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0:00John chapter 21, [music]
0:01the last chapter of the book of John.
0:04After these things, [music] Jesus
0:06manifested himself again to the
0:08disciples at the sea of Tiberias.
0:11[music]
0:12And he manifested himself in this way.
0:16>> [music]
0:16>> Simon Peter
0:18and Thomas, called Didymus,
0:21and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee,
0:22[music]
0:23and the sons of Zebedee,
0:26and two others of his disciples were
0:29together.
0:30So, we have this phenomenal mixture
0:33of these disciples. We have the sons of
0:36thunder,
0:37James [music] and John, the sons of
0:39Zebedee. They're very intense people.
0:42We have Nathanael, who is doubtful and
0:47has no guile in him and not easily
0:49carried away. We have Thomas, who is
0:51[music] doubtful.
0:52And we have Peter, who is bold. And
0:55they're all together, perhaps in a
0:57conversation.
0:59Simon Peter said to them,
1:01"I am going fishing." They said to him,
1:05"We will come with you."
1:07This is a lively fishing trip, for sure.
1:10They went out and got into the boat.
1:13And that night, they caught nothing.
1:17But when the day was now breaking, Jesus
1:20stood on the beach.
1:22Yet the disciples did not know that it
1:24was Jesus.
1:26So, Jesus said to them,
1:28"Children,
1:30you do not have any fish, do you?"
1:34They answered him,
1:36"No."
1:38And he said to them,
1:39"Cast the net on the right-hand side of
1:43the boat,
1:44and you will find a catch."
1:47This is familiar, isn't it?
1:49This is how it all started.
1:52They've gone back to their fishing nets.
1:54They don't know what their purpose is.
1:57Jesus is coming and going.
1:59He's been crucified, then he's alive,
2:02but what's their role?
2:04Let's go fishing.
2:07It gets me that he calls them children.
2:09>> [clears throat]
2:10>> That means he's manifesting the Father.
2:12>> [music]
2:13>> He is their father if they are his
2:14children.
2:17So, they cast,
2:19and then they were not [music] able to
2:22haul it in
2:24because of the great number of fish.
2:28Therefore, that disciple whom Jesus
2:30loved,
2:32John,
2:34said to Peter,
2:36"It is the Lord."
2:39So, when Simon Peter heard that it was
2:42the Lord, he put his outer garment on,
2:46for he was stripped for work,
2:48and he threw himself into the sea.
2:53To put his outer garment on is to say,
2:56"I'm not finishing the fishing trip."
2:59To put his outer garment on is to say,
3:01"I'm walking away from this, and I'm
3:03going somewhere else. I'm picking up
3:06where I left off."
3:09Peter failed,
3:10and his failure was a poignant wound
3:14that all the gospels talk about. He
3:17denied that he knew Jesus.
3:20But when he hears the voice of his Lord,
3:23and he knows [clears throat] it's God on
3:25the shore,
3:27he takes everything that he's got in the
3:29boat, and he swims to the Lord.
3:33He threw himself into the sea.
3:38But the other disciples came in the
3:40little boat,
3:42for they were not far from the land, but
3:45about 100 yd away, dragging the net full
3:48of fish.
3:49There's a little bit of an explanation
3:51here.
3:52John wants us to know that they had to
3:55bring in the fish, and they weren't that
3:57far
3:58that they didn't have to jump in, only
4:01100 yd away. So, they came in the small
4:04boat. There apparently was a large boat
4:06and a small boat, and they they came in
4:08responsibly in the small boat.
4:11So, when they got out on the land, they
4:13saw a charcoal fire already laid out.
4:18So, when they got out on the land, they
4:21saw a charcoal fire already laid and
4:25fish placed on it,
4:27and bread.
4:30Jesus said to them,
4:32"Bring some of the fish which you have
4:33now caught."
4:35Simon Peter went up and drew the net to
4:38land, full of large fish, 153,
4:43and although there were so many,
4:45the net was not torn.
4:48John remembers exactly how many fish
4:50there were.
4:51>> [laughter]
4:52>> 153.
4:56And he mentions that Simon helps them
4:59bring it in,
5:01because Jesus can use the fish they
5:03caught by faith.
