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.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. (John 21:15-17, NRSV)
Have you ever done something to someone that you really love?
We have all hurt those around us by denying them, hurting them. Our flesh keeps us living in sin and we hurt others to get ahead, or in Peter’s case to save our own skin.
We will throw a person under a bus if it means saving ourselves from the same fate.
So Peter denied Jesus 3 times, and 3 times Jesus asks Peter if He loves Him…
How many times is Jesus going to have to ask you “Do you love me?”
But that my friends is not the point to Jesus love, counting to know how many time we hurt Him, He knows the number so He can remind us that many times He has somethign for us to do for Him, and since He trusts us to feed His sheep, or tend His field that is a sign of how much He loves us. Enough for everytime we failed Him to come back and bring us back to the place we were by our hand.
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