Luke chapter four describes Jesus’ early ministry. After His baptism and testing in the wilderness, He returned in the power of the Spirit. This is where it must start. The kingdom of God is revealed by both teaching and preaching and by demonstration of the Holy Ghost. Jesus ministered like so effectively that the fame of Him spread rapidly (see Luke 4:36-37). The early Church functioned like this and Paul taught that this is how it should be 1 Corinthians 2, but I just cannot understand why the modern day church refuses to operate the way God ordained.
Jesus came to Peter’s house where Peter’s mother in law was sick and He healed her. Luke says that all those who were sick came there and He healed every single one of them. Luke 4:40.
The following morning, Jesus went out to some remote place and people followed Him. Many churches are asking why people are not attending as they used to. Are the preachers presenting the Christ of the bible and doing what Jesus did? His message does not need any props or gimmicks, although some of them can help if used as tools instead of the end objective, as the Gospel message is to be presented with power and authority, not by religious observances. If the Holy Spirit is not there, no life is there.
Jesus preached in the synagogues of Galilee (Luke 4:44). The Temple was at Jerusalem, but synagogues were located throughout the land, in smaller towns and cities. Jesus then went to Gennēsaret, where He saw two ships. Peter, James and John were partners in a fishing business and had been fishing all night without success.
I want you to see something very important here. When Jesus had been in Peter’s house, Luke tells us that the sick folk started coming at or after sunset. He ministered at night to those people and because Peter was a fisherman, I suspect that he was not present at that time, but out on the water. He did not see Jesus in action then and never say him again until Jesus strode down the beach and got into his boat.
One day Jesus was standing by the Sea of Galilee. The people crowded around him as they listened to God’s word. Jesus saw two boats on the shore. The fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets. So Jesus got into the boat that belonged to Simon and asked him to push off a little from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowd from the boat. Luke 5:1-2.
This was a simple request. The King James Version says that Jesus prayed Peter. The word Prayed is Erōtaō and the meanings include ask, beseech, desire, desirous, intreat, intreaty, pray, prayer and request. Please remember this because a short time later, when Jesus wanted to bless the man with a haul of fish, it became a command! We might be living in days of grace, but we are still dealing with an awesome God whose word must be obeyed. His commandments however are not grevious to us, as His desires for us are always for good.
Peter had previously met Jesus, but I suspect that he had not personally witnessed any of Jesus’ miracles. Put it this way... Peter had only heard about what Jesus did, but had not personally experienced it. He had a second hand report, but no personal relationship and a personal relationship with God is the only way to get things done or to ensure your salvation.
Jesus sat down to teach the people. Preaching for some is hard work, but it can also be a light or easy yoke and you can be rested even when preparing or delivering! When He had finished speaking, Jesus turned to Peter and made a request. He asked Peter to go out further and then let down his nets.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch. Luke 5:4.
Jesus now issued the command I mentioned earlier. When He spoke the word used was Epō. It simply means Command!
Perhaps Peter would never have gone out further and let down the net if it had been a request.
Sometimes we do not like to be told what to do. We dislike discipline, but without such things, we cannot receive the very blessings we desire. God has a way to do things and we have to find what it is and do that whenHe tells us. Tithing for example is not an option, but a command. When we obey God's commands to us, He in turn commands the blessings to come. See Deuteronomy 11:26-27; 28:8; Malachi 3:7-12.
Teaching was and is still a major part of Jesus' ministry and it should be part of ours. He was relaxed in Peter's boat as He taught the people and this teaching produced faith, then the miracle came. In other words, Jesus set the stage for this great miracle by preaching the word of faith. Preaching the word of God produces faith and by the exercising of one's faith, we give God room to move. We all have faith (see Romans 12:3), but we do not always use it, or use it to its full extent, which is why we are to grow and expand, or to cultivate and develop our faith and this comes via the word of God according to Romans 10:17. Jesus preached the word and his preaching was then backed up by the relevant signs following. This has a familiar ring about it.
