TRYING TO GO BACK WHERE GOD CALLED YOU FROM

DON’T GO BACK

John 21:1–9 “After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.”

21:1–3 In the final chapter, John describes how Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias (21:1), another name for the Sea of Galilee. Seven of the disciples were together: Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, Zebedee’s sons (James and John), and two others (21:2). Simon Peter told them, I’m going fishing. He had a family to support, and he was still reeling from his denial of the Lord. They joined him for an all-night fishing expedition but caught nothing (21:3). Before Jesus had called them, Peter and the Zebedee brothers had been fishermen. With Jesus gone, Peter returned to his old line of work. But he was proving to be unsuccessful.

THE FIRST THING PETER DID WAS TURNED AND WHEN BACK TO WHERE JESUS CALLED HIM FROM.

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHY MAYBE BECAUSE HE HAD JUST DENIED KNOWING JESUS NOT ONE TIMES BUT THREE, AND THE DEVIL HAD HIM FEELING BAD ABOUT HIS DECISIONS AND JESUS WAS GONE AND HE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS FAMILY SO HE DESIDED TO GO BACK. THEY FISHED ALL NIGHT AND DID NOT CATCH A THING.

OUT OF THE SEVEN THAT WAS THERE NO ONE EVEN THOUGHT TO PRAY OR THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING THE FAITH OF GOD TO BELIEVE THAT TEY WERE GOING TO CATCH ANYTHING.

21:4–6 Jesus was standing on the shore, but they didn’t recognize him because it was only daybreak and they were still some distance away. He called to them to cast the net on the right side of the boat, and they caught so many fish that they were unable to haul them (21:4–6).

Peter had been a fisherman all his life. Nevertheless, he had failed without the Lord’s enablement—something that Jesus had shown him previously (see Luke 5:4–11). Peter was not ultimately self-sufficient but entirely dependent on God, even to accomplish work that had been his whole life. As Jesus told his disciples, “You can do nothing without me” (15:5).

THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT JESUS WAS LOOKING AT THEM AND WAS THERE THE ENTIRE TIME,HE CALLED TO THEM, DO YOU HAVE ANY MEAT, I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN’T RECOGNISE THE VOICE OF THE LORD, MY SHEEP KNOWS MY VOICE AND I AM KNOWN OF MY SHEEP. WHEN WE GO BACK WE DON’T RECOGNISE A LOT OF THINGS AND IT TAKES THE LORD TO BRING THEM BACK TO OUR REMEMBERANCE.

2. PETER HAD FORGOTTEN THE VOICE OF JESUS, EVEN THOU IT WAS THE BREAK OF DAY AND THEY WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS OUT IN THE WATER, THE NEXT THING WE NOTICE IS THAT THEY THE NET ON THE WRONG SIDE,JESUS TOLD THEM TO CAST THE NET ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND THE NET FILLED UP RIGHT AWAY, THAT TELLS ME THAT IT IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE RIGHT SIDE.

JESUS IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FATHER IN GLORY.

DAVID OFTEN WRITES ABOUT THE LORDS RIGHT HOLDS HIM.

THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE STRONG SIDE.

21:7–8 This miraculous catch of fish opened the eyes of John, the disciple whom Jesus loved. When he said, It is the Lord!, Peter plunged into the sea and headed for shore (21:7). The impetuous disciple couldn’t wait. Then the rest of the disciples followed, dragging the net full of fish behind them (21:8).

THEIR FAITH WAS DIM BECAUSE JESUS WAS NOT THERE WITH THEM, BUT AFTER THEY DID WHAT JESUS TOLD THEY TO DO THEY RIGHT AWAY CAUGHT SO MANY FISH IT WAS ABOUT TO SINK THE BOAT, JOHN THE ONE DISCIPLE JESUS LOVED, KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WAS JESUS, PETER BECAUSE HE HAD DENIED JESUS THREE TIME CLOTH HIMSELF FIRST THAN JUMPED INTO THE WATER TO SWIM ASHORE WHERE JESUS WAS.

LOOK WHY PETER WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GET TO JESUS, BECAUSE HE WAS FEELING BAD BECAUSE HE THOUGHT JESUS WAS GONE AND HE GOT NAKE, MEANS HE STRIPED HIMSELF OF FAITH AND WENT BACK TO WHERE JESUS CALLED HIM FOR TO WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE DOING.

21:9–11 When they arrived on the beach, they saw that Jesus had cooked a breakfast of fish and bread on a charcoal fire (21:9). The Greek word for “charcoal fire” appears two times in John’s Gospel: here and at 18:18, when Peter was warming himself by another such blaze. On that occasion, Peter had denied three times that he knew Jesus. Thus, the Lord was reminding Peter of his recent past. We can be certain of this because of the conversation that follows in 21:15–19. Peter never forgot this meal; he even mentioned it in his preaching (see Acts 10:41).

21:12–14 Jesus invited them to join him for breakfast. John tells us that the disciples didn’t ask, Who are you? They all recognized that this was their risen Lord (21:12). This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead (21:14). John describes the first time in 20:19–23 and the second in 20:24–29. The resurrection of Jesus Christ was neither a fairytale nor a hallucination. He “presented himself alive to [his disciples] by many convincing proofs … over a period of forty days” (Acts 1:3). As Jesus himself told them, “It is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have” (Luke 24:39).

IT’S GOOD TO KNOW THAT EVEN AFTER WE SOMETIMES DENIE THE LORD HE STILL BREAKS BREAD WITH US.

PETER DENIED JESUS THREE TIMES BUT JESUS QUESTIONED PETER THREE TIMES, PETER DO YOU LOVE ME, FEED MY SHEEP, PETER HAD TO BE REMINDED THE HE WAS SUPPOST TO BE FISHING FOR SOULS OF MEN.