Jesus said, “Feed my sheep, then he said to him, “Follow me!

John 21:1-14

Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “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. 

Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 

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.

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.

Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” 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. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

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.” 

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. Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

Only John tells us how Jesus came to the seven of them as they were fishing. Just as in the old days. John was there. He remembers how many fish they caught, and their surprise and relief at finding the net intact. He remembers how Jesus gave Peter the chance to cancel out his three-fold denial with the three=times-repeated question. 'Do you love me?'; how he restored Peter to his old place as leader and gave him the task of caring for his people. He remembers Peter's question about his own destiny - and set the record straight.

Why?

Jesus loves his disciples so Jesus showed up the third time to disciple, this time Jesus likes to recover the faith and strength of Peter for his discouragement of refusing Jesus.

Jesus asked Peter to feed my sheep and follow me, this is the mission of every Christian either.

To be a Christian is free from sins, but leads us where we do not want to go. For the mission and the love for Jesus, we have to give up our desire for this world. We are living here but belong to heaven.

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彼得、多馬，拿但業，約翰、雅各等五人？

耶穌重新建立他們的信心，雖然他們是漁夫，靠自己熟悉的專業來建立信心，我們不能靠自己建立信心，要靠神的恩典！

耶穌再次呼召彼得，不是來責問彼得，堅固彼得信心，生活上照顧他的需要開始，準備早餐，收穫豐富，然後呼召人，讓我們沒有後顧之憂。耶穌用愛，用服侍人來挽回人，激勵人。

耶穌顯現兩次是為了呼召、差遣人！去見證耶穌是基督，見證赦罪的恩典。

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How?

Feed sheep of Jesus and follow Jesus, do my best for the Lord!