True love is a thing of the heart and must be raised to what God intends it to be. It can never be fully expressed until it has been totally given first to God. The illustration is so vividly put before us. We see Jesus’ personal love for this disciple. Time and again Peter had failed. He stumbled, bungled, and overestimated his own commitment, and yet there is a tenderness that Jesus shows toward Peter that is proverbial. But having known forgiveness, Peter missed love’s second step—to give himself fully to that love.“Peter, do you really love me?” That was the question. Only in the binding
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