1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,800 It's wonderful to be here with all of you today and has already 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,880 been mentioned. We welcome everyone that's with 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:08,440 us. We have visitors that are among 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,360 us and we want you to know that you are, as our brother said, 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,400 you are our honored guest and we say welcome. 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,000 We have several of our number that are missing today and I 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,200 hope and pray that they're OK. Maybe some illness is going 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,160 through the congregation that we have some folks that are 9 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,720 traveling, but we hope and pray that all is well. 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:31,200 But we have a great crowd here because you're here today and I 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,520 have enjoyed worshiping with you so far, and I am always honored 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,160 to be your speaker. We're continuing this morning in 13 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:44,600 our series on the 40 days from the time that the Lord was risen 14 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,200 from the dead until he ascended into heaven in Acts chapter 1. 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,840 And we're going to get to some very significant things about 16 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:59,040 the 40 days in our next lesson of this series, when Jesus 17 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,400 restores Peter. You remember, Peter denied Jesus 18 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,560 three times. We all know the story. 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,160 And we're going to find that Jesus is going to restore Peter. 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,760 And it's actually sometimes called by scholars the second 21 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,560 conversion of Peter. And may I just suggest, I'm so 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,200 thankful when I read about Peter and I'm so thankful when I read 23 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,800 about the forgiveness of the Lord because Peter was imperfect 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,960 in so many ways, and yet he was one of the chosen vessels of 25 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:30,120 Jesus. And we find the forgiveness of 26 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,440 the Father and the forgiveness of Jesus. 27 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,160 And it's a wonderful story. And that's next time in our 28 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,840 series on this event on the Sea of Galilee. 29 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,000 The significance, though, we'll talk about what was significant 30 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,800 about those 40 days. Let's just back up a little bit 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,960 just for those that have not been part of our series. 32 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,680 Let me just back up to where we began. 33 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,000 I took us from the time that Jesus was arrested in the 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,200 garden, all the way through the mock trials, all the way through 35 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,960 the crucifixion, all the way through the burial, all the way 36 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,080 through the resurrection, all the way through the early 37 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,639 appearances of Jesus before those precious women and all 38 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,039 that. And I began this series of the 39 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:14,920 40 days in Luke chapter 24. It was the morning of the 40 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:20,600 resurrection and Jesus appears before 2 disciples on A7 mile 41 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,480 journey to a little village from Jerusalem to Emex. 42 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,640 And those two disciples were traveling along. 43 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:30,640 One of those names was Cleopas and we don't know the other one. 44 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:33,640 It doesn't really matter if the Lord wanted us to know who the 45 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:35,640 other man was and it would have said his name. 46 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,360 It says 2 disciples and it mentions one name and that's 47 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,200 Cleopas. And they're walking along and 48 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,560 they're discussing all the things that had happened all the 49 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,440 week, the last week in the life of Jesus and all the way through 50 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,720 the crucifixion. And all of a sudden on the scene 51 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,840 comes Jesus and he appears before them and he begins to 52 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,880 walk alongside of them, but they don't know who it is. 53 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:02,160 And Jesus says, what manner of communications are these that 54 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,160 you're Speaking of? And are sad. 55 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,680 You know, the Lord is basically just kind of serving them up 56 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,880 here. He's kind of tossing up a 57 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,760 softball. Here it comes. 58 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,280 And they said, what do you mean? You must surely be the only 59 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,000 stranger in all these parts to not know about the things that 60 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,200 we're talking about. And Jesus says, what things? 61 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,640 Well, all about Jesus of Nazareth, how we thought he was 62 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:27,680 going to come and redeem Israel. And now he's been crucified, and 63 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,520 it's the third day, and we don't even have his body. 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,440 And the Bible says that Jesus began with Moses and all the 65 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,920 prophets from the Old Testament. And he preached A sermon 66 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:44,040 prophetically about himself. They come to Emmaus, that little 67 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,840 village, and Jesus makes like he's going to keep on walking 68 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,280 by. And they compelled him to come 69 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:51,880 into their house. And you know, there's a lesson 70 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,480 to be learned there. Jesus will never impose Himself 71 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,200 on you. He offers all kinds of stuff, 72 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,000 but He will never impose Himself on you. 73 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,600 If you want Jesus in your life, you got to make the choice to 74 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,560 bring Him into your life. He is always ready. 75 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,280 They called Jesus and they asked him to come into their house. 76 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,160 And all of a sudden Jesus reveals himself to them in the 77 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,519 breaking of bread, and then he vanishes from their sight. 78 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,480 And of all the things that they could have been impressed with, 79 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,040 that was quite an experience by the way. 80 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,640 They just saw Jesus, the resurrected Christ. 81 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,440 They just heard a sermon by Jesus himself. 