LOVEST THOU ME? This question was addressed by Christ to the Apostle Peter. A more important question could not be asked. Two thousand years have passed since the words were spoken. But to this very day the question is most searching. A disposition to love somebody is one of the commonest feelings which God has implanted in human nature. Sadly, too often, people set their affection on unworthy objects. He who loved us, and gave Himself for us, Jesus Christ alone is worthy of all our hearts’ best feelings. Hear once more what our Lord Jesus Christ said to the Apostle Peter, after He rose from the dead. Three times He asked him the question, “Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou Me?” (John 21:15-17). He meant to gently remind His erring disciple of his thrice-repeated fall. He desired to call forth from him a new confession of faith, before publicly restoring to him his commission to feed the Church. And what was the question that He asked him? He might have said, “Believest thou?” “Art thou converted?” “Art thou ready to confess Me?” “Wilt thou obey Me?” He uses none of these expressions. He simply says, “Lovest thou Me?” This is the point He would have us know on which a man’s Christianity hinges. Simple as the question sounded, it was most searching. Plain and easy to be understood by the most unlearned poor man, it contains matter which tests the reality of the most advanced apostle. If a man truly loves Christ all is right―if not, all is wrong.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 23:58:17 +0000
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