Section 7
Lord, he was warming himself by a fire (18:25). There was also a fire in John 21. The Lord's action was very meaningful, for now, having a fire to remind Peter, He seemed to be saying, "Peter, do you remember that fire? Do you remember that it was by a fire that you denied Me? By that fire you denied Me, but by this fire I supply you." Thus, the Lord caused Peter to remember what he did by that fire and to realize what he was and where he was. Peter fully learned that lesson. In the whole New Testament, the best picture of Peter is the one in John 21. I do like Brother Peter in this chapter. Here he is a soft, meek, and bro ken person, a man who has truly learned the lesson of being tested and broken by the Lord.
CHARGING THE DISCIPLES
After restoring Peter's love toward Him, the Lord Jesus charged him, saying, "Feed My lambs," "Shepherd My sheep," and "Feed My sheep." The first twenty chapters of the Gospel of John stress the matter of believing in the Son that we may have life (3:15). But in this chapter it is not a mat ter of believing but of loving. The fruit-bearing in chapter fifteen is the outflow of the riches of the inner life. Here the lamb-feeding is the nour ishing with the riches of the inner life. In order