Series C – Third Sunday in Easter – Sunday, April 10, 2016 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough
| Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough: |
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| 0:29 | the holy Gospel According to Saint John chapter 21 verses 1 through 19. |
| 0:35 | after this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberius |
| 0:41 | and he revealed himself in this way Simon Peter Thomas called the twin |
| 0:46 | Nathanael of Cana and Galilee the sons of Zebedee and the two others of his disciples were together Simon Peter said |
| 0:53 | to them I’m going fishing they said to him we will go with you they went out |
| 0:59 | got into the boat but that night they caught nothing just as Dave was breaking Jesus stood on |
| 1:07 | the shore yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus Jesus said to them |
| 1:13 | children do you have any fish they answered him no |
| 1:19 | he said to them cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find some so they cast it and now they were not |
| 1:26 | able to haul it in because of the quantity of fish the disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter it is the |
| 1:33 | Lord and when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord he put on his outer garment for he was stripped for work and threw |
| 1:39 | himself into the sea the other disciples came in the boat dragging the net full of fish for they |
| 1:46 | were not far from the land but about a hundred yards off and then when they got on land they saw |
| 1:52 | a charcoal fire in place with fish laid on it and bred and Jesus said to them |
| 1:58 | bring some of the fish that you have just caught so Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore full of large |
| 2:05 | fish 153 of them and although there were so many the net was not torn Jesus said |
| 2:12 | to them come have breakfast now none of the disciples dared ask him who are you |
| 2:17 | they knew it was the Lord Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them and so with the fish this was now the third |
| 2:24 | time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead and when they had finished |
| 2:30 | breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter Simon son of John do you love me more than these |
| 2:36 | he said to him yes Lord you know that I love you he said to him feed my Lambs |
| 2:41 | he said to him a second time Simon son of John do you love me he said |
| 2:46 | to him yes Lord you know that I love you he said to him tend my sheep |
| 2:53 | he said to him the third time Simon son of John do you love me Peter was grieved because he said to him |
| 2:59 | the third time do you love me and he said to him Lord you know everything |
| 3:04 | you know that I love you Jesus said to him feed my sheep truly truly I say to |
| 3:12 | you when you were young you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted but when you are old you will |
| 3:17 | stretch out your hands and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go this he said to show by what |
| 3:23 | kind of death he was to glorify God and after saying this he said to him follow |
| 3:28 | me in the name of Jesus so have you ever had that feeling that |
| 3:34 | you know you’re walking around or maybe you’re in your house and all of a sudden you feel like this has all happened before I’ve seen |
| 3:41 | this happen before right they call that Deja Vu and I think about the old Yankee |
| 3:46 | catcher Yogi Bera he’s famous for saying it feels like deja vu all over again right |
| 3:53 | well today’s text is just chock full of deja vu all right and there’s something |
| 3:59 | that Jesus is up to he’s up to something very important if you remember on the night that Jesus was betrayed the night |
| 4:06 | that the Lord’s Supper was instituted Simon Peter well Jesus revealed that he was going to |
| 4:13 | betray him and Peter says no I’m ready to go to prison and die for you and well it didn’t all pan out that way |
| 4:21 | did it right so here we are the third Sunday of Easter and today we’re going |
| 4:26 | to be looking at the third appearance of Christ after his resurrection and Jesus has some |
| 4:32 | unfinished business to tend to right now I would note something here in the |
| 4:38 | beginning let’s pay close attention to the mercy and the grace of God we Christians have this really bad habit |
