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Luke 5:1-11 the Calling It Is So Wonderful to Be Here with You All This Morning P a g e | 1 Luke 5:1-11 The Calling It is so wonderful to be here with you all this morning. We are going to continue our study of the Gospel of Luke this morning, we will be in chapter 5. Let us pray – Pray for nation, shooting and elections. Now this scripture coupled with others that deal with the Apostle Peter’s calling to ministry have challenged me personally more than any other text. It is a convicting scripture, and if our hearts are all open this morning, it will challenge each and every one of our ministries this morning. You see, each of you have a ministry you are called too. So many concepts have been blurred and marred by the post-modern movement in the church. Things have gotten severely off course and unbiblical in the church at large today. You would be hard pressed to prove to anyone through the Bible, that church is supposed to be a place where we gather and sit each week to hear a man behind the box say a few words of commentary on the bible on Sunday. Then after we sit and listen, we leave and live our lives how we please. P a g e | 2 The church was given a mission, a purpose by Jesus Himself… Matt 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. We are supposed to be a community of people who collectively fulfill this commission. It is not just for pastors or missionaries or evangelists, we all have a place in this work. Now, before we get into this portion of scripture. I want to speak to you seasoned Christians, especially those of you who revel in the glory days, and what you used to do for the Lord. On Wednesday night, we were challenged in our text by Caleb, the 85 year-old man who even well past his retirement days, was pressing into all that God had for him. He never stopped serving the Lord, and never got off track through the uncertainty of the nation’s lost years. Caleb remained focused and steadfast. The Wednesday night crowd was challenged to the idea that there is no biblical retirement age, and we are not to be seeking beach houses and places of rest in this life. P a g e | 3 Our rest comes in glory, and in this life, we battle to the end. Once our eyes are on our own comfort, or own happiness, our own success, we have lost our true mission in this life. Too many today rely on the good ol’ days, “I have done my time, it’s time for others to step up” kind of attitude. So I want to speak to you here, or those of you listening online or by recording… to those who used to be wholly committed to the cause of Christ, some of you used to be elders, pastors, some of you led bible studies, some of you taught the children selflessly for years, some served in outreaches and in youth ministry, some of you were dynamic evangelists, and some of you used to be mighty prayer warriors for the cause of Christ. But over time something happened, you lost your way, you got caught up in the worries of life, and the demands and pressures of this life quickly began to dictate your direction and decision making. The things of the Lord slowly and then rapidly became a thing of the past, and now, you look back, and it was so long ago before you engaged in any kind of battle for the Lord. It is to you who have left your first love that this next part of Luke’s narrative speaks so loudly too. P a g e | 4 Please open your heart this morning to all that the Spirit is speaking through God’s Word. And know that even though you have lost your way, the path back is not difficult, and please know that your wasted days and years can be can be redeemed, and the next chapter of your life can be the greatest and most fruitful years of your ministry. So I want to build the context before we move on, let’s remember Jesus’ ministry has been in operation for a year or so already. He has already once called some disciples to follow Him in ministry, and Jesus already asked Peter, his brother Andrew, and also John and James as well, to follow Him. We read about this in Matthew and it can also be found in Mark. Some have lumped this record with the Luke 5 account, but it is easy to spot the differences here. So the first calling into ministry went like this… Matt 4:18-22 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. P a g e | 5 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. Understand, before we get into Luke’s account, that these men have already been called once by Jesus, and perhaps they started out enthusiastically, and with great energy. Jesus was doing amazing miracles, and preaching with power and great authority. His popularity was growing, and the synagogues were full to see Him and hear Him. But something happened over time in Peter, it only took him a year or so to realize the boat and fishing nets that they left behind were their source of provision. I mean really, how long could this new life they have chosen, sustain them? How would Peter’s wife eat, how would he provide for his family. Maybe after a year, fear and worry about the unknown began to overwhelm his heart. Peter had no idea that Jesus had picked him too one day to be a mighty leader in this new life. P a g e | 6 All Peter had before him were the facts of life, and following a Man around Galilee, watching Him teach and heal people would not satisfy the bill collectors. And as we will see in the next scene, Peter is a leader, because those who followed his example to go with Jesus, namely his brother Andrew, John and James will be found back in their fishing gear as well. Peter drifted away in his doubt, and other people’s faith will be affected as well. But Jesus is so gracious, and so patient, He will not let Peter the Rock fall away so easily. And you must ask yourself this morning, what has robbed you of your zeal and passion in serving the Lord, and as you assess your walk, you too may be able to conclude that worry and stress from the demands of this life, have caused you to head back to your fishing boats as well. My father sent me this quote a while back… THINK OF WORRY AS A NIGHT STALKER… He jimmies the latch and prowls into your mind. He’s wearing two gloves with which he strangles his victims. On the back of one glove is written the word “what.” On the back of the other hand appears the word “if.” “What If” becomes the criminal’s deadly chokehold. "What if we can't make the payment?” "What if the traffic is bad?” P a g e | 7 "What if the baby throws up?” “What if the weather doesn’t cooperate?” "What if the computer goes down?" "What if, what if, what if" - our lives become strangled by "what ifs!” Have the “what ifs” of this life taken you captive, have you let them blind you to all that really matters? Well as we will see this morning, Peter did… So let us read the first 3 verses of chapter 5 to set the stage here. Four Fishermen Called as Disciples (Matt 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20) 5:1 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. We see here Jesus’ ministry is very popular in Galilee. Luke calls the Sea of Galilee the Lake of Gennesaret which would be more familiar with his Gentile audience. P a g e | 8 The same body of water is also called the Sea of Tiberias by the Apostle John. And there on the shores of Gennesaret Jesus is recorded here as sharing the Word of God. Luke is equating Jesus’ teaching ministry as to that of God’s direct Word to mankind.
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