Let\u2019s not fool ourselves. A lot of what gets called ministry is motivated by guilt. Peter was not reconciled to Jesus yet. So his efforts out on the lake that morning were driven by a desire to prove something, to compensate for a weakness in himself that he didn\u2019t want to face. Peter was avoiding having that all important conversation with Jesus that thankfully he eventually did have. It is that conversation that will bring Peter back to his beginnings. Through that conversation he will relearn what we all need to learn that even if we\u2019ve been Christians for a while, we never cease being sinners saved by Grace.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you love me, Peter?\u201d\u009d What a painful question that was. \u201cYou know that I love you, Lord.\u201d\u009d \u201cFeed my lambs.\u201d\u009d Peter had to go back over his three denials of the Master and relive the agony of them. Three times Jesus asked him: Peter, do you love me? Peter do you love me? Peter do you love me? Only when Peter grasped that Jesus still accepted him, despite his huge failure, could his shame be absolved, and could he move on.<\/p>\n
A failure to get this can affect whole churches….<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> or there is an audio link here if you want that instead<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s not fool ourselves. A lot of what gets called ministry is motivated by guilt. Peter was not reconciled to Jesus yet. So his efforts out on the lake that morning were driven by a desire to prove something, to…<\/span><\/p>\n