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Failure Is Not Your Identity2:21 – 6:06

2:21

Peter is someone who, he goes through complete change as we read his story in the Gospel.

2:29

Peter wasn't born courageous.

2:31

He wasn't born a great theologian.

2:34

He wasn't born as some kind of charismatic leader.

2:37

He wasn't naturally fearless.

2:40

He was an ordinary bloke, a fisherman.

2:48

And yet somehow, God changed him and formed him into something completely different.

2:54

Peter, being so ordinary, is a man who makes mistakes, who got things wrong on multiple occasions.

3:06

Peter was a man who spoke before he thought.

3:09

He kind of acted impulsively, and yet Jesus still changed him.

3:16

Peter is the type of guy who overpromised, the type of guy who lost his temper, and yet Jesus still transforms him.

3:28

And Peter was the type of guy that when Jesus actually needed him the most, Peter failed, spectacularly failed, in a very public way.

3:43

But his failure was not the end of his story.

3:47

Because Jesus not only saves us, He transforms us.

3:54

Theologians have big words to kind of com- to understand these things.

3:58

It's called the justification and sanctification.

4:02

Justification is the, the one-time legal act that we are saved, and sanctification is the ongoing process of transformation.

4:12

Peter was saved by Jesus and transformed by Jesus, and it is the same for all of us tonight.

4:19

And Jesus wants to transform you.

4:24

And for some of us here this evening, you've walked into the room and you're thinking, "I need to hear that." Because you may have come in carrying a label.

4:32

You may be thinking to yourselves, "Ah, I'm the one who's messed up again.

4:40

I, I'm, I'm the one who walked away.

4:43

I'm the one who said the wrong thing.

4:46

I'm the one who is a failure." And yet tonight, Jesus wants to transform you.

4:54

Because the Gospel tells us that your worst moment does not have to become your final identity.

Failure Is Not Your Identity2:21 – 6:06

2:21

Peter is someone who, he goes through complete change as we read his story in the Gospel.

2:29

Peter wasn't born courageous.

2:31

He wasn't born a great theologian.

2:34

He wasn't born as some kind of charismatic leader.

2:37

He wasn't naturally fearless.

2:40

He was an ordinary bloke, a fisherman.

2:48

And yet somehow, God changed him and formed him into something completely different.

2:54

Peter, being so ordinary, is a man who makes mistakes, who got things wrong on multiple occasions.

3:06

Peter was a man who spoke before he thought.

3:09

He kind of acted impulsively, and yet Jesus still changed him.

3:16

Peter is the type of guy who overpromised, the type of guy who lost his temper, and yet Jesus still transforms him.

3:28

And Peter was the type of guy that when Jesus actually needed him the most, Peter failed, spectacularly failed, in a very public way.

3:43

But his failure was not the end of his story.

3:47

Because Jesus not only saves us, He transforms us.

3:54

Theologians have big words to kind of com- to understand these things.

3:58

It's called the justification and sanctification.

4:02

Justification is the, the one-time legal act that we are saved, and sanctification is the ongoing process of transformation.

4:12

Peter was saved by Jesus and transformed by Jesus, and it is the same for all of us tonight.

4:19

And Jesus wants to transform you.

4:24

And for some of us here this evening, you've walked into the room and you're thinking, "I need to hear that." Because you may have come in carrying a label.

4:32

You may be thinking to yourselves, "Ah, I'm the one who's messed up again.

4:40

I, I'm, I'm the one who walked away.

4:43

I'm the one who said the wrong thing.

4:46

I'm the one who is a failure." And yet tonight, Jesus wants to transform you.

4:54

Because the Gospel tells us that your worst moment does not have to become your final identity.