1 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church, 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: and this is our podcast. Be sure to subscribe so 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: we can get you these new sermons every week. I 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: hope you're blessed today. You might want to open your 5 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: Bible to John chapter twenty one. If you didn't bring 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: a bible, that's okay. I brought the biggest Bible that 7 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: I have ever owned. I found this at a flea 8 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: market the other day. It said large print Bible, and 9 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: I did just turn forty three. Look how cool that is? 10 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: In that cool I like it. The words just feel 11 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: more powerful that big. It's like, this is the Word 12 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: of God. We need a thirty seven font on the 13 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Word of God. I like to joke I preach from 14 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: a big Bible because you're fighting a big battle, and 15 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: I want to encourage and equip you today to the 16 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: best of my ability and beyond my ability through the 17 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. John chapter twenty one. 18 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: And the Word of the Lord says this okay, John 19 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: chapter twenty one, let me give you verse one and two. 20 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: Verse three is where my message really starts, but says afterward, 21 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:36,199 Speaker 1: Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the sea of Galilee. 22 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: A lot of good things happened in that location over 23 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: the last three years. It happened this way. Simon Peter Thomas, 24 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: also known as Dinamus Nathaniel, from cana and Galilee, the 25 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: sons of Zebedee and two other disciples were together. I'm 26 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: going out to fish, Simon Peter told them, and they said, 27 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: we'll go with you. So they went out got into 28 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: the boat. But that night they caught nothing. Early in 29 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples 30 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 1: did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out 31 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: to them, friends, haven't you any fish? No, they answered, 32 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: and he said, throw your net on the right side 33 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:32,679 Speaker 1: of the boat and you will find some. That's good 34 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: news when you're out there hungry. So let's try it. 35 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: The Bible says. When they did, they were unable to 36 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 37 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: And then verse seven says, then the disciple whom Jesus loved, 38 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: said to Peter, it is the Lord. As soon as 39 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: Simon Peter heard him say it is the Lord, he 40 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: wrapped his outer garment around him, for he had taken 41 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: it off, and jumped into the water. He's not thinking 42 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 1: straight putting on clothes to jump in the water. But 43 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: that's Peter. I want to go back to verse six 44 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: for a moment and share with you a resurrection reflection 45 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: from John chapter twenty one, verse six, where he said, 46 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: throw your net on the right side of the boat 47 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: and you will find some And when they did, they 48 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: were unable to haul the net in because of the 49 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: large number of fish. I want to appreciate you today 50 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: about found fishing. Found fishing. Father. I thank you that 51 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: you always find what you're looking for. May you find 52 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: faith in our hearts today. May your word meet our faith, 53 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: and miracles be the result, and the fruit of it 54 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: will be great. And I declare it and I believe it, 55 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: and I thank you for it in Jesus' name. Hey, man, 56 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: on your way to your seat, touch your neighbors, say 57 00:03:54,040 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: be found fishing. It's a strange time for the boys 58 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: in the boat. On one hand, they're happy because he 59 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: got up. On the other hand, they are a little 60 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: bit confused about what to do next. Let me get 61 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: my notes because I wrote something down last minute. I 62 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: want to make sure I say it right, because it 63 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: was really good. How God said it, and I want 64 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: to get it just like you said it. Yeah, he 65 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: said that the disciples are here in between what God 66 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: did and what they are going to do next, and 67 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: that is a strange place to be. It's a strange 68 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: place to be when you realize what he did, but 69 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: you're left with the question, what do I do. I 70 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: want to be honest with you, These in between places 71 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: are the places where Jesus reveals, sometimes to us, the 72 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: greatest thing about himself and really about ourselves in the 73 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: in between places. I've heard preachers use this passage to 74 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: pick on Peter so many times. I think that's why 75 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: I like to preach it almost every Easter, because part 76 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: of me wants to defend the disciple named Peter. Why. 77 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: I've even heard preachers say here that Peter went back 78 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: to the boat because he still didn't have faith that 79 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: Jesus was risen from the dead. Well, that's kind of dumb, 80 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: because he already saw him twice. I think he was 81 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: pretty sure that Jesus had risen from the dead. He 82 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: went and saw the tomb himself. He was a hot eyewitness. 