Andrew-Follow

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The big catch.. fish

Follow Invite Surrender Heart

Andrew-Manly

Fisherman.. behind the scenes kind of guy.

Bringing others to Follow Christ

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John 1:35-42 (ESV) 35 The next day again John (the baptist) was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

Invite

41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).

Discipled by john introduced to Jesus

Introduced his brother peter to Jesus, you cannot keep it to yourself.

“Only a disciple can make a disciple” A.W. Tozer

Do life together.. clutch hot go kart

1 Corinthians 12:12-13 (ESV) 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

Love one another – John 13:34 -35; Be devoted to one another - Romans 12:10 Honour one another – Romans 12:10 Live in harmony with one another - Romans 12:16 Accept one another – Romans 15:7 Instruct one another - Romans 15:14 Greet one another – Romans 16:16; Agree with one another – 1 Cor 1:10 Serve one another - Galatians 5:13 Bear with one another – Ephesians 4:2; Be kind and compassionate to one another - Eph 4:32 Submit to one another –Eph 5:21 Forgive one another – Col 3:13 Teach and admonish one another – Col 3:16 Encourage one another – 1 Thess 5:11; Spur one another on to good love and deeds – Hebrews 10:24 Do not slander on another – James 4:11 Live in harmony with one another – 1 Peter 3:8 Offer hospitality to one another – 1 Peter 4:9 Be humble to one another – 1 Peter 5:5

We need to invite people in our lives….

Surrender

Mathew 4:18-20 (ESV)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. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

They gave up their lives, their whole way of living…

What are you holding on to

What are you not trusting God with?

What are you trying to control?

Luke 14:26-27,33 (ESV)

26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 33 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Heart

Trust

John 6:5- 9 (Esv) 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?”

Feeding the fish

Give all you have and let Jesus do the rest.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Greeks to Jesus

John 12:20-22 esv 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

1 Peter 1:22 (ESV)

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart

We are Christians , we have all sinned. Jesus paid the price for all

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Non defensive

Martin Luther King Jr said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

"We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

1 John 1:7 (ESV)

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Point them towards Jesus.

Andrew’s death on the cross Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, written by John Foxe in the mid-16th century. By the greeks. Aegean.

Philippians 3:17-19 esv 7 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

The real issue a simple one. We have been called to be “fishers of people” and while Christians do a lot of talking about fishing, what we really need to do is fish.

Communion……….

Are you fishing?

Are you the fish?