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Welcome back Day three in John, chapter 21. We're going to pick it up right where we left off Verse seven. Welcome back Day three in John, chapter 21. We're going to pick it up right where we left off, the verse seven. And the disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter it is the Lord. And when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and he threw himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in the boat dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the lamb, but about a hundred yards off.

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By the way, this is just a leadership hack. Don't get so excited about your vision even if it's a good, godly vision, like going to have breakfast with Jesus that you leave your team too far behind to leave them to do all the work. Ministry and leadership is not something you do to people, it's something you do with people. Okay, back to the text, verse 9. And when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire in place. That matters charcoal fire. They saw a charcoal fire in place with fish laid out on it and bread. And Jesus said to them bring some of the fish that you have just caught. And so Simon Peter went aboard and he hauled the net ashore full of large fish 153 of them. You know why there was 153 fish recorded in the Bible? Because that's how many they caught. This is an actual historical event, it is not a fairy tale. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. And Jesus said to them come and have breakfast Now. None of the disciples dared ask him who are you? They knew it was the Lord. And Jesus came and he took the bread and he gave it to them. And so, with the fish, this was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples, after he was raised from the dead.

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And when they had finished breakfast, jesus said to Simon Peter Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? And I think Peter's like more than these what more than these fish? More than these other disciples? What do you mean? And so he says to him yes, lord, you know that I love you. And Jesus says to him feed my lambs. And he said to him a second time Simon, son of John, do you love me? And he said to him yes, lord, you know that I love you. And he said to him tend my sheep. And he said to him a third time Simon, son of John, do you love me? Now, you know Peter's a little slow on the uptake. We'll talk about that a lot over our time together. And now, finally, peter was grieved because he said to him a third time do you love me? And he said to him Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you. And Jesus said to him feed my sheep. There is so much here.

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The first thing I want you to see is that, even though Peter had returned to his old lifestyle, that Jesus did not wait in Jerusalem for him to get his act together and come back, but Jesus relentlessly pursues his rebellious children. That Jesus meets Peter right where he is and he will meet you right where you are. Maybe right now you're in your truck on the way to school or on the way to work, and right now is a part of the way that Jesus is chasing you down and that Jesus recreates this entire scene. You see, the reason the charcoal fire matters is because the place that Peter denied Jesus three times, there was a charcoal fire. And so now, three times, he's going to ask him again, because Peter three times said I don't know him, I don't know him, I don't know him. One time he cursed and said I don't know him. And now Jesus is going to give him an opportunity to say I love you, I love you, I love you. And here's, here's the thing I want you to see here there's more grace in Jesus than sin in you. There is no way you can out sin the love and grace of Jesus. And if you think that is permission to sin, then you don't know Jesus as your Lord and Savior. The grace is not a permission to sin, it is forgiveness from sin. And also here's what I want you to see Like Jesus is going to continue to put Peter in charge.

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He says I want you to feed my sheep, I want you to tend to my sheep, I want you to take care of my lambs. And the question that he doesn't ask. He doesn't say Peter, you know what you really screwed up. Are you gonna do better next time? Yes, jesus, are you sure you're gonna do better next time? I'll try, jesus, are you sure? Can I really trust you? That's how we treat people. But Jesus just simply says do you love me? Because Jesus knows if Peter loves him, not overnight, but over time.

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Eventually, then, peter's life will line up with what Jesus has called him to do. You see, if somebody let us down like this, we would put them on a personal improvement plan. Jesus puts Peter in charge. This we would put them on a personal improvement plan. Jesus puts Peter in charge because he knows that Peter's love for Christ will be the thing that drives him to be who God has called him to be. You know, it's going to be an incredible thing not to jump ahead, but by the time you get to Acts, chapter 2, the very first sermon ever preached, in the very first Christian service as a church, the Apostle Peter is going to step up the very thing that got him in the most trouble. His mouth is the thing that God is going to use to share the gospel with the world. And so don't ever give up, bro, especially on a God who would never give up on you. There is more grace in Jesus than sin in you, amen.

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