There is something in this account that is often missed. Jesus was in Peter’s boat, not another boat, although there was more than one there. He spoke to Peter, not to the crowd. He told Peter to let down his (Peter’s) nets. This was personal. It was one-on-one at this point. You and I can only be successful in any area of life if we have a one on one personal relationship with the Lord. You can be in a crowd of people and God could single you out. He knows all about you and knows where you are in life, so knows what to do what is best for you.
Notice also that He told Peter to let down more than one net. Jesus had a specific reason and it was to provide the man with a draught or haul of fish—not one or two or a few, but a net breaking, boat swamping, revenue earning catch of fish. When you are about God’s business, the God of more than enough has surplus and overflow in mind to show that He is who He is and that you can be in the blessing business. You can be a bless-er and be a bless-ing to others when you are blessed by God.
Peter at this point, still without intimate personal knowledge of Jesus, called Him Master. Some translations call Him Teacher. After all, Jesus had been teaching and Peter had not yet personally witnessed many miracles, but that was about to change.

There are a few key elements involved-

• You launch out. You must take a positive step of faith or a prescribed course of action, responding to the voice of the Lord
• You go into the deep. You must also go beyond the norm and stretch out past your present circumstances and to go to the appointed place. The latter is most important. Jesus told him to get out to the place where it would happen. The fish were not going to be at water's edge but in deep water, so Peter had to do something to get there
• You let down your nets. Jesus made this personal
• Use what you have now. Peter had to use what he had now, not what he might have one day in the future, or what he had yesterday. Yesterday's manna is stale or worm ridden and tomorrow's manna never comes. Do not postpone your day of visitation

At this point, I want you to see that although James and John were with Peter at that point, Jesus spoke only to Peter. Why? Was it because Peter had a leadership quality in him that Jesus saw? Peter, the crude loud-speaking rash and impetuous diamond in the rough seemed to be the spokesman, but he needed some refining to become the man we know now as the apostle Peter. If was as if Jesus said, Launch out into the deep and you Peter, let down your nets for the best haul of fish you have ever seen.
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. Luke 5:5.
Peter, like many of us, either did not listen carefully, or assumed he heard what he wanted to hear, not what God really said. Sometimes people have a predetermined mindset that is fixed on one area and when God speaks, they automatically associate what God has really said with what they wanted to hear. When this happens, such people often wonder why things went wrong or did not work for them. I tell my people regularly... Listen!
Jesus told him nets in the plural, but Peter said. I will let down The Net!
He had just had a frustrating night. Cold, wet, miserable, angry and hungry, all he really wanted to do was to get home, have a shower, eat breakfast and go to sleep and this teacher asks me to get my nets out again and go out there in the daylight? Get real. I am the fisherman. I know this water. I know how to fish. You are a preacher, so stick to preaching, but just to please you (or shut you up), I'll let down a net, which was probably the old one stuck away in the bottom of the boat anyhow. Sometimes Christian workers are too zealous! In their enthusiasm for getting people saved, or whatever, they talk and talk and talk and talk and risk losing the person they are trying to help by boring them or many similar reasons. It is easy to say a sinner's prayer just to get out of a situation but it has not come from the heart and from an encounter with the Lord. Be wise about such matters and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Please look closely. Peter had been shooting off his mouth and not really dedicated, so led the crew of James and John in a half-hearted effort, but got the shock of their lives. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. Luke 5:6  (emphasis mine).
Their net which was previously Peter's net then broke.
Why didn't the fish escape? Why did they remain around to be caught again?
Peter was out there in the deep with James and John when the net broke,so they beckoned for their partners to come to their aid. I think that those partners were back there on shore, so they had to launch that boat and get out to them. Why didn't the fish escape?
Jesus had called them! They had to be caught!
The partners arrived in the other boat and between them, this time working in union, working in a team effort, both boats became so full of fish that they nearly sank. Peter and those with him were astonished, so amazed, that Peter realised where he stood before God and falling at Jesus' feet admitted his need.
