For several years, NBC started the annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship broadcasts in early April. But there was no weekend tournament in Las Vegas in March 2012. The event was called off, apparently due to a lack of sponsorship -- another aftershock from the federal crackdown on online poker almost a year ago.
So we can't watch poker pros and amateur celebrities staring down each other across the table. How about developing another kind of personal relationship instead? We're talking about a relationship with God, through His Son Jesus Christ.
When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?"... - John 21:15aJesus asked Peter this question not once, but three times -- matching the three times Peter denied knowing Jesus before the crucifixion. Each time, the Lord's question cut a little bit deeper.
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep." - John 21:17bThe Greek word for love is different in verse 17, than in the verses before. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance indicates Jesus changes from a social or moral love to an "affection" or "personal attachment." That's the kind of love Jesus wants us to have toward him -- a love from the heart, not simply the head.
So how many times does Jesus need to ask you this big question? Are you simply "heads-up" with the Lord of the universe -- or are you going farther?
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. - Ephesians 3:17-18
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