83 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: But that doesn't stop preachers from taking Peter apart. I've 84 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: heard preachers say everything about Peter, you know, because when 85 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: he said in verse three, put that back up there 86 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: one more time. When he said I'm going out to 87 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: fish and they said we'll go with you, it almost 88 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: sounds like he's going back to his old life, what 89 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: he did before he met Jesus. So I hear a 90 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: lot of preachers when they preach on this passage, take 91 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: it there where Peter is basically going back to the 92 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: going back to the boat, like he's going back to 93 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: the bottle or something like there's something wrong with fishing, 94 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: like the eleventh commandment is now shout not fish. And 95 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure he had a license, so I'm sure it 96 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: was completely legal. And Peter wasn't doing anything wrong fishing 97 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: that I can tell, but we like to make it 98 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: sound like he was going back to some horrible life. 99 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: I even heard one preacher this takes the cake. He 100 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: said when Peter said, I'm gonna do it in the 101 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 1: country preacher accent, because those you ought to go to church, 102 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: or you know, I love country preacher because I have 103 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: country preacher in my heart. But he said I'm going 104 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: out to fish, and they said we'll go with you. 105 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: And they said, when you go back. You always drag 106 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: other people back with you and made it like a 107 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: bad thing, y'all. I saw a skit one time that 108 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: a youth group did. We're in the skit, this girl 109 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: died in a car wreck, and then she was in 110 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: hell and she was screaming from hell at her friends 111 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: who were in heaven. Why didn't you tell me about Jesus? 112 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: I heard a preacher one time after that skit talk 113 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: about Peter going fishing, that he was such a bad 114 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: example that he led all these other fellows to hell 115 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: with him. He didn't lead him to hell. He was 116 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: trying to feed him something to eat. They had to eat. 117 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: Why do people get so stupid when it comes to 118 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: the scripture that they forget that we have practical matters 119 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: that we have to attend to. No, I just need 120 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: the word of go. And you need indoor plumbing, and 121 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: you need transportation to work, and you need good medicine 122 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: when you get sick, and you need a good job. 123 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: So one day you can move out of mom's house 124 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: and get married and provide for somebody and you don't 125 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: have to go live in her dad's basement after three years. 126 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: You need a lot of things touch somebody say you 127 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: need a lot of things. You need a lot of things, 128 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: You need a lot of things. Some of y'all said 129 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: that with too much emphasis. I think you offended your neighbor. 130 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: Here's the tension in the text that I see. It's 131 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: not that Peter is going backfishing because he wants to 132 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: go back to a life of sin. It's just that 133 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: he's going back fishing because he doesn't know what God 134 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: has next for him. It's not like he's going back 135 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: to the meth lab. It's not like he's going back 136 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: to gang activity. It's not like he's going to a 137 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: life of crime. He's going fishing. Why, because we have 138 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: to eat tonight and there's no man of falling from 139 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 1: heaven that I'm aware of. What else is he gonna do? 140 00:08:55,200 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: But fish? What else is he gonna do? Wait around 141 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: for Jesus to walk through locked doors again? I mean, 142 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: that doesn't happen every day. In fact, I think it's 143 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: kind of cool that he went fishing, because I think 144 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,079 Speaker 1: maybe there's something deeper happening here than Peter just keeping 145 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: himself busy while he waits for what's next. I think 146 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: there's something that he's trying to remember and recall that 147 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: will help him as he waits for his next season 148 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: to be revealed. God sent me to speak to somebody 149 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: this Easter that you're waiting for God to reveal to 150 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: you what he has next for you. You don't really 151 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: know what that is. And you know that he's risen, 152 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: and you know that he's real, and you believe in God, 153 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: and you trust in God, and you have a relationship 154 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: with God, and you believe that he's capable, and you 155 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: believe that he's great. And the stone is rolled away 156 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: and that's fine. But the stone