The God of Restoration

Cornerstone Chapel - Audio Podcast

Cornerstone Chapel

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 898 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In our society we typically throw away things that are broken or in terrible condition. But not God! He loves what is broken and discarded because then He can mend them and reclaim them for His glory. In other words, God is the God of restoration. Biblical restoration is when God takes something broken and makes it brand new! And when God restores broken things and broken people, the final state is actually better than the original condition! In John 21, Jesus restores Peter after Peter had denied knowing Jesus around the time of Jesus’ crucifixion. After His resurrection, Jesus has an exclusive conversation with Peter, only recorded in John’s gospel, that brings restoration to Peter’s life. God is still restoring broken lives, and broken marriages, and broken things for His glory! He is the God of Restoration.

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0:00.0	John 21 is where we are today as we bring our study through the gospel of John to a close today
0:07.5	by looking at this last chapter, chapter 21. And next week, Lord Willing, we'll be continuing in our
0:14.6	journey right through the Bible. We go cover to cover here at Cornerstone. So next week we'll be
0:18.3	into the book of Acts. so you can read ahead.
0:27.5	But for today, since we've covered the details concerning the death and burial and resurrection of Jesus as we made our way through Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and because I will cover
0:35.6	pretty extensively the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus around the week of
0:39.7	Easter. Today I've opted instead to look at a conversation in this closing chapter of John's
0:47.2	gospel that is exclusive to the gospel of John, a conversation between Jesus and Simon Peter. You find this conversation nowhere else
0:57.2	in the Bible. It is recorded just here in John chapter 21. And so I'm going to read starting at
1:02.8	verse 14 down through verse 19. In verse 14, it says, this is now the third time Jesus showed himself to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
1:15.2	So Jesus has already risen from the dead. This conversation happens post resurrection. And so continue reading verse 15. And so when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?
1:31.0	And he said to him, he said to Jesus, yes, Lord, you know that I love you.
1:35.4	And he said to Peter, feed my lands.
1:38.8	And he said to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?
1:42.8	He said to him, yes, Lord, you know that I love you.
1:45.9	And he said to him, tend my sheep. He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?
1:52.9	Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all
1:58.5	things. You know that I love you. And Jesus said to him,
2:02.4	feed my sheep. Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked
2:08.2	where you wished, but when you were old, you will stretch out your hands and another will gird you
2:13.5	and carry you where you do not wish. And this he spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God.
2:21.5	And when he had spoken this, he said to him, follow me. Now, before we pray and dive into this passage,
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