82 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,120 And of all the things they could have been impressed with, this 83 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,040 is what they said. Didn't our hearts burn within us 84 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,760 when he showed up to us? The scriptures along the way, It 85 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,400 was the word of God that burned in their hearts that produce 86 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:50,000 faith and not the experience. May I just suggest, a lot of 87 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,960 times people are looking for an experience to produce faith in 88 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,600 their life. It's never been that way. 89 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,960 That was a wonderful experience. And maybe you and your life have 90 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,200 had experiences that have led you to the point that you're 91 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,480 looking for Jesus. Maybe that's true, and I'm not 92 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,520 downplaying that. What I'm saying is this. 93 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,600 A person's faith has to be based upon the word of God. 94 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,920 And it was with those two disciples what happened. 95 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,160 They heard the word of Jesus. They heard the word of God. 96 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,360 It burned in their heart. They couldn't sit still. 97 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,280 They got up immediately. They travelled 7 miles back to 98 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:25,560 Jerusalem. They just had to tell it. 99 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,440 And now they're behind those closed doors with 10 apostles. 100 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,320 Why 10? Because Judas Iscariot had 101 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,760 betrayed Jesus and he went out and hanged himself. 102 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,480 That's number one. And #2 for whatever reason, 103 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:42,160 Thomas wasn't there. So here he comes. 104 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,520 The two disciples are telling the story that they just saw the 105 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,800 resurrected Christ. And about that time, here comes 106 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,960 Jesus through the door, and they're scared to death and they 107 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,280 think they're looking at a ghost. 108 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,680 And Jesus says, don't be afraid. He says, these are the words 109 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:58,720 that I spoke to you when I was yet with you. 110 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,440 Nothing is different. I told you I was going to die 111 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,000 and I was going to be raised from the dead. 112 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,280 Here I am. And then he does what? 113 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,120 He goes back from the Old Testament scriptures and he 114 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,680 preaches A sermon. He shows them the marks of 115 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,040 identification about the crucifixion. 116 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,680 And they believe, but the Bible says Thomas wasn't there. 117 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,360 Jesus vanishes from their sight. Thomas now appears. 118 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:22,960 They tell Thomas, we've seen the resurrected Christ. 119 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,560 And Thomas said unless I see his hands, unless I touch the nail 120 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,840 prints in his hands and thrust my hand into his side, I will 121 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:34,480 not believe. I'm not going to go into that. 122 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,800 We did that last time. He gets a bad rap. 123 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,880 Don't give him a bad rap if you weren't here last time. 124 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:40,960 He asked me some questions later. 125 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:41,920 I went all the time and went to it. 126 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,080 He there was reasons for his being apprehensive. 127 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:50,040 OK, what happens a week later? One week later, Jesus appears 128 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,520 before them. Now there's 11, Thomas is 129 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,840 present and Jesus walks up to Thomas and he says, Thomas, look 130 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:01,080 at my hands and take your finger and put it into my hands and 131 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,120 thrust your hand into my side. You know what? 132 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:11,040 Thomas says, my Lord and my God, And Jesus says you believe 133 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,400 because you have seen, But blessed are those who believe 134 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,960 and have not seen. And I want to make a point of 135 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,480 clarification for something that I said in the last lesson. 136 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,920 All of those that he's talking about are sitting in this room. 137 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,000 All of those that are talking about are talking about anybody 138 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:35,480 that comes to Jesus that has never seen Jesus in this life. 139 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:41,320 And I said this, we will never see Jesus. 140 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:47,800 What I meant was we will never see Jesus as Thomas saw Jesus in 141 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:52,120 the flesh, in this life, standing before him, looking at 142 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,000 those male prints, looking at the side that was pierced. 143 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,280 That's what I meant. Oh, but we will see Jesus again, 144 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,920 won't we? We're going to see him again. 145 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,880 It just won't be in this life. It's when he comes back in the 146 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:11,720 second coming, all right? Now all that being said, we come 147 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,480 to the 7th appearance of Jesus and there were 10 post 148 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:22,600 resurrection appearance #7 is in John chapter 21 and I have 149 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,960 dropped down to verse John 21, but I've used as a text to and 150 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,520 introduce our title breakfast by the scene. 151 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,240 By the way, if you look at this and all of you that know me 152 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:34,679 really well, you're looking at these verses. 153 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,080 Maybe you're saying, I know you, Frank, there's no way we're 154 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,440 covering 14 verses in our allotted time. 155 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,200 Have No Fear. I'm not going to be like Paul 156 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,080 and continue my speech until midnight. 157 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,240 OK, Don't worry about that. Some of these verses we will 158 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,680 narrate through. Some we'll spend a little more 159 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,800 time on. But we're setting the stage 160 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,400 because the events that are going to happen in our next 161 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,720 lesson, we can't get them in this lesson. 162 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,400 We got to go to the next lesson for that because that's a lesson 163 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,000 all by itself when Jesus restores Peter. 164 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,560 But let's drop down to verses 10 through 12. 165 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,480 Here's our introductory text about breakfast by the sea. 166 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,440 Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish which you have just 167 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,720 caught. Simon Peter went up and dragged 168 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:22,760 the net to the land full of large fish, 153 And although 169 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,800 there were so many, the net was not broken. 170 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,280 And Jesus said to them, Come and eat breakfast. 