WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:15.480 Sit down and turn back to John 21, which we heard earlier. Rivalry. It's there in each one of us, isn't it? 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:28.760 It's drilled into us from an early age as a virtue. Be the best. We cannot help making comparisons with other people. 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:39.840 Thomas Hardy writes in his book, Jude the Obscure, love has its own dark morality when rivalry enters in. 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:49.700 We're often guided, aren't we, and enslaved to the question that Peter asks Jesus in John 21, looking at another disciple. 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:57.440 That one question that can drive so much of what we do. Jesus, what about this man? 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:13.400 Rivalry can creep in amongst us, and it can stifle church activity. It can keep you from accepting the calling in life that Christ has given to you and living within your means. 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:24.180 But in the building of the church, John shows us here that Jesus uses all sorts. It takes all sorts. 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:32.500 This is the third and final appearance of the risen Jesus Christ after Easter Sunday, isn't it? 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:38.860 And it's a revelation of the living Jesus that galvanises his disciples back into activity. 00:01:39.100 --> 00:01:46.800 Jesus gets them fishing and producing fruit. He gets them back to work. 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:53.599 You see, we saw last week, didn't we, that the resurrection appearances are followed by church activity. 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:58.579 The resurrection means there is no power vacuum in the church. 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:05.620 The disciples aren't just sitting around twiddling their thumbs because the Lord is back to work. 00:02:05.620 --> 00:02:14.920 But I think the meat of this chapter is that it acts as an epilogue to tie up the story of the disciples 00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:20.340 as Jesus builds the foundation of his church for the future. 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:27.439 And particularly important is the missional relationship between the disciples as they get back to work. 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:37.060 As an example of that, we've got the relationship between Peter and John who wrote the gospel. 00:02:38.359 --> 00:02:43.479 If you look through the chapter, those two men feature quite prominently, don't they? 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.240 When Jesus appears, they're singled out. 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:47.460 If you look at verse 7, 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.879 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, 00:02:52.079 --> 00:02:53.020 It is the Lord. 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:55.960 And when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, 00:02:56.040 --> 00:02:58.920 He put on his outer garment for he was stripped for work, 00:02:59.320 --> 00:03:02.280 And he threw himself into the sea. 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:05.140 The disciple Jesus loved there. 00:03:05.160 --> 00:03:05.879 That is John. 00:03:07.180 --> 00:03:10.060 And again, later, when breakfast is finished, 00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:13.900 Jesus takes Peter aside for a kind of private chat. 00:03:14.320 --> 00:03:15.379 Do you love me? 00:03:16.580 --> 00:03:18.200 But who is close by? 00:03:18.200 --> 00:03:19.260 Verse 20, 00:03:19.259 --> 00:03:25.099 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. 00:03:25.859 --> 00:03:27.739 Surprise, surprise, there he is again. 00:03:29.079 --> 00:03:33.500 And in the end, Peter asks about that disciple's calling. 00:03:34.859 --> 00:03:38.359 And we wonder why they're in this chapter so much, don't we? 00:03:38.419 --> 00:03:40.639 Why special mention of these two disciples? 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:45.759 Well, their relationship has kind of been developing throughout the whole gospel. 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:50.799 And they are kind of paradigmatic of the complexities 00:03:50.799 --> 00:03:58.000 And complementarity and conflict that can be between Jesus' disciples. 00:03:59.699 --> 00:04:03.899 Now, I think it's worth just looking through, quickly through, 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:06.259 Some of the passages where they feature in the gospels. 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:08.019 I don't feel that you've got a turn there, 00:04:08.519 --> 00:04:10.099 But I'll read them out to you. 00:04:10.099 --> 00:04:14.680 Back in chapter 13, verse 23, 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:17.659 The two of them are together. 00:04:18.500 --> 00:04:21.779 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, that's John, 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:25.019 Was reclining at table at Jesus' side. 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.459 Simon Peter motioned to him, 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.379 Asking Jesus of whom he was speaking. 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:34.139 The two of them are together again. 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:35.639 Later in chapter 18, 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:38.139 Simon Peter followed Jesus. 00:04:38.699 --> 00:04:40.500 And so did another disciple. 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:44.079 Since that disciple was known to the high priest, 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:47.279 He entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 00:04:47.719 --> 00:04:49.779 But Peter stood outside of the door. 00:04:50.339 --> 00:04:54.919 The other disciple is another way that John uses to speak about himself. 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:58.560 And again, in John 20, 00:04:59.419 --> 00:05:01.740 Just outside the empty tomb, 00:05:02.419 --> 00:05:04.199 The two of them are there again, aren't they? 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:04.899 In verse 2, 00:05:05.339 --> 00:05:07.819 Mary, he ran and went to Simon Peter, 00:05:07.939 --> 00:05:09.300 And the other disciple, 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:10.759 The one whom Jesus loved, 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:11.560 Said to them, 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:12.719 And said to them, 00:05:13.099 --> 00:05:14.819 They've taken the Lord out of the tomb, 00:05:14.899 --> 00:05:16.420 We don't know where they've laid him. 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:19.319 So Peter went out with the other disciple, 00:05:20.339 --> 00:05:22.099 And they were going towards the tomb. 00:05:23.139 --> 00:05:25.199 Both of them were running together. 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:28.560 But the other disciple outran Peter, 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:30.939 And he reached the tomb first. 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:34.060 It's a really funny detail, 00:05:34.259 --> 00:05:34.839 Isn't it? 00:05:35.459 --> 00:05:36.540 In John 20, 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.100 That the two of them are running together, 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:40.740 To the tomb, 00:05:40.819 --> 00:05:42.399 Like in some kind of race, 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:43.160 Even. 00:05:47.220 --> 00:05:49.019 John outruns Peter, 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:50.860 But doesn't go in. 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:52.659 And Peter kind of takes the plunge, 00:05:52.779 --> 00:05:53.720 Crosses the threshold, 00:05:53.819 --> 00:05:54.600 And goes in, 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:56.839 And gets to the finish line first. 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.879 What we see developing through the gospel, 00:06:01.159 --> 00:06:02.359 Are two men, 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:04.419 With different tendencies, 00:06:04.899 --> 00:06:06.019 With different gifts, 00:06:06.659 --> 00:06:08.379 And different callings, 00:06:08.819 --> 00:06:09.759 Amongst the twelve. 