WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.200 Good morning. The reading today is from John chapter 21, verses 1 to 14. 00:00:05.700 --> 00:00:09.000 ! If you're using a church Bible, that's page 1090. 00:00:10.179 --> 00:00:12.939 ! It's John chapter 21, verses 1 to 14. 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.199 Afterwards, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee. 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.879 It happened this way. Simon Peter, Thomas, also known as Didymus, 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:28.940 Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:33.600 I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them, and they said, we'll go with you. 00:00:34.179 --> 00:00:37.380 So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 00:00:38.380 --> 00:00:43.039 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 00:00:43.820 --> 00:00:48.079 He called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish? No, they answered. 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:52.420 He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some. 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:57.020 When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 00:00:57.020 --> 00:01:01.500 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it is the Lord. 00:01:02.300 --> 00:01:06.859 As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, it is the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him, 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:09.439 for he had taken it off and jumped into the water. 00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:13.560 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, 00:01:14.020 --> 00:01:16.240 for they were not far from shore, about a hundred meters. 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:21.140 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it and some bread. 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:25.019 Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish you have just caught. 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:29.019 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:34.560 It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn. 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:37.579 Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast. 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:40.879 None of the disciples dared ask him, who are you? 00:01:41.299 --> 00:01:42.319 They knew it was the Lord. 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:46.859 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them and did the same with the fish. 00:01:46.859 --> 00:01:51.599 This is now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead. 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:58.140 Thank you, Christopher. 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:03.939 Let's pray and ask for God's help as we study this passage together. 00:02:03.939 --> 00:02:24.079 Our Lord Jesus, we thank you for yet another opportunity to gaze at your glory. 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:31.579 Holy Spirit, we pray you'd open our eyes to see Jesus now. 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:33.800 Amen. 00:02:33.939 --> 00:02:40.759 I wonder what's the first thing that comes to your mind whenever I read this sentence. 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:47.939 I can't come to Jesus today because... 00:02:47.939 --> 00:02:49.659 Fill in the blank. 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:56.219 Even as people who are united to Christ in faith, 00:02:57.639 --> 00:02:58.819 I was just wondering, 00:02:58.819 --> 00:03:05.180 why do we so often hang back from Jesus in our day-to-day experience? 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:07.099 We keep our distance. 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:09.500 We withdraw from him. 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:11.639 Why is that? 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:23.239 I think it's primarily because of the shame and guilt that we feel from our sin. 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:33.200 We wrongly assume Jesus needs a bit of space whenever we've wronged him yet again. 00:03:34.700 --> 00:03:41.879 We wrongly assume that we should keep our distance until his disappointment in us has worn off. 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:47.299 What's your reason for often hanging back from Jesus? 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:55.099 Because what we're going to find in this text is that no such reasons exist. 00:03:55.099 --> 00:04:08.900 To Jesus, there is no single reason why he would turn away any person who truly comes to him for mercy and for refuge. 00:04:08.900 --> 00:04:15.920 We're the ones who make up false reasons why Jesus wouldn't want us or accept us. 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:22.240 And our problem is we're not really seeing his glory. 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:25.740 That is the beauty and radiance of his character. 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.699 We're just seeing a watered-down version of Jesus. 00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:40.620 Jesus, John says in the first verse of this text, he says afterwards, Jesus again appeared to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee. 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:46.599 And John started off his gospel account back in chapter 1 and verse 14. 00:04:46.779 --> 00:04:47.560 He said this, 00:04:47.560 --> 00:05:12.160 In this last chapter, John gives us one more window into the glory of the Son. 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:15.420 God the Son. 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:20.879 That we also would see and believe and have life in his name. 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:29.640 And John shows us not only Jesus' glory, but what's interesting in this text, he shows us Peter's response. 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:34.280 An ordinary person, Peter's response to seeing Jesus' glory. 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:36.819 So that's where we're going today. 00:05:37.900 --> 00:05:42.080 So first of all, we're going to look at three examples of Jesus' glory in this text. 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:46.120 The first one, see the glory of Jesus' power. 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:50.439 John tells us that seven of the disciples are together on this occasion. 00:05:51.300 --> 00:05:53.379 And verse 2 says this, 00:05:53.419 --> 00:05:56.360 I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them. 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.180 And they said, we'll go with you. 00:06:00.019 --> 00:06:02.839 So they went out and got into the boat. 00:06:03.419 --> 00:06:06.560 But that night, they caught nothing. 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:11.220 Now, you don't need to be a fisherman to know that is frustrating. 00:06:12.180 --> 00:06:14.519 In fact, we've all had some experience of going to work. 00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:16.639 Nothing went to plan that day. 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:20.259 It felt like we came home empty-handed. 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.459 But as for these guys, it was a loss of income for them as well. 00:06:26.939 --> 00:06:27.420 Verse 4. 00:06:27.420 --> 00:06:32.040 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore. 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:35.800 But the disciples did not realize it was Jesus. 00:06:36.280 --> 00:06:37.100 He called out to them, 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:39.180 Friends, haven't you any fish? 00:06:40.520 --> 00:06:42.020 No, they answered. 00:06:42.700 --> 00:06:47.139 He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some. 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:49.020 And when they did, 00:06:49.580 --> 00:06:54.220 they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 00:06:54.220 --> 00:06:58.220 See the glory of Jesus' power. 00:07:00.020 --> 00:07:10.660 The one who created and sustains the universe commands the fish in the Sea of Galilee to swim right into the disciples' net. 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:14.500 Nothing is beyond his power. 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:17.680 Now, you might say, that's well and good for the disciples. 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.940 They saw this amazing miracle right in front of their eyes. 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:26.160 We have just as much evidence of Jesus' power. 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:36.579 Who set the earth spinning at a precise tilt of 23.4 degrees in its orbit around the sun, 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:42.480 at a precise distance from the sun, not too close, not too far, perfectly calibrated, 00:07:42.779 --> 00:07:44.319 so we could live out our days here. 00:07:46.019 --> 00:07:47.120 Think about last night. 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:53.840 Who kept your heart pumping blood at a rate of 5 litres per minute? 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.639 That's 2,500 litres pumped while you slept, 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.180 sustaining over 30 trillion cells in your body. 00:08:02.340 --> 00:08:03.680 Who started it? 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:06.959 Who sustains it? 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:08.319 We just went to sleep. 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:15.899 Do you see the glory of Jesus' power around you? 00:08:17.699 --> 00:08:21.480 Do you pause to wonder and praise? 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:27.480 How blind we often are to the glory of his power. 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:33.559 Notice also how he uses his power to provide for his people. 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:34.340 Read verse 11. 00:08:34.340 --> 00:08:39.420 Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:41.160 This guy's a Hulk, by the way. 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:43.060 Did you know how strong Simon Peter was? 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:43.600 There you go. 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:46.360 The net was full of large fish. 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:47.960 153. 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:51.100 But even with so many, the net was not torn. 00:08:51.560 --> 00:08:56.180 Now, this was not just an average catch of average-sized fish. 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.420 It was 153 whoppers. 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:03.079 It's like Jesus is saying to all of us, 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:09.139 I'm able to do immeasurably more than all you could ask or imagine, 00:09:09.539 --> 00:09:14.139 and I love to use my power to provide for my people. 00:09:14.779 --> 00:09:15.539 Read the Gospels. 00:09:15.620 --> 00:09:16.899 That is his heart. 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:19.899 Take comfort in that. 00:09:21.059 --> 00:09:23.620 He wants to provide for us. 00:09:23.959 --> 00:09:26.799 If Jesus cares about his disciples having a good return 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.839 from their shift at work and a hot breakfast, 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:33.139 ready for them when they're tired and hungry, 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:37.859 he also cares about the little things in our lives as well. 00:09:38.019 --> 00:09:40.919 And he calls us to ask of him, 00:09:41.740 --> 00:09:44.179 to ask of his father, 00:09:46.179 --> 00:09:50.740 knowing that if he doesn't give us what we have asked for, 00:09:50.819 --> 00:09:52.859 it's not that our father isn't able to provide. 00:09:52.860 --> 00:09:56.259 It's because he has something better for us. 00:09:59.379 --> 00:10:01.580 So do you and I really believe 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:07.919 that he desires to use his power to provide for us personally? 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:13.560 That he cares about the specific things in our little lives 00:10:13.560 --> 00:10:15.120 that no one else even knows about? 