The Master World-Reacher

Matthew 4:19 LEB

19 And he said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of people.”

Why did Jesus go to Galilee?

Matthew presents Jesus’ going there as the fulfilling of prophecy, but also in terms of Jesus ministering in a place that was shunned or scorned by the establishment in Jerusalem1

1 David Abernathy, An Exegetical Summary of Matthew 1–16, Exegetical Summaries (Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2013), 84.

Prophetic, practicality and compassion

I. He Identifies with the People!

Observe their relationships

Observe their occupations

Observe their passions

II. His Invitation is personal!

1. The Intimate invitation

2. The Intense invitation

3. The irresistible invitation

III. His Intended Purpose!