![]() ![]() McGready started the concerts of prayer, but he also got his congregations praying for him and for his ministry of the word of God – for a half hour before they went to bed on Saturday night and for a half hour when they woke up on Sunday morning. He said that the winter of 1799 for the most part was weeping and mourning with the people of God and that it was like living in Sodom and Gomorrah on the rough, lawless, and often godless frontier. In Kentucky he pastored three small churches that met in roughly built shacks. This is reminiscent of what God did in a man named James McGready on the frontiers of Kentucky starting in the 1790s. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them: Peter had to work with others to get the job done. “Here the dumb fishes do clearly preach Christ to be the Son of God.” (Trapp)ī. But when Jesus directs our work, we see results and we always miss something great when we make excuses instead of allowing Jesus to direct our work. We can work – even work hard – for a long time with no results. When Jesus directs our work, it makes all the difference. The only reason why Peter did what Jesus asked was because he believed in Jesus, not because the circumstances seemed right. Peter understood that he probably knew more about fishing than a carpenter did and that he had worked all night without any results. They caught a great number of fish: Peter didn’t make such excuses, and His faith in Jesus was well rewarded. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.Ī. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. (6-7) The miraculous catch of fish.Īnd when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. At Your word empires rise and fall history unfolds His great plan.At Your word creation is held together and sustained.At Your word, the sun, moon, stars, and planets were created.God’s people throughout all ages have lived and gone forth with this confidence in the word of Jesus. At Your word I will let down the net: This was Peter’s great statement of faith, and trust in Jesus’ word. “Jesus may know religion, but He doesn’t know fishing.”ĭ.“All these crowds and loud teaching have scared the fish away.”.“The best fishing is at night, not in the day time.”.“I know a lot more about fishing than a carpenter does.”.We have toiled all night and caught nothing nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net: Peter could have come up with any number of possible excuses. The word has the ideas “commander,” “leader,” or perhaps even “boss.” With this title, Peter showed he was willing to take orders from Jesus.Ĭ. Master, we have toiled all night: The particular ancient Greek word Luke used for Master ( epistata) is unique to Luke’s Gospel. If you catch a glimpse of his approving smile as he watches you, you will work right heartily.” (Spurgeon)ī. “It is a blessed thing to see Christ sitting in the boat while you cast out the net. As far as we can tell, Jesus was in the boat with them as He directed this. Peter could not give something to Jesus without Jesus giving even more back to him. He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets”: After Jesus had finished teaching, He wanted to do something good for Simon, who had lent Him the use of the boat. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”Ī. (4-5) Peter receives as Jesus directs his service. We can also be sure that Simon listened to this teaching all the more attentively. One of the boats, which was Simon’s: Simon must have felt privileged that Jesus wanted to teach from his boat. It was also sometimes called the Sea of Tiberias.Ĭ. The Lake of Gennesaret: This was another name for the Sea of Galilee, as it is more familiarly known. “Note the many strange pulpits in which Christ preached.” (Morrison)ī. The crowd was so big that Jesus got into one of the boats and taught the multitudes from the boat. The multitude pressed around Him to hear the word of God: The large crowd showed the increasing popularity of Jesus as a teacher. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.Ī. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. ![]()
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