If Jesus Took Peter Back....

If Jesus Took Peter Back …
John 21:15-23
If Jesus Took Peter Back …
John 21:15-23
Have you ever failed Jesus?
Peter claimed he would die with Jesus, but denied him instead …
Jesus was willing to take Peter back …
John 21:15-23
The love Jesus gives to us …
Jesus still wants us in his family, even after we have failed …

The love Jesus gives to us …
Jesus still wants us in his family, even after we have failed …
1 John 1:8-9 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The love Jesus gives to us …
Jesus still wants us in his family, even after we have failed …
1 John 1:8-9 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The love Jesus gives to us …
Jesus will accept us where we are …
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs."
The love Jesus gives to us …
Jesus will accept us where we are …
Jesus: “Do you love me more than these?”
agapao – selfless love
Peter: “Yes, Lord you know that I love you.”
phileo – intense affection based on relationship
The love Jesus gives to us …
Jesus: “Do you love me more than these?”
Matthew 26:33 Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble."

The love Jesus gives to us …
16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My sheep."
The love Jesus gives to us …
17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.
Christianity is about growing…
2 Peter 1:5-8 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The love Jesus has for us …
Jesus has a place and work for us …
Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

The love Jesus has for us …
Jesus gives us a picture of success…
18 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish." 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me."


The love Jesus expects …
He expects us to follow Him, and sacrifice ourselves for His will …
19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow me.”
The love Jesus expects …
He expects us to follow Him, and sacrifice ourselves for His will …
19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow me.”
The love Jesus expects …
He expects us to sacrifice for His will …
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
The love Jesus expects …
He expects us to care for His sheep…
“Feed my lambs … tend my sheep … feed my sheep”
1 John 4:20-21 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

The love Jesus expects …
He expects us to do the job, even when we don’t feel we are capable …
John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "

The love Jesus expects …
He expects us to stay focused on Him and our duty, not getting distracted by others …
20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?" 21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?" 22 Jesus said to him, "If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me."