Luke 5
1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”
Jesus' teaching
I imagine Peter must have been thinking something like, this wounder of a man is using my boat to teach the crowd! Jesus, the one who heals, casts out spirits, teaches with authority and rebukes the religious! If it was me, I would have been like, this is going to make the best facebook status ever!
And I think that Mark Driscoll speaks with authority?, can you even wrap your head around the power and authority of Jesus' teaching in person??? Dude.
faith comes by hearing the Word.
I think after Peter hears The Lord teaching he has gained some faith evident in his choice "But because you say so".I also see Peter as being skeptical of Jesus' call for him to cast out the nets, you know hadn't he already tried that and failed? after all wasn't Peter the fisherman? I really like that Peter was obedient. "But because you say so, I will let down the nets"
This hits home for me. How often I doubt the ability and willingness of God to be able to do something, after all, this is my thing, but in my heart I hear "cast down the nets" and when the Lord give abundance, it show me my own sinful heart of doubt “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”
so true of Scripture, a lot more is going on in this passage, but today the lord has reminded me of the choice : "But because you say so, I will let down the nets."
1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”
Jesus' teaching
I imagine Peter must have been thinking something like, this wounder of a man is using my boat to teach the crowd! Jesus, the one who heals, casts out spirits, teaches with authority and rebukes the religious! If it was me, I would have been like, this is going to make the best facebook status ever!
And I think that Mark Driscoll speaks with authority?, can you even wrap your head around the power and authority of Jesus' teaching in person??? Dude.
faith comes by hearing the Word.
I think after Peter hears The Lord teaching he has gained some faith evident in his choice "But because you say so".I also see Peter as being skeptical of Jesus' call for him to cast out the nets, you know hadn't he already tried that and failed? after all wasn't Peter the fisherman? I really like that Peter was obedient. "But because you say so, I will let down the nets"
This hits home for me. How often I doubt the ability and willingness of God to be able to do something, after all, this is my thing, but in my heart I hear "cast down the nets" and when the Lord give abundance, it show me my own sinful heart of doubt “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”
so true of Scripture, a lot more is going on in this passage, but today the lord has reminded me of the choice : "But because you say so, I will let down the nets."