can be rolled away 157 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:05,079 Speaker 1: and you still be stuck. Why do y'all do this 158 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: to me every Easter? Y'all are Pentecostal every other fifty 159 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: one Sundays out of the year, and then you turn 160 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: bapt Episcopalia Catholic on me on an Easter. Now, listen 161 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: to me. This word is not for the people who 162 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 1: know exactly what God has planned for you to do. 163 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: You're like, right, because then I'd be dead, I'd be 164 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: in heaven exactly. This is an in between Bible story 165 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: where Jesus has risen, but what he has for me 166 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 1: has not yet been revealed. This is such an amazing 167 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: story for us to think about, because in the light 168 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: of the empty tomb, Peter still hasn't personally been restored 169 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: yet to the savior that he denied died just a 170 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: few nights ago. It's only been a few nights, remember, 171 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: since Peter warmed himself by the fire and said, I 172 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: don't even know Jesus. It's only been a few nights 173 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: since he cursed and said, I don't know what you're 174 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: talking about, Jesus who It's only been a short time 175 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: since he denied the very one that he pledged his 176 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: allegiance to, his undying discipleship to. It hasn't been that long. 177 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: So not only is he uncertain about the future, but 178 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: he's still dealing with that thing within himself that kind 179 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: of feels like I let him down. And even though 180 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: Peter has seen Jesus risen, he hasn't yet received personal 181 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: restoration for it. Yet. He knows what Jesus did, he 182 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: died for my sins. He knows what Jesus did he 183 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: rose from the grave. But the question isn't what he did, 184 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: it's what do I do? And I believe God sent 185 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: me for a message for a person who's saying I 186 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: know what he did, and I believe in what he did. 187 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: But I came this Sunday morning wanting to know what 188 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: do I do? As a matter of fact, it's more 189 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: specific than that. It's a message for somebody who's wondering, 190 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: can he still use me? Does he still want me? 191 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: Is there still time left for this to be turned around? Or? 192 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: Have I wasted my chance? Did I miss my opportunity? 193 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: Did I blow it so bad that I can't recover? 194 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: Is the addiction too strong now? Is to hurt too deep? Now? 195 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: Did I watch it walk away and I should have 196 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: stopped it but I couldn't. Did I miss it? Is 197 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: it over for me? I know he got up and 198 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: the grave is empty, but I kind of feel empty too, 199 00:12:54,880 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: because I'm not sure what's next for me. It's an 200 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: in between message for in between people. Raise your hand 201 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 1: if you're in between right now. Everybody not raising their 202 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 1: hand needs a class on self awareness honesty. You know 203 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: what they need? They need a good flat tire after church, 204 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: I pray a nail under your front right tire on 205 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: the way home from church, lying to the Lord like 206 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: that on his Holy Resurrection Birthday Sunday, want to I 207 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: want to take up for Peter for a moment, just 208 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: for a moment, and take up for every person under 209 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: the sound of my voice that believes that what he 210 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: did is awesome. But there are some things that you've 211 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: done that make you wonder. No no, no, no, no, no, no, 212 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: no no, I'm not talking about just big things, new buddy. 213 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: Neither did Peter, and I think the challenge of getting 214 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: through to you with a message like this. We kind 215 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: of want an abstract message about resurrection without having to 216 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: do the real deep work of saying, Okay, how do 217 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: I make this idea that Jesus got up from the 218 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: dead more than just a special occasion where I take 219 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: Mom to church once a year and then I got 220 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: to come back on Mother's Day too. Sheesh, this is 221 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: all kind of stacking up. Those are kind of close together. 222 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: How do I take this thing of a relationship with 223 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: God and a resurrected Savior and get it beyond the 224 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 1: point of being a special occasion and make it the 225 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: operating system of my life? How do I get it 226 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: down deep in me? That's what Peter needs in this moment. 227 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: He needs a deep encounter with a risen Savior and 228 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: he's about to have one, and so are you. The 229 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: Lord spoke to me he's going to do for somebody 230 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: today what he did for Peter back then. He's going 231 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: to restore you. He is going today. He gave me 232 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: a very specific word. He said, for some of you, 233 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: this is going to be a reset Sunday. Y'all never 234 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: played the original Nintendo Entertainment system. But if you're playing 235 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: punch Out and you're getting beat bad enough, the only 236 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: thing left to do is hit that button that says reset. 