That is what Jesus wanted.
This is what I desire in my ministry. Our focus is not only on building a church, although we do that, but building people. Our focus is not on holding meetings, but we also do that, but on helping others come into ful maturity in Christ. Our focus is on presenting Jesus in such a way that whoever is present will come face to face with the realities of God.
Jesus then called Peter into the ministry.

Two people are better than one because {together} they have a good reward for their hard work. If one falls, the other can help his friend get up. But how tragic it is for the one who is {all} alone when he falls. There is no one to help him get up. Again, if two people lie down together, they can keep warm, but how can one person keep warm? Though one person may be overpowered by another, two people can resist one opponent. A triple-braided rope is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.
The aspect of partnership is most important. I, like most ministries I know of, invite others to become partners with us. I am not soliciting money as some do, but desiring to expand the sphere of activity, or to reach out further than I can if alone. After all, I can only be in one place at a time as Jesus also experienced. Everyone cannot be standing behind the pulpit or travelling to another country to preach the word, but when people join together in partnership, they collectively enhance or strengthen things.
The bible gives many examples of how it is best to work as a team, such as Paul and Silas; Peter and John; Moses and Aaron; Joshua and Caleb. Jesus sent the disciples out two by two and there are many very good and practical reasons to have someone else with you.
God gives a man or a woman a ministry vision. He calls that person to the task, but one person cannot pray, prepare a sermon, arrange the seating, organize the power and lighting, open the windows, sweep the floor, get his own drinking water and be attuned to the voice of the Lord and maintain the anointing effectively. I know from personal experience that people arrive (often late) and expect to be waited on, do nothing, get spoon-fed and want the blessing, to rush away afterwards for coffee and forget the glass of water for the preacher. It is not a good thing and it does not work. The early church knew about this when they appointed deacons. See Acts 6.
When it comes down to the physical aspects, Peter was asked to do a thing and James and John joined in to assist him. Jesus was not going to pull the nets in. He had done his task, but He also expects us to do our own part. In Mark 16, we see that Jesus gave what we call the great commission. It is for every believer.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 (emphasis mine).
We are to go.
We are to do what He said and when we do that in the way He said, the bible says that He will be beside us… And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. Mark 16:20 (emphasis mine. The King James Version has Them in italics, which means it was not in the original).
When we go to a place to minister, it is just like we take Jesus with us! We work together in this thing in partnership. I cannot do what He can and He will not do what I must do.
When Peter let down that one net, the fish swam into it, called by the Master, but the net broke. I believe that it broke because Peter did not do what Jesus said, or tried to do it some other way. There are any people out there trying to do the work of God their own way and perhaps in their own timetable and wondering why things are not working for them. Perhaps God never called and ordained them in the first place and the church is in a mess for such a reason, because there are too many shoe salesmen trying to be pastors and pastors trying to be shoe salesmen.
Those fish should have escaped but they did not.
If your legitimate harvest is out there, it will not be lost. Perhaps God is giving you time to get yourself ready to receive it. Perhaps God is waiting for you to get into the right position. Perhaps He is waiting for you to ask for someone to come alongside and help you, or become a partner with you. A ministry can be hindered or could fail because those who should come alongside to help did not do so!
We have seen that Peter took the pre-eminence. It was Peter’s boat. It was Peter’s net. Peter said, I will let down the net and it failed, but now we see it change from the self-centred one-man band approach to partnership.
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. Luke 5:6-7 (emphasis mine).
The fish were still there, but not in anyone’s nets until the moment came when they started to work as a team. At that point, those fish swam into the nets. They were waiting to be caught and there were so many, that they filled up both ships to the extent that they were starting to sink. That’s the power of partnership my friend and it is all about catching men! The blessings are to be used to win the lost. The blessings are to be used to facilitate the art of fishing and helping others to fish. The blessings are to provide tools to bring the sons of God to maturity, so that they too can become fishers of men.

