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April 22 - John 21 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends. It's Sean.
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  Here it is. Tuesday.
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  It's the 22nd of April. It's Easter Tuesday.
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  Is that a thing? Easter Tuesday?
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  Well, it should be a thing. I hope you're doing well.
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  You might even have a little bit of time off attached to the back
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  of the Easter long weekend. If that's you friends.
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  Happy holidays, that's me. So I am enjoying a rather quiet
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  week compared to the norm, which is just sensational.
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  And this week we are going to be finishing John.
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  Well, today we will finish John. John is the one gospel that has
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  an epilogue. It has a final chapter that
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  speaks about things after the main event of Jesus and his
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  resurrection. And as if that's not enough
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  coolness for one week, well, tomorrow we are going to dive
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  into the very impressive book of Philemon, which goes for a
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  chapter. So we will knock that off in one
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  day and then we will move into the letters of Peter, first and
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  second Peter, which we will love before, before we dive into
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  Hebrews. Oh, the treasure trove of
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  glorious truth in Hebrews. So we have got so much good
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  stuff coming your way. But today we get to wrap up this
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  gorgeous, this wonderful, this life changing gospel of John as
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  we hear John write about Jesus, as he appears to the other
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  disciples in that period after his resurrection and before his
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  ascension. So, friends, settle in one more
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  time with John as he reflects on this incredible time of his
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  life, as he witnessed Jesus going about his earthly ministry
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  first hand and then recorded it for you and for me so that we
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  would believe this to be true. So let us read together,
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  friends, the final chapter, John chapter 21.
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  Later Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of
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  Galilee. This is how it happened.
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  Several of the disciples were there.
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  Simon Peter Thomas nicknamed the twin Nathaniel from Cana in
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  Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two other disciples.
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  Simon Peter said, I'm going fishing.
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  Welcome too, they all said. So they went out in the boat,
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  but they caught nothing all night.
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  At dawn, Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples
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  couldn't see who he was. He called out, fellas, have you
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  caught any fish? No, they replied.
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  Then he said, throw out your net on the right hand side of the
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  boat and you'll get some. So they did and they couldn't
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  haul in the net because there were so many fish in it.
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  Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, it's the Lord.
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  When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his
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  tunic, for he had stripped for work, jumped into the water and
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  headed to shore. The others stayed with the boat
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  and pulled the loaded net to the shore, for they were only about
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  100 yards from shore when they got there.
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  They found breakfast waiting for them, fish cooking over a
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  charcoaled fire, and some bread. Bring some fish you've just
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  caught, Jesus said. Sir.
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  Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore.
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  There were 153 large fish and yet the net hadn't torn.
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  Now come and have some breakfast, Jesus said.
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  None of the disciples dared to ask him, Who are you?
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  They knew it was the Lord. Then Jesus served them the bread
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  and the fish. This was the third time Jesus
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  had appeared to his disciples since he had been raised from
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  the dead. After breakfast, Jesus asked
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  Simon Peter, Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?
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  Yes, Lord, Peter replied, you know I love you.
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  Then feed my lambs, Jesus told him.
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  Jesus repeated the question, Simon son of John, do you love
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  me? Yes, Lord Peter said, you know I
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  love you, then take care of my sheep 1/3 time.
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  He asked him, Simon, son of John, do you love me?
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  Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question 1/3 time.
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  He said, Lord you know everything, you know that I love
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  you. Jesus said, then feed my sheep.
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  I tell you the truth, when you were young you were able to do
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  as you liked. You dressed yourself and went
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  wherever you wanted to go. But when you were old, you will
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  stretch out your hands, and others will dress you and take
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  you where you don't want to go. Jesus said this to let him know
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  by what kind of death he would glorify God.
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  Then Jesus told him, Follow me. Peter turned around and saw
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  behind them the disciple Jesus loved, the one who had leaned
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  over to Jesus during supper and asked the Lord, Who will betray
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  you? Peter asked Jesus.
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  What about him? Lord Jesus replied, If I want
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  him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?
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  As for you, follow me. So the rumours spread among the
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  community of believers that this disciple wouldn't die.
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  But that isn't what Jesus said at all.
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  He only said, if I want him to remain alive until I return,
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  what is that to you? This disciple is the one who
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  testifies to these events and has recorded them here, and we
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  know that his account of these things is accurate.
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  Jesus also did many other things.
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  If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could
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  not contain the books that would be written.
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  Ah Lord, here we are 2000 some years later, and your message
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  and your community has changed each one of our lives.
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  Jesus, thank you for the gift of your story, for that gospel
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  message that the Father sent you here to preach so that we would
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  know who you are and we would know your love for us.
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  And that we would see this act of sacrifice and love so that we
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  would know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are acceptable to
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  You because of what you have done for us.
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  So here we stand, your disciples spread across the world with our
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  arms open wide. With grateful hearts.
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  We worship you, our risen Lord and our King.
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  And we will spend our lives in service and worship of you.
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  So accept our lives as an offering to you.
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  Use us, shape us, lead us, so that we can magnify your
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  glorious name with every breath that we draw in.
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  We love you and we pray all these things in your name,
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  Jesus, Amen.