The Heart Beat of God
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BPM - Bible, Prayer, Mission
BPM - Bible, Prayer, Mission
Matthew 4:18–22 (NIV)
18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
20 At once they left their nets and followed him.
21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Invitation
Invitation
Follow
Follow
Matthew 4:19 (NIV)
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
The abruptness of the call is matched by the immediacy of the following.
Following Jesus involved the abandonment right then and there of their lifestyle and material possessions (nets cast but not gathered in):
the call of Jesus is totally disruptive.
The urgency and the radical nature of the call are based on the near approach of the kingdom of heaven (4:17);
following Jesus has to do with his significance for this kingdom.
He makes the same invitation to a wealth young man and the answer, the action was not the same
20 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
Some people want to be at the party with out the invitation
there were 10 virgins 5 were foolish and 5 were wise
The Fate of the Unprepared - Matthew 25:1–13
“Sir, sir,” they said, “open the door to us.” But he answered: “This is the truth I tell you—I do not know you.” Be on the watch then, for you do not know the day and the hour.’
Transformation
Transformation
from fisherman to fishers of man
Jesus, too, called on these fishermen to follow him.
It is interesting to note what kind of men they were.
They were not men of great scholarship, or influence, or wealth, or social background.
They were not poor; they were simple, working people with no great background, and certainly, anyone would have said, with no great future.
many scholars that those who are good at fishing must possess these very qualities which will make them equally good at ‘catching’ people.
(1) They must have patience. They must learn to wait patiently until the fish will take the bait. If they are restless and quick to move, they will never catch anything. To become good at bringing people in, we will have need of patience. It is but rarely in preaching or in teaching that we will see quick results. We must learn to wait.
(2) They must have perseverance. They must learn never to be discouraged, but always to try again. Good preachers and teachers must not be discouraged when nothing seems to happen. They must always be ready to try again.
3) They must have courage. They must be ready to risk and to face the fury of the sea and of the gale. Good preachers and teachers must be well aware that there is always a danger in telling people the truth. Those who tell the truth, more often than not, take their reputation and their lives in their hands.
(4) They must have an eye for the right moment. Through experience, they know that there are times when it is hopeless to fish. They know when to cast and when not to cast. Good preachers and teachers chooses the right moment. There are times when people will welcome the truth, and times when they will resent the truth. There are times when the truth will move them, and times when the truth will harden them in their opposition to the truth. Wise preachers and teachers know that there is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
(5) They must fit the bait to the fish. One fish will rise to one bait and another to another. Paul said that he became all things to all people if by any chance he might win some (cf. 1 Corinthians 9:22). Wise preachers and teachers know that the same approach will not win everyone. They may even have to know and recognize their own limitations. They may have to discover that there are certain spheres in which they themselves can work, and others in which they cannot.
(6) They must keep themselves out of sight. If they make their presence too obvious or even show their own shadows, the fish will certainly not bite. Wise preachers and teachers will always seek to present men and women not with themselves but with Jesus Christ. Their aim is to fix people’s eyes not on themselves but on that figure beyond.
20 But that is not the way you learned Christ!—
21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
NLT - 'Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. ' Ephesians 4:21-24
you can do what ever you want, study what ever you choose, go where ever you want, be with people who ever you want to be , as long as it brings glory to God.
the end has to be God glorified
when we follow jesu we have …
Rest
Rest
Matthew 11:29 (ESV)
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 6:25–34 (NIV)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
We also have abundant life when we choose to follow Jesus
Abundant Life
Abundant Life
John 10:10 (NIV)
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
How can you have an abundance of life if you leave everything behind?
The rich young man thought he had everything but was empty