Restoring Love

John 21:15-19

 Rev. Bruce Brown

May 23, 2021     

 I.     A Place of Humility (verses 15-17)

II.    A Position of Ministry (verses 15-17)

III.   A Path of Adversity (verses 18-19)

"What, after all, is the great secret of loving Christ? It is an inward sense of having received from Him pardon and forgiveness of sins. Those love much who feel much forgiven. He who has come to Christ with his sins, and tasted the blessedness of free and full absolution, he is the man whose heart will be full of love towards his Savior. The more we realize that Christ has suffered for us, and paid our debt to God, and that we are washed and justified through His blood, the more we shall love Him for having loved us and given Himself for us. Our knowledge of doctrines may be defective. Our ability to defend our views in argument may be small. But we cannot be prevented feeling. And our feeling will be like that of the Apostle Peter--"You, Lord, who know all things, You know my heart; and You know that I love You."" 

~ J.C. Ryle