237 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: And I brought my Bible today, so maybe we could 238 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: find a reset button in the Word of God, and 239 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: find a reset button in your situation, and find a 240 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: reset button on this Easter Sunday. Somebody shout I'm ready, 241 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: say I'm ready for a reset. I don't want to 242 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: stay just where I was. I don't want to stay 243 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: in what I did. I don't want to just carry shame. 244 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: If he's not in the grave, why is this shame 245 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: on me? If he's not in the grave, Why won't 246 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: this depression let me go? If he's not in the grave, 247 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: why am I looking for the living among the dead? 248 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: I'm ready, Oh, y'all don't want this because when the 249 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: reset comes, it means there's gonna be a brand new 250 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: you for you to look at in the mirror on 251 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: Monday morning. I want a Sunday resurrection to get in 252 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: a Monday morning mirror, so that when you look in 253 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: the mirror tomorrow morning, you'll say, Hello, let's go. God 254 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: has something in sole for me. This is Reset Sunday, 255 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: Reset Sunday. And so Peter said I'm going fishing. Somebody 256 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: shout out out loud, say I'm going fishing. They said 257 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: Peter should have Peter shouldn't even have still had his boat. 258 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: Why did he keep his boat? See, Peter didn't have 259 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: real faith, That's why he kept his boat. He followed 260 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: Jesus and he left his nets, but he kept his 261 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: boat because he wanted a backup plan in case it 262 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: didn't work out. And then when it didn't work out 263 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: and Jesus went to the cross, he went back to 264 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: his boat. And if you really want to follow God, 265 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 1: you got to get rid of your boat and burn 266 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 1: your bridges and go forward and to let anything stop you. 267 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: He kept his boat so he could drive Jesus around, 268 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: so he could preak probat. I don't think he was 269 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: running from Jesus. I think he was looking for him 270 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: in the last place he felt confident in his calling. 271 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: I think Peter was tired of sitting around on wishing 272 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: that he didn't do what he did. You know, you 273 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: spent the rest of your life wishing, and call it repentance. 274 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,719 Speaker 1: Wishing you didn't do it isn't repenting and feeling guilty 275 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: about it doesn't make God feel better about it. He 276 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: died for all that stuff. So when Peter said I'm 277 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: going fishing, I don't hear it like he's saying I quit. 278 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: This is stupid. He didn't even tell us what to 279 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: do next. He dies on us and rises from the 280 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: dead and makes us look bad because we all ran 281 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 1: except you, John, the one he loves. I love how 282 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: John gets that in there, he said. The one he 283 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: loved turned to Peter and said, talking about himself, I 284 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: love it. Now watch this, watch this in your mind. 285 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 1: You got to smell the fish. You got to smell 286 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: the fish that Jesus is already cooking on the shore. 287 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: That's first. I didn't read that to you because I'm 288 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: on o'clock today and I can't get the verse nine today. 289 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: But maybe I will put it on my YouTube channel. Y'all. 290 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: I've been putting these extra sermons on my YouTube channel. 291 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 1: You got to go subscribe. It's these little teachings. I'm 292 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: gonna put more of them out just to help you 293 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 1: really get the word of God, to break it down. 294 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: It's called the Basin. You got to look for it soon. 295 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: I might put a part two on the Basin, but 296 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,479 Speaker 1: for today, I just want to talk about what was 297 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: Peter looking for when he went fishing. He said, I'm 298 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: going fishing, and they said, all right, got nothing better 299 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: to do. The spirit hasn't come yet. Jesus hasn't ascended yet. 300 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: It's that in between period. We don't know the next thing. 301 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: He hasn't told us our next assignment. So what do 302 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: you do when you know what he did, but you 303 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: can't get over what you did and you don't know 304 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: what he's calling you to do? Go fishing. I know 305 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: it's a controversial Eastern message. Used to hear everybody preach 306 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: about Peter going fishing like you made the wrong move. 307 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: I think that's the exact right thing to do, because 308 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: see three years earlier Peter went fishing. Three years earlier, 309 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: he cast his nets all night long and caught nothing. 