The Restoration of Peter.

This is a topic that has been engaging me for some time because I recently preached a sermon on Peter's restoration from John 21.

And it's so engaged me that here's what I want to do as we resume regular recording in these summer months of grace and truth. I want to do a three-part series

on the restoration of Peter. In truth, Jesus doesn't just restore Peter in John 21. He goes far beyond that, and he really

sets Peter on a new trajectory, one where Peter is forgiven of his sin, and he's walking a new

path with his Savior. It's the same path of salvation, but Peter's threefold denial and betrayal

of Jesus is overcome, and Jesus restores Peter to ministry.

As we're going to talk about in this first part of three today, Peter had a very up and down

Christian and apostolic experience. Sometimes Christians are not always honest about the way the

Christian life is going to go. We can be very

idealistic. We can think that if you follow Jesus, yes, you come into this whole salvation

proposition with a lot of sin, but amazing grace saves you. And then largely your sin is a thing of the

past. And you don't really have a whole lot to work on in terms of sin issues. Maybe something

bubbles up here and there, but in general terms, Christians aren't supposed to sin. Sin is so

horrific. Who can imagine ever sinning? And what can happen is you and I cannot be very honest then

about our sin and that lack of honesty can cause us all sorts of problems and can cause our loved

ones and our fellow church members and people were on staff with or whatever it may be can cause

them all sorts of issues because here's the thing if you aren't realistic about sin this is

something i've talked about a lot on grace and truth over the months but if you aren't realistic

about your sin,

you're going to have one of two major reactions when you really are caught out in sin.

When sin has very clearly occurred in your life and someone raises it, brings it to your attention,

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