171 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:32,440 Yet none of the disciples dared ask him, Who are you, knowing 172 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:35,880 that it was the Lord? We're going to get into these 173 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,160 passages in just a minute, but this is where we picked up last 174 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,160 time after Jesus appears before the disciples and Thomas. 175 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,360 Now we come to chapter 21 and verse 1. 176 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,160 And I don't know how much time went by from the time that he 177 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:54,640 met with those 11, with Thomas included and these Scriptures. 178 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,480 I don't know that we're not told, but let's begin. 179 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,560 After these things, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples 180 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:08,520 at the Sea of Tiberius, and in this way he showed himself. 181 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,120 By the way, the Sea of Tiberius, don't be confused, is just 182 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,760 another phrase or another term for the Sea of Galilee. 183 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:20,160 Why is the Sea of Galilee or why is Galilee significant? 184 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,880 Let's back up. Don't turn there, stay with me. 185 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,720 I'm going to narrate this Matthew chapter 28. 186 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,520 Do you remember what happened in Matthew chapter 28? 187 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:35,040 Jesus was risen from the dead, and those two precious women the 188 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,600 Bible described in Matthew's account, there was Mary 189 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,320 Magdalene and the other Mary. What do they do? 190 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:44,080 They just couldn't stay home. They just couldn't stay away. 191 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,120 The Sabbath is now behind them. It's the first day of the week. 192 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,960 It's Sunday morning, and here they come. 193 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,200 They go to the sepulchre and what do they find? 194 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,680 Early on that Sunday morning there was a great earthquake, 195 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:00,280 and an Angel descended from heaven and rolled back the 196 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,240 stone. And those precious women were 197 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:06,080 there. And the Angel said, be not 198 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:11,240 afraid, Come see the place where the Lord lay, They said. 199 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,680 The Angel said, I know that you're coming to look or coming 200 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,680 to search for the one who was crucified, for he is not here, 201 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,200 for he is risen. Remember what the Angel said 202 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:27,120 about Galilee in verse 7, and go quickly and tell his disciples 203 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,120 that he is risen from the dead, and indeed he is going before 204 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,920 you into Galilee. There you will see him. 205 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:38,080 Behold, I have told you what happens next. 206 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,600 These precious women go to do exactly what the Angel said, and 207 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,000 then there's Jesus. And they fall down at his feet, 208 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,560 and they grab his feet, and the Bible says they worshipped him. 209 00:11:52,720 --> 00:12:00,080 And then Jesus says, go, tell my disciples, go tell my brethren 210 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,520 to go to Galilee and I will see them there. 211 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,560 Galilee was very significant. The Sea of Galilee was very 212 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:14,680 significant. Galilee was the place that Jesus 213 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:17,960 says I'm going there and I'm going to see my disciples there 214 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,280 and a lot of great things are going to be preached there and 215 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,400 said there and discussed there. But I want to say something 216 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,040 about these women for just a minute. 217 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:34,000 Don't you think it's interesting that the Lord chose these women 218 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:38,080 to be first hand eyewitness testimony of the resurrection? 219 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,880 You might think, well, So what did you know that Roman and 220 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:48,000 Jewish law all basically and Roman and Jewish tradition and 221 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:55,080 Roman and Jewish culture, OK, all said that you have to take 222 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,440 the testimony of women very lightly. 223 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,840 You can't take it very seriously. 224 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:03,960 You know, the Bible does never says that. 225 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,640 And you know what else? It isn't true. 226 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,600 The only reason that they could have thought such things was by 227 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,480 way of culture and tradition. By the way, there are three 228 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:20,640 sources by way of Roman culture. It's found in a textbook for New 229 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:25,640 Roman students called the Justinian Institutes, saying the 230 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,120 very same thing about women. What things? 231 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,440 Their testimony is of limited value and they're unstable. 232 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,320 I didn't say that. OK, What else? 233 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,600 How about a how about a Jewish historian, Josephus? 234 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:40,320 He wrote the same thing about Jewish culture. 235 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,480 What else? How about in the Mishnah, a 236 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,440 collection of Jewish tradition and scripture all saying the 237 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:51,360 same thing? That was society. 238 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:58,120 That was culture. Now here comes Jesus and he 239 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:03,240 handpicks two women to be first hand eyewitness testimony of the 240 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,680 resurrection of Christ. That's what the Lord thought of 241 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:07,560 that. And you know what else? 242 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,480 It was absolutely brilliant. Had it been the apostles that 243 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,320 were first hand eyewitness testimony of the resurrection of 244 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,480 Christ, then those Jews that rejected Jesus would have said 245 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,680 no. It would have supported their 246 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,800 lie too, by the way, that somebody stole the body and they 247 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,840 lied about it. Oh no, it was two women. 248 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,800 They had no axe to grind. They had no agenda at all. 249 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,080 Just two precious women that just couldn't stay away. 250 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,720 How must it have been for the rest of their life for people to 251 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,280 come to them and say, what was it like? 252 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:47,760 You saw Jesus 1st. And by the way, don't ever think 253 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:55,800 that women are less courageous than men or less strong than 254 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,040 men. Don't ever think that at all. 255 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,480 OK. These women had courage. 256 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,480 Where were the men? They all forsaken. 