“That the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,” Ephesians 1:17 (NKJV)
In
the precious and beautiful name of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.
So when they had eaten breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you
love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I
love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.”
He said to him again a second time,
“Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said
to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was
grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you
love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that
I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.”
John 21:15-17 (NKJV)
In the previous post I discussed something I heard on the
local “Christian” radio station referring to Peter’s use of the words, “Yes,
Lord; You know that I love You.” Just a
few hours after posting the previous post, Sounding
Good to the Pastor Doesn’t Make It Good for You, a different pastor, this
time hearing it on television, has me writing about the exact same thing.
The pastor on television said Peter’s “You know that I love
You” meant Peter loved Jesus but just as a “philo” friend. This exactly correlates with what the pastor
on the radio said. The television pastor
added, “Peter knew he could only love Jesus as a friend because his love for
Jesus can never compare with Jesus’ love for him.”
These two pastors have either come up with this idea on
their own, been taught it at some “higher” place of learning (seminary), or
read it somewhere in a book. Peter left
us no reason to believe “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You,” means he sees
Jesus as [just] a friend.
Jesus said to her, “Do not
cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren
and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My
Father and your Father, and to
My God and your God.’”
John 20:17 (NKJV)
Peter’s death, by crucifixion, leads me to believe Peter loved
Jesus [just] as Jesus loved him. Not
only that, it causes me to love both Jesus and Peter and with the same love
Yeshua’s God and Father and Peter’s God and Father (who just so happens to be
the all-knowing God of the [Bible]), loves me.
When I say “Thanks, I love You,” to the [Biblical] Yeshua for the things
He has done for me, I don’t need anyone telling me what I mean.
- Whatever it is that’s causing people to believe Peter’s “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You,” means Peter loved Jesus as [just] a friend, is hearsay at best.
It doesn’t matter the language a person speaks, or the many different
ways “love” can be used [interpreted] for that matter. Saying I love You to the [Biblical] Yeshua, is
to agree with God’s plan of redemption and salvation for the world.
Just as it is with the radio pastor, the television one is a
follower of the Anthanasian Creed. I
don’t need to think twice about where they’re coming from. Followers of that creed can only see that
which they have been taught, and by those believing the same as them. Their [false] system of belief can only be
traced back to 325-AD. What they fail to
see, the God of the [Bible] knowing hearing and seeing all things, will have
them looking at themselves before judging others by a false system of belief.
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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