Turn with me now to the Gospel of John, chapter twenty-one. It opens with a profound statement, After these things…. John 21:1.  What things? Sometimes to understand certain matters clearly, we need to look at the setting. We need to ask such questions as to whom is the writer speaking? We need to understand what circumstances prevailed and that passage of scripture can take on new meaning and dare I say we can accurately understand what is happening.
Jesus had been crucified and rose again after three days. The disciples had been shocked. Disbelief had hit them. The man they had followed expectantly for three years was dead and all of their hopes and expectations, beliefs and whatever else were dashed. Mary Magdalene reported that His body had gone and that she had seen the Lord and they were fearful.
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: John 20:19-22.
Please understand that this was a long time before the Day of Pentecost and they were still in a state of shock.
Thomas was not present and he (understandably I guess) refused to believe their report, when He suddenly appeared again and told him to check it out for himself. There are many times we need to personally check things out. No matter who tells you what, do not believe them until you have checked it out against the yardstick of scripture.
This is the setting. After all those things, Peter and the others were gathered together when Peter rose up and said, Im Goin Fishin.
There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. John 21:2-3.
Previously I mentioned that Peter had displayed signs of leadership. People need a leader. People need to know where they stand. We need to know our boundaries and limits and suddenly the disciples were alone and leaderless. What do you do when your leader has gone? The dream he had—the vision he had—the things that motivated him and those of his followers is not there. This is a well now fact in the secular world as well as in the church. In times of war, eliminate the generals and the leaders and the army lacks orders and direction. This is why contingency plans are made for the assistant, such as a Vice-president, can keep the machinery in motion.
Peter, perhaps by default, assumed the role of Vice-president and made a decision. All he knew was his fishing trade, so he decided to do the only thing he really knew at that time.
He was in danger at that point. I say that because of what he said. I go a fishing. The word to look at is Hypagō, which is derived from two other words, Hupo and Ago. It basically means that Peter had spat the dummy! The literal meanings are to withdraw or retire, to sink out of sight, to depart and so on. The man was a real mess. I think that they were all a bit like that, because they quickly said, Us too and they went out or went forth immediately. The words went forth come from the Greek word Exerchomai. Its meanings include the words come, came, depart, get, got, gotten and proceed, but there is something more. Some other meanings speak about wanting to get away or escape.
Isn’t it interesting that some people want to avoid a problem, or when things get tough want to escape from them, or avoid having to face it?
They just wanted to get away from it all and forget the whole thing.
This is why I said before that Peter was in potential trouble at that point. He wanted to quit full stop! I know you do not think like this, but when things do not work out as some people want to in their time frame or how they wanted it to happen they quit. Why bother? It didn’t work.
At that time, Jesus was not with them. Why? Was He on assignment as our Great High Priest? Only a couple of days previously He had told Mary not to touch Him, because He had not yet ascended to the Father to present His own blood as atonement for sin. Whatever the reason those men were completely alone and, they had not yet received the Holy Ghost on the Day of Pentecost so relied only on their natural faculties.
They got into a ship—immediately. Whose ship was it, that it was so readily available? After all, fishing was done at night and if it belonged to another fisherman, surely he would already be using it! I suggest that it was Peter’s. Despite their efforts, when morning came, they had nothing for their efforts. The Greek word for Nothing is Oudeis and it really means nothing—no fish, no people or humans, nothing!
If God is not in it, no matter what it is, no matter who is involved, no matter how many resources are used, regardless of ability and talent, education or lack of it, it will not work! Is the Holy Spirit permitted to operate? If not, then it will not succeed. Is the word of God preached? If not, it will not succeed. God has given us the tools to use, so use them if you want success!
John said that when morning came, Jesus stood on the shore. John 21:4. His own disciples, who ate with Him, travelled the land with Him, witnessed His man miracles, heard Him teach the multitudes and received personal tuition by Him, didn’t even know Him!