00:06:11.239 --> 00:06:12.479 The two of them are together, 00:06:12.599 --> 00:06:15.500 At key moments in Jesus' life and ministry, 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:17.079 At Jesus' arrest, 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:18.899 At his betrayal, 00:06:19.139 --> 00:06:20.339 At his resurrection, 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:21.779 And now, 00:06:21.919 --> 00:06:22.899 Here they are again, 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:25.179 At the appearance of Jesus from the dead. 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:28.740 John seems to be giving us, 00:06:28.780 --> 00:06:29.439 Doesn't he, 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:31.340 The sense that the two of them, 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:33.879 Are in some way being compared. 00:06:35.019 --> 00:06:35.959 Their reactions, 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:37.180 Their behaviours, 00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:39.100 They're placed side by side. 00:06:40.420 --> 00:06:43.740 There may even be some rivalry between them. 00:06:45.420 --> 00:06:46.600 And so in John 21, 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:48.860 Whatever is going on between them, 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.220 Jesus directly addresses it. 00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:53.699 Jesus wants to sort it out. 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:56.199 Because they are not, 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:59.039 To be in competition with each other, 00:06:59.659 --> 00:07:01.639 But to complement each other, 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:02.599 In the ministry, 00:07:02.719 --> 00:07:04.539 Because it takes all sorts, 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:06.579 In the church of Christ. 00:07:08.180 --> 00:07:09.240 So Jesus, 00:07:09.719 --> 00:07:11.139 I think with Peter here, 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:14.219 Highlights three antidotes for rivalry, 00:07:15.159 --> 00:07:16.439 In the Christian life. 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:18.360 Three antidotes for rivalry. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.020 First of all, 00:07:20.340 --> 00:07:21.819 Love for the Lord Jesus. 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:24.759 Love for the Lord Jesus. 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.060 I think many of us know this passage quite well, 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:31.920 The deja vu moments, 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:33.920 Of the charcoal fire conversation, 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:36.139 With Jesus. 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.920 Peter's been there before, 00:07:39.020 --> 00:07:39.400 Hasn't he? 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:40.720 At the charcoal fire, 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:41.920 When he denied Christ, 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:44.920 Before his crucifixion. 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.939 And Jesus repeats the same question, 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:50.280 Do you love me? 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:53.199 Do you love me, 00:07:53.960 --> 00:07:54.240 Peter? 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:57.280 Allegedly, 00:07:57.660 --> 00:07:58.520 It was Spurgeon, 00:07:58.640 --> 00:07:59.900 Who had a lady come to him, 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:01.300 Saying that she felt called, 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:02.160 To the ministry. 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:04.520 Spurgeon asked about, 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:06.100 Her home life and family, 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:07.379 And when he heard, 00:08:07.520 --> 00:08:09.160 That she had 13 children, 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:09.740 Said, 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:10.200 Well, 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:11.439 Praise God, 00:08:11.540 --> 00:08:13.020 Not only has he called you, 00:08:13.019 --> 00:08:13.759 To the ministry, 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:14.740 But he's given you, 00:08:14.779 --> 00:08:16.240 A congregation as well. 00:08:17.699 --> 00:08:19.339 In whatever place, 00:08:19.379 --> 00:08:20.939 You are called to be, 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:22.560 Whether it's, 00:08:22.620 --> 00:08:23.899 As a mum of 13, 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:26.500 Or what may feel like that, 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:28.199 Or a dad, 00:08:28.539 --> 00:08:29.759 Or in an office, 00:08:30.599 --> 00:08:31.620 Or in retirement, 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:32.679 Or in a classroom, 00:08:33.819 --> 00:08:34.500 Or in eldership, 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:36.559 Or in full time ministry, 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:37.779 There really is, 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:38.919 Only one thing, 00:08:39.059 --> 00:08:40.600 That Jesus requires of you, 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.960 That you love him, 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:46.159 The conversation, 00:08:46.420 --> 00:08:47.899 It echoes the conversation, 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:49.320 Of the fire denial, 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:51.480 Charcoal fire denial, 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:53.879 Of association with Jesus, 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:55.800 Only days earlier for Peter, 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:58.560 And it is a lovely moment, 00:08:58.639 --> 00:08:58.940 Isn't it, 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:00.519 Of reinstatement, 00:09:01.659 --> 00:09:02.700 For Peter, 00:09:02.779 --> 00:09:04.300 The chance to put the past, 00:09:04.300 --> 00:09:05.080 Behind him, 00:09:05.180 --> 00:09:06.560 For a renewed commitment, 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:07.899 To Christ, 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:09.440 Because it happens, 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.900 Ministers fail, 00:09:12.380 --> 00:09:14.720 Quite spectacularly, 00:09:15.900 --> 00:09:17.420 Jesus shows that, 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:18.880 There can be an opportunity, 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:19.740 For renewal, 00:09:19.880 --> 00:09:20.900 It isn't necessarily, 00:09:21.160 --> 00:09:22.620 One strike and you're out, 00:09:23.180 --> 00:09:25.480 But the question itself, 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:26.500 Is central, 00:09:27.060 --> 00:09:29.100 Do you love me? 00:09:31.280 --> 00:09:32.600 Although important, 00:09:32.780 --> 00:09:33.360 The first, 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:34.000 Important, 00:09:34.160 --> 00:09:35.120 The first consideration, 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:36.480 Isn't Peter, 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:37.740 Do you have the gifts? 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:39.379 Peter, 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:40.580 Do you have the skills? 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:42.000 Do you have the personality? 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:44.980 Do you have the acclaim? 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.460 It's not even actually, 00:09:46.680 --> 00:09:46.960 Peter, 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:48.779 Do you love my sheep? 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:50.220 Is it? 