JESUS SAID TO HIM FOLLOW ME 🙌🏾 This comes immediately after Jesus has restored Peter after a painful fall (📖John 13:36–38; 21:17). The prophecy about Peter's death, in a way, also serves as a prediction that Peter's faith will never fail. 🙌🏾 John, James, and Peter were Jesus' closest followers (📖 Matthew 17:1; 📖 Mark 14:33; 📖 Luke 8:51). 💁🏽♀️ Jesus has just predicted the nature of Peter's death, with John standing nearby (📖 John 21:18–20). Out of natural curiosity, Peter has asked about John's fate (📖 John 21:21). Jesus' response is not harsh, but it is direct. He gives no prediction but only points out that what happens to John has 🙅🏾♀️ nothing to do with Peter's faith. 🤯 Peter doesn't need to know what will happen to John—now that he's been restored, he just needs to obey: "you follow me!" 🧐 Even if John were to live from that moment until Jesus' second coming, it would not change Peter's calling or his need to obey Christ in faith. 🙌🏾 That principle applies, more broadly, to Christians even today. It's good to care about the fate of others. We should seek to meet their needs. 🧐 But whether others "win" or "lose," and even whether they live or die, doesn't change our obligation to focus on personal obedience. 🙌🏾 🤦🏽♀️ Ironically, even though Jesus is refusing to comment on John's death, rumors and misinterpretation will arise. In the very next verse, John repeats the precise words used. 💁🏽♀️ He does this to dispute an incorrect assumption that he would not die until Jesus returned (📖 John 21:23). 🙏🏾 I'm Following Jesus #abideinjesus #followjesus #godplan #kingdomprinciples #godssovereignty #godisallknowing #obedienceinthelord #dailydevotional #scripturewithpatu https://www.instagram.com/p/CfbFhKcufj4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