5:05But now, Jesus prepared breakfast that
5:08morning.
5:09I bet it was delicious.
5:14Jesus said to them, "Come and have
5:17breakfast."
5:19None of the disciples ventured to
5:21question him,
5:23"Who are you?" knowing that it was the
5:26Lord.
5:27Jesus came and took the bread and gave
5:29it to them, and the fish likewise.
5:33This is now the third time that Jesus
5:36was manifested to the disciples after he
5:39was raised from the dead.
5:42So, when they had finished breakfast,
5:44Jesus said to Simon Peter,
5:48"Simon,
5:49son of John,
5:52do you love me
5:54more than these?"
5:57He said to him,
5:59"Yes, Lord.
6:01You know that I love you."
6:05He said to him,
6:07"Tend my lambs."
6:11He said to him again a second time,
6:13"Simon,
6:15son of John,
6:17do you love me?"
6:20He said to him, "Yes, Lord. You know
6:23that I love you."
6:25He said to him,
6:27"Shepherd my sheep."
6:31He said to him a third time,
6:33"Simon, son [clears throat] of John,
6:37do you love me?"
6:39Peter was grieved because he said to him
6:41the third time, "Do you love me?"
6:45And he said to him, "Lord,
6:48you know all things. You know that I
6:51love you."
6:53Jesus said to him,
6:55"Tend my sheep."
6:59Now, let's understand what is going on
7:01here.
7:03Before the crucifixion, Peter had
7:06separated himself from all the other
7:08disciples.
7:10He was better.
7:12He had said, "Even if all forsake you, I
7:14will not forsake you. I will go with you
7:16even to prison and death."
7:20And even in his coming to Jesus from the
7:23boat, he is again distinguishing himself
7:26from the rest.
7:28He's trying to say, "I'm different. I'm
7:32loyal.
7:33I've got something that they don't
7:35have."
7:36And he stuck with him all the way into
7:38Caiaphas's courtyard,
7:40but he denied him.
7:43He did not have
7:45what it took.
7:48And so, Jesus is wanting to to see if
7:52the change has occurred in Simon. What
7:54change?
7:56The dismantling of his self-confidence.
8:00The shattering of his faith in himself.
8:05Because if he's lost his faith in
8:07himself,
8:08then he's ready to have true faith
8:11in Jesus.
8:13And so, he's asking him a question,
8:16and the Bible translations don't really
8:18represent it very well.
8:20Because the word love that is being used
8:23here
8:24is not what it looks like.
8:27There are three words in the Greek for
8:30love.
8:31Eros refers to lust.
8:35It's
8:37the desire for another to use for
8:40oneself. That's lust.
8:43The second word is phileo.
8:47It's a good word. It means affection and
8:51friendship.
8:53And the third word is agape,
8:57and it means a devotion that would lay
9:00down its life for someone else.
9:04So, Jesus is testing Peter to see, "Do
9:08you still trust yourself? Do you still
9:10claim that you have what you don't
9:13actually have?
9:15Or have you humbled yourself, and are
9:18you therefore ready to receive the
9:19spirit that will bring that love of God
9:22in your heart?" Paul said, "Shed abroad
9:24in our hearts by the Holy Spirit."
9:27So, let me read this to you,
9:30showing the different words that are
9:32being used. Okay?
9:35Jesus says to him, "Simon, son of John,
9:38do you have agape
9:41love that lays down its life for me?
9:46And do you have it more than these other
9:48people have it toward me?"
9:51Peter said to him, "Yes, Lord.
9:56You know that I
9:59have affection for you. Peter doesn't
10:01use
10:03agape when he answers. He says,
10:05"Phileo."
10:07Do you have agape? Peter says, "I have
10:10phileo."
10:12He said to him, "Tend my lambs.
10:16Care for the young new believers around
10:19you.
10:20Don't think you're better than them.
10:23Let your brokenness be a empathy and a
10:26compassion to help the lambs."
10:31So, he says to him a second time,
10:32"Simon, son of John, do you agape me?
10:37Do you have a love that will die for
10:40me?"
10:41Peter said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know
10:44that I
10:45phileo."
10:47He's not saying I agape, he's saying,
10:50"I'm your friend. You know that I I have
10:53affection for you. I'm fond of you."