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:53.919 Jesus gives us the priority here, 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:56.960 You can't say to someone, 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.120 I love you, 00:09:58.299 --> 00:09:59.460 But I hate your kids, 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:01.759 I love you, 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:03.399 But I want to trash your house, 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:05.259 I love you, 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.120 But I want to steal your money, 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.779 If you love the person first, 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:12.720 You will naturally want, 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:14.799 What is best for their stuff, 00:10:15.460 --> 00:10:16.659 For their belongings, 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:19.940 And there could have been other things, 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:21.899 Good things that Jesus asked Peter, 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:24.539 Do you want to see my kingdom grow, 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:25.019 Peter? 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:28.419 Do you want people to hear the gospel? 00:10:29.419 --> 00:10:31.919 Do you want my church to thrive? 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:35.219 Some of the good things, 00:10:35.899 --> 00:10:37.559 But they're not adequate, 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:42.099 If I speak in the tongues of men and angels, 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:43.259 But I've not love, 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:45.279 I'm a noisy gong, 00:10:45.699 --> 00:10:47.199 I'm a clanging cymbal, 00:10:47.779 --> 00:10:50.059 If I've got prophetic powers, 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:51.979 And if I understand all mysteries, 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:53.860 And all knowledge, 00:10:54.459 --> 00:10:56.099 If I have all faith, 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:58.199 So as to remove mountains, 00:10:58.200 --> 00:10:59.520 But if I have not love, 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:00.840 I am nothing, 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:03.800 If I give away all I have, 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:06.060 If I deliver my body to be burned, 00:11:06.900 --> 00:11:08.320 But have not love, 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:10.160 I gain nothing, 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:11.300 Paul says, 00:11:12.140 --> 00:11:15.160 This is what Jesus is interested in here, 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.519 So whatever you're calling, 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:20.819 Love for Christ is everything, 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:23.779 You can lead a Bible study, 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:25.980 You can change a nappy, 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:28.179 What matters? 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:31.519 Do you love me? 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:33.059 Jesus says, 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:37.559 And just imagine disciples who do that, 00:11:38.939 --> 00:11:39.720 Loving him, 00:11:40.139 --> 00:11:41.899 Loving him more than praise, 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:43.839 More than acclaim, 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:44.839 More than fame, 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:45.960 More than recognition, 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:49.080 A love which could fuel, 00:11:49.300 --> 00:11:50.220 Quite quiet, 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:52.519 Unnoticed service, 00:11:53.340 --> 00:11:53.980 In a home, 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:54.980 Or in a church, 00:11:55.700 --> 00:11:56.700 Or in work, 00:11:56.780 --> 00:11:58.560 It's quite liberating actually, 00:11:58.660 --> 00:11:58.920 Isn't it? 00:11:58.940 --> 00:12:00.060 When you think about it, 00:12:01.040 --> 00:12:02.700 Rather than seeing, 00:12:02.820 --> 00:12:04.300 Everyone else's eyes, 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:05.440 Staring at you, 00:12:05.580 --> 00:12:07.560 You've only got one person, 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:10.100 That you've got to think about really, 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:12.920 One person to please, 00:12:13.019 --> 00:12:13.700 And to love, 00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:15.520 The focus at last, 00:12:16.220 --> 00:12:17.060 Is on Jesus, 00:12:18.160 --> 00:12:19.860 The main worry, 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:21.920 Is how you see him, 00:12:22.520 --> 00:12:24.840 Not in comparison with others, 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:26.000 Not in rivalry, 00:12:27.060 --> 00:12:28.940 Love for the Lord Jesus, 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:31.220 Peter learns it, 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:32.600 Secondly, 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:32.600 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:34.340 He has to learn to admit, 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:35.639 His own limitation, 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:38.060 He has to learn to admit, 00:12:38.160 --> 00:12:39.180 His own limitation, 00:12:41.180 --> 00:12:41.980 Peter, 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:43.240 Great character, 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:43.680 Isn't he? 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:45.540 He goes down, 00:12:45.540 --> 00:12:46.240 As someone, 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.879 Who acts first, 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.340 Thinks later, 00:12:50.060 --> 00:12:51.820 Who shoots his mouth off, 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:54.440 And he is someone, 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:54.960 We know, 00:12:55.060 --> 00:12:56.140 Who makes grand, 00:12:56.140 --> 00:12:57.540 Gestures of loyalty, 00:12:58.280 --> 00:12:58.720 To Jesus, 00:12:58.900 --> 00:12:59.940 Who makes sweeping, 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:00.680 Pledges, 00:13:01.140 --> 00:13:02.560 Of commitment to him, 00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:05.120 Earlier in the gospel, 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:07.720 Peter says to Jesus, 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:08.200 Lord, 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:10.100 Why can't I follow you now, 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:12.440 I'll lay my life down for you, 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:12.840 Lord, 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:15.039 Jesus answered, 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:16.860 Will you lay your life down for me, 00:13:16.940 --> 00:13:17.200 Peter? 00:13:18.259 --> 00:13:18.779 Truly, 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.200 Truly, 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:20.019 I say to you, 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:21.419 The rooster won't crow, 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:23.480 Till you've denied me three times, 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.840 He's so keen, 00:13:25.940 --> 00:13:27.180 To prove his worth, 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:27.659 Isn't he, 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:28.100 Peter? 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:30.340 Chops off someone's ear, 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:32.620 To prove himself, 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:32.980 Maybe, 00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:36.539 To feel like he's got a prominent place, 00:13:36.580 --> 00:13:37.180 In the twelve, 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:38.779 To feel like Jesus sees him, 00:13:38.820 --> 00:13:39.480 As significant, 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:42.379 Seeing the other disciples, 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.220 As rivals, 00:13:43.420 --> 00:13:43.800 Perhaps, 00:13:43.920 --> 00:13:44.980 He wants to be someone, 00:13:45.860 --> 00:13:46.840 To be in the crew, 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.680 So he desperately tries, 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.539 To be the big man, 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:52.200 He wants to believe himself, 00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.200 Isn't he? 