310 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: Three years earlier, he pulled his boat on the shore 311 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 1: and he was cleaning his nets, and this wonder working 312 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: rebel priest named Jesus Christ of Nazareth pulled up on 313 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: him and said, can I use your boat to fish? 314 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: But I'm not fishing for what you're fishing for. I 315 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: need to catch some people. Peter's like, is that legal? 316 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: You got a license for that. He's like, yeah, I 317 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 1: got the license. I'm the Lord of heaven and Earth. 318 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,479 Speaker 1: I am the word that existed before time began. I 319 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: am the word made flesh dwelling along. I got a 320 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: license to fish. Push out a little, and they pushed 321 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: out a little, and Jesus preached a little, and then 322 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: he said, now push out a little more. And they 323 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: pushed out, and Jesus said, now that I've got what 324 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: I'm looking for, I'm gonna show you what you're looking for. 325 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: Throw down your nets. And when they dragged him up, 326 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: Peter wasn't happy. He was scared. He said, oh no, 327 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: this is bad. If you knew those fish were in 328 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: that water, you know the sin that's in me. And 329 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: he fell down at Jesus's feet and he said, go 330 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: away from me. Lord, I'm a sinful man. And Jesus said, 331 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: I'm not going anywhere but inside of you to show 332 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: you what I put in you. I'm gonna make you 333 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: a fisher of men. He knows what's in you, the 334 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: good and the bad. He knows what's in you, the 335 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: gifts and the weakness. He knows what's in you, the 336 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: trauma and the testimony. He knows what's in you and 337 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: chooses you and calls you. That was three years ago, 338 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: three years before that moment that Peter would deny him, 339 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,399 Speaker 1: three years before that point that Peter would disappoint him, 340 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 1: three years before he would let him down. Three years 341 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: have gone by, and Jesus has done amazing things, included, 342 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: but not limited to the healing and opening of blinded eyes, 343 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: including but not limited to the loosing of tongues, including 344 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: but not limited to the raising of dead people after 345 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: their body was already stinking and covered in maggots and 346 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: wrapped in grave clothes, and everybody else gave up, started crying, 347 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 1: went home to comfort the sisters. He did all of that, 348 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 1: and Peter denied him. And Peter said, I'm going fishing, 349 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: and it makes you wonder was he fishing? Because he 350 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: lost his faith, or was he fishing so he could 351 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: find it again, because I remembered three years ago when 352 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: I let him use my boat. I remember three years 353 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: ago when I put out a little and he started teaching. 354 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: And I never heard anybody teach like he. He taught 355 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: with authority, but he was gentle, but he was commanding. 356 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: Maybe Peter wasn't saying I'm giving up. Maybe he was saying, 357 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: I'm going back before we judge him, before we penalize him, 358 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: before we tell him how he should have sold his boat. 359 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,680 Speaker 1: And we don't even come to church when it's rainy outside. 360 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: Look straight ahead. They won't know I'm talking about you. 361 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: Watch the screen. Watch the screen. Peter said, I'm going fishing, 362 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: because I was fishing when he called me. If you 363 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: don't know what to do, do what you know to do, 364 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: but don't run from what God has put right in 365 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: front of you. There is some stuff you can't run 366 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: from forever. So go fishing. Go fishing. I know you 367 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: thought you came to church today, but you really came fishing, 368 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: all right. And those of y'all that sat in the 369 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: front row, if you get splashed, it's not my fault. 370 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: This is the splash zone. I might spit on you 371 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: if I get fired up, but it's holy spit because 372 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: I'm fishing. I'm fishing for somebody today that God wants 373 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: to reach and heach and appreciate. Who are you? God 374 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,960 Speaker 1: has had you in a season where you haven't known 375 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: what's next. God has had you in a season where 376 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: perhaps you even thought it was over, maybe even other 377 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: people said it was over. Maybe you think there's no 378 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: way forward after what you did. And here comes Peter 379 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: to tell you, no, no, If you will go back 380 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 1: to the place where you saw him do a miracle, 381 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: if you will go back to a place of childlike faith, 382 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 1: give me that camera. If you will go back to 383 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: the word that you know to do. You know enough. 384 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: You just gotta get back to Galilee at go fishing. 