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Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Pastor Zack Strong
Redeemed, Restored, or Renewed
Text: John 21.15-22, Matthew 4.18, 10.2, 14.31, 16.22-23, John 13.6-10, Matthew 26.41,75
To become a Christian is the experience of a moment. To be a Christian is the experience of a lifetime.
Peter was an ordinary man, a fisherman.
Simon: hearing
Peter: a rock
You are the purpose of God.
No one has everything we need or even everything they need. We can learn from everybody.
God wants to have a personal, intimate relationship with you; what concerns you, concerns Him. You have a personal God.
The moment Peter let himself think he shouldn’t be there, he began to sink. God doesn’t always stop your storms, sometimes he helps you through them.
We stumble when we try to operate out of someone else’s faith.
There’s a time we need to be following instead of trying to be in front. He was more concerned with the things of men than with God’s plan. It wasn’t a love issue but a thought process.
Even people mature in the faith can miss it. The wisdom of God is more important than how I feel. We get shipwrecked when we don’t keep the things of God first.
On the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus wanted Peter to hear from another realm.
In the upper room, Jesus washed their feet. They were already clean but just needed their feet washed. We’ve been redeemed but need a reminder to keep our flesh pure.
When the disciples fell asleep in the garden, it was a picture of our flesh being weak. This is a journey.
When Peter cut off the soldier’s ear, he was only creating issues. Sometimes we fight things we weren’t called to fight. Pick your battles.
After Jesus’ resurrection, Peter was the first person Jesus wanted to see. He knew Peter would go back to his old life.
Jesus is asking us to
-love Him with all of our heart, mind, and soul
-trust His completed work at the cross; He didn’t come as a king but as a priest to give a sacrifice
-give away what He’s given us, go help another one that’s sinking
You are redeemed. The price has already been paid. He will restore you and renew your life.
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