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:21.060 Do you ask him to provide or just keep him separate? 00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:26.039 Ask of him and see the glory of his power. 00:10:27.060 --> 00:10:31.720 Secondly, I think we can see the glory of Jesus' humility in this. 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:36.840 John, he also saw a vision of Jesus 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:42.259 in the brilliant glory of his future judgment and all evil. 00:10:42.259 --> 00:10:45.220 It's not in our text today, but I just want to show you it 00:10:45.220 --> 00:10:47.740 just for a moment because I think it's good context. 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.659 These verses come from Revelation 19. 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:52.100 It says this, 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.679 I saw heaven standing open 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.159 and there before me was a white horse 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:00.080 whose rider is called Faithful and True. 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:01.200 This is Jesus. 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:04.860 With justice, he judges and wages war. 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:07.179 His eyes are like blazing fire 00:11:07.179 --> 00:11:09.600 and on his head are many crowns. 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:11.920 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:13.399 with which to strike down the nations. 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:17.220 He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:19.399 On his robe and on his thigh, 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:21.100 he has this name written, 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:23.100 King of Kings 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:26.659 and Lord of Lords. 00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:29.659 This is Jesus. 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:34.340 He has all power and authority. 00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:36.500 He has the last say. 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:37.780 Let's not forget that 00:11:37.780 --> 00:11:40.700 as we read these words now 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:42.899 from verse 9 in our passage 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:45.000 and see the glory of his humility. 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:45.680 Verse 9, 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:48.280 When they landed, 00:11:49.420 --> 00:11:52.300 the disciples saw a fire of burning coals 00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:53.740 there with fish in it 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:55.240 and some bread. 00:11:56.780 --> 00:11:57.920 Jesus said to them, 00:11:58.259 --> 00:12:00.080 Bring some of the fish you have just caught. 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.920 Again, 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:02.700 verse 12, 00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:03.220 He said to them, 00:12:03.680 --> 00:12:05.040 Come and have breakfast. 00:12:06.740 --> 00:12:08.639 None of the disciples dared ask him, 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:09.320 Who are you? 00:12:09.520 --> 00:12:10.639 They knew it was the Lord. 00:12:12.060 --> 00:12:12.940 Jesus came, 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:14.180 took the bread 00:12:14.180 --> 00:12:15.860 and gave it to them 00:12:15.860 --> 00:12:17.400 and did the same 00:12:17.400 --> 00:12:18.440 with the fish. 00:12:18.780 --> 00:12:20.340 I think we can just see the disciples 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:21.660 standing there, 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:23.259 stunned. 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:26.220 The King of Kings 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:28.080 and Lord of Lords 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.580 is cooking them breakfast 00:12:30.580 --> 00:12:32.300 on a beach. 00:12:34.800 --> 00:12:36.160 No doubt they were thinking, 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.379 It's we should be serving him breakfast. 00:12:42.660 --> 00:12:45.120 But the one who has all power 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.480 and authority 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:49.759 stoops down low 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.259 to serve them first. 00:12:53.560 --> 00:12:54.740 What humility. 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:58.240 You see, 00:12:58.279 --> 00:12:59.120 those who have power 00:12:59.120 --> 00:12:59.779 and authority 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:00.620 in our world 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:02.820 expect to be served. 00:13:03.060 --> 00:13:03.639 We can all think 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:04.399 of many examples. 00:13:05.420 --> 00:13:06.440 They expect to be served 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:08.100 on a silver plate. 00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:10.120 But Jesus, 00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:12.460 being in very nature God, 00:13:13.700 --> 00:13:14.580 did not consider 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:16.220 equality with God 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:18.340 something to be grasped. 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:19.600 Rather, 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:20.700 he made himself nothing. 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:23.580 By taking the very nature 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:25.279 of a servant, 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.220 being made 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:29.000 in human likeness 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.579 and being found 00:13:30.579 --> 00:13:31.059 in appearance 00:13:31.059 --> 00:13:31.500 as a man, 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:32.659 what did he do? 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:34.179 He humbled himself 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:36.579 by becoming 00:13:36.579 --> 00:13:37.159 obedient 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:38.279 to death. 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:40.279 Even death 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.879 on a cross. 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:46.539 He went that low 00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:48.939 to lift us up. 00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:52.840 Do you look 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:54.140 at the glory 00:13:54.140 --> 00:13:55.100 of his power 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:55.700 and think, 00:13:57.060 --> 00:13:57.460 oh, 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:58.220 he wouldn't really care 00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:59.120 about my situation. 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:00.400 He wouldn't, 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:01.660 oh, 00:14:01.660 --> 00:14:02.280 he's too great 00:14:02.280 --> 00:14:02.880 and glorious 00:14:02.880 --> 00:14:03.760 to ever come down 00:14:03.760 --> 00:14:05.000 to where I'm at. 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.520 No. 00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:10.200 That's not Jesus. 00:14:11.900 --> 00:14:12.780 This is what Isaiah 00:14:12.780 --> 00:14:13.320 said of him. 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:16.280 A bruised reed 00:14:16.280 --> 00:14:17.800 he will not break 00:14:17.800 --> 00:14:20.379 and a smoldering wick 00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:22.379 he will not snuff out. 00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:24.500 Though he is high 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:26.000 and lifted up, 00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:27.379 he lowers himself 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.960 to us. 00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:29.940 Can you see 00:14:29.940 --> 00:14:30.820 the glory 00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:32.100 of Jesus' 00:14:32.680 --> 00:14:33.200 humility? 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:33.340 Thank you. 00:14:38.540 --> 00:14:39.180 Thirdly, 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.740 see the glory 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.460 of his grace. 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:43.360 Of all the things 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:43.879 the disciples 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:44.759 expected Jesus 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.240 to say, 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.920 come and have 00:14:46.920 --> 00:14:47.379 breakfast 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.460 was definitely 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:49.060 the last 00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:50.000 on the list. 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:50.660 I mean, 00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:51.780 think about it. 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:53.280 They had abandoned 00:14:53.280 --> 00:14:53.620 him 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:55.379 in his darkest hour 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.460 the night 00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.440 before his death. 00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:00.180 But Jesus 00:15:00.180 --> 00:15:00.820 demonstrates 00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:01.379 the glory 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:02.500 of his grace 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:03.920 in inviting 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.540 them 00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:06.320 to breakfast. 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.660 And Jesus 00:15:07.660 --> 00:15:08.379 shows us 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.040 the glory 00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:09.680 of his grace 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.859 by inviting us 00:15:10.859 --> 00:15:11.679 in our 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:12.620 brokenness, 00:15:13.239 --> 00:15:14.419 our mess, 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:15.759 our repeated 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.879 failings 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.539 to come 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:18.259 to him 00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:19.259 again 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.379 and again 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:21.099 and again. 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:21.899 Grace 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:23.419 is when you're 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:24.419 given something 00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:26.159 so wonderful 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.959 you never 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.479 deserved. 00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:30.799 The glory 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.259 of Jesus' 00:15:31.479 --> 00:15:31.819 grace 00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:34.120 is his 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:34.799 welcome 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.979 to bankrupt 00:15:35.979 --> 00:15:36.459 sinners 00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:38.019 to share 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.879 in his riches. 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.159 he welcomes 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.960 the empty-handed 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:43.659 with nothing 00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:44.720 to offer him 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:46.100 but their mess 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:48.019 and failings. 