| 4:43 | you want to know where our bad habit is we shoot our wounded |
| 4:48 | I hate to say this but this is I’ve seen it happen over and over and over again |
| 4:55 | somebody who is a Christian brother or sister falls into sin and you know what |
| 5:01 | we do we take the hammer out and we beat him with it till our they stop moving |
| 5:08 | spiritually this is not what Jesus has done and keep in mind Peter’s sin is grave and we’ll |
| 5:15 | explain that along the way so we’ll return to Our Gospel text we’ll explain how all the deja vu elements work I’ll |
| 5:21 | Point them out along the way in fact if you want to know what they are ahead of time Deja Vu elements think of this |
| 5:27 | whole scenario the fishermen don’t catch fish throw the net on the other side of the boat this should sound familiar to |
| 5:33 | you it’s like deja vu all over again charcoal fire okay it’s deja vu all over again bread |
| 5:41 | and fish deja vu all over again right and then the fact that Jesus asked Peter |
| 5:46 | three questions it’s deja vu all over again so we return to Our Gospel text |
| 5:52 | gospel John chapter 21. after this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples |
| 5:57 | by the Sea of tiberias he revealed himself in this way Simon Peter Thomas |
| 6:02 | called the twin Nathanael of Cana and Galilee the sons of Zebedee the two others of his disciples were together |
| 6:09 | and with all of them being fishermen Peter kind of being a fisherman himself |
| 6:14 | says I’m going to go fishing and I’ll go yeah we’re with you we’re going with you so they went out got into |
| 6:21 | the boat but that night they caught nothing fishermen are always really excited |
| 6:27 | after having caught nothing all right Scott Erickson will tell you about that |
| 6:32 | Devil’s Lake right okay no actually the fish never mind and that’s a different story different sermon all together all |
| 6:38 | right now the deja vu element here this should all sound very familiar to you this well it’s almost like a one for one |
| 6:46 | Recreation of the calling of the Apostle Peter himself Luke chapter 5 verses 1 |
| 6:51 | through 11 records how Peter himself was called to be a disciple not only a disciple but a fisher of men here’s what |
| 6:58 | it says on one occasion while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word |
| 7:03 | of God that’s Jesus he was standing by the lake of genezaret he saw two boats |
| 7:08 | by the lake but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their Nets getting into one of the boats which was |
| 7:15 | Simon’s he asked him to put out a little from the land and he sat down and taught the people from the boat and when he had |
| 7:22 | finished speaking he said to Simon put out into the deep let down your nets for |
| 7:28 | a catch Simon answered master I’m the fisherman |
| 7:33 | here you’re a rabbi we toiled all night we got nothing all right but at your word I’ll go ahead |
| 7:40 | and let down the Nets all right so Jesus I mean it doesn’t say that Jesus looked at him you know with the laser beam |
| 7:45 | eyeballs or anything like that but you could tell he he kind of backs down pretty quick right and this is not |
| 7:51 | typical behavior for a manly fisherman so I’ll go ahead and let down the Nets and |
| 7:57 | when they had done this they enclosed a large number of fish and their Nets were |
| 8:02 | breaking just so you know these these small fishing boats on the Sea of Galilee 60 fish that’s considered a |
| 8:10 | pretty big haul a hundred then that’s just starting to break they’re not designed for that and |
| 8:16 | our 150 in our story today that’s a huge thing but so at this point they they enclose a large number and the Nets |
| 8:23 | they’re breaking and so what does Peter do Peter is a a good fisherman in business you know you know he’s in |
| 8:29 | competition with other fishermen so he signals to his business partners he doesn’t go hey we’ve got a large |
| 8:36 | number of fish because he doesn’t want to broadcast it right you don’t want the competition to come in and you know pick |
| 8:41 | some of this stuff off so he’s like yeah yeah right this is what he’s doing so |
| 8:49 | they come they fill both boats so they began to sink |
| 8:54 | and Peter being a good businessman realizes something very profound here |
| 9:02 | Jesus is able at will to cause fish to jump into Nets |
