DO YOU LOVE ME, PETER?
January 22, 2025When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you loveG25 Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I loveG5368 You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” John 21:15 Why did Jesus single out Peter from the other Apostles? Peter was the one in need of restoration. Jesus had already forgiven Peter, but Peter had not forgiven himself and needed reassurance that Jesus had forgiven him. Peter was also the Lord’s choice to lead the early church, to help them keep their focus on the Gospel—the Good News—and begin the task of spreading…
TWO TYPES OF LOVE
G25 – agapáō – To esteem, love, indicating a direction of the will and finding one’s joy in something or someone . . . Agapáō and never philéō is used of love toward our enemies. The range of philéō is…
LOVE IS LAYING DOWN OUR LIVES
This is My commandment, that you loveG25 one another as I have lovedG25 you. Greater loveG26 has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. . . This is My command to you: LoveG25 one…
REMAIN IN THE REDEEMER’S LOVE
As the Father has lovedG25 Me, so have I lovedG25 you. Remain in My love.G26 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love,G26 just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.G26 John…
DOES THE LORD MAKE HIS HOME WITH YOU?
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who lovesG25 Me. The one who lovesG25 Me will be lovedG25 by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” . . . Jesus replied, “If…
KNOWN BY OUR LOVE
A new commandment I give you: LoveG25 one another. As I have lovedG25 you, so you also must loveG25 one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you loveG26 one another. John 13:34-35 How did…
NO GREATER LOVE
GOD SO LOVED
For God so lovedG25 the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (BSB) For God so greatly lovedG25 and dearly prized the world…
NEVER NEGLECT JUSTICE AND LOVE
Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the loveG26 of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. Luke 11:42 What did Jesus describe as more…
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES (EASIER SAID THAN DONE)
But to those of you who will listen, I say: LoveG25 your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. . . Do to others as you would have…
LOVE: THE PROTOTYPE
Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus replied, “This is the most important:G4413 ‘Hear O Israel,…