Welcome to Faith Chapel. My name
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is Lynell LaMountain
the speaker and director
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of Life Ignited.
Today, we are gonna talk
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about how to overcome
failure before we get into
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our Bible study let's
pray and invite God's presence.
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Father in Heaven, I thank
you so much for being here
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throughout today and I
pray that as we study your
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word that you would
open up new truth to us
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about how to overcome
that thing, which hold us
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back so often which is
failure. Lord you are the
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solution for failure
help us see that and find that
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today in your word is
our prayer in your name Amen.
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This is a story about a
man who failed his best friend
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of a man who believed
his denial of his savior
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had put him forever
beyond the reach of redemption.
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This is the story
for anyone who feels here
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she has really blown it
big time anyone who feels
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broken beyond repair
this is a story of people
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who feel irredeemable.
This is a story of the weakness
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of man, the story of the
greatness of Jesus Christ
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and his grace. This
is a story about a man
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who thought he thrown
away the chance of a life time
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just when Jesus had needed
him most. Peter failed him
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not just failed him, but
denied him. He was filled
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with self loving, he
was crushed by guilt,
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he was haunted by regret,
he was disempowered by a sense,
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a deep sense, a
profound sense, a haunting sense
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of his unworthiness.
Peter decides to go away and
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think about it for a
while he decides to go fishing.
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The Bible says in
John chapter 21 verse 3,
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the first half of verse
3. Simon Peter said to them,
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"I am going fishing."
Some of the others thought
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it was good idea, so they
tag along they get out the
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mothballs boat, the
mothball fishing gear and they
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shake out the seal,
sails in the head of deep water
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have you ever felt like
putting a sign on your door
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it's says gone fishing.
There is something being
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going so terribly wrong
in your life that you just
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got to get away while a
dust settles. We all have
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these moments, where
we just feel like saying
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hey we are out here
for a while, don't know
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when they will be back,
but they were gone fishing,
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going to sort things
through. In John chapter 21
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and verse 3 starting
with the second half,
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the Bible says they
said to him, "We are going
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with you also." So they
went out and immediately
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got into the boat, and
that night they caught nothing.
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Their fear and discouragement
and doubt took them
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back to where they
first started when Jesus was
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calling them, it took
them back where they first
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started that was away
from Christ empty, hopeless,
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and nets they were also
empty they were right back
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to square one. That night
on the water they remembered
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the good old days with
Christ long before who have
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been crucified. Memories
of him calming the storm
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of him walking on water
and of Peter joining him
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for a few minutes
before Peter took his eyes off
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Christ and started
plunging into the depths.
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Memories of him sitting in
the boat with them teaching
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the people lining the
shore all of these memories came
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back to them that night on
the sea as they gotten away
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from it all and fished.
The hill upon, which the
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5000 were fed wasn't
far from where they were
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and componium was on
the other side of the lake,
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but now they questioned
there own future what once
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look like a glorious
future now seem it grimed,
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it was dim, and it was
black. The glimpse of the golden
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morning burst through
the blackness of the night
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as midnight and noon
trade it watch and Jesus was on
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the shore. They didn't
know it, but he was there
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and he was watching.
John 21 verses 4 and 5
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in the new King James
version reads But when
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the morning had now
come, Jesus stood on the shore;
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yet the disciples did
not know that it was Jesus.
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Then Jesus said to
them, "Children, have you any
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food?" They answered him,
"No." Something surprising
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here to me is we actually
find a group of fishermen
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who tell the truth.
Jesus asks them have you caught
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anything and they say no,
most of us would have said
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yeah we have caught a
lot, but we have it throw them
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back but they answer
honestly no we have nothing
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our nets are empty. The
second thing that strikes
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me about this verse
is a language Jesus uses
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he just doesn't ask
have you caught anything
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and the Greek it reads
have you caught anything boys,
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got any fish kids. Not
only they do not have any fish,
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now as the stranger
on the beach marking them
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rubbing it in calling them
children it is the only time
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in the New Testament,
where Jesus refers to them
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as kids as boys, but I
guess it's a third thing
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about Christ question
that makes me take notice
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and it's this Christ
question leaves them to
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admit that they have
failed, he wanted them to admit
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the truth about
themselves that apart from him
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they had failed, apart
from him their lives in their
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nets would always be
empty, so real question
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to me go something
like this. Find what are you
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looking for boys so
what he ask him that morning,
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so what he asks me
today, what he asks you
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have you found what you
are looking for it's your
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life full is it satisfied,
have you found what you
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want. Jesus continues
addressing them as children
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by telling them what
to do. In John 21 verse 6
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And he said to them,
"Cast the net on the right side
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of the boat, and you
will find some." So they cast,
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and now they were not
able to draw it in because of
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the multitude of fish."
