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john 18 & 21

a story of redemption

Jesus had prophesied Peter would deny three times. How could someone who was so close to Jesus deny Him after everything He had witnessed the miracles and sat under the teachings of Jesus? John recorded in chapter 18:15-27 the denial of Jesus by Peter. Three times Peter denied Christ, followed by the crow of a rooster the third time, exactly as Jesus had prophesied.

In John 21, after having breakfast, Peter is sitting with Jesus and the disciples. Jesus addresses Peter as Simon, and ask him three times, 'Do you love me?' Each time Peter answers with a yes and each time Jesus responded with a call, 'Feed My lambs', 'Tend My sheep', and 'Feed My sheep'. And just like Peter's journey with Jesus began (Mark 1:16-20), Jesus tells Peter to 'Follow Me'.


John 18:15-27 & 21:15-19 SERMON NOTES & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

HE is Alive - Easter Sermon Series

During the three weeks leading to Easter, we will be looking at the Resurrection story in Luke 24!


"The resurrection of Christ is the most important article of our faith."

John Calvin


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  • A day certainly anticipated to be filled with sadness, confusion, and fear is turned into the greatest moment of hope. Christ’s tomb is empty and the angels posted there deliver the message that will change the world. “He is not here, but has risen.” Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and other women with them were the first to receive this message and they were the first to tell of His resurrection. They experienced a few emotions talked about in the text, primarily confusion and fear. In response to these fears, the angels tell them to remember and bring to mind Christ’s words concerning His death and resurrection. In the moment they remember a truth they already knew, they were changed. A similar dichotomy exists for us today. When we realize Christ’s words and the nature of His resurrection, we are changed.

     

    "Christ himself deliberately staked his whole claim to the credit of men upon his resurrection. 

    When asked for a sign he pointed to this sign as his single and sufficient credential."

    B.B. Warfield


    Leader Notes / Discussion Questions

  • Two of the disciples were sadly walking to another town that day when a stranger began to walk with them. This stranger was Christ Himself, yet He hid His identity from them for a time. (Much like Him hiding his Messiahship until the appropriate time.) He hears their sad story about Christ being wrongly convicted and murdered, but the story is saddest in their explanation that they had hoped Jesus would have redeemed Israel. He was under the impression that Jesus had lost, and evil had won. If Jesus would have died to end the story, there would quite literally be no hope. Yet, christ rose indeed. He began to explain to them the purpose of the resurrection and the essence of the Scriptures which was found in Christ the Messiah. He showed that there was a Gospel centrality about all the Scriptures.


    Finally, they arrive at the place they are traveling to and eat together. It is in communion that Jesus reveals His identity to them. Remember what He told the disciples before His death? This is my body which is given for you. Christ is the true and better, and He is the true Messiah. His resurrection is what seals the promise and applies the promise to us. Christ rose from the dead to defeat sin and death to give us a relationship with Him where our hearts burn within us as He teaches us and walks with us.


    LEADER NOTES/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS


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