00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:50.259 And he calls 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:50.939 them friends. 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.600 And as he 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:54.220 hands out 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:54.799 the bread 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.939 to each 00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.299 of those 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:56.779 disciples 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.379 around that 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:57.980 little charcoal 00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.399 fire, 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.000 they have 00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:59.559 this visible 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:00.000 reminder. 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.759 My body 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:03.379 broken for you. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.879 My body 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:06.000 broken 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:07.220 for you. 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:07.820 Their sin 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.100 has been 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.779 paid for 00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.559 on the cross. 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.720 Jesus took 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.240 the judgment 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:12.100 they deserved. 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:13.840 And now he 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:14.519 gives them 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.720 his 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.620 relationship 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.519 with the 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:17.820 father, 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.419 the status 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:19.399 of sons 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:21.000 and daughters 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.179 to one's 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.480 enemies. 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.320 This 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.159 is the 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:26.600 glory 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:27.559 of his 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:28.200 grace 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:30.340 to every 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:31.159 one of us 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:32.159 who would 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.620 come 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:34.039 empty-handed 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:35.340 to him. 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.220 Do you 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:37.559 see the 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:37.919 glory 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.639 of Jesus' 00:16:39.899 --> 00:16:40.220 grace 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.779 this morning? 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:45.879 So that's 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:46.319 the glory 00:16:46.319 --> 00:16:46.759 of Jesus 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.059 that we 00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:47.919 see in 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.459 this passage. 00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:49.279 His 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.360 power, 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:51.860 his 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.439 humility, 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:54.120 his 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.579 grace. 00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.039 But what 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:57.519 happens 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.259 when we 00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.879 really see 00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.459 his glory? 00:16:59.720 --> 00:16:59.839 Like, 00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:00.819 truly see 00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:01.019 it? 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.360 Well, 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.759 Peter's 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.299 response 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:04.680 tells us. 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:05.759 Now, 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.059 the funny 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.660 thing is, 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.619 for these 00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:09.059 disciples, 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.599 this event 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.000 was all a 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.180 bit of 00:17:10.180 --> 00:17:10.759 deja vu. 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.779 I want 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:11.920 you to 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:12.200 keep your 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.539 finger 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.799 in John. 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.599 Turn back 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:14.859 with me 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.339 one book 00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:16.099 to Luke 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:16.839 chapter 5. 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.339 Matthew, 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:24.660 Mark, 00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.160 Luke, 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.740 chapter 5, 00:17:27.859 --> 00:17:30.099 verse 1. 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.440 That's on 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.680 page 1032 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.139 if you're 00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:32.440 using the 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.619 church 00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:32.879 Bible. 00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:34.740 And this 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.039 was the 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:35.819 first day 00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.279 that Luke 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:36.859 records 00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.899 Jesus 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.740 ever 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.079 meeting 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.500 his 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.339 disciples. 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:42.160 day 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.420 one 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.799 and such. 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.440 And I 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.660 want you 00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:44.879 to note 00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:45.039 the 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.599 similarities 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.420 between 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.619 this 00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:46.980 event 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.279 and the 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:48.399 one 00:17:48.399 --> 00:17:48.559 that we 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:48.779 just 00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.059 read 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.319 in 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:49.940 John 21. 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.180 This 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.980 is very 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.359 interesting. 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:52.460 So, 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:52.920 verse 1, 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.839 Luke chapter 5. 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:54.759 One day, 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:55.960 as Jesus 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.559 was standing 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.319 by the 00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.920 lake of 00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.299 Gennesaret, 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:58.660 that is, 00:17:59.279 --> 00:17:59.519 Sea of 00:17:59.519 --> 00:17:59.819 Galilee, 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.500 same place, 00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:01.859 the people 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.339 were crowding 00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.799 around him 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.200 and listening 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.500 to the 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:03.799 word of 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.079 God. 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.539 he saw 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:06.799 at the 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.179 water's 00:18:07.179 --> 00:18:07.339 edge 00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:07.579 two 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:07.899 boats 00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:08.179 left 00:18:08.179 --> 00:18:08.359 there 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:08.539 by 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:08.899 fishermen 00:18:08.899 --> 00:18:09.819 who 00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:09.939 were 00:18:09.939 --> 00:18:10.199 washing 00:18:10.199 --> 00:18:10.379 their 00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:10.679 nets. 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:11.539 He 00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:11.699 got 00:18:11.699 --> 00:18:11.919 into 00:18:11.919 --> 00:18:12.059 one 00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.139 of 00:18:12.139 --> 00:18:12.240 the 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.480 boats, 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:12.679 the 00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:12.879 one 00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:13.259 belonging 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.639 to 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.919 Simon, 00:18:15.399 --> 00:18:15.679 Simon 00:18:15.679 --> 00:18:15.919 Peter, 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.500 and asked 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:17.799 him to 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:18.159 put out 00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:18.439 a little 00:18:18.439 --> 00:18:18.960 from shore. 