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Luke 5:1-11
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Introduction
         
· A common misunderstanding is that Matthew, Mark and Luke record the same call to the four disciples, Peter, Andrew, James, and John.
· At first glance, Matthew and Mark’s account might seem parallel with Luke’s account, but there are several differences that show Matthew and Mark’s account is a different call than Luke’s.
· In Matthew and Mark’s account, Jesus is walking alone by the beach and calls out to Peter and Andrew who were casting a net – in the act of fishing and tells them to follow Him.
He goes a little further and sees James and John mending nets in their boats and tells them to follow Him, and they do.
· In Luke’s account, Jesus is teaching a crowd that is pressing against him.
The fishermen finished an all nighter of fishing.
They were out of their boats,washing their nets and the boats were on the shore.
Jesus then asks Peter to take him out in the boat and begins to preach.
· So its important to understand that Jesus calls these four men on several occasions.
In fact, this isn’t the first time he has had contact with them.
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*/Jesus’ First meeting with several disciples including Peter/*
·  The first time Peter, Andrew, James and John meet up with Jesus is recorded in John 1.  Andrew and most likely John were following John the Baptist when they meet Jesus.
They actually stay the night where Jesus was sleeping.
The next day, Andrew goes and gets Peter.
It is during this time that Jesus also calls Philip and Nathanael.
They go to a wedding at Cana where Jesus turns water into wine.
*/Jesus’ first call to the disciples/*
· After spending some time with Jesus, they make their way back to their homes, in Galilee.
· Here, Jesus goes to his hometown where he is rejected, goes to Capernaum, a town near the sea of Galilee and this is where he calls the four fishermen the first time.
This is where he tells them to follow him and he will make them fishers of men, and they left their nets and followed.
· But when he calls them, they think that he means, come to Capernaum to do ministry for a few days.
· They follow Jesus to Capernaum again where he teaches and heals.
In fact, He heals Peter’s mother-in-law during this time.
· Now they go back to fishing and Jesus goes to them again and calls them.
·  He is not looking for a few days commitment, but a lifelong commitment.
He is looking for them to be completely committed to him.
*/Jesus’ second call to the disciples/*
· Here in this second call, Jesus has healed many people, including Peter’s mother-in-law and was teaching everywhere he went.
·  Luke 4:37 says that the report about Him was spreading everywhere.
Verse 42, the crowds were searching for Jesus and tried to keep Jesus from leaving them.
· Jesus states that he needs to go to other cities to preach God’s word, that this was his purpose and so he kept on preaching – vv 43-44
 
· This is where we find the second call to the disciples.
They had meet Jesus early on and seen many spectacular things.
He called them to follow him and so they did, for a time.
·  Now they are back fishing and Jesus shows up with a crowd.
· Today, we are going to look at what it means to be totally and completely committed to Christ.
·  There are some good principles that come out of this second call recorded in Luke.
·  These four men and particularly Peter learns many lessons in these 11 verses and there is so much here that we couldn’t unpack all of its treasures in our time today.
·  But we will be looking at four principles that will help us to be completely committed to Christ.
Committed Discipleship is seen in:
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The Priority of God’s Word in your life       (5:1-3)
 
· After having healed many people and teaching in many places, and after a considerable amount of people start following after Jesus, Jesus goes to the shore of Galilee.
· Luke calls it the Lake of Genesaret, which is another name for Galilee.
·  Remember, there is a huge crowd that are seeking Jesus, wanting to be healed or interested in getting a glimps of him.
· In chapter 5, Luke records some significant details that might get overlooked on the first initial reading.
· The crowd is pressing in and are eager to hear him teach the word of God.
 
· You can picture the scene.
Jesus is down by the shore.
The fishermen have fished all night and are cleaning up, out of their boats and washing their nets for the next fishing trip.
· A crowd is so excited and eager to hear Jesus that they are pressing against him.
It could be compared to a mob scene.
People are all around him, not just in nice neat rows of chairs waiting to hear God’s word, but pressing up against him from all sides.
· Jesus does something that shows his wisdom, he sees two boats on the shore and asks Peter to take him out a little bit.
· So Peter does and Jesus uses this fishing boat as a pulpit.
Instead of having people on all sides of him, unable to hear God’s Word, he now has a natural ampitheater.
· He is out in the boat, the people are on the shore and his voice can now bounce off the water up the shoreline for people to hear.
It is tough for us to imagine this, but when I went to Israel several years ago, we went to a place that could have been this spot and I stood on the shoreline and spoke in a normal voice and those on the trip could hear all the way up the shore.
· The interesting footnote here is that Jesus sat down in the boat to teach, which was the normal teaching position at that time.
Imagine me sitting here in a chair while you all stood around the stage…you’re probably glad that we do it this way now.
One of the principles that we can take away from this introductory part of the verses is Christ’s emphasis on God’s Word.
· The crowds were eager to hear, the disciples, well they were washing their nets.
· Jesus states that his purpose is to preach…what did he preach…the kingdom of God, the gospel, ultimately Luke states, God’s Word.
·  One of the principles of being a disciple is to have God’s Word as a priority in your life.
·  Peter realizes this in several instances.
Later on, when Jesus is teaching some difficult things, those who were following him, those who John calls disciples in John 6, leave Jesus because his words were too difficult for them to accept.
·  John states that many disciples stopped following Jesus.
·  John 6:66-69, Jesus looks at the twelve and says, you don’t want to leave also do you?
·  Interesting that Peter answers.
He says to Jesus, “Where could we go?
You have words of eternal life”
 
·  Peter realized the importance of Jesus’ words, the very words of God.
 
·  Later on, in 1 Peter, toward the end of his life, Peter commands believers to long for the word of God like newborn babies long for milk.
He states this because it is through God’s word that disciples grow.
·  In fact, the word for disciple *maqhth,j * means “learner” and is a total attachment to someone in discipleship.
· A disciple is one who learns from a teacher and as Christians, we are to learn, to grow in knowing God’s Word.
· It needs to be a priority in our lives.
We don’t come on Sunday mornings to hear the opinions of man, especially not my opinions.
We come to hear the word of God preached.
· Something that was a priority for Jesus.
Something that the disciples learned was a priority, and something that we must keep as our priority.
· Our lives must constantly be exposed to the teaching of God.
We must learn from the one whom we follow.
· The key to being completely committed to Christ is to focus upon and have as a priority the things he has said.
· Unfortunately, we are like fisherman, near the word so many times but busy with our other duties.
·  Even as a young preacher, I can often be too busy doing other things than spending time alone with God in His Word and I am sure I am not the only one.
·  We all struggle to have his word as a priority in our lives, but it is so important.
However this isn’t limited to just a few moments a day in quiet times.
·  God’s word should have a priority in how we make decisions, in what we choose to do, in how we live, in what counsel we give.
·  The first question out of our mouths for anything should be…what does the Lord say.
The first answer should be…thus says the Lord.
·  We all need to grow in this area, that is why Peter commands it of us in 1 Peter 2:2, we need to long for God’s word.
! 2.   **The Practice of Obedience in your life          (5:4-7)
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· After Jesus finishes teaching, he asks Peter to do something out of the normal for Peter.
· In fact, he asks Peter to do something that even Peter can’t understand completely.
· Verse 4, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch”
 
· Here we have the carpenter telling the expert fisherman how to fish.
·  Has that ever happened to you?  Someone who has no practical experience in an area or field tell you how you should be doing something that you have spent years doing?
· You can just imagine Peter’s frustration.
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