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Day four in John 21, one of the most famous of the resurrection

passages, beginning in verse 18. Again, Jesus and Peter are sitting by the fire. They've just had

breakfast with us together. Essentially, Jesus has just reinstated Peter. He asked him three times, do you love me, do you love three times do you love me do you love me

do you love me Peter understands exactly what Jesus is doing Jesus has recreated the scene here

and he is giving him an opportunity to do something about those three times where he denied him

and so after this you would think after Peter says, Lord, you know

everything, you know that I love you, Jesus would say, all right, well listen here, buddy, it is cotton candy

and Cadillacs and smooth sailing from here on, but that's not the way it goes because that's not the way

life goes. Verse 18, Jesus says to Peter, truly, truly, I say to you,

when you were young, you used to dress yourself

and walk wherever you wanted.

But when you were old, you will stretch out your hands

and another will dress you and carry you

where you do not want to go.

This, he said, to show by what kind of death

he was to glorify God.

And after saying this, Jesus says to Peter, follow me.

Church history tells us that the way Peter died is that Peter becomes one of the most bold

evangelists in the world, that Peter in Acts chapter two is going to stand on the

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