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Objectives

• Congregants will determine to keep their focus on Christ's mission for their life even when the dull moments come.
• Congregants will determine to trust Christ's directions for their life.
• Congregants will determine to depend on Christ for their provision.

Introduction

Main Body

While there is a lot of debate on John 21 one thing is clear. John 21 presents a sort of epilogue to the book of John in which John sees to tie up several loose ends. On of these loose ends is handled in John 21:1-14. In John 20:17 Jesus had commanded Army not to cling to Him. One might ask the question, does this mean that Jesus is no longer going to provide for His own? John 21:1-14 gives a resounding answer of No!

As Christians we must realize that the very same Jesus who asked the earth and provided for His disciples walks with us and gives us provisions for today.

Setting the Stage

• John has just given us a fairly strong concluding remark. He wrote so that "believing you may have life in His name." In what follows John chooses to wrap up a few items.
• Verse 1 gives a sort us the introduction that we need in order to understand what is happening. This verse serves too connect this appearance of Jesus to the other two post-resurrection appearances. John uses the phrase μετα ταυτα a phrase commonly employed in the book. John also uses the verb appeared twice in this introductory verse. This emphasizes the appearance and tells us that this is an important component in this passage. John has already worked hard to show us that Jesus was alive so we must ask why emphasize the appearance? The answer is that John is emphasizing the continuing ministry of Jesus and his presence. The risen Christ is still present with the disciples presence.Christ is present and will continue to be with his disciples for all time.