Grace is Greater Than Our Regrets
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Introduction
Introduction
Regret is a difficult thing to live with. Some regret things they’ve done, while others regret things they haven’t done.
Have you ever made a purchase you’ve regretted? (Ex: the Oldsmobile)
In the introduction to Grace is Greater, Idleman shares a few interesting words that have been recently added to the dictionary
In the introduction to Grace is Greater, Idleman shares a few interesting words that have been recently added to the dictionary
phonesia - The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.
disconfect - To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow remove all the germs.
To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow remove all the germs.
blamestorming - A meeting intended to determine why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
A meeting intended to determine why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
Unlike these words, “grace” is a term we’ve heard countless times. This brings with it a danger. “The word grace is so common it doesn’t feel very amazing”
John 18
(youtube video: What’s your biggest regret?)
12 Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They bound him
13 and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.
1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John—2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
Jesus arrested & brought before Annas ()
Muhammad Ali was considered by many to be the best heavyweight boxer of all time. Ali was well known for having a high opinion of himself. One of his more famous lines was, "I am the greatest". One day Ali was in flight to a major city when the plane began to experience some major turbulence. The captain ordered all passengers to return to their seats and buckle their seatbelts.
Background on Annas the High Priest
One of the flight attendants noticed one of the passengers had not buckled his seat belt. It was Ali, but the flight attendant did not recognize who he was. She approached him and said "Sir, the captain has ordered everyone to buckle up." Ali did not respond but just glared straight ahead, ignoring her. So she confronted him again and he continued to ignore her.
Simultaneously Peter is denying Christ (all 4 Gospels)
Finally, she reached down to buckle his seatbelt herself. He quickly and firmly grabbed her hand, glared into her eyes and said, "Superman don’t need no seatbelt". To which the young attendant responded, "Superman don’t need no airplane either, now buckle your seatbelt".
1. Jesus Knows We Will Fail Him
1. Jesus Knows We Will Fail Him
Matthew
21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”
23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Jesus knew that Peter would fail, but he also knew who he would eventually become. Jesus knows what He has planned for you!
Matthew 16:
Luke 22:
“Simon, Simon” (1) By renaming him Peter Jesus knew his future (2) Warning Peter that he will revert back to his old ways. (child hood nick name we want to outgrow)
33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” 34 Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.”
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God knows everything about us!
#Even the best will fail Jesus (Not advocating lackadaisical living)
Peter = ("you are the Christ”, walked on water, no disciple spoke to or was spoken to more than Peter, even rebuked by Jesus)
10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;
“There is no one righteous not even one” (look up scripture)
Why did Peter fail?
Attacked by Satan
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,
2. Over Confident
The person who looks down on someone else who fails
12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
“We must either deny ourselves, or we shall deny our Lord; if we cleave to self-confidence, we shall not cleave to him.” Charles Spurgeon
3. Failed to Pray
3. Failed to Pray
40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
A prayer-less life is a power-less life!
4. Peter was with the wrong crowd
54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55 And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
Peter finds himself with the crowd who not only doesn’t acknowledge Christ but is probably against Christ.
15 Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard, 16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in.
17 “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter.
He replied, “I am not.”
Jesus = “I Am” (Door, God Shepherd, The Way …)
Peter = “I Am Not”
Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
Peter begins to identify more with the crowd and not Jesus. (According to John’s account Jesus has been slapped and spit upon = Peter seems to care less)
Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?”
He denied it, saying, “I am not.”
But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.
But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,” he said, and went out into the entryway.
Peter begins to leave … (Rooster has crowed once)
One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?” Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.
Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.
Sin will always take us further than we ever want to go!
The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”
It’s not a look of hate, it’s a look of LOVE!
And he went outside and wept bitterly.
All will fail him but the question is …
What do you do when you fail him?
“Wept bitterly” = (klī'-ō / pē-krō's) to sob or wail aloud, violently
Peter repented!
Powerful principle = It wasn’t seeing his sin that brought him to true repentance, it was SEEING JESUS!
My job as a pastor is not to point out everything you’ve done wrong, my job is to show you Jesus.
2. Jesus Will Never Fail Us
2. Jesus Will Never Fail Us
30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:
“ ‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
32 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
33 Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”
34 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”
35 But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.
Jesus Remembered Peter
Jesus Remembered Peter
But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ”
if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
His attitude towards Peter teaches us about His attitude towards us when we fail.
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ”
8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
**Look up scripture where Jesus said “go tell the disciples and Peter”
1 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”
“No,” they answered.
6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. 9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.
10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. 14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
- Jesus makes Peter breakfast
Jesus Restored Peter
Jesus Restored Peter
When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
Two disciples, two different stories
Peter = turned to Jesus and was restored and lived a life of incredible fruitfulness
Judas = felt remorse but never repented, in despair took his life
The rooster crowed and Peter never forgot it! The sound that once caused him to weep bitterly now reminded him of a story he loved to tell!
God wants to do the same for you today!
“The worst thing that could happen is that you spend your life trying to outrun God because you think he’s chasing you to collect what you owe—when he’s really chasing you to give you what you could never afford”