CommunionTitle Surrender to ResurrectionText John 20:24-31

05/01/11

Luke 22:61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times."

When love and trial is great, we often fail

Ἔρως - “Eros” - romantic love

Not everyone is enjoying the day!

Phileo - “fondness”reciprocal

φιλία

Agape: likeChristlove –

a gift

“a conversation between two people for the benefit of one”ἀγάπη

The gift in ἀγάπη can be small or great.

It is “a conversation between two people for the benefit of one”

Mat 22:37 And he said to him, "You shall love (ἀγάπη) the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it, You shall love (ἀγάπη) your neighbor as yourself.

ἀγάπη or φιλία

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John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another (ἀγάπη); even as I have loved you (ἀγάπη), that you also love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love (ἀγάπη) for one another."

ἀγάπη or φιλία

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Breakfast on the Beach: Three LessonsJohn 20:24-31

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John 21:15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He saidto him, "Feed my lambs."

ἀγάπη or φιλία ?

John 21:16 A second time he said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."

ἀγάπη or φιλία ?

John 21:17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep." ἀγάπη or φιλία ?

Breakfast on the Beach: Peter has come full circle in the process of repentance. He is now fully surrendered, fully knowing that it is Christ who serves through him.

We are the ἀγάπη container … a means by which God's grace flows toward others.

We are the ἀγάπη container … a means by which God's grace flows toward others.

What could Jesus do with what you surrender

to Him?

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