00:18:19.379 --> 00:18:19.720 Then he 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.199 sat down 00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:20.559 and taught 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.000 the people 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.819 from the 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.059 boat. 00:18:22.419 --> 00:18:22.699 When he 00:18:22.699 --> 00:18:23.099 had finished 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.480 speaking, 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:23.859 he said 00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:24.259 to Simon, 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.220 put out 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.619 into deep 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:25.879 water 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.720 and let 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:26.980 down 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.899 the nets 00:18:27.899 --> 00:18:28.659 for a 00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:28.980 catch. 00:18:30.199 --> 00:18:30.679 Simon 00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:31.059 answered, 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.299 Master, 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:33.819 we've 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.339 worked hard 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:35.039 all night 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.919 and haven't 00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:36.299 caught 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.119 anything. 00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:38.919 But because 00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.299 you say 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:39.599 so, 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.779 I will 00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.119 let down 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:41.500 the nets. 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:42.919 And when 00:18:42.919 --> 00:18:43.159 they had 00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:43.519 done so, 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:43.960 they caught 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.019 such a 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.819 large number 00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:46.599 of fish 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.559 that their 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:47.940 nets 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.799 began to 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.079 break. 00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:49.779 So they 00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.099 signaled 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.679 for their 00:18:50.679 --> 00:18:51.159 partners in 00:18:51.159 --> 00:18:51.440 the other 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:51.779 boat to 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.359 come and 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:52.839 help them. 00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.399 And they 00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:53.759 came and 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.460 filled both 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.299 boats so 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:55.700 full that 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.019 they began 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.579 to sink. 00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:58.500 And listen 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:58.919 to this, 00:18:59.359 --> 00:18:59.759 verse 8. 00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.919 When Simon 00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.819 Peter saw 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.339 this, 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.299 he fell 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.759 at Jesus' 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.460 knees and 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.759 said, 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.960 Go away 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.460 from me, 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:08.839 Lord. 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.859 I am a 00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:12.119 sinful man. 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.859 Peter 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.460 sees the 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.299 dazzling 00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.039 glory of 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.299 Jesus' 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:23.220 power and 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:24.679 holiness for 00:19:24.679 --> 00:19:25.079 the first 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.440 time, 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.799 and he 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:29.039 is petrified 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.399 of it. 00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:32.679 because he 00:19:32.679 --> 00:19:34.220 knows the 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.379 blackness of 00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:35.899 his sin. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.299 That's the 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.679 reason why. 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:36.899 He said, 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.559 I am a 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.740 sinful man. 00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.079 What's 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.659 interesting is 00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:46.480 Isaiah had 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:47.299 exactly the 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.919 same response 00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.299 when he 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.799 saw Jesus 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.539 in all his 00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:50.859 glory. 00:19:51.899 --> 00:19:52.200 He said, 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.379 Woe is 00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:53.859 me, 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.399 for I am 00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:56.139 ruined, 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:58.200 for I am a 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.539 man of 00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.379 unclean lips. 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.940 my eyes 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.520 have seen 00:20:01.520 --> 00:20:02.240 the king, 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:04.500 the lord 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.300 of hosts. 00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:06.600 See, 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:06.940 when we 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:08.540 see God 00:20:08.540 --> 00:20:09.420 in his 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.400 dazzling 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.480 holiness 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:13.040 and purity 00:20:13.040 --> 00:20:13.880 and power, 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.340 the ugly 00:20:15.340 --> 00:20:16.080 darkness of 00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:16.520 our sin 00:20:16.520 --> 00:20:17.000 is laid 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.280 bare. 00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:22.000 We can 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.760 begin to 00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:23.520 fool ourselves 00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:24.700 that our 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.140 sin isn't 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.500 all that 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:25.860 bad. 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.260 You know, 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.540 I'm okay, 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.200 I'm not 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.599 as bad 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:29.799 as, 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.639 you know, 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.240 that person 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.819 over there 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.399 or that 00:20:32.399 --> 00:20:32.779 person I 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.119 read about 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.299 on the 00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.399 news. 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.480 No, 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:34.980 when we 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.980 really see 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.599 the holiness 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.220 and power 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.759 of God, 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.500 we are 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.519 left on 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.180 our faces 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:42.700 in terror 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:45.059 at our 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:46.420 sin and 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:46.819 where that 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.500 leaves us 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.420 with a 00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.379 holy God. 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.220 We instantly 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.379 realize we 00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:53.079 have defiled 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.700 God's good 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.220 creation. 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.480 we have 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.880 rebelled 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:57.380 against 00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.779 his 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.759 good 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.360 rule. 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:00.900 You see, 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.319 Peter and 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.660 Isaiah, 00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.279 their responses 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.839 are natural. 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.019 They wish 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.319 the ground 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.680 to swallow 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.120 them up 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:07.180 because they 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.519 know their 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.779 sin condemns 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:08.799 ! 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.440 And that's 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.240 where our 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.759 sin must 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.400 actually bring 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:11.900 all of us 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.240 as well. 