This strange familiar voice
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on the beach that goes
across the water to them
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try again if your
nets are empty, try again,
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so they put the nets
down on the right hand of the
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boat, which is interesting
because that is the side of
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the boat that was
facing Jesus, the right side of
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the boat, so they cast
their nets and the text says
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the nets were so full of
fish that they could barely
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pull them into the boat
and then suddenly knee deepen
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fish again they
realized who the stranger is
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on the beach it was
Christ, Christ their Lord,
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it was his voice, it was
his power, it was his method,
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it was his way, it way
his miracle, it was him
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once again meeting
them, where they were he had
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found them, he had come
looking for them. He had
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especially had come
to looking for Peter,
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Peter was so excited, I
mean he can't stand himself
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when he realizes that
is Jesus on the beach.
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And he is right back,
where he started. A net bursting
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at the seems of fish after
a fruitless night of fishing
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except Jesus wasn't in
the boat with him this time
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like he was in Luke chapter
5. Christ is on the shore,
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but now Peter who
had been following Christ
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up until the denial is
over joy with the power and
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presence of Christ on
the beach waiting for him
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to close the distance.
Overwhelm by the grace of
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Christ, Peter takes off
his jeans, he takes off his
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lucky fishing shirt that
he doesn't wash and as he
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leaps into the water
he is gone fishing hat,
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is caught in the wind
and blows away. I am not sure
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what Jesus was thinking
as he saw Peter's splash
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towards him in the
water, but I have a hunch
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he was hap py and
that he knew in his heart
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that the cross have been
worth it even if it meant
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bringing Peter back,
bringing him back home,
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it was grace that was
bringing Peter back to him
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without grace Peter
would have been swimming away
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from Jesus, without grace
Peter would have been going
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in the other
direction, without grace Peter
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would have been trying
to put as much distance
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between him and God
as he possibly could.
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Just as fast as he could,
but grace was offering him
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a second chance and in
that moment when Peter realized
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it was Jesus, he
realized to something else,
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he realized that his
failure wasn't final,
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there was hope for tomorrow
not only tomorrow there is
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hope for today. He is
very patient, this Lord of the
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second chance when you say
he doesn't easily give up on
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people in fact he never
does, he has never given
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up on you and he never
will. Peter slashed his forth
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from the water and he
runs toward Jesus and he drops
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to his knees in the
sand out of breath hand
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on thighs, but Jesus
doesn't say anything to Peter
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just yet he just starts
a fire to cook breakfast
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as Peter gazes into
that charcoal fire as John
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tells us, he remembers the
other night and another fire,
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a charcoal fire, where
he denied Jesus three times
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while warming his hands.
Peter smells the charcoal
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and he remembers, he
gazes at the dancing flames
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and he remembers, he sees
the nail prints in Christ's
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hands and feet and
he remembers; he faces
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the truth, he faces
the truth about himself
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and the truth about what
he had done and he remembers,
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he felt naked because in
that moment as he is looking
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to the flames Jesus
Christ had removed his masks,
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all the Peter's masks
gone. He couldn't pretend to be
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spiritually healthy not
today there was distance
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between him and God;
distance that he had chosen
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to put there so Peter
kneels by the charcoal fire.
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He acknowledges the
truth about who he is
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and what he is done.