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:54.340 That he can be, 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.860 He wants to convince himself, 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:57.180 That he's got what it takes, 00:13:57.820 --> 00:14:00.580 But there's a moment here, 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:02.460 Where he finally realises, 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:04.560 And admits the hollowness, 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.600 Of his own strength, 00:14:06.700 --> 00:14:07.560 And the emptiness, 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:09.040 Of his own good intentions, 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.540 He admits, 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:13.680 And accepts his own limits, 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:16.920 The threefold question, 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:18.460 Do you love me? 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:20.960 Gives Peter another chance, 00:14:21.020 --> 00:14:21.460 Doesn't it? 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:24.320 But just notice, 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:26.340 The way that Peter answers, 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:28.480 Lord, 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:29.340 You know, 00:14:29.780 --> 00:14:31.000 That I love you, 00:14:31.780 --> 00:14:33.120 You know, 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:34.440 That I love you, 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:35.200 The third time, 00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:36.280 He's grieved, 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:39.560 Do you love me? 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.820 And he says to Jesus, 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.259 Lord, 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.639 You know everything, 00:14:42.920 --> 00:14:43.560 You know, 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:45.280 That I love you, 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.000 Something's changed, 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.000 00:14:48.079 --> 00:14:48.860 In Peter here, 00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:51.819 It's the first time, 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:53.159 Peter doesn't try, 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:54.579 To prove himself, 00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:56.939 With a grand gesture, 00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:58.839 He's done, 00:14:58.939 --> 00:14:59.199 Isn't he? 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:00.779 With over the top promises, 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:03.679 And rather than bravado, 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.759 Rather than pointing, 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:05.799 To his own actions, 00:15:05.939 --> 00:15:07.059 To prove his love, 00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.659 Rather than saying, 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:08.879 Lord, 00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:10.139 I'm going to prove it to you, 00:15:10.339 --> 00:15:11.240 Give me the chance, 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:13.100 He just says, 00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:13.419 Lord, 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.019 You know, 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:16.159 He defers, 00:15:16.220 --> 00:15:17.139 To Jesus' knowledge, 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.799 Of him, 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.919 He just rests, 00:15:19.060 --> 00:15:20.500 In the knowledge, 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.320 That Jesus has, 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:21.919 Of him, 00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:23.700 And where his heart, 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.399 Really is, 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:27.159 No more self-serving, 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.680 Pledges, 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:29.159 No more self-reliance, 00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:30.240 No more competing, 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.899 Because Jesus knows, 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:33.879 He knows him, 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:36.720 Jesus can be, 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:37.840 And is the judge, 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.919 Of his true love, 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:40.919 And of his true spirituality, 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:45.080 So Michael Costa, 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:46.419 Was a great, 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:48.360 Orchestral conductor, 00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:49.340 And one day, 00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:50.240 As the story goes, 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.799 He was rehearsing, 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:53.480 With his entire orchestra, 00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:55.879 A full number was in, 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.379 And he had a full-size choir, 00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.320 With him as well, 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:01.960 And at the loudest part, 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:03.019 Of the piece of music, 00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:04.759 That they were rehearsing together, 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.319 Midway, 00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:06.659 He suddenly stopped, 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.620 And called for silence, 00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:11.319 And he noticed, 00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.299 A missing detail, 00:16:13.199 --> 00:16:14.059 Where's the piccolo? 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.620 He said, 00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:16.819 What's happened to the piccolo? 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.220 The piccolo player, 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:20.439 Had pulled the sickie, 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:22.319 Hoped to get away with it, 00:16:23.819 --> 00:16:24.139 He said, 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:24.939 We can't go on, 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.819 Without the piccolo, 00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:28.600 It's the smallest instrument, 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.679 In the whole orchestra, 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.259 But the master noticed, 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:35.740 Peter is understanding, 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.299 Isn't he, 00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:38.199 That the Lord is the great conductor, 00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:39.179 Of his church, 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.659 And every body, 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.699 In the body, 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.460 Is a somebody, 00:16:46.199 --> 00:16:47.659 And there no longer, 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.539 Needs to be, 00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:50.120 Great ostentatious, 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:52.220 Pledges of brilliance, 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:55.039 And he can have a realistic, 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:56.559 Assessment of what he can, 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.659 And what he can't do, 