385 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: You've just got to praise him. You've just got to 386 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: rejoice in him. You've just got to thank him. You've 387 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 1: just got to wait for him. He's looking for you. 388 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,439 Speaker 1: He's not waiting for Christ to come find him on 389 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 1: the couch. He said, I'm going fishing. I'm gonna do 390 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: some stuff. You know, you can cite yourself out sometimes 391 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: be like I don't know what to do you do 392 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: if you don't know what to do about that, you 393 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: know what to do that'll help you know what to 394 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 1: do about that. Give you an example, a great example, 395 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: a great example. If I say so myself, I think 396 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: that getting in a place of gratitude is one of 397 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: the most important skills you develop as a grown up 398 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: person in life or as a growing Christian. Now, how 399 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: many of you know I'm right about that? Don't make 400 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 1: me work too hard. You might not even believe in 401 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: the Crucifixion and the resurrection. But just speaking from a 402 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 1: human practical wisdom standpoint, the best way for me to 403 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: make a decision about what I don't have or what 404 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: I don't know is to be thankful for what I 405 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:50,479 Speaker 1: do have and what I do Now, all right, so 406 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: how come we know that but we don't do that? 407 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: Why do we get up in the morning? Sometimes I'm 408 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: just asking the question because it is Easter Sunday morning, 409 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: and Jesus did appear in the morning, and so why 410 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: is my morning routine sometimes looking at stuff that's gonna 411 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 1: stress me out. I'm gonna come to this side and 412 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: see if there are anybody any like one person in 413 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: this church? Why do you get on Facebook first thing 414 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: in the morning and fish for something to be offended about. 415 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 1: We only got one side of the room left. This 416 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: is the process of elimination, because I'm telling you, yeah, 417 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 1: I'm fishing a little bit. Now, I'm fishing a little bit. 418 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: If you know that, going on your phone first thing 419 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,679 Speaker 1: in the morning, scrolling past the app that says Holy 420 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: Bible and scroll into that hell hole called Facebook or 421 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: Twitter or I can't even say Instagram, the spirit of 422 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: Saw comes on me. I feel spears flying at my head. 423 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 1: I'm saying that you will find what you fish for 424 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: in this life. I'm saying if you're looking for a 425 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 1: reason to be down today, you can find six and 426 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,959 Speaker 1: the devil will line them up and put them on 427 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: a buffet. But if you're looking for a reason to 428 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: praise very, if you're looking for a reason to give 429 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: him glory, do this and let everything that last breath 430 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: pop feel the Holy Ghost, and let everything that's still standing, 431 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: and let everything that's not faged up, and let everything 432 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 1: that's been forgiven, and let everything brad come on with fishing. 433 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: Let's full out of place. Let get down aloud. He's 434 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: another time he got out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. God 435 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: is looking for a praiser. God is looking for a worshiper. 436 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: God is looking for a grateful daughter, a grateful son, 437 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: a grateful fisherman. Woo, I can do it anytime I want. 438 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: I learned the secret of being content. If I'll go 439 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 1: down inside of me where God is. You say, no, 440 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: God's up there. You missed the whole point of Easter. 441 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: He got up so he could send the spirit back down. 442 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: And greater is He that is in me, man, He 443 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 1: let us in the world. So all I gotta do 444 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: is fit for it. Hot five, parfollow you next to 445 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: you and say we're going fishing. Come on, you're going 446 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: with me. You're not staying down in that pit. I 447 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: see you trying. But they're not alone. This is church. 448 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: This is the body of Christ. God sit a wording 449 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: in his house to raise you up. Come on, you 450 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: beat Paul, I be Silas, and let's get on the 451 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: pride the built see enemy, the built, see enemy, get 452 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: the little press. I'm going fishing. So I says, oh, 453 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: this is great, because when you talk to your friends 454 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: that don't like church, or they think Elevation is a 455 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: weird cult church whatever like that, you have tim me 456 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 1: come an elevation today for Easter. Just say i'ment fishing 457 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: on Eastern once you new Easter Sunday. You don't even 458 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: have to brag to him and say I heard a 459 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: hermeneutical masterpiece of a sermon out of John twenty one, 460 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: which transposed at the resurrection of Jesus Christ over the 461 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: restoration of Simon Peter his beloved Decipe. But just tell 462 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: him I'm went fishing. And when they say, well did 463 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: you get anything, ask them how long do you have? 464 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: Because what I got I can't contain in a cute 465 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: little two men a list. I got goodness, I got mercy, 466 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: I got healing, I got joy, I got the oil 467 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: of gladness. I got blessings, good blessure. Breast down, say 468 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 1: it together. You know the Bible and running over My 469 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: sexs are heavy, my hardest soul. My life is saved. 