Jesus knew the truth about who
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Peter was and guess
what he didn't leave,
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Jesus didn't abandoned
Peter. Jesus stayed there,
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he still loved Peter, he
loved leader, He loved Peter
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more than life itself
in fact he loved Peter
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more than death and he
stayed. The others join Jesus
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and Peter for a breakfast
of fish sticks and after
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breakfast has finished
Jesus says to Peter got a minute
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can we just talk for a
little bit there is something
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on my heart, something
on mind, something I wanna
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ask and Peter he must
have felt like a guy waiting
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the guilty verdict. The
disciples are looking on,
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the are listening, he can
only imagine what's coming
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next, he feels
vulnerable, he feels uncertain,
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and than Jesus
asks him this question
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in John 21 verse 15. Jesus
says so when they had eaten
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breakfast, Jesus said to
Simon Peter, Simon son of
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Jonah, do you love me
more than these? And he said
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to him, yes Lord you
know that I love you. He said
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to him Feed my lambs. Think
of all the things that Jesus
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could have asked Peter,
he could have asked Peter
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are you sorry for what
you've done, he could have
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said Peter do you promise
to never let it happen again,
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Peter do you promise
to try harder next time,
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no, Jesus doesn't ask
any of those questions,
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he just says Peter I've
been wondering about something,
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do you still love
me more than these?
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Now Christ's heart is on
the line, he is a vulnerable
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one because when you ask
that question do you love me,
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you leave yourself totally
exposed. My wife and I met
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in college and I remember
telling her that I liked her,
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and I wanted to be with
her, and I asked her she like
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me back? And I was kind
of imagining and hoping that
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she would say something
like this, I'm so captivated
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by your charm and
your sheer animal magnetism
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that is all I can do to
keep from rushing into your
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arms and that is pretty
much what she said it just took
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me six months to get it
our of her, when you ever ask
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someone do you love me
you are putting your heart
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on the line it's a vulnerable
moment, this is Christ
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question to you today
and to me do you love me?
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It's a question he
asked Peter except the Peter,
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so he doesn't use
Peter's nick name Peter, he uses
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Peter's surname Simon
son of John, he says Simon
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son of John do you love
me? It says if Jesus is saying
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I won't presume that you
still want the old intimate
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relationship that we
want to enjoy it and I won't
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presume that you are still
Peter, so Simon son of John
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do you love me, now
listen carefully because I don't
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want you to miss this,
the word Jesus uses for love
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is Agapao, it's a verb
form from the word Agape
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it's a highest form of
love, it's love based on
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intelligence, love based
on reasoning, comprehension
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coupled with a corresponding
purpose, it's a love that
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does not change no matter
what's going on at the time,
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it is unaffected by
situations and circumstances,
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it's a supreme love, it's
the same word that used in
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John 3:16 which says for
God's who love the world.
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So, Jesus asks Peter,
Peter do you love me with a
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highest form of love
more than these as you wants
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so boldly claim that
you did and Simon replies
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yes Lord I am fond of
you, instead of the word
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Agape Peter uses Phileo
instead it's the Greek word
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for love that, that
means fondness, affection, it's
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a love that needs something
return to actually keep
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on going into exist or
else with us and it's a totally
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different word than
Agape and these two words never
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ever equal or equal in
their meaning and this is a new
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ones that is usually
lost in most translations
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and interpretations,
Peter replies to Jesus
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I am fond of you Lord, I
have deep affection for you.
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Now, if Jesus would
have been like you and me
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you know what he
might have said just as I
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thought you haven't
changed at all, you are the same
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old Peter, trader
there is the door use it,
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but Jesus isn't like us,
halleluiah for that he is not
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like you and he is not
like me and that's good news.
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He says to Peter it's
okay feed my lambs then Jesus
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asks him a second
time in John 21 verse 16
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He said to him again
a second time, Simon,
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son of John, do you
love Me? He said to him, yes,
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Lord, you know that I
love you, he said to him
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tend my sheep.
What's missing this time,
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what's missing in this
question, the phrase do you
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love me more than these,
it's gone Jesus took it out.
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Jesus removes a peer
pressure of comparison
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and says okay Simon forget
the other people and the top
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five priorities of your
life, where do I fit in,
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do you love me with the
supreme kind of love in your
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life am I near the top
and again Peter answers
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yes Lord I am fond, I
am fond of you, Peter says
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Jesus you are admonishing,
you know everything,
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you can read my heart,
you can examine my soul,
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you know beyond the
shadow of any doubt that yes
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I am telling the
truth I am fond of you.
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Jesus says okay Peter
that's alright, that's an honest
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answer and I can deal
with it, feed my sheep.
