Every man, a woman in the Bible, whom God used greatly, he humbled first.

Dr. Tony Evans says God's spirit won't fill the person who's already filled with themselves.

If you're going to love Christ, your failure and correction must be broken before him.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Broken bones sometimes need to be rebroken before they can heal properly. And there are times

when our fractured spiritual life requires the same drastic procedure. Today, Dr. Evans tells us

how one biblical character's life changed after going through that

process.

Let's listen.

You'll turn your Bibles with me to John, chapter 21, that will serve as the centerpiece

for our discussion today of loving Christ.

So 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, well, ten my lambs.

He said to him again a second time, Simon, son of John.

Do you love me? He said to him, well, yes, Lord, you know that I love you. He said to him, shepherd my sheep.

Verse 17, and 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 all things things you know that I love you Jesus said to him

ten my sheep this story comes on the heel of a great event in Peter's life he had failed

Christ and the question of love became the question of the day.

These three verses come on the backdrop of a climactic event that raises the question about love.

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