how do you use peter answers?

Question

how do u use petersanswers?

Answer 1

Jesus' three questions, Peter's three answers, and Jesus' three subsequent requests are:
+ Jesus forgiving Peter for denying Him three times
+ Part of the scriptural basis of Jesus creating Peter as the first pope.

John 21:15-17 states:

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." (Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep.

Matthew 16:17-19 states:

Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

The Catholic Church believes the Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.

The Pope is the senior pastor of 1.1 billion Catholics, the direct successor of Simon Peter.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Presumably you mean the Do you love me? Question and answer session at the end of John???

If it's that then there are a couple of ways I've used.
Firstly this is Jesus reinstating Peter after he has denied him 3 times. After Judas messed up he threw his money back into the Temple (appealing to the OT law to save him) but Peter realises he can't do anything to save himself - and Christ comes TO HIM.

The Greek is really interesting here. There are 4 words for love in NT Greek two of them are agape (sacrificial love) and philio (brotherly love). Jesus says to Peter "Do you agape me more than these?" and Peter answers "Yes Lord, you know I philio you" (so Peter is saying his love is less than Christ is asking). This repeats two more times but on the final one Jesus says "Do you philio me?" and Peter responds "yes I philio you"

Jesus came to Peter in his lack.
Jesus also comes to us in our lack and need of him - so if we are in a situation where we are aware our resources (and love) are too weak for what he is asking us to do... perhaps we have denied Jesus as Peter did - we can be assured that the key is not to turn back to the law (to try to earn our way back to God) but to wait for Jesus to come to us, to be real with him about our pitiful love, and accept him coming down to our level that he might lift us up.

Hope that helps answer your question