00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:59.799 Something different, 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.639 About Peter here, 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.759 He's less showy, 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:04.379 Old Peter might have said, 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.759 Lord I'll prove it to you, 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.440 I love you, 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.879 I'll die for you, 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:11.920 But he's had the experience, 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.420 Hasn't he, 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.920 Of facing his own failures, 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:16.159 Seeing his own sinfulness, 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.659 He sees his own limits, 00:17:17.879 --> 00:17:19.019 Quite clearly now, 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:21.319 And anything he does do, 00:17:21.399 --> 00:17:22.200 Or feel, 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:24.279 He entrusts to Jesus, 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.319 His loyalty, 00:17:26.580 --> 00:17:27.420 And his love, 00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.279 In a way, 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.840 Are Jesus' business, 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:30.380 Aren't they? 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.740 He is a man, 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.299 Who is now, 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.620 Not out to compete, 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.740 And be at the centre, 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.840 And to be showy, 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.700 To be part of things, 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.500 In such a way, 00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:41.080 As everyone knows he is, 00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:43.080 He can simply pray, 00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:43.880 To Jesus, 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:46.340 In a relationship with him, 00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:47.899 You know, 00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.480 That I love you Lord, 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:51.559 You know I'm a somebody, 00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.899 No more lip service, 00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:53.799 No service, 00:17:54.699 --> 00:17:55.740 No more hypocrisy, 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:59.720 Because Jesus you know, 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:01.059 And loving you is everything, 00:18:01.439 --> 00:18:02.220 Loving the Lord, 00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:03.459 Admitting limitation, 00:18:04.659 --> 00:18:05.359 And thirdly, 00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.419 And lastly, 00:18:06.619 --> 00:18:07.939 He must embrace, 00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:09.179 His calling, 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:11.019 He must embrace, 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.119 His calling, 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:15.779 Jesus drives, 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:17.240 This conversation, 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:20.279 Towards Peter's calling, 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:20.920 In life, 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:22.019 And his service, 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.319 Lord, 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:26.680 What about this man, 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.420 Peter says, 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.240 In verse 21, 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.660 Jesus replies, 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.160 Doesn't he, 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:36.799 What is that to you, 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.420 Verse 23, 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:41.440 Concentrate on your own duties, 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:41.899 Peter, 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.200 Concentrate on what I'm asking you, 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.160 To do here, 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.440 Never mind him, 00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:49.299 You, 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.519 It's emphatic, 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.620 You follow me, 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:55.580 Part of the reason, 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.920 He asks that, 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.880 Is because Jesus, 00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:59.759 Actually has dropped a bomb, 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.259 On Peter's vocational plans, 00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:05.220 Just look at verse 18, 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:07.100 It's quite strange, 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:07.500 Isn't it, 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.660 Truly I say to you, 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.420 When you were young, 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.900 You used to dress yourself, 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.319 And walk wherever you wanted, 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.759 But when you're old, 00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:15.460 You'll stretch out your hands, 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:17.359 And another will dress you, 00:19:17.439 --> 00:19:19.599 And carry you where you do not want to go, 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:23.099 Here is Jesus describing, 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:24.220 The calling, 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:26.819 That he is sending Peter out, 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.539 Into, 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:30.019 And he's talking about, 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:31.319 The end of his life, 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.759 He's talking about, 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.919 When he gets old, 00:19:34.439 --> 00:19:36.439 When he will lose his independence, 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:38.720 And he will be subjected, 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.480 To another, 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:42.080 It's not an easy verse, 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:43.460 To understand what he's saying, 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:43.900 Is it, 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.440 Maybe we imagine, 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.400 An elderly Peter, 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:49.500 Perhaps in a hospice, 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.039 Being dressed, 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.100 By someone, 00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:54.620 But that's not it, 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:57.539 Having hands, 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.940 Stretched out, 00:19:59.080 --> 00:19:59.400 Here, 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:02.059 What Jesus is describing, 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:03.240 Is a common way, 00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.180 Of talking about, 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:06.220 The moment before crucifixion, 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:08.480 John adds, 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.180 Doesn't he, 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.920 