John 21

Do You Love Me?

Do you love me?

Dave Riddle - 5/7/2023

Key Passage: John 21:15-23

Do you love me?

  • John 21:15-17

    • “You know I love you!”

  • Three questions, matching Peter’s three denials.

Peter was grieved

  • John 21:17

    • Mark 10:22

    • Matthew 17:22-23

Different kinds of love

  • Jesus’ 1st and second questions: love=agapaō: divine, unconditional, perfect love

  • Peter’s Response and Jesus’ 3rd Question: love=phileō: brotherly love.

    • Possibly Jesus lowering the base for Peter?

    • Possibly Peter using a more warm and tender version of the word?

    • Possibly they author is trying to help us understand the full breadth of love?

Do you love me more than these?

  • Possibly, do you love me more than you love these other disciples?

  • Possibly, do you love me more than these other disciples love me?

  • Possibly, do you love me more than you love fishing?

  • Possibly, a combination of all of these.

You know all things.

  • John 21:17

Feed my sheep (lambs)

  • John 21:15-17

    • Responsibility for the shepherding of the flock.

    • Feed (provide) shepherd (oversee/supervise).

Do you love me?

Take care of my flock.

Keep On Following Me

  • John 21:19

  • What about him?

    • John 21:21-22

      • Don’t worry about him. Follow me!

Denying Jesus

Denying Jesus

Dave Riddle - 3/12/2023

Key Passage: John 18:15-27

Peter

  • Peter, much like us, had many triumphs and many failures.

  • John 13:37-38 - Peter’s denial foretold.

    • Matthew 26:31 and on - Peter says “It will never happen!”

The Other Disciple

  • Most likely John 

  • Known to be a follower of Jesus

    • John 18:17

Peter’s First Denial

  • John 18:17

    • “I am not!”

Annas

  • John 18:19

  • Annas was the high priest before he was deposed by Rome

  • His sons and son-in-law went on to serve as high priest.

    • Annas was the real power behind all of them

  • This symbolic high priest interrogates our true high priest, Jesus.

Peter Denies Jesus Twice More

  • John 18:25-27

    • Confronted by several people, one who obviously knows him as the man who attacked his relative.

What does Peter do?

  • he tries to go back to fishing (his old life)

    • John 21