9-30 Answer Key
F.S.M. BIBLE STUDY GUIDE
◊ How did Jesus restore Peter?
● Jesus restored Peter by
* meeting him with grace
* reversing his three denials with three affirmations of
love
* reinstating him to ministry.
◊ The four steps that The Lord took to restored Peter
● Jesus initiated personal fellowship
● He asked three times about love
● The Lord gave a threefold reinstatement
● Jesus foretold Peter's faithful end
● He issued the final call
◊ GOD Reset and Revive Peter
1. The Mirror of the Failure
* The Charcoal Fire (John 18:18)
* The Miraculous Catch (Luke 5)
2. The Threefold Counter-Question
3. The Recommissioning
◊ The Setting of Restoration
● The Breakfast by the Sea
● The Charcoal Fire
● The Threefold Question and Commission
* Matching the Denials
* Affirming Love
* The Command
◊ The Spiritual Transformation
● The Reset: Confronting the Failure
* The Rooster's Crow
* Godly Sorrow
● The Revive: Reassuring of His Love
* The Special Mention
* The Private Meeting
● The Restore: Recommissioning for Ministry
* The Charcoal Fire
* The Threefold Affirmation
* The Recommission
Why do you think Jesus brought Peter back to a charcoal fire, the same kind of setting connected to his denial?
Do you think God sometimes brings us back to painful places or memories, not to shame us, but to heal something we never fully dealt with?
Jesus asked Peter three times, “Do you love me?” before recommissioning him. Why do you think Jesus focused on Peter’s love rather than his failure?
What does that tell us about what God looks for when restoring someone who has fallen?
Peter failed publicly, but Jesus still trusted him with the responsibility to “feed my sheep.”
How difficult is it for us to believe that God can still use us after a major failure? What usually keeps people from accepting that restoration?
There’s a difference between being forgiven, being healed, and being ready to move forward again.
Looking at Peter’s story, what do you think has to happen in a person during the Reset, Revive, and Restore process before they can truly move forward?