Category: John 21
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How Deep is Your Love?
John 21:17 “He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’” Many years ago, the Bee Gees wrote and recorded the song “How Deep is Your Love?” It’s about the love of a man and a woman struggling with the answer to this question, since no one can ever really…
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The Greatest Love
John 21:15 “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, 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 greatest commandment in the Bible is this: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and…
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The Upheld
John 21:1-6 “Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. ’I’m going out to fish,’ Simon Peter told them, and they said, ‘We’ll go with you.’ So they went out and got into…
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The Revelation of Christ
John 21:1 “After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.” It is interesting how every time we read about Jesus encountering people after the resurrection His identity was apparently hidden from them at first. This was true when Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene, to the…
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Is there a better way?
John 21:6 “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 able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.” Have you ever thought about how little you really know about just about anything? The way…
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Blessed Privilege
John 21:9-11 “When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.’ So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them.” Do you think…
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Could it be . . .?
John 21:11-12 “So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. 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.” Have you ever had something…