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.319 We need to 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.660 come to the 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.079 place where 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.620 we see God 00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.360 as just 00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:17.180 in condemning 00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.579 us for 00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.120 our sin. 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:23.419 to see 00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:23.699 that we've 00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.019 not just 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.639 fallen a 00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.059 little bit 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.679 short of 00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.000 God's 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.279 glory, 00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:27.559 but in 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.539 so many 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.039 ways we 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.719 have torn 00:21:29.719 --> 00:21:30.159 up his 00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.679 creation, 00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:31.339 his rule 00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:31.579 book, 00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:32.919 his love, 00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.939 and thrown 00:21:33.939 --> 00:21:34.339 it back in 00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.859 his face. 00:21:39.419 --> 00:21:40.159 But God 00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.459 does not 00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:40.939 want us to 00:21:40.939 --> 00:21:41.459 stay in 00:21:41.459 --> 00:21:41.919 that place 00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.500 of horror 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.000 at our 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.479 own sin 00:21:43.479 --> 00:21:45.500 and condemnation. 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.519 Flick back 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:47.919 to John. 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.759 21, 00:21:49.179 --> 00:21:49.939 verse 7. 00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:53.759 Because three 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.339 years later, 00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.659 we have the 00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.859 same Sea 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.319 of Galilee, 00:21:58.419 --> 00:21:59.079 we've got 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.439 the same 00:21:59.439 --> 00:22:00.059 fishing boat, 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.159 we've 00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.639 exactly the 00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.159 same miracle 00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.719 performed, 00:22:04.959 --> 00:22:06.500 but oh 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.479 so different 00:22:07.479 --> 00:22:08.319 a response 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.819 to Jesus. 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.419 Read with 00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.839 me from 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:13.179 John 21, 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.759 verse 7. 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.039 Then the 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.879 disciple whom 00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.479 Jesus loved 00:22:16.479 --> 00:22:16.859 said to 00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.099 Peter, 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.159 it is 00:22:18.159 --> 00:22:18.599 the Lord. 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.859 As soon 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.439 as Simon 00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.079 Peter heard 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.480 him say, 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:22.939 it is the 00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.159 Lord, 00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.519 he wrapped 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.299 his outer 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.000 garment around 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.259 him, 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.639 for he had 00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:26.959 taken it 00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:27.159 off, 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.439 and jumped 00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.859 into the 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.139 water. 00:22:32.219 --> 00:22:32.859 The other 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.279 disciples 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.079 followed in 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.399 the boat, 00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:35.099 towing the 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.619 net full of 00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:35.799 fish, 00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.039 for they 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.319 were not 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.059 far from 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.319 shore, 00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:37.740 about a 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.079 hundred 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.819 yards. 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.179 See, 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.519 the first 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.279 time this 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.599 miracle 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.099 happens, 00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:43.339 Peter begs 00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:43.839 Jesus to 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.359 get away 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.740 from him. 00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.139 The second 00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:47.539 time, 00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.480 Peter can't 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.740 get to 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.319 Jesus fast 00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.679 enough. 00:22:53.439 --> 00:22:54.199 What has 00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:54.759 changed? 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.959 What drives 00:22:57.959 --> 00:22:58.919 this fisherman 00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.779 to abandon 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.299 his catch 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.000 and throw 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.559 himself into 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.019 the sea 00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:03.619 and swim 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.359 freestyle, 00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.559 about 90 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.959 meters, 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.099 to the shore? 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.099 46 seconds, 00:23:08.199 --> 00:23:08.679 by the way, 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.480 is the 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.259 Olympic record 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.879 set in 00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.259 Paris, 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.199 back in 00:23:12.199 --> 00:23:12.519 24. 00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.519 I think 00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.000 Peter came 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.259 close. 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.500 I don't 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.740 know about 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:14.939 you. 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.759 Here's my 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.159 guess as to 00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:18.599 what changed 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:18.980 for Peter. 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.259 The first 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.859 time around, 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.899 Peter only 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.480 saw the 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.919 glory of 00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.139 Jesus' 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.039 power and 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.399 holiness, 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.480 and it 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.819 condemned 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.059 him. 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.819 Now, 00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:30.459 three years 00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:30.740 later, 00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:32.259 he's also 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.679 seen the 00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.419 glory of 00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.659 Jesus' 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:35.339 grace and 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.839 his humility, 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.299 which is 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:38.220 freedom from 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.019 his condemnation. 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.279 Before, 00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.139 he cried, 00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.220 away from 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.379 me, 00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.619 Lord, 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.200 I'm a 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.399 sinner. 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.139 Now, 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.680 he knows 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.000 he's a 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.379 sinner more 00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.799 than ever. 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.839 But he's 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.500 thrashing 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.980 through the 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.980 waves to 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.440 get to 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.899 Jesus. 00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.279 Before, 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.139 his awareness 00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.980 of sin kept 00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.519 him away 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.139 from Jesus. 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.839 Now, 00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.639 it propels 00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.720 him towards 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.399 his Savior. 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.319 He sees 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.960 the glory 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.460 of Jesus' 00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:10.159 grace and 00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.619 humility. 