| 9:10 | if Jesus wanted to he could be the wealthiest man on the Sea of Galilee |
| 9:17 | and this convicts him of his own sin when Simon Peter saw this he fell down |
| 9:24 | at Jesus knees saying depart from me I’m a sinful man Lord |
| 9:30 | for he and all who are with him were astonished at the catch a fish that they had taken and so were James and John the |
| 9:36 | sons of Zebedee who were partners with Simon Jesus said to Simon do not be afraid |
| 9:42 | from now on you will be catching men and when they had brought their boats to |
| 9:47 | land they left everything and here’s the important words again they followed |
| 9:53 | Jesus so this is the calling of Peter Peter’s going to become a fisher of men |
| 9:59 | at least that’s how that originally went but here we are again post-resurrection and Peter well we got some unfinished |
| 10:06 | business to tend to so we turned back to the Gospel of John just as day was breaking Jesus stood on |
| 10:13 | the shore yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus that’s fascinating this is a lot like |
| 10:19 | the road to Emmaus account in the Gospel of Luke we have the account of the road to Emmaus two of Jesus’s disciples on |
| 10:25 | the Resurrection Day are traveling from Jerusalem to Emmaus and they’re talking they’re talking okay the buzz has gotten |
| 10:31 | out the body’s missing something that women have said he’s was Raising from the dead they don’t know what to make of this so but they’re on their way to |
| 10:37 | Emmaus and while they’re walking along Jesus comes alongside of them and then the text says something fascinating it |
| 10:43 | says their eyes were held Jesus can hold eyes right that was |
| 10:48 | important because Jesus had something to teach them and so they start lamenting you know you know that’s terrible and |
| 10:53 | Jesus says why what are you guys upset about why haven’t you heard about Jesus we thought he was the Messiah but they killed him and then our women a Marvel |
| 11:00 | that amazed us saying that he’s been raised from the dead and then Jesus opens up the scriptures the Old |
| 11:06 | Testament tells them all the things concerning himself |
| 11:12 | right when they get to Emmaus the day is far spent and they well they beg Jesus |
| 11:18 | to stay with them elderly they don’t know it’s Jesus right and |
| 11:23 | Jesus stays and they have a meal together and it says that when Jesus had |
| 11:28 | given thanks and broke the bread they recognized who he was they recognized who he was by the sign |
| 11:35 | right your and then he disappears right and then the statement is we’re not our |
| 11:42 | hearts burning within us as he opened up the scriptures the answer is absolutely so this is kind of like that Jesus is |
| 11:48 | there on the shore and the disciples they don’t recognize Jesus and then he says to them |
| 11:55 | children do you have any fish look at that Jesus Calling grown |
| 12:02 | fishermen children determine of Endearment and we like them are also his children |
| 12:10 | you think back to our first reading today Saul of Tarsus breathing out murderous |
| 12:15 | threats against the Christians against those who followed Jesus Jesus knocks him off his horse on the road to |
| 12:21 | Damascus blinds him and says to him Saul Saul why are you persecuting me |
| 12:28 | what do you mean I’m persecuting you Lord right anyone who persecutes Jesus’s kids |
| 12:35 | he’s persecuting him you are one of Jesus’s children as well |
| 12:42 | children do you have any fish they answered him no |
| 12:47 | so he said to them cast the net on the right side of the boat you will find some |
| 12:52 | that makes no sense but they don’t protest this time so they cast it and now they were not able to |
| 12:59 | haul it in because of the quantity of fish that disciple whom Jesus loved this is John therefore said to Peter it’s the |
| 13:07 | Lord he doesn’t recognize him by sight he recognizes him by sign it’s the lord |
| 13:12 | it’s deja vu all over again I feel like I’ve seen this all before and when Simon |
| 13:17 | Peter heard that it was the Lord he put on his outer garment for he was stripped for work threw himself into the sea |
| 13:24 | fascinating a little bit of garment theology going on there he was naked and he clothed himself |
| 13:30 | fascinating the other disciples came in the boat dragging the net full of fish for they |