470 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: Pops didn't read deep by the blood of the Lamb. 471 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: That's what Easter is. I feel like fishing now. I 472 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 1: feel like fishing now. God, thank you for waking me 473 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: up this morning. God, thank you for giving me another chance. 474 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: Thank you that everybody doesn't know all the dirt they 475 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: couldn't know on me. Thank you, Lord, Thank you for 476 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,959 Speaker 1: clothes on my body. Thank you for food on my table. 477 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: Thank you for those snacks in my pantry. Thank you 478 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 1: for it. Lord. Somebody say thank you Lord. Thank you 479 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: for songs to sing. Thank you for a melody of midnight. 480 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: Thank you for my wife in her hot pink Easter soup, 481 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: looking good, giving the word of the Lord. She's holy 482 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: and hot. She burn it up hot, hop fet you 483 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: like a fire. WHOA, I got something on the line, 484 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 1: Now help me pulling in. Thank you for my big 485 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: friend Bible. Thank you for a sad, stiff default work 486 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 1: from allbody. God. That's why he went fishing. That's why 487 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: he's so da. Jesus had an appointment with Peter. Peter 488 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: wasn't the only one fishing that Sunday. You know how 489 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: I know because what Peter did when he realized it 490 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 1: was Jesus. Nobody does this stuff if they're in their 491 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: right mind. Nobody does this stuff if they're in control 492 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: of themselves. That's why some of y'all are like, I 493 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: didn't plan on standing up during church today. This is 494 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: not normally how I worship God. When that Holy ghost 495 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: gets a hook in you. You can try to look mad, 496 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,880 Speaker 1: but I see joy coming home. You can try to 497 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: look hateful, but I see hope coming home. You can't 498 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: fight it, can I show you? Verse seven? Watch what 499 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 1: Peter did? Now Peter went fishing. We know that, but 500 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: watch what else happened. Verse seven The Bible says the 501 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: disciple whom Jesus loved, humble Bragg said to Peter, it's 502 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: the Lord. And as soon as Simon Peter heard him 503 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: say it's the Lord, he wrapped his outer carmen around 504 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: him and jump in the water. Question Easter Sunday Church 505 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: Elevation twenty twenty three, Question Ephaan around the World? Question? 506 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: Did Peter really jump in? Or does something pull him? Question? 507 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: Was Peter the only one fishing? So who else was fishing? 508 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 1: And when he looked on the shore he saw somebody. 509 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,719 Speaker 1: He should have known who it was the moment he 510 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: heard his voice. He knew that voice. That's the voice 511 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:36,040 Speaker 1: that said leaves rous and a dead man got off. 512 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: So he should have known that when this voice speaks, 513 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: you can't stay where you are. And all of a 514 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 1: sudden something happened to Simon and he no longer was 515 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,760 Speaker 1: fishing for what he did wrong, and he no longer 516 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: was fishing for what might go wrong next, And he 517 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: no longer was fishing in the sea of forgetfulness where 518 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,360 Speaker 1: God had cast all of his sins. All of a sudden, 519 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: when he heard is Jesus, some start pulling on him. 520 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: I think Jesus is the real fisherman in John chapter 521 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 1: twenty one. I think while Simon was doing this with 522 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:31,359 Speaker 1: his nets, Jesus was doing this because he knows how 523 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 1: to reel me in. He knows how to reel me in. 524 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,839 Speaker 1: Oh pastor, there's no reel in the passage. You're wrong. 525 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: You're spelling it wrong. You're spelling it with to ease. 526 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:47,560 Speaker 1: I'm saying, r E A L. God is bringing the 527 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: real me and the new me, the one that not 528 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 1: only knows that he got up. But I feel the 529 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: spirit of God pulled on someone right now, saying that 530 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 1: you thought you were going to church, but you're really 531 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 1: not even the one Fishing's God who drew you here. 532 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 1: It's God who wants to give you a reset, not 533 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 1: just so you fish on the right side of the boat, 534 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: so that you live on the right side of the 535 00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: empty tomb, so that you live forgiven so that you 536 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,800 Speaker 1: live free, so that you live knowing there's a God 537 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 1: who knows all that is in you, and he's greater 538 