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.659 Peter knows 00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:15.099 Jesus has 00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.759 paid for 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.379 every one 00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.599 of his 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.019 failings, 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.759 so he 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.059 doesn't have 00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.500 to hide. 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.559 Peter knows 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:24.599 Jesus came 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.059 to save 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.720 those who 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:27.000 freely admit 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.680 their sin. 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.359 He can run 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.000 to Jesus, 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.359 not hide 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.740 from him. 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:36.859 for everyone 00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:38.039 whose faith 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.839 is wholly 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.620 placed in 00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.519 Christ's 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.420 death and 00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.099 resurrection, 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.099 we can say 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.640 it is 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.440 finished. 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.259 There is 00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.960 no condemnation. 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.480 There is 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.599 nothing left 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.339 to pay. 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.700 Our guilt 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.440 is gone. 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.019 The sin 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.640 atoned for. 00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.859 There are 00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:59.519 no reasons 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.759 left to 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.740 stay away 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.500 from Jesus 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.900 now. 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.839 No 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.140 reasons 00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:08.059 left. 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.460 The tragedy 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.180 is we keep 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.660 coming up 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.200 with reasons 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.700 as to why 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:16.960 we need 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.299 to stay 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.559 away. 00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.859 We start 00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.400 hanging back 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.920 from Jesus. 00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.359 Now, 00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.759 if there was 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.240 anyone in 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.859 this situation 00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.279 who had a 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.680 reason to 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.039 hang back 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.460 from Jesus, 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.140 you'd have 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.539 to say it 00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:28.980 was Peter, 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:29.319 right? 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:32.919 He's the 00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.179 one who 00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.859 failed Jesus 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.559 the most 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.299 in the 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.839 context of 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.000 these 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.439 disciples. 00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.659 He flat 00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.159 out denied 00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.759 knowing Jesus 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.460 three times, 00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.240 abandoned him 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.859 on the night 00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.279 before his 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.500 death. 00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.599 And the 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.299 natural feeling 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.000 is shame 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.159 to hide 00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.559 yourself, 00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:46.879 just like 00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.200 Adam and 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.659 Eve did, 00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.599 in the 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.000 garden, 00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.399 after they 00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:50.939 had sinned. 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.500 As those 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.059 united to 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.399 Christ, 00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.599 how often 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.939 do we 00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.759 hang back 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.639 from Jesus 00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.119 in the 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.579 moment of 00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.119 our sin? 00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.899 We keep 00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.539 our distance. 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.819 We say 00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.379 things like, 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:02.699 oh, 00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:04.139 I've fallen 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.519 again. 00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.639 I can't 00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.379 even face 00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.039 him now. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.419 I just 00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.419 know he's 00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.319 so disappointed 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.759 in me. 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.559 We say 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.000 things like 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.319 that. 00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.159 And instead 00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:17.460 of moving 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.279 toward him, 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.480 we avoid 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.720 him. 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.819 We busy 00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.259 ourselves. 00:26:22.699 --> 00:26:23.259 We doom 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.759 scroll. 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.299 We watch 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.079 the next 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.659 episode. 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.139 Here's a 00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:32.879 quote from 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.119 Dane 00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.419 Northland. 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.759 He says 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:33.980 this, 00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.500 perhaps 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.680 Satan's 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.279 greatest 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.879 victory in 00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.259 your life 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.799 today is 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.180 not the 00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.539 sin in 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.859 which you 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.279 regularly 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.839 indulge, 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.799 but the 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.259 dark 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.899 thoughts of 00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.319 God's 00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.960 heart that 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.839 cause you 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.180 to go 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.480 there in 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.859 the first 00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:48.460 place and 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.440 keep you 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.279 cool toward 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.759 him in 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.119 the wake 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.460 of it. 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:55.480 what a 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.000 tragedy 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.840 when 00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.720 Christ's 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.180 bride, 00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.140 his people, 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.700 whom he 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.779 has clothed 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.120 in his 00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.620 righteousness, 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.559 think that 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.200 they must 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.779 withdraw from 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.799 him in 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:07.980 their 00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.600 brokenness. 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.220 Yes, 00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.039 we will 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:12.420 struggle with 00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.059 sin, but 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.259 our sin can 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.200 never separate 00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.579 us from 00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.220 Christ now. 