I asked the question Why? And immediately got an answer, Because they were living out of emotion and sense knowledge. They had no revelation yet. They were still relying on their natural resources, regardless of their relative merits. Jesus was about to change the status quo.

Jesus, knowing that, wanting to align them into the fullness of God and be ready to take over after His departure said to them, “Children, you don’t have any fish, do you?” They replied, “No.” John 21:5.
His reply is interesting. And he said to them, “Throw the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they threw it, and were no longer able to haul it in from the large number of the fish. John 21:6.
There are several points to consider here. Firstly, this time He told them to cast one net. When He first called Peter with the command to let down the nets (plural), Peter only cast one!
Sometimes, as we shall see in greater detail soon, we have done certain things that are like sowing some seed that has germinated and will produce a harvest if we do not remedy the situation. We see this in Galatians 6:7-10. Some of the things we do start the machinery in motion that according to spiritual law will have effect. Whether it is a good or bad thing depends on the seed.
I think that Jesus immediately remedied that seed sown, but telling them to cast The Net, which on this occasion involved much more than merely letting down the nets over the side.  He wanted some action. He wanted them to get involved. He wanted them to expend some energy in this thing and I say that because the word used for Cast is Ballō. It is a word that implies some form of violent or strenuous action. Associated words like beat, cast, pour, put, send, throw and thrust are all action words.
The Christian faith is not a mere belief structure or set of rules and regulations with religious observances but a complete way of life. It is living in a Kingdom that does not function like the kingdoms of the world.
Although Peter led them out, instead of him doing all the talking, they all replied, No. Something had happened and it was now starting to look like a team effort instead of a one-man-band. Jesus then commanded them
Cast the net on the right side of the ship… John 21:6.
Let us stop here for a moment. The Right Hand speaks about a favoured position. Paul prayed as I pray for believers that they can get some revelation of the risen savour and of their position in Christ.
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. Ephesians 1:15-23 (emphasis mine).
Jesus was positioning them into a favoured position whereby the blessings could come to them. See also Colossians 3:1; Hebrews 1:13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 1 Peter 3:22.
The Right side also speaks about the provision and blessing that comes from being in the right place with God. The word Side is Meros, which describes the getting of a section, portion or allotment, so Jesus was getting them into the favoured position so that they could receive the blessing, or the allocated blessing due them.
When they did so, they caught so many fish that the sheer weight of them was too great for them to pull aboard. His command was not just cast your net, but cast the net… so that you will find. It was a deliberate and planned event. Nothing happens by accident. There is no such thing as luck. That word does not exist in God’s vocabulary. Think of luck as being a shortened form of Luck-ifer!
Suddenly, John realized that it was Jesus.
Jesus will be seen not in religion, not in tradition, not in anything else, but when He is there in person so to speak and confirming His word with the relevant signs. John had leant on Jesus’ breast at the last supper, but did not recognize Him until He revealed Himself by His actions. Such signs are not to be treated lightly as a form of entertainment or as a sideshow to prove how spiritual one may be, but as a means of drawing attention to Jesus.
Peter dived overboard. He was ashamed, not because of his dress, but because he had denied Jesus three times. He had all but quit and was going to revert back to his old lifestyle as a fisherman. He was guilty. That was Adam’s problem in the garden. He hid from God. Peter really wanted to hide, but where else could he go?
John says that the other disciples came in a little ship.  I think that there were two boats, the larger one being the main fishing vessel and the smaller one being the tender. The little ship was Ploiarion, which describes a small boat, but the one they were fishing from was Ploion which is a sailing vessel.
They were about 300 feet offshore initially and dragged the net to the beach, whilst Peter swam ashore.
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord! Simon Peter, hearing him say that it was the Lord, put (girded) on his upper garment (his fisherman's coat, his outer tunic)—for he was stripped [for work]—and sprang into the sea. And the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only some hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish. John 21:7-8.
As soon as they reached the shore, they saw a fire. Jesus was having a barbecue breakfast of fish sandwiches!