257 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,520 The all fled. Yeah. 258 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,760 Where was Peter? With all of his athletic 259 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,880 prowess? He denied him three times, even 260 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,640 cursing and swearing. I know not the man. 261 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,560 So don't think for a minute, by the way, that women are lacking 262 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,480 in that capacity at all. Just share something with you. 263 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:24,920 Happened the other day. So there's this older lady that 264 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,680 I know and I didn't know her all that well, but I've known her 265 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,760 kind of of her for a long time. And she keeps her horses where I 266 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,320 keep my horses. And she was telling me about her 267 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,280 husband. She was saying, you know, my 268 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,160 husband got sick and she goes, you know, husbands. 269 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,720 She said men are babies. She they really are. 270 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,160 When they get sick, they're really babies. 271 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,280 She's going on and on and on and on. 272 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,360 And I and I had something to say and I was going to respond and 273 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,000 she was bracing herself. She thought I was going to 274 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,480 defend men. I said, well, you do know you 275 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,720 are tougher than we are, You do know that, right? 276 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,840 She lit up. We're best friends now. 277 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,200 Every time I see her, man, she just can't wait to come and talk 278 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:04,720 to me. Listen, culture and society had 279 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,560 a picture of women that was not true. 280 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:14,160 And Jesus chose and God chose in this miraculous event the 281 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,320 precious women that just couldn't stay away. 282 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,200 To be first hand eyewitness testimony of the resurrection. 283 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:25,440 Look at verse 2. Simon Peter Thomas called the 284 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:26,640 twin. These are the ones that were 285 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,360 present. Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, 286 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,440 Nathaniel of Cana, Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two others. 287 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,280 Other disciples were together. What about Nathaniel? 288 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:41,800 Who is Nathaniel? Nathaniel is another name for 289 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,280 Bartholomew. If you look into the gospel 290 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:51,080 accounts in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, you will read that in all 291 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,840 of those times in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, whenever the apostles 292 00:16:55,840 --> 00:17:01,560 are listed, all 12, there are always listing Bartholomew and 293 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:08,240 never Nathaniel. What about John in John's 294 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,640 gospel? He mentions Bartholomew one 295 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:17,000 time. He mentions Nathaniel 6 times, 296 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,520 no problem. All that means is this folks, 297 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:23,760 Nathaniel's Bartholomew is the same guy. 298 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:30,080 It's the same man. Notice then in verse 3, Simon 299 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,920 Peters said to them, I'm going fishing. 300 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,160 They said we're going with you also. 301 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,520 Now interesting about this, we know that they were fishermen. 302 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:45,120 We also know that commercial fishing around that lake at that 303 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:47,360 time was very important to the local economy. 304 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:51,600 We know that too. But it very well may be that 305 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,960 Peter says I'm going fishing and they said I'm going too, that he 306 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,840 was just talking about their immediate needs. 307 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,520 Maybe they were hungry. We don't know that for sure. 308 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,160 All we know is Peter said I'm going fishing. 309 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,240 The other says, yeah, we're going too. 310 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,640 All right, maybe immediate consumption was all they were 311 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,920 concerned about. Notice. 312 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,480 So they went out immediately, got into a boat, and that night 313 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,240 they caught nothing. OK, historically speaking, 314 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,920 Galilean fisherman, by the way, they would take torches and they 315 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,920 would go out at night and they would take these Nets and there 316 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,320 would be weights around the perimeter or the outer edges of 317 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,840 the Nets. And they would take those drag 318 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,880 Nets, if you will. And they would go far out 319 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,360 because they can take those those torches and go farther in 320 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,960 the dark. And they can drop those weighted 321 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:44,000 Nets down so they can drag it along and they can catch more or 322 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,240 fish. Well, you know what they did? 323 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,400 They went out that night to do just that. 324 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,360 You know what they caught nothing. 325 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:51,920 Now I'm going to tell you something. 326 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,800 What's amazing to me is how many people have looked at this 327 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:01,240 narrative and really even some commentators have looked at this 328 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:06,880 narrative as a as nothing but just a whole host of ordinary 329 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,280 events. I'm here to tell you the divine 330 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,480 hand of God and the divine hand of Jesus is all over this entire 331 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,720 thing. They go out at night, they're 332 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,040 looking to catch fish, they catch nothing. 333 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:28,480 And then all of a sudden in verse 4, when the morning had 334 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:33,360 now come, Jesus stood on the shore, yet the disciples did not 335 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:36,040 know that it was Jesus. Now in this little picture, by 336 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,600 the way, when I put up a picture, it's just a visual aid. 337 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,520 I don't know what Jesus looked like and neither do you. 338 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:48,200 OK, Also in this picture here, you know, a picture is worth 339 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,760 1000 words, but let me just make a clarification. 340 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,360 It shows that it's kind of lit up, like maybe the brightness of 341 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:57,560 the morning. It's probably more likely that 342 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,720 it was dark that morning. And that's why at first they 343 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,920 didn't recognize that was Jesus out on the shore. 