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.299 It only 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.160 draws him 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.900 to us. 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.559 To think 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.279 that Christ 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.759 would ever 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.259 be resentful 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.779 or disappointed 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.639 or angry 00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.279 with his 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.679 bride is 00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.500 a lie 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.919 of the 00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.240 devil. 00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.039 That lie 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.519 is designed 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.399 to destroy 00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.159 our joy 00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:36.079 in him. 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.139 Here's 00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.419 another 00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.619 quote. 00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.079 As 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.740 Christ's 00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.039 people, 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.619 his bride, 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.659 we are 00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:46.200 loved with 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.119 all the 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.639 madness 00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:49.279 in Christ's 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.639 soul. 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:51.019 If you 00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.879 can only 00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.559 see a 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.180 frowning 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.759 saviour 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.379 on the 00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.720 beach 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.839 waiting for 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.119 you, 00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.259 that's a 00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.740 Jesus of 00:27:59.740 --> 00:27:59.900 your 00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.420 imagination. 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.279 Can you 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.839 see the 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.420 glory of 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.039 his power 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:08.019 and his 00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.400 grace? 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.079 Can you 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.859 see your 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:13.039 smiling saviour 00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.579 there on 00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.019 the beach 00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.619 with a 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.539 meal ready 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.139 to serve 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.659 you? 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.960 At the 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.299 start, I 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.119 put this 00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.579 line up. 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.119 I can't 00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.460 come to 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.059 Jesus today 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.779 because 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.000 whatever 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:31.599 reasons 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:33.940 you or 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.980 I put 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.440 in there, 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.960 if our 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.440 trust is 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.940 in Christ, 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.539 we can 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.019 rip them 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.240 up. 00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.579 We can 00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.099 throw them 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.379 away. 00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.220 we can 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.080 burn them 00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:44.940 in the 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.600 fire of 00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.920 Christ's 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.960 unquenchable 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.820 love for 00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:51.160 us, his 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.480 bride. 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.880 The more 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.740 we see 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.020 of the 00:28:56.020 --> 00:28:57.020 glory of 00:28:57.020 --> 00:28:57.580 his power 00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:58.580 and grace, 00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.660 the more 00:28:59.660 --> 00:28:59.960 we are 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.940 drawn to 00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.080 him, like 00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.660 Peter was, 00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.600 in his 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.060 beauty. 00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:05.980 The more 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.660 we depend 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.340 on him 00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:08.640 for our 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.240 daily bread, 00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:09.520 the more 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.339 we long 00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.059 to hear 00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.759 his words 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.460 spoken to 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:14.000 us, the 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.740 more satisfied 00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.319 we are in 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.940 his love, 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.460 the more 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.759 we are 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.019 filled with 00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.859 joy in 00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.660 his presence. 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.879 Come and 00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.900 have breakfast, 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.480 Jesus says 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.440 to each 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.079 one of us. 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.079 There are 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.720 no reasons 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:32.660 left to 00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.680 stay away. 00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.940 Now, 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.319 maybe you're 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.759 thinking this 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.019 morning, 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.379 Sam, I 00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.559 just 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.720 struggle to 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.039 see the 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.480 glory of 00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:45.400 Christ in 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.799 all its 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.139 fullness. 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.799 And so 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.299 often we 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.859 see like a 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.440 lopsided 00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.019 version of 00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.420 Jesus, we 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.980 see maybe a 00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.319 lot of the 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.680 glory of 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.259 his power, 00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.759 but not 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.180 much of the 00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.500 glory of 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.059 his grace. 00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.720 Or it 00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.039 could be the 00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.319 other way 00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.740 around. 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.920 And whichever 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.740 way, it 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.859 causes us in 00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.519 different ways 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.819 to draw back 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.460 from Jesus 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:09.400 and not 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.980 to come 00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.960 to him. 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.420 In all of 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.720 this, we 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:13.940 have a 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:16.019 helper, the 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.740 Spirit of 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:19.299 Christ, who 00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.840 dwells in 00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.640 all those who 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.200 are united 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.680 with him. 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.920 And the 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.819 Spirit's job 00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:28.519 is to help us 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.319 to see Christ 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.819 in all of his 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.079 glory. 