Do You Love Me? Part 2 | Lord’s Day Sermon | 21st September, 2025 | Pastor Kehinde Omotayo

In this sermon, Pastor Kehinde reflects on Jesus’ conversation with Peter in John 21, exploring the restoring power of Christ’s love—a love deeper than man’s deepest hate. Jesus asks Peter three times, “Do you love me?”—not because He needs Peter’s love, but because He desires intimacy with His disciple. Each time, He follows the question with a command: “Follow me.” This is not mere sentiment but a call to action, to feed His sheep and live for His glory.

Pastor Kehinde reminds us that Christ’s love is undeserved, unconditional, and deeply personal. We bring nothing to the table, and yet He loves us—not for how much we pray or how consistent we are, but because of His grace. It is often when we come to the end of ourselves that we discover His love most fully.

Christ’s love is not indulgent—it is purifying. Like Peter, we may be grieved when He rebukes or disciplines us, but this is how He shapes us, purifies our motives, and keeps us dependent on Him. This process prepares us for a world that is increasingly hostile to the truth.

This message calls us to courage—to uphold the truth in love, to expose sin and confess it, and to embrace the refining work of Christ. His is a love that restores, even when it hurts, and a love that prepares His people to follow Him faithfully, even to the point of sacrifice.