Bible Question:
Greeting Makarios, Thank for the prayer and the answer. Continue to pray to Jesus and ask for His guidiance, blessing and protection. Here attach with some more questions on John 21:1-25(Purpose: To demonstrate Christ's ability to use for his glory, no matter what our past failures have been.) 1. Can you please tell me about a broken relationship you tried to restore and what resulted from your effort. 2. Describe how you feel when someone you have hurt refuses to forgive you. 3. What is the significance of Peter's decision to return to fishing(vv.1-3)? 4. What is Jesus trying to show the disciples by allowing them to catch such a large number of fish(vv.4-6;see Luke 5:4-11)? 5. When Peter hears that "it is the Lord"(vv.7-8), he jumps into the water and begins swimming ahead of the boat. What does that response reveal about Peter and his relationship with Jesus? 6. How would you have response if you had denied Jesus just a few days earlier? 7. What subtle differences do you notice in Jesus' three questions and Peter responses(vv.15-17)? What do you think is the significance of those differences? 8. What can we learn from this passage about the steps involved in restoring a Christian who has sinned? 9. Why do you think Jesus chooses this particular occasion to predict the kind of death Peter would die(vv.18-19)? 10. How does it help to know that you can still serve and glorify God no matter what your past failures have been? 11. What does Jesus' rebuke to Peter(v.22) reveal about the danger of comparing ourselves with other Christians? 12. Imagine Jesus saying these things to you. How would you respond, or what would the words mean in the context of your life? "Do you truly love me?" "Take care of my sheep?" "You must follow me." 13. What aspects of Jesus' character or ministry have impressed you most? 14. What responses have you made in your heart and life as a result of that deeper understanding? Blessings to you, dfww65 |
Bible Answer: Greetings Dfww65! Do I continue to get credit for 14 answered questions when I write just 1 post? :) Just kidding! :) 1. Actually, I'm still in the business of doing just that! My family is a classic dysfunctional, fragmented family that I am working to restore and repair each day through prayer.. It takes time, but with persistence, I have seen the Lord bring two people back together again! You just can't give up. 2. It hurts, and it is frustrating. But no matter how hard you try or what lengths you go to resolve the issue, only the Lord can move the person to finally, truly forgive you. It is an unChristian thing to do to hold a grudge against someone (not to mention between professing Christians), but that is easier said then actually put in practice. 3. Peter and the other disciples are occuping themselves with what they did very well - fishing, as they wait on the Lord (Matt. 28:16). But the Lord will send them out as fishers of men (Matt. 28:18-20). 4. I believe that the Lord again is revealing Himself to them, to prove that He is indeed the Lord Jesus Christ, by repeating the same miracle that happened when Peter met Him for the first time (Luke 5:4-11). It is interesting that the Lord found Peter in the same place, doing the exact same thing as when He met him for the first time. But this time, Peter would be changed and finally come to understand (v. 17; Acts 2:14) what it was that he was called to do. 5. Peter was eager to meet the Lord and have reconciliation with Him after his denials, the crucifixion and the Resurrection. Peter loved the Lord and was now prepared to profess his love in unabashed truth, after being weighed down with the guilt of denying the Lord three times. 6. Perhaps in the same way! The weaknesses of Peter are by no means limited to just Peter. :) 7. The 3rd time that Jesus asked Peter, "Do you love Me?", Jesus used the word for love that signified something less than total devotion, which is the same word that Peter used in responding back to the Lord the other two times.. By doing this, the Lord is questioning even that level of love that Peter thought he was safe in claiming. This lesson challenges Peter to seek a proper understanding of his heart, not by what he had said or had done, but based on the Lord's omniscience. 8. We can examine ourselves deeply, and ask ourselves if the place where we feel "comfortable" in identifying ourselves with the Lord truly exemplifies total devotion to Him or not. The Lord forgives us if we truly, honestly repent to Him. 9. The Lord is telling Peter that his devotion to Him will even include his own death (Matt. 10:37-39). Is Peter willing to die for the sake of Jesus? Peter would later be martyred for the sake of spreading the gospel. 10. The Lord's grace is overwhelmingly justifying and restoring! But it comes at the price of our unadulterated devotion to Him! He bought us with His own precious blood. 11. If John lived until His Second Coming, it was none of Peter's concern. He needed to live his own life in faithfulness, not in comparison to any others. This teaches us not to be envious, no, not even envious of another's walk with Christ. But we are to be all-consumed in our own walk with Him, and nothing must detract from it. 12. Imagine Jesus saying these things to you. How would you respond, or what would the words mean in the context of your life? "Do you truly love me?" "Take care of my sheep?" "You must follow me." This question demands too lengthy of an answer to put here at StudyBibleForum.com.. It would cause me to reexamine my love and my life and my pursuit of the Lord and His calling for me. 13. What aspects of Jesus' character or ministry have impressed you most? Again, this answer demands too lengthy of an answer.. Everything about the Lord is impressive to me as I seek to know Him more and more each day. 14. What responses have you made in your heart and life as a result of that deeper understanding? I would put the same answer to #13 here as well. Blessings to you, Makarios |