00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.900 So we can 00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.819 pray, we can 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.620 ask the 00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.259 Spirit to help 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.960 us see Christ 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.740 in all his 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.079 glory. 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.180 Pray for the 00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.039 Spirit to open 00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.680 your eyes to 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.740 see him more 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.340 clearly in his 00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.579 word, in the 00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.039 world around 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.319 you. 00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.180 Pray this for 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.240 your family, for 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.779 your friends, for 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.279 your neighbors. 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.279 Pray that they 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.039 will be drawn 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.279 irresistibly to 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.160 Jesus, satisfied 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.759 in him. 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:59.740 And I also 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.539 want to say, if 00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.379 you're somebody 00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.000 sitting here 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:05.119 today, and 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.619 in your heart 00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.259 you know that 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.859 you've never 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.440 come to 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.519 Jesus for 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.160 mercy and 00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.680 refuge, 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:15.339 don't wait 00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:16.359 another day. 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:20.899 He invites 00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.939 you to 00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:23.019 come and 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.879 receive from 00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:25.219 him forgiveness, 00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.119 grace, 00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.899 everything you 00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.240 need. 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.139 Come to 00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.319 him while he 00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.059 may be found. 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:36.059 Paul asks this 00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.599 question in 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.099 Romans chapter 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.319 2. 00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.219 He says, do 00:31:38.219 --> 00:31:38.899 you show 00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:40.919 contempt for 00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.879 the riches of 00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.659 his kindness, 00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:44.119 forbearance, 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.799 and patience? 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:47.059 not realizing 00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:48.019 that God's 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.440 kindness is 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.379 intended to 00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.139 lead you to 00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.559 repentance. 00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.819 God is 00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:58.879 kind and 00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.839 patient with 00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:01.759 you so that 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.559 you can turn 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.720 to him and 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.500 find forgiveness. 00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.559 Either run 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.720 to him now as 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.299 your loving 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:14.259 savior, or 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.180 one day face 00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.799 Jesus as 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.259 your righteous 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.720 judge. 00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:20.500 Jesus is 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.720 calling out 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.480 to you now 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:24.720 to turn from 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.240 your sin, 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.920 trust in his 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.119 work for you 00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.099 on the cross. 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.240 You don't have 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.779 to have everything 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.460 figured out. 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:33.220 You don't need 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.160 to understand all 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.099 the ways he works 00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.900 in this world. 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.799 You don't have 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.859 to have a certain 00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.720 amount of Bible 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.220 knowledge. 00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.860 know. 00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:43.319 All you need 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.940 to know is 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.600 you are a 00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:46.640 sinner in 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.160 desperate need 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.880 of his 00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.579 mercy, 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:52.079 and that he 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.779 would give it 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:54.100 to you if 00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:54.339 you would 00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.740 come to 00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:54.980 him. 00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.400 So come to 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.640 him while he 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.240 may be found. 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.819 Blessed is 00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.960 the one who 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.000 takes refuge 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.759 in him. 00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.740 May we 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.960 all be 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.599 those who 00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.440 see the 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.460 glory of 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:18.140 Jesus and 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:19.200 run to the 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.200 refuge like 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:22.279 Peter again 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.680 and again. 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.779 Let's pray. 00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:25.839 Amen. 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:25.839 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:47.559 We thank 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:47.720 you, 00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.039 Father, 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:51.119 for showing 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.059 us your 00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.359 brilliant glory 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:55.059 in your 00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.440 son, 00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:55.880 Jesus. 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.160 Thank you 00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.640 for giving 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:03.259 us this 00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:05.140 text that 00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.660 we might 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:07.440 see his 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.780 glory in 00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.460 its fullness. 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.140 Lord 00:34:13.140 --> 00:34:13.519 Jesus, 00:34:14.140 --> 00:34:15.440 we thank 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.019 you for 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.059 humbling 00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:18.840 yourself and 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:20.119 dying on a 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.599 cross for 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.700 our wickedness. 00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.800 Thank you 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.660 for destroying 00:34:25.660 --> 00:34:27.320 every possible 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:29.380 reason to 00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.880 keep us 00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.320 from you. 00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.559 Holy Spirit, 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.960 give us 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.799 new eyes to 00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.119 see the 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:39.559 glory of 00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.779 Christ's 00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.339 power, 00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:42.859 humility, 00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:44.839 grace, 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.599 everything 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.059 else. 00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.900 That we 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.400 would not 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.379 hang back 00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:51.219 in shame, 00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:54.699 but run 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:55.299 to him 00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:57.460 for mercy 00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.900 and refuge. 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.699 Amen.