THE POST RESURRECTION FISH FRY BREAKFAST

PROCLAMATION

“As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.  Jesus saith unto them, ‘Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.’ …  Jesus saith unto them, ‘Come and dine.’ …  This is now the third time that Jesus showed Himself to His disciples, after that He was raised from the dead.”  John 21:9-14 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, according to the Apostle John and were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  In this final chapter, John records the conversation and the events related to the post resurrection fish fry breakfast that Jesus had with His disciples.  Jesus appeared to His disciples a third time by the Sea of Galilee.  They had been fishing all night and had not caught anything. (John 21:1-3)  Early the next morning, standing on the shore Jesus told them to cast their nets on the right side of their boat.  They did as He told them and they caught more fish than they could haul in. (John 21:4-6)  When they landed, they saw that Jesus had prepared a fish fry breakfast for them.  He told them to bring over some of the fish they had just caught. (John 21:9-14)  Jesus sat and ate with them.  He feed them physically and then tells them to feed His sheep, speaking figuratively. (John 21:15-17)  Most of the Bible scholars think that Jesus asked Peter if he loved Him three times, and Peter responded “yes” three times, to clearly reinstate Peter who had denied Him three times. (John 18:15-18 and 18:25-27)  The Bible Book of John ends by testifying that what he had written was true and he stated that Jesus did many other things which were not written down. (John 21:24-25)

 

APPLICATION

There are times when we think that we know what we are doing, but The Word of God tells us to do something which is contrary to our way of doing things, as Jesus did here with these fishermen. (John 21:5-6)  We will be much more productive and effective if we would do things His way.  We would also be much more effective if we would feast on God’s Holy Word before we try to share it with others.  None of us is perfect; we all sin and occasionally break our fellowship with The Lord God and we have to be “reinstated”.  Our heavenly family membership status does not change but we can lose the joy of our fellowship with Him.  We need to ask to be forgiven for our sins and to pray as David prayed, “… Create in me a clean heart … renew a right spirit within me … Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation …” (Psalm 51:9-13)