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 1: than all of it. I see Jesus still on the 539 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:45,799 Speaker 1: shore today. It's been two thousand years since he pulled 540 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 1: Peter in, but maybe today is today that he's pulling 541 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,879 Speaker 1: you in to his kingdom too, because he's got an 542 00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 1: assignment for you. He wants to change you and remake you. 543 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 1: And this is your moment, this is your moment. He's 544 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,520 Speaker 1: reeling you in. He's reeling you in right now. Stand 545 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: to your feet, everyone standing. The spirit of the Lord 546 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: is drawing you. That's why you're still breathing. That's why 547 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 1: your heart is still beating. That's why although you denied him, 548 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: he cannot deny himself. He is faithful. And you thought 549 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: you were coming to the lake looking for fish. He 550 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,640 Speaker 1: came to the lake and caught fish before you got here. 551 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: Breakfast is already cooked. You don't have to pay for anything. 552 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: It's all you can eat buffet of his mercy. But 553 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: you've got to come. You've got to come. How much 554 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,799 Speaker 1: more will he have to do? He died for you. 555 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,960 Speaker 1: Don't you remember what he did on Calvary, when he 556 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 1: stretched his arms, when he took every sin you would 557 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,520 Speaker 1: ever commit, all of that stuff and cast it to 558 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: the bottom of the sea, where he posted a no 559 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:16,040 Speaker 1: fishing sign saying their sins and lawlessness. I will remember 560 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: no more. But this moment is not about him fishing. 561 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:27,240 Speaker 1: This is a moment about you coming. He's been looking 562 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 1: for you, he's been calling for you. Your grandmother has 563 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,240 Speaker 1: been praying for you. God brought you here today. I didn't. 564 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:40,160 Speaker 1: God had you log onto this message. I didn't. He's 565 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 1: fishing for you, and he will leave the ninety nine 566 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: to find the one. Are you the one? Are you 567 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 1: the one? Bow your head and close your eyes. I'm 568 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: going to pray a prayer right now for those who 569 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 1: are at that moment of decision and you want to 570 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: give your life to God today and receive His life 571 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,680 Speaker 1: in you, to be forgiven of your sin and have 572 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,080 Speaker 1: a brand new life. To commit your life to Him. 573 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: Right now, I'm going to pray, and I want you 574 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,200 Speaker 1: to repeat this prayer out loud after me. If you're 575 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,919 Speaker 1: ready to come to God or come back to God, 576 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,840 Speaker 1: I want you to pray this prayer out loud after me. 577 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,239 Speaker 1: Church Family praying for the benefit of those who are 578 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: coming to God in this moment. Repeat after me, Heavenly Father, 579 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:30,759 Speaker 1: today is my day of salvation. I'm a sinner in 580 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:36,240 Speaker 1: need of a savior, and I believe that Jesus Christ 581 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:41,480 Speaker 1: is the Son of God. And today I make Jesus 582 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,480 Speaker 1: the Lord of my life. I believe he died that 583 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: I would be forgiven and rose again to give me life. 584 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 1: I receive this new beginning. I am a child of God. 585 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 1: On the count of three of you, rate that shoot 586 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: your hand in the year one, two three, Jump in 587 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,359 Speaker 1: the water right now, right now, right now, right now, 588 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,200 Speaker 1: right now, right now, right now, right now. Shoot it high, 589 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:14,480 Speaker 1: Shoot it high. Let's celebrate. Let's celebrate. Let's celebrate. Let's 590 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:19,320 Speaker 1: celebrate the loss of South. The dead are coming alive. 591 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: The chains of sin are broken. Prepare, something is singing, 592 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:28,560 Speaker 1: worship team, the chains are broken. The grave is empty. 593 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:33,120 Speaker 1: The blood was enough. Let's take about twenty three seconds 594 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:40,880 Speaker 1: and celebrate the greatest Easter Day, the greatest decision ever made. 595 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:45,120 Speaker 1: The God betain sin, that we might be called the 596 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:53,720 Speaker 1: righteousness of God. Lift downright hand, Lift downy, lift street, 597 00:41:53,800 --> 00:42:10,480 Speaker 1: hearty yet here, lia Hey, I hope you enjoyed the podcast, 598 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,160 Speaker 1: and if you did, make sure to share it and 599 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,799 Speaker 1: subscribe so we can get you all of these new 600 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,840 Speaker 1: messages as soon as they're available. I also want to 601 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,799 Speaker 1: take a moment and thank all of you who are 602 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:24,319 Speaker 1: a part of Elevation. Whether you support us financially, or 603 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:28,080 Speaker 1: serve with us, or just share these messages, it's because 604 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,680 Speaker 1: of you that we're able to reach people all around 605 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: the world. And if you want more information on how 606 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,400 Speaker 1: to be a part of Elevation, click the link in 607 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,200 Speaker 1: the description. Thanks again for listening. Make sure to leave 608 00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: a review, share the message, and subscribe. God bless you.