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John 21 - Devotion · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to Five Minute Bible in our journey through the New
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  Testament. In each episode, we take just a
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  few minutes to focus on one chapter of the New Testament,
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  exploring the truths God is teaching us through His Word and
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  expanding our view of who He is. Before you listen, make sure
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  you've gone straight to the source, either by reading
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  today's chapter of the Bible yourself or listening to today's
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  read along episode in this podcast feed.
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  If you haven't done that yet, feel free to pause and do that
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  now. When you're ready, let's dive
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  into God's Word together. In John chapter 21, we see
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  another of Jesus appearances to his disciples after his
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  resurrection. This one in particular contains
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  a powerful interaction between Jesus and Peter.
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  Before we get there, though, I want you to remember how Jesus
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  called Peter into the ministry. Listen to this account from Luke
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  chapter 5, verses one through 11.
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  Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around him
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  and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the lake
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  of Genesaret and he saw two boats lying at the edge of the
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  lake. But the fishermen had gotten out
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  of them and were washing their Nets.
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  And he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and
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  asked him to put out a little way from the land.
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  And he sat down and began teaching the people from the
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  boat. When he had finished speaking,
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  he said to Simon, Put out into the deep water and let down your
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  Nets for a catch. Simon answered and said, Master
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  we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as
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  you say and let down the Nets. When they had done this they
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  enclosed a great quantity of fish and their Nets began to
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  break. So they signalled to their
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  partners in the other boat for them to come and help them.
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  And they came and filled both of the boats so that they began to
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  sink. But when Simon Peters saw that
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  he fell down at Jesus feet saying, Go away from me Lord,
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  for I am a sinful man. For amazement had seized him and
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  all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had
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  taken. And so also were James and John,
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  sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
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  And Jesus said to Simon, do not fear, from now on you will be
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  catching men. When they had brought their
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  boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
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  Now bearing Jesus call of Peter in mind, I want to read to you
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  from today's chapter how Jesus interacts with Peter, who during
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  Jesus crucifixion had denied him three times.
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  This time he isn't calling Peter, he's restoring him.
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  Listen, after these things Jesus manifested himself again to the
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  disciples at the sea of Tiberius, and he manifested
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  himself in this way. Simon Peter and Thomas called
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  Didymus and Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee
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  and two others of his disciples were together.
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  Simon Peter said to them, I'm going fishing.
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  They said to him, We will also come with you.
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  They went out and got into the boat, and that night they caught
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  nothing. But when the day was now
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  breaking, Jesus stood on the beach.
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  Yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
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  So Jesus said to them, Children, you do not have any fish, do
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  you? They answered him, no.
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  And he said to them, Cast the net on the right hand side of
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  the boat, and you will find a catch.
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  So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because
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  of the great number of fish. Therefore, that disciple whom
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  Jesus loves said to Peter, it is the Lord.
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  So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his
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  outer garment on, for he was stripped for work and threw
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  himself into the sea. Jesus then proceeds to ask Peter
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  3 separate times, one for each denial, whether he loves him.
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  After each of Peter's affirmations of his love for
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  Jesus, Jesus instructs him to tend my lambs.
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  He is restoring Peter to ministry.
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  He's letting him know that he is forgiven and that he is invited
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  to serve Jesus in obedience by taking care of his people, his
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  church. This is Jesus, the tender
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  shepherd, the forgiving Saviour, the faithful friend.
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  We've seen his character on display throughout these 4
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  gospels that we've studied. And in that character we've seen
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  the very character of God the Father as well.
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  If you are in Christ, you are loved, you are forgiven, you are
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  commissioned, sent to do His bidding.
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  Will you live out this calling with all your heart today?