| 13:35 | were not far from the land about a hundred yards off and when they got out on the land they saw a charcoal fire |
| 13:43 | hmm deja vu all over again where have we seen this charcoal fire |
| 13:49 | hold it for just a second in place with fish laid on it and bread |
| 13:55 | fish and bread where have we seen that before oh yeah the feeding of the five thousand Jesus |
| 14:02 | said to them bring some of the fish that you’ve caught so Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore full of the |
| 14:08 | large fish 153 of them which is a ginormous catch but unlike the first time this time |
| 14:15 | their Nets were not breaking they were not torn now it’s funny you read the church fathers you read the commentators |
| 14:21 | on this all right these are not throwaway details what’s with the 153 now I’ve said this publicly |
| 14:28 | and I’ll reiterate it math is evil okay it’s absolutely a dark art I |
| 14:34 | clearly have raised my daughter wrong she’s a math major all right something is going really amiss here but everybody |
| 14:43 | kind of because of all of this Deja Vu stuff going on realize that that maybe there’s |
| 14:49 | something significant with the number 153 so those of you who are deceived and |
| 14:54 | think there’s nothing wrong with math let me explain to you the mathematics of this 153 if you take 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 |
| 15:03 | plus 5 all the way up to the number 17 the number you come up with is 153. |
| 15:10 | and so they’re going yeah so some have speculated that maybe somehow |
| 15:16 | typologically symbolically this 153 may be pointing to because these guys are |
| 15:23 | being well Peter in particular is being reinstated as a fisher of men that somehow it’s symbolic of the great catch |
| 15:32 | of fish that the gospel will catch you know between Christ’s Ascension and |
| 15:39 | his return you know kind of like the unmole the uncountable multitude kind of thing that I think that’s a good way to |
| 15:46 | put it but the thing is you can’t push too hard on that because otherwise you start sounding like some like end times |
| 15:52 | crackpots right so I said charcoal fire was deja vu all |
| 15:57 | over again let me remind you now from the Gospel of Luke what Luke records regarding Peter here |
| 16:03 | on the night Jesus was betrayed Luke 22 31-34 States Jesus says to Peter Simon |
| 16:10 | Simon behold Satan is demanded to have you so that he might sift you like wheat |
| 16:17 | and hear the important words but I have prayed for you I have prayed that your faith will not fail |
| 16:23 | and when you have repented when you have turned again strengthen your brothers at that time Peter said to him Lord I’m |
| 16:30 | ready to go with you both to prison and to death yeah really no I tell you Peter the |
| 16:37 | rooster will not Crow this day until you deny me not once not twice |
| 16:43 | three times Luke then records |
| 16:49 | Jesus’s kangaroo court trial verses 54 and 62-62 in chapter 22 they |
| 16:57 | had seized Jesus led him away bringing him to the high priest’s house so there he is at the house of the high priest |
| 17:03 | that seems like an official place to have a trial don’t you think yeah and Peter was following at a distance |
| 17:09 | and when they had kindled a charcoal fire there it is uh-huh |
| 17:15 | in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together Peter sat down among them and then a servant girl seeing him as he |
| 17:24 | sat in the light and looking closely at him said this man was also with him |
| 17:30 | a girl she’s not even wearing a sword right a servant girl |
| 17:38 | ah you were with Jesus denied it saying woman I don’t know him a little |
| 17:45 | later someone else Matthew records that it’s another woman someone else saw him and said you also |
| 17:52 | are one of them Peter said I am not and after an interval of about an hour still another insisted saying certainly this |
| 17:58 | man also was with him for he too is a Galilean but Peter said man I don’t know what you’re talking about and |
| 18:03 | immediately while he was speaking the rooster crowed and watch this |
| 18:09 | and then the Lord turned and looked at Peter |
| 18:19 | wow so Peter remembered the saying of the Lord and how he had said to him behold |