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Then Jesus asks Peter
a third time, three times
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Peter had denied Jesus
three times he must confess
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his love for him and
Jesus asks in John 21 verse 17
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he said to him the
third time, Simon son of John,
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do you love me, Peter was
grieved because he had said
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to him the third time do
you love me and he said to him
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Lord you know all things
you know that I love you,
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Jesus said to him
feed my sheep. Why do think
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Peter was so grieved at
Christ asking this question
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a third time because
this time when Jesus asked him
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if you loved him he use
the same word that Peter
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has been using the same
Greek construction, he says
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Peter are you only fond
of me? Set of Agapao O Jesus
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uses flare oh, Peter's
grieved because Jesus is
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questioning the
authenticity of his fondness.
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He says yes Lord you
know, you absolutely know you
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can take it to the
bank that I am fond of you,
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I am affectionate, I am
telling you the truth you
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know this because
you can read my heart.
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Peter says I wish I
could say I love you with the
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Agape kind of love, but I
can't, I can't do that right
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now, the best I can
do just to say I am fond.
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I once said that I
loved you with everything
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that I had never you
leave you, I had never deny you,
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I had never depart from
you, I want to claim that
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I loved you with the
highest form of love,
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but I don't trust
myself anymore, I can say that
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because I failed you
once, but I know for sure
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that I am fond of you, I
am affectionate towards you
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you didn't count on
that. Jesus didn't spare
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Peter the pain of going
through this and it hurt
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and sometimes it hurts
when Jesus takes the masks off.
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When Peter denied Jesus
he had denied all common
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affection even for
Christ and now Jesus
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he asked the
question whether or not that
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affection is in
Peter's heart, but Peter
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understands what
Jesus is doing because Peter
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was right. Jesus did
know that Peter had a heart
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full of affection and
fondness for him, but what
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Jesus was doing in
front of the other disciples
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he was confirming and
affirming that yes indeed
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Peter had a heart for
Christ and they needed to see
00:18:03.85\00:18:07.34
that, they needed to
see Jesus forgiving Peter,
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they needed to see Jesus
restoring him, they needed
00:18:09.87\00:18:12.32
to see Jesus giving
Peter a second chance publicly.
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Before Peter's fall he
was rash and he was always
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speaking his mind and
speaking out to turn, he was
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impulsive from moment
to moment. He was always
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ready to correct others
and ready to speak without
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thinking, but this
Peter the post-denial Peter
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this was a very different
man in grace was regulating
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his zeal now and the
disciples could see that
00:18:37.10\00:18:39.69
there was a decided
change in his heart.
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Three times over charcoal
fire Peter denied Jesus,
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three times he had
failed and now three times
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over another charcoal
fire he confessed his undying
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love for Jesus. This is
Peter Story, but the fact
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is it's everyone story,
it's your story and it's my
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story, it's a story
of anyone, who has ever
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stood by the fire and
fail God. Jesus is saying to
00:19:00.65\00:19:04.75
us right now like he
did to Peter, he is asking
00:19:04.78\00:19:06.79
he is saying whoever you
are and whatever you have done
00:19:06.82\00:19:08.80
get back into the
game, you are still called,
00:19:09.02\00:19:12.76
you still chosen, you've
still being commissioned by
00:19:12.79\00:19:16.08
me, get off the bench,
get back into the game.
00:19:16.11\00:19:18.61
Jesus comes to you and me
right now today and he says
00:19:19.83\00:19:22.23
I am giving you a do over
for that situation that you
00:19:22.26\00:19:25.02
can undo I am giving you a
do over. Sometimes in life,
00:19:25.05\00:19:28.81
sometimes in our walk
with God many times in our
00:19:28.84\00:19:31.66
walk with God, we
failed and we do things that we
00:19:31.69\00:19:34.06
cannot undo. There
are times when the devil
00:19:34.09\00:19:36.40
would say to you after
what you have done we will make
00:19:36.43\00:19:38.26
you think you are qualified
to serve God. How can you
00:19:38.29\00:19:41.17
possibly follow him
when you know the truth
00:19:41.20\00:19:42.82
about who you are you
know that he knows too,
00:19:42.85\00:19:45.18
you are hopeless the
devil comes and says to us.