344 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,280 And we're going to find out exactly how far the boat was 345 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:06,560 away from the shore in just a moment. 346 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,480 But notice, all we know is it's early in the morning and they 347 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,240 didn't recognize that it was Jesus. 348 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,840 It was probably because it was still dark and they didn't 349 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:20,480 recognize Him then. Jesus says to them, children, 350 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:26,160 have you any food? And by the way, do you think the 351 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,200 Lord needed to really know what that question was or that answer 352 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,880 to that question was? He knew exactly that they'd been 353 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,640 out all night. That's the Lord we're talking 354 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:42,560 about. He knew exactly the answer, that 355 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:47,320 they had no fish. He said children, have you, have 356 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:52,280 you any food? They answer no, obviously, but 357 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,840 the word children actually means little ones. 358 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:58,000 Moffett says the word means lads. 359 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,960 It's a term of endearment, it's a term of affection. 360 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:06,200 What he's saying is, is children, not in a condescending 361 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,320 way, but in a loving way. You got any food? 362 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,720 Did you catch anything last night? 363 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:20,000 They said no and then notice and he said to them cast the net on 364 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,240 the right side of the boat and you will find some. 365 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,040 All right. I did a little reading about 366 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,000 this. It was very customary to have 367 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:36,920 the net on the left side and the reason for that is the OR for 368 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,800 steering was on the right side. So scholars would say that 369 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,600 usually because the ornith steer for the boat would be on the 370 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,760 right side, they always cast the net on the left side of the 371 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,000 boat. Is that true? 372 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,040 I don't know. It wasn't there, but it makes 373 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,280 sense. The point is they did have the 374 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,760 net on the left side for whatever reason. 375 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:01,880 And Jesus says take that net and cast it on the right side and 376 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,320 you will find it. You will find fish. 377 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:09,880 Now I got to say this. Please get this number one. 378 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:19,600 Jesus had divine power #2 Jesus had divine knowledge. 379 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:26,320 So there's a big discussion. Did Jesus create the fish or did 380 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,840 Jesus just know where they were? You know, my answer to that is, 381 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,360 who cares and why does it matter? 382 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,800 The bottom line is, is if they may have just been there, a 383 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:42,320 school of fish, he may have created those fish and put them 384 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:43,640 there. That would have been divine 385 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,200 power. They could have been there 386 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,600 because of natural means, but Jesus, by divine knowledge knew 387 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,800 that they were there. Either way, it's still the 388 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,120 divine power of Jesus, isn't it? Jesus? 389 00:22:56,120 --> 00:23:01,040 Take that net, flip over to the other side and you'll find some. 390 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,360 Again, these aren't ordinary causes, ordinary occurrences. 391 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:08,640 This is the miraculous demonstration on part of Jesus. 392 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,320 What do they do? They cast it to the other side 393 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,440 and the fish were so many that they couldn't draw in the net. 394 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:21,120 Again, people that try to rationalize this event as being 395 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,480 nothing out of the ordinary. I like what Burton, what Kaufman 396 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,320 wrote about this. Now you got a picture. 397 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,560 All these fish in the net, you've caught nothing the night 398 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,640 before. Jesus just says they're on the 399 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,480 other side of the boat, Chuck it over there, and all of a sudden 400 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,480 you got so many fish you can't even pull it in. 401 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,560 Then Kaufman says the entire narrative here cannot be 402 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,600 explained at all except in a frame of reference, including 403 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:52,120 the supernatural power of Jesus. Can it be doubted that Jesus 404 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,680 already knew exactly where to find the apostles? 405 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,040 That he knew of their fruitless night's work, or that he had 406 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,560 built the fire and prepared food at exactly the place where Peter 407 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,360 would swim the shore, or that he already knew that they had 408 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:09,480 nothing to eat? How in the world could that be 409 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:14,440 ordinary? And then in verse 7, therefore 410 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:19,160 that disciple whom Jesus loved, that's John said to Peter, I 411 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:27,600 love this, it's the Lord. You know, I don't know if it's 412 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:32,440 because by now the sun kind of came out and they could see that 413 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:40,760 it was Jesus, or maybe they now hear the voice of Jesus, or 414 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,720 maybe they put two and two together with both those 415 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:50,760 occurrences. But John says it's the Lord. 416 00:24:55,400 --> 00:25:03,560 But notice now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he 417 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,360 put on his outer garment, for he had removed it and plunged into 418 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,320 the sea. I've always got a kick out of 419 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,720 that. You know, we always talk about 420 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,960 impulsive Peter, right? How many times was Peter 421 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,360 impulsive in his life, even to the negative side? 422 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,040 When he pulls out of his sword in the Garden of Gethsemane and 423 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,560 he cut off Malchus's ear, all the negative stuff. 