When they got out on land (the beach), they saw a fire of coals there and fish lying on it [cooking], and bread. John 21:9.
When I first saw this, I asked myself, Where did the fish and bread come from? And Why didn’t the disciples see the fire? After all, they were only one hundred yards offshore and I know from personal experience in my fishing and camping days that such a fire can be seen for miles! I remember the times I had stopovers as t an island in my speedboat and always had campfires. If fishing at night, I’d stoke the fire up and look for it as my beacon back to camp! Why didn’t they see the fire? There is no one so blind as someone who does not want to see and Jesus had to open their eyes to the truth.
John tells us that although that net was full of fish, but the net never broke.
Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. John 21:10-11.
I see something interesting in this. Peter had swum ashore whist the disciples rowed ashore dragging the net full of fish.
Wait a minute! Didn’t Peter just go and drag it to land?
Read carefully. John 21:8 did not say that the disciples actually dragged the net onto the beach! It says that they dragged the net towards the shore, towing it by the boat. I’ve seen fishermen dragging fish to shore like that. One small boat with two men aboard surrounds the fish, by circling around the school whilst letting the net out behind and returns to the shore. Once this is done, the fish are as good as caught and the men start pulling it in to water’s edge. Only then do they take the fish out and place them in containers, but the fish are in essence still in the net. I saw one griu p catch nine tons... a record haul for such fish in this manner.
Perhaps the disciples had done something like this and those fish were still in the net on the water’s edge.
When Jesus asked someone to bring some fish, Peter responded.
This whole event is an illustration of supernatural provision. Where did Jesus get the fish? Where did He get the bread? Why did those fish remain as long as they did in the net and why didn’t the net break?
It proves to me that when God ordains a thing, provides for it.
Another thing that the Lord showed me is that He invoked the principle of partnership. The disciples had to start pulling together of course, but He was also involved. He had fish. They had fish and they all shared in unity.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. Psalm 133:1-3 (emphasis mine). See also Exodus 17:8-12; Acts 4:32-37; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:1.
There is one other matter that must be discussed and this is very important. Before we do however, look at what happened next.
Jesus extended an invitation to come and dine. John 21:12. The invitation was not just to have some breakfast on the beach but to partake of the very best He had to offer. The word used for Dine is Aristaō, which means the principal meal. He could have met them in some other way I guess, but chose the most important moment for a very important task.
Webster’s dictionary defines Principal as  most important, consequential, or influential and describes a person who has controlling authority or is in a leading position. He is the one who is the chief executive officer of an educational institution and Jesus was a teacher. A principal is one who engages another to act as an agent subject to general control and instruction. That is, he is the person from whom an agent’s authority derives and those disciples and we have been given His authority. Finally, he is the person primarily or ultimately liable on a legal obligation.
On this, the third time He appeared to His disciples, Jesus had a legal matter to attend.
Peter had denied Him three times.
Jesus told us in Matthew 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Peter denied Jesus three times and by virtue of his own declaration, Jesus was obliged to deny Peter three times. That is a serious matter and clearly not what Jesus wanted, so He had to fix it up.
Choosing the most important, significant or principal way, Jesus got those disciples to band together; to rally again; to supernaturally provide for those He loved; to undo the mistakes made in the first fishing trip and to restore Peter.
When they had dined, Jesus turned to Peter and asked him, Peter, do you love me? I will not go into the differing meanings of that word Love, but will state that Jesus was getting him to confess his love for the Lord. Peter (not the others) do you love Me? Yes, I do. The first denial was undone. Peter (not the others) do you love Me? Yes, I do. The second denial was undone. Peter (not the others) do you love Me? Yes, I do. The third denial was undone.
Those disciples had changed from little children, Paidion which means a child, half grown boy or girl, or an immature Christian, a person in student/teacher relationship, or someone in a slave or servant relationship to a ruler like a king to the leaders He wanted to take over His ministry. See John 21:5. He was turning them into fishers of men.