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Well maybe the devil is
right, maybe he is right
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about what we did just
maybe we did deny Christ
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not just once, but three
times, maybe you messed up
00:19:57.36\00:20:01.77
so badly that you lie
awaken bed and stare the ceiling
00:20:01.80\00:20:04.80
at night, maybe you are
afraid to go asleep because
00:20:04.83\00:20:07.96
you are afraid that
those dreams will terrorize you
00:20:07.99\00:20:10.64
and from those dreams you
can't just wake up and say
00:20:12.60\00:20:14.61
aha it never happened
because you know it happened.
00:20:14.64\00:20:19.06
Words can't be taken
back, moments that can't be
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relived, decisions that
you can undo they hunt us,
00:20:22.11\00:20:25.58
but Jesus comes to us
and he finds us and he says
00:20:25.86\00:20:28.19
would you like it do
over, we have had those moments
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would you like it do
over, we have had those moments
00:20:29.20\00:20:32.56
where we stood by the
fire, it made wrong decisions,
00:20:32.59\00:20:36.42
so how do you deal with
failure, how do you deal
00:20:37.32\00:20:39.97
with those moments when
you feel like you blown it
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and you blown it for
good. Is there something you
00:20:43.11\00:20:45.91
can do overcome
failure to deal with failure.
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Well indeed there is
first John chapter 1 verse 9
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gives us this promise If
we confess our sins, he is
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faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse
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us from all unrighteousness.
In addition to first John 1:9
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that wonderful promise
of forgiveness that we can
00:21:06.60\00:21:08.52
claim forgiveness even
though we don't feel like
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we are forgivable, in
addition to that promise
00:21:10.14\00:21:11.89
is this promise in
Romans chapter 8 verse 1
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The Bible says
there is therefore now no
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condemnation to those
who are in Christ Jesus.
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Jesus tells Peter now
you are beginning to see
00:21:22.73\00:21:25.61
why I went to cross in
the first place, I went to the
00:21:25.64\00:21:28.51
cross and I arose from
the tomb, so I could give
00:21:28.54\00:21:30.44
you Peter, so I could give
you a do over, take it Peter
00:21:30.47\00:21:34.79
it's free my gift to
you doesn't cost a thing.
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It's the strangest
thing about us, we read about
00:21:43.76\00:21:46.43
the cross, we talk about
the cross, we sing about the
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cross, but in a moment
in times we need it most
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and those moments when
we failed and those moments
00:21:52.87\00:21:55.15
that we forget that the
cross exists we forget that
00:21:55.18\00:22:00.47
there is a solution to
our failure when we need the
00:22:00.50\00:22:03.94
cross most sometimes we
forget it, we accept the do
00:22:03.97\00:22:07.55
over that Christ freely
offers us and we get back
00:22:07.58\00:22:10.28
into game that's how
we deal with failure. Hey,
00:22:10.31\00:22:12.65
we could not accept the
forgiveness, we could not
00:22:12.68\00:22:15.25
accept the grace, it's
a choice, it's a decision.
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If you wanna deal with
failure and overcome it
00:22:19.55\00:22:21.52
you accept the do over
that Jesus Christ offers you,
00:22:21.55\00:22:23.65
forgiveness is a
choice and Jesus has chosen
00:22:23.68\00:22:26.42
to extend it to you, to
offer to you, and now you
00:22:26.66\00:22:29.22
can choose to accept it
or to reject it. The thing
00:22:29.25\00:22:32.97
about the cross, the
cross is for people who don't
00:22:33.00\00:22:36.86
deserve the cross, so if
you don't feel deserving and
00:22:36.89\00:22:39.41
you don't feel worthy
then guess what the cross is
00:22:39.44\00:22:42.00
especially for you
that's why it's there and Jesus
00:22:42.03\00:22:45.68
is offering you new hope
and a new chance and a do over
00:22:45.71\00:22:48.83
today. We hold ourselves
back from coming to the cross
00:22:48.86\00:22:53.64
because we think we
don't deserve to come to it
00:22:53.67\00:22:55.59
and that's the reason
why it's there for people who
00:22:55.62\00:22:57.58
don't deserve it, people
like Reyhan, Mary Magdalene,
00:22:57.61\00:23:00.13
people like King
David and people like Peter,
00:23:00.16\00:23:02.27
people like you and
me we need the cross.
