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Intro
Trend in business to hire noobs not trained professionals
saves money
train the people to do things the way they want for their business
Cf.
Teaching Mike bass
EPIPHANY!
This is God’s economy.
He isn’t calling people who think they’ve figured it all out.
He’s calling people who understand they are broken and spiritually bankrupt.
That’s why…
The first disciples were sinners
Jesus called sinners
Who were the disciples?
(Highlight the sinfulness of the disciples.)
Commoners
Simon (Peter) and Andrew fished from the shore (small business).
James and John were part of an established business with their own boats and hired men.
Both pairs were called to give up all they had to follow Jesus even though the latter had more than the former.
Humble profession
Working Class
Hard work
Service profession
Levi (Hebrew name of Matthew)
Traitor: Jew who worked for the “enemy” (Romans)
Extortionist
Breaks Torah as a profession
Torah protects people against oppression and injustice
Tax collectors were agents of oppression and injustice
What was the issue with the righteous (EPIPHANY!)
Pharisees and scribes?
Were they sinners too?
Who are the righteous?
Not commoners as in Simon, Andrew, James and John.
Not unrighteous like Levi
The scribes (scholars of the law)
The Pharisees (self-proclaimed religious elitists)
The S & P could not understand sharing a table with tax collectors and sinners
Intimacy (purity issues)
Association (A rabbi cannot be said to be as a sinner)
Jesus does not mean that the S & P do not need a savior.
They just aren’t ready for a savior.
You have to acknowledge your sin before you can even fathom your need to be saved from God’s wrath for sin.
He means that, until your self-perception is that of a sinner, you will not hear His call.
An understanding of your own depraved nature always precedes your calling to become a follower of Jesus.
Common people understood that they were moral failures, at least compared to the S & P
Tax collectors certainly knew how wretched they must be, not just in the sight of their people, but before God
When you understand your need to be saved from sin, then you are ready to hear…
Jesus’s Call
What does it mean to call? or that Jesus calls?
“FOLLOW ME”
Not how Rabbis got followers.
(elevates the Rabbi)
It is how Greek Philosophers got followers.
(elevates the calling)
Diogenes Laertius
Xenophon, the son of Gryllus, was a citizen of Athens…he was a man of rare modesty and extremely handsome.
The story goes that Socrates met him in a narrow passage, and that he stretched out his stick to bar the way, while he inquired where every kind of food was sold.
Upon receiving a reply, he put another question, “And where do men become good and honourable?” Xenophon was fairly puzzled; “Then follow me,” said Socrates, “and learn.”
From that time onward he was a pupil of Socrates.
Socrates called Xenophon because he was found to be lacking.
That was something he could work with.
He couldn’t work with a self-righteous know it all.
Jesus wasn’t worried about elevating himself like the Rabbis of His day.
Jesus called men who were humble enough to admit who they were so that He could train them as followers.
Here’s what happens if you call the self-righteous (consider this illustration a warning): [ILL: Rich Young Ruler]
Jesus calls us to leave our nets and follow.
Self-righteousness is the hardest net to leave behind.
[ADD NATURE OF CALLING? — drawn by the Spirit working through the proclamation of the Gospel]
Call to what?
Some may say we are called to…
Salvation (rescue from the wrath of God due for sins)…yes, but not exactly
Discipleship (learning to live by the teacher)…yes, but not exactly
Disciple-making…precisely
[D32Worldview] “To be caught in the nets of the gods was a symbol of salvation” (RNTS).
Gods and evil spirits were believed to fish for people to be disciples or followers.
What’s interesting here is that God does not choose to appoint angels or other divine beings to the task of disciple-making; rather, He calls humans to be disciple-makers.
We are God’s workers.
Also Notice: “I will make you fishers of men...”
This is something Jesus will train them to do.
Not something they needed as a prerequisite.
Jesus’s call is not merely a call to salvation, but a…
Call to Discipleship
…which means a call to be trained as a disciple.
Jesus trained disciples in...
Large Groups (70 or so disciples)
Small Groups (the 12)
Inner-Circle (Peter, James, and John)
One-on-one (Peter) — you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church
* The smaller the group, the more substance there is to the training.
The church trains disciples in…
Large Groups (Sunday Mornings)
Small Groups (Meetings in Homes—coming next week)
Focused on personal discipleship needs.
And focused on disciple making.
One-on-one discipleship.
trust and relationship
personal holiness
Oikos
Household -> Inner circle, 8-15
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