The apostle Peter plays a big role during the ministry years of Jesus and afterwards. He is famous for his interactions with Jesus and this week is no different.

The apostles had traveled to Galilee and were awaiting the meeting with the God-man. Peter and six others impulsively decided to go night time fishing and caught nothing. When the sun began to rise, Jesus stood on the shore and called out to them, wondering if they had caught anything.

Just like the miracle three years earlier, He instructed them to throw the net out a final time for a catch. Humoring the man they did not recognize; they found the net suddenly full of fish and threatening to sink the boat. John recognized it was Jesus and voiced his thoughts to Peter, who joyfully jumped overboard and swam to meet Jesus.

The Son of God had a meal of fish and bread prepared for them and they ate it in silence. The apostles were shy, knowing it was the Messiah that stood before them, risen from the dead, but no one dared question His identity aloud.

Then Jesus did something surprising by singling out Peter and repeatedly asking him the same question. Do you love me? The answer was simple enough, but Peter could not answer to Jesus’ satisfaction. They spoke the same language, but they were at different levels because Jesus was asking about agape love and Peter kept referencing philia love.

The English language only has one word for “love” and the conversation between Jesus and Peter is meaningless unless the reader is aware of the two Greek words for love being used.

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Yours in Christ,

Pastor John S. Torell