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Introduction
Greet everyone (be in front of the pulpit)
Attention (Why should they listen to you?)
What is the Hearer’s problem?
This life is full of choices.
Good choices, poor choices, better and best choices.
We confronted each day with choice upon choice.
It can get overwhelming.
There are days that I feel like choosing to stay in bed and avoid all the challenges that are facing me.
But that would have significant consequences.
In fact, all of our choice have consequences.
Sometimes good and sometimes bad.
But our choices always affect something or someone...
Peter made a series of poor choices while in the ministry with Jesus.
And choosing to reject Jesus three times was at the top of that list.
Of course this caused him great shame.
And even though he saw the resurrected Christ, twice, he was still discourage and guilt-ridden because of his outright, public rejection of Jesus.
This guilt drove him back to his old occupation of fishing.
This guilt caused him to rely on himself instead of the promises of God.
This guilt drove him away from Jesus
Maybe that’s something you are dealing with today.
Maybe you think you’ve outsinned the grace of God and that He couldn’t possibly take you back or use you again?
What is the Biblical Solution?
Well, if that is you, I have some very good news for you this morning.
Not only can He take you back, He wants you back AND He wants to use you for His service!
Imagine, a King who wants a treasonous person to be His personal servant?
Only by the grace of God is this possible.
What do the hearers need to know?
You need to know that there is hope for you through the gospel of Jesus Christ.
That you can be forgiven and restored!
Main Textual Idea: Jesus is restoring Peter from his denial of Christ to service for Christ - From a Failed Fisherman to a Shepherd of the King!
It really boils down to a very important choice for you.
Main Sermon Idea: Your Past Failures or His Future Plans - Which Will You Choose?
Your Past Failures or His Future Plans - Where Will You Live?
Peter was about to transition From a Failed Fisherman to a Shepherd of the King!
From a Failed Fisherman to a Shepherd of the King!
Interrogative: Why is it so important that you make this choice?
Because choices have consequences.
Will you stay in your past failures or will you listen to the tender words of Jesus and be restored full to fellowship and service of the King of the universe?
This is what Peter faced and we know in spite of his past, he chose well.
Will you?
Transition: There two simple (albeit difficult) choices you need to make this morning...
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Will You Choose to Love Jesus?
(vs.
15-17)
Lead in…If you were with us last week you got to see Jesus set the stage for the restoration we are going to see today...
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Verse 15 - The smell of charcoal fire mixed with fish and toasted bread is in the air.
And I have got to believe that as Peter breathes in the sent of the burning charcoal, his mind races back to that fateful evening when he denied his Master three times!
Jesus warned him it would happen.
And, of course, Jesus was right.
He’s always right!
How humiliating it must have been for Peter.
And is it any wonder in light of this, why he went back to his old life of fishing?
And here he is, just finishing a breakfast prepared by the One he denied.
I’m sure guilt was washing over his conscience...
And of course, Jesus knew this and this is why He orchestrated this whole scene!
Jesus’ goal was to restore Peter to service!
He wanted to take him from a failed fishermen and make him a shepherd of the King!
What an interesting change of occupations!
In order to do this He started by asking him an important question.
“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”
Now, this is an intriguing question, what are the “these” He mentions?
Who or what are the “these”?
It could be that Jesus is referring to the fish, the fishing gear and everything that represented Peter’s old life.
And this makes sense and is a viable interpretation and I think this is part of it...
But I think that Jesus is doing some verbal surgery on his friend.
A surgery that will be painful but necessary to prepare him to be the shepherd Jesus wanted him to become.
Jesus, in front of the other disciples asks the formerly bold but now embarrassed and humbled Peter, “So, Peter!
Do you love me more than these guys do?”
“So, Peter!
Do you love me more than these guys?” Seems odd to have this kind of conversation in front of the other disciples.
Perhaps even divisive!
No, I don’t think this is how it went down.
How could the Lord say something so cold and potentially harsh?
Because, there was a time, not too long ago when Peter made some bold proclamations publically, in front of his fellow disciples regarding how He would never turn his back on the Lord.
How even if they turned away and failed to show their love and faithfulness, he would NEVER fail to love and be faithful to his Lord!
Take a look...
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Jesus reminded Peter of his bold, public proclamation by asking him publically if he still had this bold love for him.
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What a bold, brash and arrogant statement!
“Even if these guys turn their backs on you in your hour of need, I will NEVER do that to you Lord!
I love you WAY more than these guys do!”
But, Peter did in fact deny that he knew the Lord on three occasions...
And now the time has come for Jesus to confront Peter about these boastful words where he threw his fellow disciples under the bus publically.
I believe Jesus is pointing at the fish, the fishing gear and everything that represented Peter’s old life, that he was running toward and says, “Peter, do you love me more than these things?
These things that were your old way of life before you promised to follow me?”
“So, Peter, do you really love me more than these guys do?” “After all you told me, in front of them how much more you would stand by me back then and you didn’t.”
What about now?” “It was harder than you thought it would be and you failed.
How about now?
Do you still love me?
Do you still love me more than these?”
“So, Peter, do you really love me more than these guys do?” “After all you told me, in front of them how much more you would stand by me back then and you didn’t.”
What about now?” “It was harder than you thought it would be and you failed.
How about now?
Do you still love me?
Do you still love me more than these?”
What is Jesus doing?
Is He just piling on poor Peter?
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