Restoration and Love: Jesus' Call to Peter
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "By himself, he did absolutely nothing. With God, he caught more than he could haul in. We need to remind ourselves of that sometimes. By ourselves, we're weak. By ourselves, we can't do much. But I remember there's one scripture that says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." [46:33]
2. "Have any of you ever been depressed and discouraged? He might have been despondent. Now, I wanted to make sure I had that definition right, so I looked it up to make sure I was right. And man, that's twice this week I've been right. Of course, I'm not going to tell you how many times I've wronged, but I was right twice. And the word despondent means loss of hope or courage." [44:40]
3. "The great significance of this truth is that heaven wasn't made for the perfect. It was made for the forgiven. Because see, every one of us has messed up. Even after we become Christians, now, if you haven't, talk with Lou afterwards. He's got a story he can share with you. If you've got a perfect record and you've never messed up, then you may not can relate to this. But most of us can say we messed up." [53:40]
4. "God will always meet you where you are. Now for some of you that might not mean much, but some of us that are always making mistakes and failure, I'm glad God will meet me where I am. Now why did he ask that question? Because it was a test. How many knows that God's going to be giving us tests to see if we're ready to go to the next level, to see if we understand?" [01:02:14]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Peter said, Lord, you know that I phileo you. That's the same word we get Philadelphia from, the city of brotherly love. Ask him again. Peter, do you agapias me? He said, Lord, you know I phileo you. Third time, Jesus said, Peter, do you phileos me? He said, Lord, you know I phileo me. Feed my sheep." [01:00:41]
2. "But go tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you in Galilee. There you will see him just as he told you. One translation says, instead of saying and Peter, it says including Peter. You say, is that important? I believe it's very important. Because I think Peter was feeling just like most of us would feel. We messed up. Yes, I was his disciple. But when push came to shove, I denied him. I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy of being called his disciple." [56:52]
3. "Peter found out he couldn't depend upon Peter. But guess what? God had more faith in Peter than Peter had himself. But let me show you something else that's even better. He's got more faith in you than you've got in yourself. Because all of us have failed. All of us have failed. But Peter said, Lord, I'm going to do the best that I can. I can't go out on a limb and say I agapias you because I don't know if I'm up to that. But I can tell you I'm going to do my very best to love you, to serve you." [01:03:43]
4. "Peter, you're going to deny me three times, but don't sweat it. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you that I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and I will take you to myself, that where I am, you may be also." [51:48]
5. "Do you love me? Do you love me? And we could go through scripture and find out there's several things of finding out if we love God. In the gospel of first John, the same writer that wrote the gospel of John wrote this in first John chapter 3 verse 16: By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers." [01:12:01]
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1. "By himself, he did absolutely nothing. With God, he caught more than he could haul in. We need to remind ourselves of that sometimes. By ourselves, we're weak. By ourselves, we can't do much. But I remember there's one scripture that says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." [46:33]
2. "Have any of you ever been depressed and discouraged? He might have been despondent. Now, I wanted to make sure I had that definition right, so I looked it up to make sure I was right. And man, that's twice this week I've been right. Of course, I'm not going to tell you how many times I've wronged, but I was right twice. And the word despondent means loss of hope or courage." [44:40]
3. "The great significance of this truth is that heaven wasn't made for the perfect. It was made for the forgiven. Because see, every one of us has messed up. Even after we become Christians, now, if you haven't, talk with Lou afterwards. He's got a story he can share with you. If you've got a perfect record and you've never messed up, then you may not can relate to this. But most of us can say we messed up." [53:40]
4. "God will always meet you where you are. Now for some of you that might not mean much, but some of us that are always making mistakes and failure, I'm glad God will meet me where I am. Now why did he ask that question? Because it was a test. How many knows that God's going to be giving us tests to see if we're ready to go to the next level, to see if we understand?" [01:02:14]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Peter said, Lord, you know that I phileo you. That's the same word we get Philadelphia from, the city of brotherly love. Ask him again. Peter, do you agapias me? He said, Lord, you know I phileo you. Third time, Jesus said, Peter, do you phileos me? He said, Lord, you know I phileo me. Feed my sheep." [01:00:41]
2. "But go tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you in Galilee. There you will see him just as he told you. One translation says, instead of saying and Peter, it says including Peter. You say, is that important? I believe it's very important. Because I think Peter was feeling just like most of us would feel. We messed up. Yes, I was his disciple. But when push came to shove, I denied him. I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy of being called his disciple." [56:52]
3. "Peter found out he couldn't depend upon Peter. But guess what? God had more faith in Peter than Peter had himself. But let me show you something else that's even better. He's got more faith in you than you've got in yourself. Because all of us have failed. All of us have failed. But Peter said, Lord, I'm going to do the best that I can. I can't go out on a limb and say I agapias you because I don't know if I'm up to that. But I can tell you I'm going to do my very best to love you, to serve you." [01:03:43]
4. "Peter, you're going to deny me three times, but don't sweat it. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you that I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and I will take you to myself, that where I am, you may be also." [51:48]
5. "Do you love me? Do you love me? And we could go through scripture and find out there's several things of finding out if we love God. In the gospel of first John, the same writer that wrote the gospel of John wrote this in first John chapter 3 verse 16: By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers." [01:12:01]
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