ABUNDANT GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
  • Home
  • Welcome
    • Gallery
  • Statement of Faith
    • Message Blog
  • Directions
  • Contact Us

Post Title.

4/29/2012

0 Comments

 
Luke 5:1-11
A very interesting phenomenon unfolds during the calling of His disciples
V-1-3: PETER HEARD the message
Lord Jesus took Simon Peter’s boat to little away from the shore and made it a platform.
Lord taught the people from the boat.
One thing is very clear that Simon heard everything in such a close proximity.
Whatever the Lord taught, Simon understood at least some of it.
V 4-7: PETER SAW a miracle 
What took place before his professional eyes of a fisherman did not make any sense.
Suppressing his professional curiosity, he submits to the Lord’s command.
Peter saw a miracle of huge catch of fish just with one throw of the net.
V 8: PETER KNEW in his heart 
Peter understood that He was standing next to not an ordinary teacher.
He recognizes that he was with a holy man or a prophet some sort.
He also knew in his heart that he is unworthy to stand next to the Lord.
He felt unclean and sinful in the presence of the Lord Jesus.
Instead of asking Him to cleanse him, he wanted to go away from the presence of the Lord.
V 10: PETER BECAME a new person
Peter was in for another professional dilemma.
He is becoming a fisher of men unbelievable.
I am sure peter did not understand what the Lord was saying to him.
Lord Jesus was transforming them into His disciples to carry on with the message of the Gospel after His death.
Such an ordinary sinful fishermen are now became the instruments in the Lord’s hands.
V 11: PETER LEFT everything and followed
Peter and his other friends left everything and followed Him.
They all made a decision to follow the Lord on the basis of what they heard and what they had seen.
Today let us put on shoes of a fisherman.
1. The Lord needs very ordinary people to follow HIM.
Not what we have but what we are as a person.
2. No one is righteous but born sinners and needed the Savior.
So we approached the Savior with a repenting heart and sought forgiveness.
As believers in the Lord, whenever we approach HIS presence our conscious always pricks that we are unworthy and sinful and plead mercy to cleanse us again and again.
We know HIM spiritually, intellectually and experience HIS presence always.
Our intimacy with the Lord begins to change the core of our heart.
We don’t understand many things in our life today.
But following the Lord faithfully enables us to lead a life of worth in HIS eyes.
3. We are also commissioned to become fisher of men.
Every Christian has two professions one for us and one for the Lord.
We carry on HIS work thru our daily lives no matter what we are today.
4. Lastly the fishermen left everything and followed HIM.
Giving up does not mean leaving our jobs, our possessions, our assets, and our homes.
Putting the Lord first in our life is what it means to follow HIM unwaveringly.
So seek HIS kingdom first and the Lord promised to add everything in life.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Pastor John Sesham
    Abundant Grace Community Church, Hayward.

    Archives

    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.