10:56But, he won't say I have agape because
10:58he doesn't, and he's proven that in
11:01Caiaphas's courtyard.
11:04So, Jesus says, "Shepherd my sheep."
11:08First time it's tend, care for the the
11:11wounds of my brand new baby lambs. Then
11:14it's shepherd my sheep, lead them,
11:17pastor my sheep.
11:21He said to him a third time. So, now the
11:24third time Jesus says, "Simon, son of
11:26John, do you phileo me?"
11:30So, it's as if Jesus is saying, "Let me
11:32get this straight.
11:34You're admitting that you only have
11:36phileo. You only have affection and
11:39fondness. You don't have
11:42self-sacrificing
11:44love and devotion. You don't have
11:46agape."
11:48Peter was grieved because the third time
11:52Jesus uses phileo.
11:58And he said to him, here's the big
12:00pivot, "Lord,
12:02you know
12:04all things.
12:05You know
12:07that I phileo you."
12:10So, he's saying, "I can't know myself
12:13anymore.
12:14This is repentance.
12:16This is trusting God to be the knower.
12:20You know that I only phileo you. You
12:23knew it before I denied you. And you
12:25know it now.
12:26And I'm not better than these other
12:28people.
12:30I just I do want to serve. I do want to
12:32help."
12:34And so, Jesus says,
12:36"Tend my sheep.
12:38Turn out, and in your brokenness and in
12:41your humility, learn to love others
12:44so that they can move from phileo to
12:47agape when the power of the spirit
12:50comes upon them."
12:53And then Jesus continues the same
12:55message. He says, "Tend my sheep. Truly,
12:59truly,
13:01I say to you,
13:03when you were younger,
13:05you used to gird yourself and walk
13:08wherever you wished.
13:11But, when you grow old,
13:13you will stretch out your hands,
13:17and someone else will gird you and bring
13:20you where you do not wish to go."
13:25He's telling him,
13:26"Peter,
13:27your problem
13:29is that you're still your own master.
13:32You still live by the dictates of what
13:34you want.
13:36But, when you mature,
13:38God is going to gird you and take you in
13:41a path of sacrifice
13:44that you're not going to want to go."
13:47Now, John says, "Now, Jesus said this
13:52signifying by what kind of death
13:56he, Peter,
13:57would glorify God."
14:01And when he had spoken this, he said to
14:03him,
14:05"Follow me."
14:08That's the first thing he ever said to
14:09Peter,
14:10and it's the last thing he ever said to
14:12him.
14:13"I'm not asking you to do anything that
14:15I haven't done.
14:16But, if I've borne my cross, it's been
14:19because I have agape for you
14:22and for everyone else.
14:24And you've got to find that same agape.
14:27And when you do, that agape is going to
14:30gird you and make you do things that are
14:32not in the service of your
14:34self-protection,
14:36but you're going to be following in my
14:37footsteps."
14:40Peter, turning around, saw the disciple
14:42whom Jesus loved following them. This is
14:45John.
14:46The one who also had leaned back on
14:49[music] his bosom at the supper and
14:51said, "Lord, who is it who betrays you?"
14:55So, Peter,
14:56seeing him, John, [music]
14:59said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this
15:01man?"
15:04This is the same rivalry
15:07that Mark and Luke
15:09>> [music]
15:09>> and Matthew focus on.
15:11He doesn't like that Jesus is plotting a
15:14course [music] of sacrifice for him.
15:17And what about this guy?
15:21Jesus said to him,
15:23"If I want him to remain until I come,
15:27what is that to you?
15:29You follow me."
15:34Therefore, John says, "Therefore, this
15:37saying went out among the brethren that
15:39that disciple would not die. Yet, Jesus
15:42did not say to him that he would not
15:44die, but only if I want him to remain
15:47until I come, what is that to you?"
15:51This is the disciple
15:53who is testifying to these things
15:56and wrote these things.
15:58And we know that [music] his testimony
16:00is true.
16:02And there are also many other things
16:03which [music] Jesus did, which,
16:06if they were written in detail, I
16:08suppose that even the world itself would
16:11not contain the books that would be
16:14written.
16:15That's the end of the book of John.
16:53>> [music]
17:03[music]

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