The Call of Discipleship
Matthew 4:18-22 (ESV)
1. Jesus meets them where they are.
Matthew 4:18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 21 And 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, and he called them.
Jesus meets them at their daily work of fishing. They are not in a religious
school, nor is this a monumental moment, but a miracle of the ordinary.
- Jesus gives them a new identity and purpose.
Matthew 4:19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Jesus tells them who they will be, no longer fishermen, but fishers of men.
- Jesus meets them where they are. Matthew 4:20Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Following Jesus required an immediate and decisive answer.
SO WHAT?
ALL disciples are called.
It is possible that some of us still haven’t chosen to follow.
Are we still fishing when he is wanting to do so much more through us?