00:23:02.61\00:23:04.78
Forgiveness what a
sweet word restoration,
00:23:04.90\00:23:07.46
reconciliation, victory,
healing for regrets, healing
00:23:07.49\00:23:11.52
for spiritual scars,
healing for fractured hopes,
00:23:11.55\00:23:13.82
forgiveness. Forgiveness
is for those who least
00:23:14.00\00:23:18.00
accepted and for the
least deserving, so stop feeling
00:23:18.03\00:23:21.16
irredeemable because of
your failures, stop feeling
00:23:21.19\00:23:23.78
that you have been
disqualified to lead,
00:23:23.81\00:23:25.53
stop feeling that
Jesus Christ is disappointed
00:23:26.04\00:23:28.05
in you and the God is
only letting you in his family
00:23:28.08\00:23:30.50
because of a technicality,
stop feeling like your
00:23:30.53\00:23:33.22
liability to Christ and
to his cause. Jesus is saying
00:23:33.25\00:23:36.98
to you right now, I
forgive you now get back
00:23:37.01\00:23:39.09
into the game, it's
okay, it's alright you may,
00:23:39.12\00:23:44.30
you may have comprised
your integrity, you may have
00:23:44.33\00:23:46.93
comprised your credibility,
but Peter comprised both
00:23:46.96\00:23:50.01
his credibility and
integrity, he betrayed
00:23:50.04\00:23:52.12
his Lord, he committed
in a very real way spiritual
00:23:52.15\00:23:55.16
adultery and idolatry because
he chose self over Christ,
00:23:55.19\00:23:57.90
but Jesus had the desire
and the ability to restore
00:23:57.93\00:24:00.92
Peter to his rightful
place as a son of God.
00:24:00.95\00:24:03.28
Sons and daughters of
God, children of God are there
00:24:03.76\00:24:06.02
anymore beautiful words
than these because if they are
00:24:06.05\00:24:09.47
I haven't found them.
Peter dealt with his failure
00:24:09.50\00:24:12.77
through repentance,
through confession and through
00:24:12.80\00:24:15.74
victory. Repentance,
confession, and victory
00:24:15.77\00:24:18.13
restored Peter. You
see Jesus loved Peter
00:24:18.16\00:24:20.40
just as he was and he met
him there, but he loved him
00:24:20.51\00:24:23.19
too much to leave him
there. Jesus loves you,
00:24:23.22\00:24:27.35
and he meets you where
you are, but he loves you
00:24:27.38\00:24:29.24
too much to leave you
there. Jesus Christ comes
00:24:29.27\00:24:31.55
to your life and he
offers you a do over, a do over
00:24:31.58\00:24:33.80
that will lead to complete
restoration. A do over that
00:24:33.83\00:24:37.05
will do it with all the
failure that can be for,
00:24:37.08\00:24:39.11
he doesn't leave you in
your failure, he leads you
00:24:39.14\00:24:41.34
unto victory and greater
victory. We here Christ say
00:24:41.37\00:24:44.72
take a do over. Truth is
if we could read each others
00:24:44.75\00:24:47.37
minds, forgive each
others hearts to see all that we
00:24:47.40\00:24:50.18
have said and done
and thought the past year,
00:24:50.21\00:24:51.90
we would loss creditability
with each other instantly.
00:24:51.93\00:24:54.50
But Jesus Christ who knows
us completely, who knows us,
00:24:54.53\00:24:56.73
where we have been,
where we were going,
00:24:56.76\00:24:57.92
he comes to us and he sees
our faults and our failures
00:24:58.31\00:25:00.54
and we can't fool him
and he says take a do over,
00:25:00.57\00:25:02.45
get back into the
game, if anybody should turn
00:25:02.48\00:25:04.65
his back on us he should
be the one who knows the most
00:25:04.68\00:25:06.62
about us which is
Jesus, but he doesn't he still
00:25:06.65\00:25:08.94
comes and he saves and
he redeems and restores.
