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358 - Far and Near the Fields are Teeming
George Sweeting, in his book The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1968, Currier's sentence was terminated, and a letter bearing the good news was sent to him.
But John never saw the letter, nor was he told anything about it.
Life on that farm was hard and without promise for the future.
Yet John kept doing what he was told even after the farmer for whom he worked had died.
Ten years went by.
Then a state parole officer learned about Currier's plight, found him, and told him that his sentence had been terminated.
He was a free man.
Sweeting concluded that story by asking, "Would it matter to you if someone sent you an important message -- the most important in your life -- and year after year the urgent message was never delivered?"
We who have heard the good news and experienced freedom through Christ are responsible to proclaim it to others still enslaved by sin.
Are we doing all we can to make sure that people get the message?
What does it mean
to be a witness?
Someone who has
experienced something
that can share about it
with someone else.
Biography of Andrew
Only 12 verse
speak about Andrew.
We will do
a harmony of the gospels
about Andrew.
Let’s see
what kind of man
he was.
Begining of the story.
Andrew was
a disciple of John.
following him.
by Jordan.
The next day...
The next day again...
Very first verse
chronologically
that speaks about Andrew...
It tells
what he is like.
This it typical Andrew
What did he do…
“brought him to Jesus...”
Next few verses,
tell a parallel story.
And mentions Andrew
in passing.
Notice he was from
Andrew’s town.
I wonder if
Andrew had already
talked to him…?
Either way,
I love the way
that he witnesses.
I have see
and experienced something
You have got to come
check it out.
His phrase,
“come and see...”
transition
Fast foreward
in the story...
Andrew and Peter had been
following Jesus for a while
but they had not
left their full-time jobs.
Until this story.
Finally committed to full-time witnessing
It was after Peter had been led to self-renunciation and dependence upon divine power that he received the call to his work for Christ.
Until this time none of the disciples had fully united as colaborers with Jesus.
They had witnessed many of His miracles, and had listened to His teaching; but they had not entirely forsaken their former employment.
The imprisonment of John the Baptist had been to them all a bitter disappointment.
If such were to be the outcome of John’s mission, they could have little hope for their Master, with all the religious leaders combined against Him.
Under the circumstances it was a relief to them to return for a short time to their fishing.
But now Jesus called them to forsake their former life, and unite their interests with His.
Peter had accepted the call.
Upon reaching the shore, Jesus bade the three other disciples, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Immediately they left all, and followed Him.
This is where
we pick up the story
in Matt and Mark
parallel passage
Finally,
they leave everything
to follow Jesus.
Jesus,
through the large catch
teaches the disciples
He can provide.
They decide to trust Him,
and become
full-time disciples.
Later,
the story of the
Rich Young Ruler.
He goes away sorry.
Jesus comments,
Peter,
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