| 18:24 | the rooster crows today you will deny me three times and he went out and he wept bitterly now you may be thinking well |
| 18:31 | it’s no big deal he’s just trying to save his own skin I mean you know how is he supposed to be the |
| 18:37 | great Apostle Peter if you know if they kill him the same night they killed Jesus right well keep in mind what Jesus |
| 18:44 | says Matthew chapter 10 verses 32-33 everyone who acknowledges me before men |
| 18:50 | I also will acknowledge before my father who is in heaven whoever denies me before men I also will deny him before |
| 18:59 | my father who is in heaven |
| 19:07 | if we were Roman Catholics we would say that Peter had committed a mortal sin |
| 19:15 | Revelation chapter 21 Jesus speaking the Alpha and the Omega |
| 19:21 | says this about the last day he was Seated on the throne said behold I am making all things new this is Jesus |
| 19:28 | talking also he said write this down for these words are trustworthy true he said to me it is done I am the Alpha and the |
| 19:35 | Omega the beginning and the end to the Thirsty I will give from the spring of the Water of Life without payment the |
| 19:40 | one who conquers will have this Heritage I will be his God he will be my son |
| 19:46 | and here’s the big butt but as for the Cowardly |
| 19:55 | oh the faithless oh |
| 20:01 | the detestable as for murderers the sexually immoral Sorcerers idolaters and all liars their |
| 20:09 | portion will be in the lake that burns with sulfur and fire which is the second death |
| 20:19 | apparently it is a big deal to deny Christ it numbers you with the Cowardly the |
| 20:27 | faithless Peter may as well have committed |
| 20:32 | adultery or been a wizard or an idolater and you’ll notice in the list cowardly |
| 20:39 | is the first |
| 20:46 | yikes the reason why that’s scary is because each of us are tempted in |
| 20:52 | many ways to deny Christ |
| 20:58 | you’re in that uncomfortable conversation with that person whose friendship you don’t want to lose |
| 21:05 | best if we not talk about Jesus or you know what the truth is and you |
| 21:13 | don’t speak the truth you go along with the crowd |
| 21:18 | this is a sin it’s a Grievous and Grave sin so now |
| 21:24 | we’ve got a problem the great Apostle Peter |
| 21:29 | has disqualified himself from being an apostle he’s disqualed himself qualified himself |
| 21:37 | from even being a disciple of Jesus how is it |
| 21:43 | that he can now go and proclaim the good news if Jesus doesn’t do something definitive |
| 21:50 | here and he everyone thinks he should you know |
| 21:56 | what are people going to think about Jesus I can tell you where |
| 22:03 | going back to my original point we Christians have this really bad habit when somebody stumbles and falls into |
| 22:11 | sin our solution is a mercy killing euthanate euthanize them |
| 22:20 | and we all think that’s the right thing to do because after all Sin is Sin and that person blew it |
| 22:30 | hmm Jesus does something that I don’t think any of us would expect when you start to |
| 22:36 | think about it along these lines so there’s Jesus deja vu all over again |
| 22:41 | the Nets the fish the casting on the other side of the boat the fishermen |
| 22:47 | being skunked all night the charcoal fire the fish the bread man there’s something going on here |
| 22:53 | maybe he’s going to let Peter have it once and for all say I gave you chance |
| 22:58 | after chance after chance and you just squandered every opportunity it’s time |
| 23:03 | for us to part ways Peter is that what Jesus Does |
| 23:09 | no Jesus says to them come and have breakfast |
| 23:15 | Jesus still serving took the time to cook him a meal |
| 23:20 | none of the disciples dared to ask him who are you they knew it was the Lord Jesus came and took the bread gave it to |
| 23:27 | them and so with the fish this was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he |
| 23:33 | was raised from the dead pay attention to that three stuff in the Bible it’s important and when they had finished |
| 23:39 | breakfast here it comes Jesus is going to let him have it |
| 23:46 | Jesus said to Simon Peter and boy this I need to help you out a little bit here |
| 23:52 | in the English language how many words for love do we have one in Greek there are four |
| 24:00 | okay A little bit of a play on words Jesus says to Peter Simon son of John do |
| 24:07 | you Agape me more than these Agape |