00:25:08.97\00:25:11.43
Warren Bennis writes about
a promising junior executive
00:25:14.92\00:25:18.85
at IBM. This junior
executive was involved in a very
00:25:18.88\00:25:22.39
risky venture for the
company and he ended up
00:25:22.42\00:25:24.73
loosing 10 million
dollars in a gamble, 10 million
00:25:24.76\00:25:28.09
dollars gone just like that,
that's a pretty big failure.
00:25:28.12\00:25:31.31
Well, he called into
the office of Tom Watson
00:25:31.91\00:25:33.83
senior, Tom Watson was a
founder and chief executive
00:25:33.86\00:25:36.51
of IBM for 40 years. He
has been a business legend
00:25:36.54\00:25:39.53
and as you might
imagine this junior executive
00:25:39.86\00:25:41.82
is overwhelmed with
guilt and fear, he bloated out.
00:25:41.85\00:25:44.55
Well, I guess you called
me in for my resignation,
00:25:44.58\00:25:46.67
so here it is I resigned.
Well, Tom Watson looked
00:25:46.70\00:25:52.09
at him and he said you
must be joking, I just spent
00:25:52.12\00:25:56.51
10 million dollars educating
you, I can't afford your
00:25:56.54\00:25:59.95
resignation and he put
the kid back in the game.
00:25:59.98\00:26:03.42
On the most awful day of
human history in the darkest
00:26:04.00\00:26:06.57
moment of the greatest
friend Peter would ever have,
00:26:06.60\00:26:08.83
Peter turned his back
on Jesus and denied him
00:26:08.86\00:26:10.88
three times he stands
before charcoal fire and he says
00:26:10.91\00:26:14.64
I never knew him I am
not, I am not his follower,
00:26:14.67\00:26:16.86
he is not my friend,
he means nothing to me
00:26:16.89\00:26:18.68
and I pictured Jesus
coming to that charcoal fire
00:26:18.71\00:26:20.98
that morning because
this one is the big one this
00:26:21.01\00:26:22.98
failure is the failure of
all failures, this isn't one
00:26:23.01\00:26:26.50
little embarrassing
goof up, this was the denial
00:26:26.53\00:26:28.71
of his Lord and he says
to Christ I guess you want my
00:26:28.74\00:26:30.98
resignation here it is
and Jesus says you must be
00:26:31.01\00:26:34.58
joking Peter I just
invested my life in you, I can't
00:26:34.61\00:26:37.46
afford your resignation
get back in the game,
00:26:37.49\00:26:39.79
you think you're gonna
quit, no absolutely not.
00:26:40.47\00:26:43.28
How many times do we
tremble in the presence of
00:26:43.66\00:26:45.43
God expecting the very
worse when we say sheepishly
00:26:45.46\00:26:47.56
here God here is my
resignation and God says
00:26:47.59\00:26:50.31
you must be joking, I
just invested my sons' life
00:26:50.34\00:26:53.03
in you, I can't
afford your resignation.
00:26:53.06\00:26:55.14
If you hear nothing
else today here this, Jesus
00:26:56.03\00:26:58.45
is giving you a do over
right now would you like one,
00:26:58.48\00:27:01.87
I know I would. The
Church is a place for people
00:27:02.23\00:27:05.09
who need do overs. The
message and grace is place
00:27:05.12\00:27:07.77
for people who need do
overs, people who are here
00:27:07.80\00:27:09.74
for redemption. Jesus
Christ is the finder of
00:27:09.77\00:27:13.51
directionally challenged
sheep, he is a searcher of
00:27:13.54\00:27:16.29
the runaway coin, he
is the embracer of foolish
00:27:16.32\00:27:18.45
particles, his love knows
no limits, his grace has no
00:27:18.48\00:27:23.44
measure, his boundaries
are limitless and immeasurable,
00:27:23.47\00:27:27.31
his power is infinite,
he redeems and he redeems
00:27:27.34\00:27:30.45
and he redeems, so do
you love him and you accept
00:27:30.48\00:27:34.68
his divine do over today.
If you do get back into the
00:27:34.71\00:27:38.22
game, he can't afford
your resignation because
00:27:38.25\00:27:42.62
he invested eternity
into you. Except you do over
00:27:42.65\00:27:45.70
today get back in the
game, failures gone, you've
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forgiven in Christ and
restored forever await you.
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