424 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,400 Well, here he's pretty impulsive too, except now he can't wait to 425 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,680 get to Jesus. But we got to back up and talk 426 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:32,960 about this just for a little bit. 427 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:38,080 OK, first of all, the new King James says, for he had removed 428 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,520 it. The outer garment, The old King 429 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:48,480 James says for he was naked and because of that, because of that 430 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,000 phraseology, he was naked. Some people think that he was 431 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,080 there with no shirt on. In fact, you know what? 432 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,080 When I was looking for pictures for my little slides here, I 433 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,280 found a picture of it was Peter. I didn't put it on here because 434 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,200 that's not what the Bible says. I'll show you why, But it had 435 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,320 Peter on the boat looking at Jesus with his shirt off, bear 436 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:12,200 bare Chester with his shirt off because people think for he was 437 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,520 naked. This is what Thayer says. 438 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,160 Thayer says that the phrase means he was wearing only the 439 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:25,360 undergarment. He wasn't naked. 440 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,480 It was referred to as naked in his mind, and we'll get to why 441 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,240 in just a moment. But he had only on his 442 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,040 undergarment. So I did a little research and I 443 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,240 found this. It was very common, which is 444 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:42,320 also common now in today's day and age too, that a hard working 445 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,000 man will often times remove his shirt and work with his T-shirt 446 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,800 on. How many times do people do 447 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,440 that? Sometimes they even got those 448 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,600 tank top looking T-shirts. You know those ones have a 449 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:58,360 specific name for those, right? Or AT shirt or an undergarment. 450 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,520 That's what the phrase actually means. 451 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:07,920 Wearing only the undergarment, when he saw Jesus now, he 452 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,120 evidently removed the outer garment, which would have been 453 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,840 in cumbersome. It was actually called a 454 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:19,880 Fisher's coat. And he removed his Fisher's coat 455 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,520 and he went to work. They were working there, right? 456 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,920 But then he saw the Lord. Please get this. 457 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:32,440 Then he saw the Lord, and he felt like he was unpresentable 458 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,760 in only his undershirt because that was Jesus. 459 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,320 So he throws it on. He throws on the outer Fisher's 460 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,960 coat and jumps into the water and starts swimming to Jesus. 461 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,000 Now verse 8. See, I told you we're going to 462 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,080 breeze through these getting faster. 463 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,440 But the other disciples came in a little boat, so they stayed in 464 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:04,640 the boat, and they were not far from land, which was about 200 465 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,080 cubits. How far is that? 466 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,400 200 cubits, by the way, is 100 yards. 467 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:14,000 Now, if you've ever swam, maybe you're a good swimmer, maybe 468 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,520 you're not so, so good swimmer, maybe you can't swim at all. 469 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:21,600 But 100 yards is still the length of a football field. 470 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,280 It's still a pretty good swim. Peter doesn't care. 471 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,080 He can't wait to get to Jesus. John says it's the Lord. 472 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,240 Peter throws on his Fisher's coat and man, that's all she 473 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:34,680 wrote. He dives in, he's going to get 474 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,120 to Jesus. The rest stayed on the boat. 475 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,640 You know why they got all those fish in the net? 476 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,840 So it's about 100 yards. Notice in verse at the end of 477 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,840 this verse, and they drug the net with fish alone. 478 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,640 Again, here's another miracle. The very fact that the net did 479 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:58,960 not break. Remember Luke chapter 5? 480 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,400 We don't have time to go into that, but Luke chapter 5, I 481 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:02,760 think it's verses one through 11. 482 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,200 They caught a great number of fish and what is the first thing 483 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,960 it says? And the net was breaking because 484 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:15,760 of the great catch. This is an enormous catch and 485 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,200 the net didn't break. Let's look at these miracles. 486 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,440 Jesus knew where the fish were. He told them where to get the 487 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,200 fish. He said drag the fish. 488 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,400 All those fish are in there. We're going to find out how many 489 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,440 in just a moment. All those fish are in there. 490 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,000 They're being drug along. And it's, by the way, if you 491 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,480 ever drug anything in the water, it's heavier than the actual 492 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:38,440 weight of what's in the net. If it was on dry land, it gets 493 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,120 heavier and heavier and heavier as you drag it through the 494 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,040 water. And yet the Bible makes it clear 495 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,880 they drugged the net, and it did not break. 496 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,400 Verse 9. Then as soon as they had come to 497 00:29:54,400 --> 00:30:00,400 land, they saw a fire of coals and a fish laid on it and bred. 498 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,760 Westcott said this. The very manner in which the 499 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:08,200 charcoal fire and the fish and bread upon it are presented here 500 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,160 suggests that they were provided supernaturally. 501 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,160 All of it was supernatural. All of it was a miracle. 502 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,200 Then verse 10 when Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish 503 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,040 which you have caught. Why did Jesus do that? 504 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,880 You ever stop to consider that Jesus always makes us do or the 505 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,720 Lord always requires us to do our part? 506 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:41,360 I don't know what it's like in your life, but I know this. 507 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,720 Every good and perfect gift is from above. 508 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,760 So if you've been blessed monetarily, even by the way, 509 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,240 even people that are anti God, the Bible says the sun shines on 510 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,560 the good and the bad, on the just and the unjust. 511 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,920 In other words, there's a lot of people that don't believe in 512 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,920 Jesus, but they're blessed monetarily. 