Do You Love Me?
[John 21:15-17]
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 said to him, "Feed my lambs." 15
John 21:16 He said to him a second time, "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." 16
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." 17
Luke 24:34 "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!“
1 Corinthians 15:5 He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
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 said to him, "Feed my lambs.“ 15
Agapao
Phileo
Agapao - Selfless commitment / not earned, but given freely - Choice of the will
Phileo - Fondness or Affection / Strong Friendship - Response of emotion
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 said to him, "Feed my lambs.“ 15
Agapao
Phileo
John 21:16 He said to him a second time, "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.“ 16
Agapao
Phileo
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." Agapao Phileo 17
Agapao
Phileo
The Father loves the Son
3:35
5:20
3:16
16:27
8:42
16:27
God loves mankind
Mankind’s love for Jesus
v. 16
Feed
Lambs
Tend
Sheep
Feed
Sheep
v. 17
v. 18
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 said to him, "Feed my lambs." 15
Matthew 26:31,33 Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me this night . . ." 31
Peter answered him, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away." 33
Matthew 26:34-35 Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." 35 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!" 34
Do You Love Me? • Grace covers every one of our sins
John 18:17 The servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not."
John 18:25 So they said to him, "You also are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not."
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." 17
John 18:26-27 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?" Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.
Romans 2:4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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 said to him, "Feed my lambs." 15
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." 17
Do You Love Me? • Grace covers every one of our sins • God knows our hearts better than we do
1 John 4:19 We love because he first loved us.
Luke 7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven - for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
"Does the debtor in jail love the friend who unexpectedly and undeservedly pays all his debts, supplies him with fresh capital, and takes him into partnership with himself? Does the prisoner in war love the man who at the risk of his own life breaks through the enemy's lines, rescues him, and sets him free? Does the drowning sailor love the man who plunges into the sea, dives after him, catches him by the hair of the head, and by a mighty effort saves him from a watery grave? In the same way, a true Christian loves Jesus Christ."
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me.
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 said to him, "Feed my lambs." 15
John 21:16 He said to him a second time, "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." 16
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." 17
John 14:15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
Do You Love Me? • Grace covers every one of our sins • God knows our hearts better than we do • Love for Jesus is shown by caring for others
1 Peter 5:1,2,3 So I exhort the elders among you . . . 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you 3 . . . being examples to the flock. 1
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.