| 24:13 | unconditional love Peter do you Agape Amy more than these talking about his boat his fishing nets |
| 24:20 | the fish the sea even his buddies Do You Love Me Do You Agape me more than these |
| 24:31 | what should he say if Peter answers Lord you know that I |
| 24:38 | Agape you he’s a liar his denial and his actions show that he |
| 24:46 | does not have unconditional love for Christ and the truth of the matter is as my |
| 24:52 | actions say the same thing so he humbly responds |
| 24:58 | yes Lord you know that I filet owe you |
| 25:04 | I have strong feelings for you I love you it’s kind of a Sentimental in the heart |
| 25:09 | kind of thing he knows that’s true right and here it comes Jesus said |
| 25:19 | feed my little lambs and with those words Jesus |
| 25:25 | now starts to restore Peter to the apostolic office |
| 25:31 | by putting into his care the most precious |
| 25:36 | ones that Jesus cares for the littlest the smallest the weakest the most who |
| 25:42 | need to be cared for intended to this is amazing |
| 25:49 | so Jesus said to him a second time Simon son of John and notice here he’s not calling him Peter The Rock |
| 25:58 | he hasn’t been behaving like a rock we’re all the way back at the beginning it’s deja vu all over again Simon son of |
| 26:04 | John do you Agape Amy he said to him |
| 26:09 | yes Lord you know that I filet owe you |
| 26:17 | so he said to him tend my sheep it’s twice |
| 26:23 | so he says to him a third time three denials three questions |
| 26:28 | of John and watch this Jesus says Simon son of John do you phileo me |
| 26:36 | man that had to sting to hear Peter’s own words now |
| 26:42 | asked back to him Peter was grieved because he’d said to them the third time |
| 26:49 | do you phileo me so he said to him Lord |
| 26:56 | you know everything and you know that I love you |
| 27:02 | I filet owe you that’s right Jesus does know everything and Jesus does know that Peter loves him |
| 27:11 | and Jesus said to him good feed my sheep |
| 27:16 | now remember on the night that Peter denies Christ he claims I’m ready to go |
| 27:22 | to prison and go to death for you Lord was he not at all but these next words are |
| 27:30 | absolutely amazing because Jesus now is saying yes now you are ready |
| 27:36 | to die for me it says truly truly amen amen I say to |
| 27:42 | you when you were young you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted but when you are old you will |
| 27:49 | stretch out your hands and another will dress you and carry you where you do not |
| 27:54 | want to go and this he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God |
| 28:01 | Peter was now ready to die for Jesus the coward |
| 28:06 | the forgiven coward now restored to Ministry emboldened by |
| 28:12 | the mercy and Grace of Christ and you know what Peter did he did do this |
| 28:19 | church history records his death for us it’s awful it’s absolutely awful |
| 28:26 | Peter eventually made his way to the city of Rome where he is preaching the gospel and |
| 28:32 | many were brought to penance and faith in Christ for the Forgiveness of their sins |
| 28:38 | and Nero the sick puppy that he was had Peter arrested both him and his wife |
| 28:46 | neither one of them being Roman citizens got to enjoy the privilege of dying the |
| 28:53 | most shameful death of the Roman Empire can concoct they were both found guilty |
| 28:59 | and both sentenced to crucifixion Nero’s decision was to have Peter’s wife crucified first |
| 29:06 | she was crucified the day before Peter was crucified Peter’s words according to one historian |
| 29:13 | to his wife while she’s being nailed to the cross is remember the kindness of Our Lord |
| 29:24 | I can’t imagine watching my wife be killed |
| 29:29 | and I don’t think I will be talking about Christ’s kindness if I had to witness such a thing |
| 29:37 | the next day they took Peter to a place called |
| 29:44 | the circus of Nero they didn’t have the three ring circus it wasn’t lions and monkeys and things |
| 29:50 | like that it was a hippodrome a place where they had chariot races |
| 29:56 | and in the infield they had set up a crucifix for Peter and it’s fascinating if you know |
| 30:02 | anything a little bit about kind of architectural history and things like that if you were to travel to Rome today |
| 30:07 | go to Saint Peter’s there’s a big Plaza we’ve all seen it in the news you know |