513 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,520 Sometimes we think that's not fair. 514 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,840 I'm struggling. Anyway, my point is this, if 515 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,640 you've been blessed, it's because you've been blessed by 516 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:16,760 God. God always does His part, but 517 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,000 God always requires that man does his part. 518 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,520 In fact, if you ever stop to consider we can't do God's part, 519 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,160 but he won't do ours. So God blesses us. 520 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,320 He does the blessing, we do the working. 521 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,560 I don't think this is an accident. 522 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,880 I think this is a perfect picture of exactly what all the 523 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,440 Lord had ever taught in the New Testament when He had His 524 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,880 three-year personal ministry. He told them, do your part, 525 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:48,040 bring the fish that you caught. One more thing about this, just 526 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,800 by waving an example. Just one more thing. 527 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,600 Do you know when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead? 528 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:54,920 This just kind of proved my point. 529 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,360 When Jesus in John Chapter 11 raised Lazarus from the dead, 530 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,840 Jesus miraculously raised him from the dead, right? 531 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,040 We all know that He planned to raise him from the dead. 532 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,160 He miraculously raised him from the dead, and he did so by 533 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,920 speaking words. Lazarus come forth, right? 534 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,720 But do you remember what happened right before that? 535 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:21,320 What did Jesus do? He told them, take away the 536 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,440 stone. God wants us to do our part. 537 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,360 God wants us to go to work every day. 538 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:35,160 God wants us to be responsible. God wants us to do what we can 539 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,800 so he will do what he will. And the same was true with this. 540 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,960 There was already fish on this on the shore. 541 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,320 Jesus provided it. There was bread on the shore. 542 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,400 Jesus provided it. All miraculous. 543 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,880 I don't think Jesus went fishing early that morning. 544 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:52,400 I think he just miraculously provided it. 545 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,400 But then he told them, do your part, notice, please. 546 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:03,040 And then Simon Peter went and dragged the net to the land full 547 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,840 of large fish. How many? 548 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,680 153. And although there were so many, 549 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:13,600 the net was not broken again. Again, a miracle. 550 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:19,440 You know, these Nets were woven from hemp or flax. 551 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:26,600 So if you put 153 fish in that thing and you drag it in water, 552 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,440 it's going to break. And it did that too. 553 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,520 It busted a little bit. And Luke and Luke's account that 554 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,080 we already read, and Luke's another whole nother story, but 555 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,200 not here. That was a miracle. 556 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:41,320 Now, I got to tell you, I did a little research about 153, and 557 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:46,280 it's amazing how many people make a big deal about the number 558 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:50,360 153. Let me just share with you a 559 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,560 couple of things. Why was it 153? 560 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,840 Some scholars say this. The number 153 is a triangular 561 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:03,320 number with a base of 17. So in other words, it's a number 562 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,760 formed by adding all the cardinal numbers consecutively 563 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,280 from 1 to 17, thus making it a perfect number. 564 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:16,639 Some suggest that was the significance, others suggest 565 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:20,480 there's no significance at all with the number of fish any more 566 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,760 than the six water pots in Cana when Jesus turned water into 567 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,639 wine and he says take those six pots and fill them with water 568 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,000 and then he turned them into wine. 569 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:33,679 Some say that the number 153 is no more significant as it's not 570 00:34:33,679 --> 00:34:38,280 significant that Peter swam 100 yards to shore to meet Jesus. 571 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,080 Whether this 153 is a complete number and that's why it's found 572 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,960 in the scriptures or not, to me is irrelevant. 573 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,000 Let me tell you what is relevant. 574 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:54,520 Don't you think 153 is pretty specific? 575 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,880 It doesn't say and they caught a bunch of fish or they caught a 576 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,000 great number or a whole mess of them. 577 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:12,000 It says 153, not one 5153. I think the significance is 578 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,280 this. It proves the miracle that Jesus 579 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:21,200 did was specific. It also gave the disciples 580 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:25,760 something very specific to give first hand testimony of that 581 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:32,640 event later on. It was 153 fish exact. 582 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,880 It just adds credibility to the miracle and then the fact that 583 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:42,880 it was miraculous and it was divine and it did come from 584 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,200 Jesus. In fact, once Kauffman said 585 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,400 this, the big point of such details proves that not only was 586 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,680 this miracle by Jesus, but also the disciples had eyewitness 587 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:59,080 testimony to these very specific facts. 588 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:04,640 Now then Jesus said to them, come and eat breakfast. 589 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:09,360 Yet none of the disciples asked. Baird asked him, who are you 590 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:14,040 knowing it was the Lord? You know, I've tried to wrap my 591 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,160 mind around this a little bit, but maybe in their mind they 592 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,680 wanted to be sure. So that's why it says that they 593 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,560 dared, that they none dared ask him. 594 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,720 So there was a little bit of fear that there they wanted to 595 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:27,800 ask him. Is this really you? 596 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:33,960 I don't know if it was because of a, of a hint of disbelief or 597 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,680 maybe they had some doubts and they wanted to be certain. 