Connect Identify 5 people on your frontlines who don’t yet know Jesus. Plan a time to pray for them each day.

Warm-Up

1. A lot can happen in two weeks! What has the past fortnight been like for Jesus and the disciples?
2. How would it have been like an emotional rollercoaster? How would Peter have likely felt? 

Read John 21:15-17

3. What has just happened prior to Jesus’ and Peter’s conversation? Who was present?
4. What does Jesus ask Peter? How many times does he ask? How did Peter feel about this?
5. If a loved one asks you ‘if you love them’ how would that make you feel? What if they asked three times?
6. How does the repetition point back to another event involving Peter around a fire?
7. What name does Jesus use with Peter? What is significant about the use of Peter's 'former’ name?
8. Why was the denial of Jesus particularly pertinent for Peter? What had Peter previously claimed?
9. Are we ever at risk of also ‘denying’ Jesus? In what situation are you most tempted to ‘deny’ Jesus?
10. Why is loving Jesus the most important priority for every follower of Jesus? How is Christ’s forgiving love the basis and the springboard from which we love him? How can we be secure in God’s love?
11. Every time Peter declares his love for Jesus, how does Jesus respond? What does he mean by this?
12. By addressing Peter’s threefold denial, how is Jesus actually restoring Peter to ministry?
13. Whilst Peter had a very particular call in the life and leadership of God’s church, how do we all share in the ministry of loving God’s people? How do you express this week-to-week?
14. How could you grow in your serving of Jesus by loving God’s people and church?

Read John 21:18-25

15. What is Jesus referring to in verse 18? How can we give thanks for Peter’s faithfulness?
16. What was Peter’s concern about the ‘disciple whom Jesus loved’? How does Jesus respond?
17. As we seek to follow Jesus, how can comparing ourselves actually take our eyes (and heart) off following Jesus? Does that mean that we can’t be inspired by the example of others?
18. Are there any areas in your life in which you are finding it challenging to follow Jesus?
19. What is the most helpful ‘life advice’ that you’ve ever received? What do you think is the best possible advice that you could give to a follower of Jesus?
20. What has stood out for you or how have you grown through our time looking at John’s Gospel together?

Apply What most helps nurture your love of Jesus? Does anything in your life inhibit your love for him?

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On Your Front Line this Week

Who are 5 people on your frontline who don't yet know Jesus? Commit to praying for them each day.

For Families

• Download: some of the family resources to use at home: stbartskids.org

Listen, Watch, and Read

• Listen (sermon): “Feed My Sheep” by Tim Keller:

  https://gospelinlife.com/sermon/feed-my-sheep/ 
• Listen (sermon): “Peter - Feed My Lambs” by John Stott:
  https://www.allsouls.org/Media/AllMedia.aspx?show_media=51790&show_file=53978 
• Listen (sermon): “A Spiritual Failure” by Vaughan Roberts:

  https://stebbes.org/sermons/a-spiritual-failure/#sermons   

Series Resources

• Read: “John: An Expositional Commentary” by R C Sproul.
• Read: “The Gospel According to John” by Don Carson. 
• Read: “The Message of John” by Bruce Milne. 📚
• Read: “John for Everyone: Part 1” by Tom Wright. 📚
• Read: “Can We Trust the Gospels?” by Peter Williams. 📚
• Watch: “John” by the Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com/guides/book-of-john/  
• Previous Series from St Bart’s (including Children’s Resources):
  https://www.stbarts.com.au/sermon-series/jesus-is
  https://www.stbarts.com.au/sermon-series/i-am
  https://www.stbarts.com.au/sermon-series/truth-glory 

📚Available to borrow from the St Bart’s Library (Toowoomba): stbarts.com.au/library 

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