As a little note, 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.819 In verse 19, 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.799 This he said, 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:13.920 To show what kind of death, 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.860 He was going to die, 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:17.039 To glorify God, 00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.620 This is his calling, 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:21.360 In bringing glory to God, 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:23.500 Peter is going to be a martyr, 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:27.720 This is the path laid out, 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.200 By Jesus for him, 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:32.319 What about this guy, 00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.839 Says Peter, 00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.940 You can't blame him, 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.360 Can you, 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:38.339 The disciple Jesus loved, 00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.339 None of your business, 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.579 Says Jesus, 00:20:42.479 --> 00:20:44.099 Jesus feels, 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.179 No need here, 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.039 To justify, 00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:47.159 To Peter, 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.459 The calling, 00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.199 That he's given, 00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:49.979 To him, 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:52.199 John might be killed, 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.740 As well, 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.899 He's not told that, 00:20:53.959 --> 00:20:54.479 Is he, 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:57.019 This needs to be, 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.019 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.960 The end of competition, 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:00.440 And a movement, 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:02.960 Towards a complementarity, 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.660 Amongst the disciples, 00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:08.559 Because although different, 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:10.920 Both Peter and John's callings, 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:12.039 Have the same purpose, 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:13.299 To glorify God, 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.680 They're different men, 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:17.360 With different work planned, 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.759 On different paths, 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.759 And yet they'll still be following, 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.460 Jesus, 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.720 In his footsteps, 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:25.079 And Jesus will use them, 00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:26.619 According to their unique gifts, 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.759 And their circumstances, 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:28.720 In their character, 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.980 And the way, 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:32.079 The two of them, 00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.940 Are shown throughout the gospel, 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:36.000 We see the unique, 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.420 Roles that, 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:39.119 That are there for them, 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:42.099 As we read the gospel, 00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.819 John seems to be the one, 00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:44.979 With a particular, 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.839 Intimate knowledge, 00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:47.479 Of Jesus, 00:21:48.979 --> 00:21:50.019 He has a certain, 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:51.279 Discernment, 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.459 About the person of Jesus, 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.919 I think we see a hint of that, 00:21:55.979 --> 00:21:56.919 Even in this chapter, 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:59.179 Because as Jesus appears to them, 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.019 Who is it that, 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.739 That notices him first, 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.439 It's John isn't it, 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:05.079 He says to Peter, 00:22:05.219 --> 00:22:05.799 In verse 7, 00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.839 It's the Lord, 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:09.179 John sees, 00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.480 And knows, 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.480 That it is Jesus, 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:14.019 He is the one, 00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:15.000 Throughout the gospel, 00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:16.240 Who is physically, 00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.839 Closest to Jesus, 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.299 He lies next to him, 00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.159 At suppers, 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:24.119 He is at the son's side, 00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:25.379 Literally, 00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.959 And personally, 00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.959 He's the one, 00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.559 Who passes on questions, 00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:32.720 From disciples like Peter, 00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:34.599 And he provides, 00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.839 A close up account, 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.659 Of the life, 00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.160 And mission, 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.320 Of Jesus, 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.580 He's called, 00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.300 The disciple, 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.700 That Jesus loved, 00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.440 Not because he, 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.040 He doesn't love, 00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.880 The other disciples, 00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:45.740 But because of a, 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.940 Unique calling, 00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.960 Given to him, 00:22:49.060 --> 00:22:50.580 Of being an eyewitness, 00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.320 Of being closely, 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.480 Intimate with Jesus, 00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.779 Enough to write, 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.800 This gospel, 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:59.019 And his calling, 00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.680 Is, 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.440 To strategic, 00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.400 Written, 00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:03.600 Prophetic witness, 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:05.740 He writes, 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:05.740 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.899 This theological, 00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:08.039 Masterpiece, 00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:09.779 The fourth gospel, 00:23:09.919 --> 00:23:10.259 He writes, 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.719 His letters, 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.299 He writes, 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:13.259 The book of revelation, 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:15.640 And then, 00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.819 Peter's calling, 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:18.079 Is slightly different, 00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.980 He's called, 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.160 To martyrdom here, 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.400 He does write letters, 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.059 Of course, 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.740 But Peter's, 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:26.180 Always been the action man, 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.680 Hasn't he? 