| 30:12 | when the pope preaches and speaks all the people fill up that Plaza in the very center of the plaza there is a |
| 30:19 | stone Obelisk if you don’t know what an obelisk is you think of the Washington Monument okay it looks like a Egyptian |
| 30:25 | pencil right an obelisk there’s an obelisk there in the plaza |
| 30:31 | and that Obelisk was there when Peter was crucified that’s the Obelisk from |
| 30:38 | Nero’s circus from the Hippodrome it was an obelisk that he had commissioned |
| 30:44 | and it was next to Peter while Peter was crucified and when Peter drugged there against his will dressed against his |
| 30:51 | will as he’s heading off to be crucified seeing that he was going to suffer the same fate as Jesus protested strongly |
| 30:59 | and as protest went along these lines I am not worthy to suffer the same death |
| 31:05 | as my Lord all right Romans saying that he was |
| 31:11 | throwing a big stink said fine have it your way so they nailed him to the cross and then |
| 31:18 | planted the cross in the ground upside down and it took him three days to die |
| 31:24 | and on day one while he’s being crucified after he’s been nailed to the cross oh that was the day of the chariot |
| 31:30 | races themselves and so Nero himself participated in the Chariot race |
| 31:36 | the games commenced while Peter was glorifying God glorifying God through |
| 31:41 | his death |
| 31:48 | it’s deja vu all over again and if you don’t pay attention to what |
| 31:53 | Jesus is doing you’re going to miss it and this gives us hope |
| 31:59 | gives us comfort because if Christ can forgive Peter |
| 32:05 | he can truly forgive you can certainly forgive me |
| 32:12 | he doesn’t give him what he deserves instead he gives him Grace |
| 32:18 | and how is it that he can do that well this is the third time that Jesus has appeared after his resurrection |
| 32:25 | and remember the first time he appeared he showed them his hands and his side and his feet |
| 32:33 | see he had been crucified for their sins their sins were covered their sins were |
| 32:38 | atoned for they had been forgiven Jesus all along knowing that Peter would |
| 32:45 | deny him as his mediator prays that his faith would not fail |
| 32:51 | and then when he has risen from the grave he said they make sure to send word let the disciples and Peter know |
| 32:59 | that I’m alive from the outset knowing he was going to go into this grave sin Jesus says I’m |
| 33:07 | not going to let you go and Jesus now is our great high priest |
| 33:13 | and our mediator between us and God the Father |
| 33:18 | and he does pray for you and he intercedes on your behalf |
| 33:27 | you are one of his children he’s washed you in the waters of baptism |
| 33:33 | cleanse you from your sins raised you from the dead circumcised your hearts you belonged to him |
| 33:41 | and though your sins be a Scarlet he washes them away and makes you white |
| 33:49 | as snow though you’d be naked and shamed he clothes you in Robes of righteousness |
| 33:58 | and now we get to participate in the apostolic work |
| 34:04 | Jesus says to Peter follow me |
| 34:09 | having been restored he does he follows Jesus all the way to his death and Jesus |
| 34:15 | says the same to us follow him Follow Me Jesus says follow me |
| 34:22 | trust me and we get to participate by telling |
| 34:28 | people the apostolic message what the gospel says about who Jesus is |
| 34:36 | what he has done for us and what our hope is and we as penitent Sinners |
| 34:43 | forgiven just like Peter now can say to other Sinners we are not better than you |
| 34:51 | instead we have good news you can be forgiven just like we have been |
| 34:57 | repent trust in Christ be forgiven follow him he’s merciful kind slow to |
| 35:04 | anger abounding in steadfast love and the scriptures say a smoldering Wick he |
| 35:10 | does not snuff out so though |
| 35:16 | the devil the world your sinful flesh may have taken you for a ride |
| 35:22 | and you were happy at the time like driving in one of those convertibles on |
| 35:28 | a summer day ah the sins is wonderful |
| 35:35 | now that you’ve come to your senses and see it for what it is know that there’s Mercy In Christ |
| 35:41 | repent be forgiven follow Jesus and live |
| 35:47 | in the name of Jesus amen [Music] |
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