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In the Beginning

• We can only give what we have

.

• In the

there was love, acceptance, and forgiveness (Genesis 1:27).
• We have all to the (Genesis 3:1-5).
□ This is not just Adam and Eve’s story. This is .
□ The serpent what God said.
□ Then he what God said.
□ Then he calls God’s into question.
□ We’ve sewn for ourselves (Genesis 3:7)
□ We attempt to cover our nakedness, our , and .

• Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:10

Peter’s Story

• On the night Jesus was betrayed, Peter denied wepte wepte that he knew Him (Luke 22:31-34; Matthew 26:75).
• The scripture indicates that Peter was in the courtyard of the high priest and when he denied Jesus for the third time, he went out and

(Matt. 26:75).

John 21:15-19
• The key question Jesus asks is “Do you

more than these?”
• Peter has learned that Jesus than he knows himself.

• Throughout this encounter Jesus continually speaks against any sense of

on Peter’s part (“Feed my lambs; Take care of my sheep”).
• It is God’s love, acceptance, and forgiveness that and us to be who God has called us to be and to do what He has called us to do.