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:28.160 He's the one, 00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.460 Who dives into the water, 00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:30.620 To get to Jesus, 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.440 John recognises him, 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.500 Peter jumps in, 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.279 He's the one, 00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:36.420 Who gets to the tomb, 00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.120 First, 00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.500 He'll be the pastor, 00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:41.360 But either way, 00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:43.380 Both of them, 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.779 Will in their calling, 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.539 Reflect, 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.880 And mirror Christ, 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.900 This is really interesting, 00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:50.340 This, 00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:52.120 This insight here, 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.860 Because John reminds us, 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:56.019 In verse 20, 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.079 Just look there, 00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:01.519 That John is the one, 00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:04.519 Who also had leaned back, 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.440 Against Jesus, 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.519 During the supper, 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.099 And said, 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.460 Lord, 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.200 Who is it that, 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:11.519 That is going to betray you? 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.139 He wants, 00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.259 To remind us here, 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.579 Doesn't he, 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.859 Of this intimacy, 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.180 This role that, 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.240 That John has, 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.900 With Jesus, 00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:23.200 That he is at, 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.900 Jesus' side, 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.599 He is literally, 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:29.119 At God's side, 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.900 Isn't he? 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.420 And that, 00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.819 Mimics Jesus, 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.559 No one, 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:38.039 Has ever seen God, 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.099 The only God, 00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.099 Who is at, 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.639 The father's side, 00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.720 Has made him known, 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:47.460 He is the one, 00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.460 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:47.920 Who, 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.180 By being at, 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.460 The side of God, 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.180 The son, 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.059 Knows the one, 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.620 Who is at, 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:55.059 The father's side, 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:58.200 He has a unique role, 00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.660 In revealing God, 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.380 The son, 00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.920 In his ministry, 00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.140 He is a little Jesus, 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.640 In a way, 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.100 Isn't he? 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:06.039 Bringing knowledge, 00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.839 Of God, 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.720 To us, 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.360 Through his gospel, 00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.779 By being at, 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.799 God's side, 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.640 Literally, 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:15.940 And then, 00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:17.500 John's little note, 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.400 In verse 19, 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.800 About Peter's death, 00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.759 This was to show, 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.759 The manner in which, 00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.460 He would die, 00:25:24.540 --> 00:25:25.440 John is ringing, 00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:27.060 A massive bell there, 00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.920 Because that, 00:25:29.020 --> 00:25:29.820 Is the exact, 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.780 Same phrase, 00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.480 That is used, 00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.180 To describe, 00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.440 Jesus' death, 00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:35.240 Earlier in the gospel, 00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.220 John 12, 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:39.400 When I'm lifted up, 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.039 From the earth, 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:41.339 I'll draw all men, 00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.039 To myself, 00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.839 He said this, 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.539 To show by, 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.620 What kind of death, 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.620 He was going to die, 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.660 Same phrase, 00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.600 Mirrored in Peter, 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.299 And Jesus, 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.920 Peter isn't going, 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:54.759 To die a substitutionary, 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.100 Death, 