1. Healing After a Fall Graphical sermon notes by, Rev. Ed Whitman Sunday, May 25, 2014 Evangelical Congregational Church in Dunstable Massachusetts © Copyright 2014 by the author, Rev. Ed Whitman, with permission to freely redistribute.

2. Healing After a Fall John 21: 1-22

3. Healing After a Fall “Humble yourselves… under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.” I Peter 5:6

4. Death of a Hired Hand – Robert Frost “…nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.”

5. Let’s Pray

6. Not the End of the Story John 21  Extended post script of the gospel  Another step in Peter’s recovery

7. Healing After a Fall “Humble yourself… under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.” I Peter 5:6

8. Repentance “Lord, I have sinned against You. I am no longer worthy to be called Your disciple”

9. Repentance “Lord, I have sinned against You. I am no longer worthy to be called Your disciple” “Peter, I love you. You belong to Me. You are important to Me. I forgive you.”

10. Rehabilitation Teaching “ Then He opened their minds so that they could understand the Scriptures.” Luke 24:45

11. Rehabilitation Teaching “Then He opened their minds so that they could understand the Scriptures.” Luke 24:45 Second miraculous catch of fish - John 21  First: “Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch men.’ So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed Him.” Luke 5: 11

12. Rehabilitation Three head and heart questions  Do you love Me more than these? -Boats, nets and equipment? -Your brothers, fellow disciples?

13. Rehabilitation Three head and heart questions  Do you love Me more than these? -Boats, nets and equipment? -Your brothers, fellow disciples?  Do you truly love Me?  Do you love Me? “Lord, I can’t promise You 100%... but I am 60% right now.”

14. Rehabilitation Jesus re-commissions Peter no longer as a fisher of men… but a feeder of lambs / sheep.

15. Re-Entry Acts 1:15 “In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) and said…”

16. Re-Entry Acts 2:14 “Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd…” Acts 2:36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this; God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified both Lord and Messiah.”

17. Re-Entry Acts 2:41 “Those who accepted his message were baptized and about three thousand were added to their number that day.”

18. Humble yourself under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time.