Some years ago, we sat around a fire with good friends in Montana. Justin Whitmel Earley says good things happen around a campfire. John mentions a charcoal fire twice in his gospel. Peter was present at both. At the first fire, he denied his faith. At the second fire, he found it again. Our failures are not fatal. Today is a new day. Gather around the fire with us in worship. The same Lord who called us before is calling today. Will we follow him? Message based on John 21:15-19.
Quotes:
C. S. Lewis: On the whole, God’s love for us is a much safer subject to think about than our love for Him. But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him.
Peter Marshall: When a person comes to Christ, it is never again ‘business as usual.'
Abraham Lincoln: You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time . . . but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Duane Brooks: And we can never fool God.
J. I. Willard: That room lit up with the glory of God. I saw a figure. I did not see a face, but I recognized it to be the person of Christ. I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I heard a voice that said, ‘Feed my sheep.
Soren Kierkegaard: Jesus never asks for admirers, worshipers, or adherents. No, he calls disciples. It is not adherents of a teaching but followers of a life Christ is looking for.
William Temple: Forgiveness does not consist of remission of penalty. To forgive is to restore to the old relationship. So the forgiveness that Christ wins for us is not chiefly a remission of penalty; it is the restoration to the affectionate intimacy of sons with their Father.
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