00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.620 Is he? 00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.759 But in some way, 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.680 His death, 00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.900 Will mirror Christ, 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.640 He will follow, 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.500 In his footsteps, 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.980 And bring God glory, 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:05.019 You see how, 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.539 Both men are called, 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.480 To work, 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.839 That mirrors, 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.599 Christ's own work, 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.000 In revealing God, 00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.660 And in dying obedience, 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.539 Because, 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.440 It takes, 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.640 All sorts, 00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.900 Lord, 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.059 What about this man, 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.779 This woman, 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.319 We must aspire, 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.920 Mustn't we, 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.160 To the godly example, 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.680 Of others, 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.480 And it's good to, 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:32.380 To look at other Christians, 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.180 In that way, 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.480 But we ought to beware, 00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.260 As we do that, 00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:38.440 Because loving Christ, 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.940 Is all that matters, 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:43.140 And Jesus knows, 00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:45.820 That you're doing that, 00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:48.560 We can so easily, 00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:49.880 Easily obsess, 00:26:50.020 --> 00:26:50.420 With others, 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.900 Can't we, 00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:52.580 And we can keep, 00:26:53.260 --> 00:26:54.260 That can keep us, 00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.960 From embracing the calling, 00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:57.880 That Jesus has given us, 00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.860 Wherever we are, 00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.740 Martyrs, 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.620 There are martyrs, 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:02.880 Aren't there, 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.799 Christian martyrs, 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.440 In the world, 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.779 And if I were, 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.200 Preaching to them tonight, 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.660 Jesus would be saying, 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.319 To them, 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.019 Wouldn't he, 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.940 Don't look at those people, 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.480 In England, 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:17.180 And ask what Peter asks, 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.319 What about them, 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:18.960 Lord, 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:22.059 We might look at, 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:23.340 Martyrs as well, 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.960 In today, 00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:27.160 And in church history, 00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.920 And wonder, 00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.380 I've got to do that, 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.940 To prove my love to you, 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.279 Lord, 00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.600 Well, 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.559 Jesus replies, 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:34.100 What is that to you? 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.079 We can, 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.980 On the flip side, 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.700 Can't we be, 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.900 Critical of, 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.440 Christians as well, 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.360 In other cultures, 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.200 And in the past, 00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.519 Say, 00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:43.779 We, 00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:45.180 We wouldn't have done it like that, 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.759 But we've, 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.720 Little understanding, 00:27:47.840 --> 00:27:48.740 Of their situation, 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.580 Of their resources, 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.539 Of their context, 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.500 Of their calling, 00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.860 And we can do that, 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.060 With each other here today, 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:58.500 We can look at others, 00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:58.960 Can't we, 00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.620 And we can say, 00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.019 Lord, 00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.340 Lord, 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.640 Look at what they get to do, 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.440 What about him, 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.180 What about her? 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.880 Jesus says, 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:10.940 What is that to you? 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.220 Follow me, 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:17.240 Let's close with Samuel Rutherford, 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.799 Samuel Rutherford wrote, 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.740 In the loveliness of Christ, 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:23.259 The great master gardener, 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.200 The father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.940 In a wonderful providence, 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.079 With his own hand, 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.779 Planted me here, 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.039 Whereby his grace, 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:35.140 In this part of his vineyard, 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.920 I grow, 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.620 And here I will abide, 00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:41.180 Till the great master of the vineyard, 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:44.200 Think fit to transplant me, 00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:47.100 Do you love me? 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:50.120 You follow me, 00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:53.460 Because it takes all sorts, 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.779 Let's pray.