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The Call
The place: Sea of Galilee
Time: morning
V. 18 - Jesus saw two brothers, Simon and Andrew… who were fishermen
Situation: The fishermen toiled all night and caught nothing
come hither
Come, come here
implies movement
In the sense of becoming a full-time disciple
Whom did Jesus talk to?
Peter and Andrew who experienced job failure
Fisherman - one whose occupation is to catch fish
seasonal work in Galilee
nightly vocation
not a good social status
Why Jesus called fishermen?
Follow me; come ye after me (Revised Version); δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου.
There is no thought of continuous following from place to place (ἀκολουθεῖν), but of immediate detachment from the present sphere of their interest and of attachment to Jesus as their leader.
Follow me; come ye after me (Revised Version); δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου.
There is no thought of continuous following from place to place (ἀκολουθεῖν), but of immediate detachment from the present sphere of their interest and of attachment to Jesus as their leader.
Jesus chose unlearned fishermen because they had not been schooled in the traditions and erroneous customs of their time.
White, E. G. (1898).
The Desire of Ages (Vol.
3, p. 250).
Pacific Press Publishing Association.
Follow me; come ye after me (Revised Version); δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου.
There is no thought of continuous following from place to place (ἀκολουθεῖν), but of immediate detachment from the present sphere of their interest and of attachment to Jesus as their leader.
Continual devotion establishes so close a relation between Jesus and His disciple that the Christian becomes like Him in mind and character.
Unpolluted mindset
Open mind
“They were men of native ability, and they were humble and teachable,—men whom He could educate for His work.
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White, E. G. (1898).
The Desire of Ages (Vol.
3, p. 250).
Pacific Press Publishing Association.
Follow Me
come
come ye after Me
come here
also means...
1: come after
to engage in as a calling or way of life: pursue
to walk or proceed along 〈follow a path〉
to be or act in accordance with
to accept as authority: obey
4 a: to pursue in an effort to overtake
to seek to attain 〈follow knowledge〉
to come into existence or take place as a result or consequence of the call
6 a: to come or take place after in time, sequence, or order
b: to cause to be followed 〈followed dinner with a liqueur〉
to copy after : imitate
to watch steadily 〈followed the flight of the ball〉
b: to keep the mind on 〈follow a speech〉
c: to attend closely to: keep abreast of 〈followed his career with interest〉
d: to understand the sense or logic of (as a line of thought) verb intransitive
Merriam-Webster, I. (2003).
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.
(Eleventh ed.).
Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
implies a movement of the one called from where you are to the caller’s location
Follow me; come ye after me (Revised Version); δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου.
There is no thought of continuous following from place to place (ἀκολουθεῖν), but of immediate detachment from the present sphere of their interest and of attachment to Jesus as their leader.
Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Ed.).
(1909).
Pulpit Commentary on St. Matthew (Vol. 1, p. 109).
London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
and
implies something more
consequential
promises potential progress
potential upgrade
transitional
I will make you fishers of men
I will make you
Gk — “to cause a state to be--’to cause to be, to make to be, to result in, to bring in’”
This is God’s action as Creator -
He is causative - He is the cause —> effect
when God calls He qualifies
prior training is unnecessary
applying Omni Transit bus driving
when He calls, He enables
when He calls, He empowers
fishers of men
simile
“laying more stress on the change in their character necessary for success in this new kind of fishing.”
Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Ed.).
(1909).
Pulpit Commentary on St. Matthew (Vol. 1, p. 109).
London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Transitions: trans (across) —> transit (movement)
change of vocation
vocation both as a calling and a career
from fishermen to fishers of men
from a mechanical job to a relational work
from dealing with fishes to dealing with men
from dealing with objects to dealing with people
REMEMBER <— Sermon
The church don’t need members but disciples
The Great Commission
- “Go therefore and
make disciples”
= fishers of men
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