598 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:42,240 But here's the whole point. Nobody asked him because the 599 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:48,280 evidence was clear. It was Jesus, it was Jesus, and 600 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:52,760 then in verses 13 and 14, Jesus then came and took the bread and 601 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,600 gave it to them, and likewise the fish. 602 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,680 Notice this is the third time Jesus showed himself to his 603 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:00,960 disciples after he was raised from the dead. 604 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,760 But it was the 7th overall appearance that the Lord made 605 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:11,800 OK, three times before the 10 on the day of the resurrection, the 606 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:16,760 night of the resurrection, one week later before the disciples 607 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,600 and Thomas was their present. And now this was the third time. 608 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:26,840 All right, now we've laid the foundation for the narrative on 609 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,320 the Sea of Galilee. Next time we're going to 610 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,720 continue with what happened after breakfast. 611 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,760 And that was when Jesus restored Peter. 612 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,200 Now I'm going to say this, and I'm finished. 613 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:46,000 The next time I preach is Labor Day Sunday, and because of the 614 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,080 California Labor Day meeting, the church meeting up north 615 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:53,240 where quite a few of our members will be, I'm going to preach 616 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:56,960 something different that day. And then the following Sunday, 617 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,880 the 1st Sunday in September, I'm going to keep up. 618 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,600 I'm going to take over or pick up where we left off here and 619 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,520 talk about when Jesus restored Peter. 620 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,080 That's the narrative that leads to that. 621 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,440 Remember, everything that happened was divine. 622 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:21,360 Nothing happened by happenstance or circumstance or coincidence. 623 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,840 It was purposeful, it was divine. 624 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,640 It was done by the Lord and gave the disciples something very 625 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,000 specific. Remember, we're going to get 626 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,920 into the significance of the 40 days. 627 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:38,760 These things had to happen as they built their faith and 628 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,160 increased their faith as they move forward because you know 629 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,920 what's going to happen after Jesus ascends to his Father in 630 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,920 Acts chapter one, They got to stay behind and they got to take 631 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,920 the gospel of Christ to the world. 632 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,520 That's the lesson this morning. Thank you so much for your kind 633 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:54,840 listening and for your attention. 634 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:09,120 I said in the introduction, I said when a person wants Jesus 635 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:16,120 in their life, you have to invite him in. 636 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:24,960 Jesus says, behold, I stand at the door and knock, but the 637 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:31,520 doorknob is on your side. He's at the door, he's knocking, 638 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,720 but you have to open it on your side, and that's your heart. 639 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,960 This is how you do it. How do you open up the door and 640 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,400 let the Lord in? The Bible says this, and we 641 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,960 always extend an invitation to somebody that might be subject 642 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:49,800 to that gospel call. The first thing we do. 643 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,760 You got to hear the word of God. Remember those on the road to 644 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,400 Emmaus. It was the Word of God that 645 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,040 produced faith in their heart, not the experience. 646 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,080 Romans 10/17 So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the 647 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,440 word of God. After you hear the word of God, 648 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:05,960 everybody's got a choice to make. 649 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,360 Am I going to believe it or am I not going to believe it? 650 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,800 You got to believe with all your heart. 651 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,400 It says Hebrews 11 and 6. Without faith it's impossible to 652 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,320 please him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and 653 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:22,400 that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 654 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,320 But then guess what? I got to do something in my 655 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:26,880 life. I can't just keep living the way 656 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:28,160 I've lived. I got to change. 657 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,640 It's called repentance. I got to repent of my sins. 658 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,400 Acts 17 and 30. Truly these times of ignorance 659 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,000 God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent. 660 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:40,480 All that means is I've been going in that direction. 661 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:44,000 I want to make an about face. I want to follow Jesus. 662 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:47,320 Not going to be perfect, going to mess up. 663 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,160 I want to change the direction of my life. 664 00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:51,920 That's what I want to do. Then what I got to be willing to 665 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,960 confess Jesus Christ as the Son of God. 666 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,160 Acts 837 Then Philip said, if you believe with all your heart, 667 00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,760 you may. And he answered and said, I 668 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,720 believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 669 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,920 All of these steps lead toward or point toward the point of 670 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:12,120 salvation. But the point of salvation is 671 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,240 being baptized for the remission of sins. 672 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:19,080 Mark 1616. He who believes and is baptized 673 00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,600 will be saved. He who does not believe will be 674 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,760 condemned. Is it necessary? 675 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,880 Is baptism necessary? First Peter 321 The like figure 676 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:33,760 where the even baptism does also now save us. 677 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,560 Not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of 678 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,920 a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus 679 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,040 Christ. If you've never taken those 680 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,680 steps of obedience to become a child of God, we would love to 681 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,320 assist you in that today if you would. 682 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,240 Maybe you have, but maybe there are things in your life that are 683 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:52,360 not what they should be. Maybe you just been away from 684 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:56,440 the Lord. OK, fix it, repent of it, 685 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,520 confess those things. We'll pray with you and for you, 686 00:41:58,520 --> 00:41:59,800 and God will forgive and restore. 687 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:02,000 If you want to be the class, come forward while we stand and 688 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:02,760 while we stand.