The Calling of Disciples and Grace
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In Matthew 4, Jesus calls the first disciples.
Many times I just picture it as Jesus wandering through the seashore and randomly picking guys out. But we understand through the word that there was much prayer involved and Jesus' process was to seek out the Father for who to call.
The first 4 called are Peter, Andrew, James, and John... 2 sets of brothers, 4 fisherman... What did it mean to be a fisherman in that day? What can I say about these men, from the worldly eye?
These men fished, and they probably smelled like fish. They stunk.
Some of them were mending nets... It was a family business. They were using old equipment and staying in the same occupation they were born into.
If they were doing the family business as a Jew it meant they were the religiously "not good enough."
They had dropped out of the education system and were working.
They were irresponsible... 2 of them were mending nets, and just left it. All of them simply left the job to follow Jesus.
From the human eye, we can scrutinize for a long time... but GRACE enters...
Jesus pickes 11 guys and a traitor to shake the world. He picks guys who are not spiritually elite. He picked 12 ordinary guys and spent 3 years with them only to be crucified and leave the future of the church in their hands... in the hands of guys who we would not have wanted to sit near in a restaurant after a hard days work.
Grace - from the broken earth, flowers come up pushing through the dirt.
Thank God for grace.
Many times I just picture it as Jesus wandering through the seashore and randomly picking guys out. But we understand through the word that there was much prayer involved and Jesus' process was to seek out the Father for who to call.
The first 4 called are Peter, Andrew, James, and John... 2 sets of brothers, 4 fisherman... What did it mean to be a fisherman in that day? What can I say about these men, from the worldly eye?
These men fished, and they probably smelled like fish. They stunk.
Some of them were mending nets... It was a family business. They were using old equipment and staying in the same occupation they were born into.
If they were doing the family business as a Jew it meant they were the religiously "not good enough."
They had dropped out of the education system and were working.
They were irresponsible... 2 of them were mending nets, and just left it. All of them simply left the job to follow Jesus.
From the human eye, we can scrutinize for a long time... but GRACE enters...
Jesus pickes 11 guys and a traitor to shake the world. He picks guys who are not spiritually elite. He picked 12 ordinary guys and spent 3 years with them only to be crucified and leave the future of the church in their hands... in the hands of guys who we would not have wanted to sit near in a restaurant after a hard days work.
Grace - from the broken earth, flowers come up pushing through the dirt.
Thank God for grace.
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