Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

Last Thursday right here at “The Message” we heard about the author’s purpose when he wrote his Gospel— from his statement of purpose we learned two things:

I WILL USE THE BOOK OF JOHN TO HELP OTHERS BELIEVE

I WILL SHARE MY TESTIMONY THAT LED ME TO BELIEVE IN JESUS

Today we will begin with the last chapter 21 of the Gospel of John— the first miracle that Jesus did after rising from the grave— hopefully we will finish the Gospel of John tomorrow [September 1]. We will take it easy this week, sort of like mini break kinda— we will start with a new verse by verse study on Monday September 7

After finishing the Gospel of John hopefully tomorrow— I’d like to talk to you about the vision that God gave to Agape— A vision that is now our mission.. I wish to show you what we see going forward, and to help you visualize that, I am inviting a guest to share his best practices producing food within his front and back yard— his house is surrounded with vegetables and livestocks

Meanwhile, open your Bible to JOHN 21:1-14— Once you get there, type “I’m ready for some miracles!”

CHARACTER OF GOD, SIN TO CONFESS, PROMISES TO CLAIM, ATTITUDE TO CHANGE, COMMANDS TO KEEP, EXAMPLES TO FOLLOW, PRAYERS TO PRAY, ERRORS TO AVOID, TRUTH TO BELIEVE, SOMETHING TO THANK GOD FOR

Read JOHN 21:1-14

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John 21:1–14 NIV

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.

So what was going on here?

WHAT: The first miracle Jesus did after rising from the dead

WHERE: By the Sea of Galilee

WHEN: One early morning

WHO: Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, John & James [sons of Zebedee], and two other unnamed disciples

WHY: To encourage his disciples— because they went back to their original occupation

LOOK

BUT THAT NIGHT THEY CAUGHT NOTHING

After a whole night of toiling by themselves— they caught nothing

Early in the morning— Jesus stood on the shore but they did not realized that it was him

Jesus called out to them and said..

FRIENDS, HAVEN’T YOU ANY FISH?

Notice how Jesus called his disciples— he called them “friend” — No! They answered

Jesus 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

They did not asked anything— no complaints— they simply obeyed as the Lord told them

AS SOON AS SIMON PETER HEARD HIM SAY, IT IS THE LORD

He was so excited to get to him that Peter jumped out of the boat and into the water

IT WAS FULL OF LARGE FISH, 153, BUT EVEN SO MANY THE NET WAS NOT TORN

Why do they have to count the number of fish they caught? — they counted their blessings!

Interestingly, despite of the abundance, their net did not break!— Jesus knows how much blessing you can hold!

JESUS SAID TO THEM, COME AND HAVE BREAKFAST

Nobody dared to asked him who he was because they knew it was the Lord Jesus

Then Jesus passed out the fish and the bread

THIS WAS NOW THE THIRD TIME JESUS APPEARED TO HIS DISCIPLES

Make no mistake, this was the third time that he appeared to them as a group— The night of the day he resurrected, a week later, and this time

Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene first prior to his disciples

I see a couple of things from this event— things that we can live by

TOOK

MY OBEDIENCE WILL YIELD ABUNDANT BLESSINGS

I WILL COUNT MY BLESSINGS

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Agape Worship Team— Forever

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