Jesus is amazing! After four gospels filled with supernatural power, love, and sacrifice, the last verse of the last gospel tells that we are only getting a glimpse of all He did. John supposes the world could not contain the record of everything He did. Jesus is uncontainable.

Jesus is the lover of our souls, a friend closer than a brother, our Savior, but also our Lord. The relationship between Jesus and Peter is being restored, but Jesus is still Lord, and Peter isn’t. Lordship is a position of authority.

Have you ever met someone who made some bad decisions, mistakes, or failures, and never recovered? Do you know of a person who has made some bad decisions, mistakes, and failures, yet for them it seemed to turn into a blessing? Would you like to know what made the difference?

Guilt is not good for you. Most people understand that; but when asked if they should never experience guilt, most people still think they need it. This is called neurotic. Guilt leads to condemnation, and condemnation leads to death.

We live in an egocentric culture, and egos are fragile. To ask Peter three times if he loved Jesus would be considered rude by some. But not to Jesus. It was love, and it was help. Jesus was not concerned about Peter’s ego but his restoration.

Peter may have swum to the shore that day for many of reasons. One may have been that he had yet to have a private moment with Jesus to discuss his betrayal. He could have hurried, simply to have a moment alone with Jesus.

What would Jesus do? There is a tendency to answer this question in the most impractical and supernaturally flamboyant way possible.

After a hard, fruitless night of fishing, Jesus goes right to the point by asking if the disciples had caught anything. Any fisherman knows the agony of answering “no” to that question.

God created life to be circular. We have seasons and planets that move in a circular pattern. People give birth to people, who start in the womb, then come out, and grow up to produce more people, who start in the womb, come out, and grow up.