.300
 Amen.