Preaching through John: week 21

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John 211-3

“After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.”
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Jesus Appeared to some of his disciples at the sea. They went onto a boat to fish, because of Jesus they caught a bunch of fish. This shows the deity and power of Christ.

John 21:4 11

“But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.”
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Jesus told the disciples to cast their nets into the sea. They causght a ton of fish. This caused the disciples to realize that the Lord was with them. This shows Jesus is God, because they called him Lord (Kuruos) . Jesus was showing his power.

John 21:12-15

“Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.”
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Jesus came to Peter. He wanted to teach him what his assignment was. Peter was to be a teacher of the sheep. This does not prove Peter was supreme over the other apostles’ but it shows he had a special role. Nor does this establish a pope as the supreme leader of the church. Peter is important, but he’s not an infallible leader.

John 21:16-21

“He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?”
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Jesus did many miracles. The purpose of scripture is to lead us to Christ. Combined with irresistible grace, the scriptures are able to lead us to Christ. The Holy Spirit opens our hearts, to which we respond by faith in the scriptures and in Christ.

Finally, on a personal note. We have concluded our study of John today. Due to college, I will be taking a break from publishing articles. I will be posting in November on what the next book of scripture I plan on teaching on. Thanks to all my readers for following me in this study. I hope I helped to make the scriptures more accessible and understandable.