WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of The Way UK Podcast. I'm your host Zoe and I'm joined by my wonderful, delightful, amazing, exuberant, fabulous co-hosts. 2 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:15.000 Thank you. 3 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:18.000 Zach. 4 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.000 And Michelle. 5 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:25.000 Guys, we are in a new four-part series, very exciting. 6 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:32.000 We're going to be looking at the encounters that Jesus had with people all throughout the New Testament and the different ways that we can learn from them. 7 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:41.000 And today we're going to look at the call of Peter, which is in Luke chapter 5 verses 1, 2, 11. 8 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:47.000 So guys, it would be super helpful if you're watching or listening on YouTube. 9 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.000 Please may you like and subscribe and leave a comment. 10 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.000 If you're listening on Spotify or Apple Podcast, please, please can you leave us a follow and a rating. 11 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.000 Nice one, if you'd like. 12 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:04.000 Because basically here at The Way, our mission is to share the gospel with every single young person online. 13 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:05.000 Wow, that's a big vision. 14 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:06.000 It's a big vision. 15 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.000 And you doing that really helps us. 16 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000 So yeah, thanks guys. 17 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.000 Killed it. 18 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.000 Credits have been rolled. 19 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:17.000 Rolled. 20 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:21.000 And now we're rolling into the word of God. 21 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.000 Amen. 22 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.000 Open up that scroll. 23 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:26.000 Open up that scroll. 24 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:27.000 Okay. 25 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:28.000 Zach. 26 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:29.000 Yes, ma'am. 27 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:35.000 Would you like to read the whole, actually, yeah, no, yeah, read the whole passage. 28 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:38.000 And what translation are you reading, Zach? 29 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.000 It would be my greatest privilege to read out of the ESV today. 30 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:43.000 Okay. 31 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:44.000 ESV, take us away. 32 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:45.000 Move chapter five. 33 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.000 There's one to 11. 34 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.000 Here we go. 35 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.000 Here we go. 36 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.000 Okay. 37 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:50.000 Starting verse one. 38 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:54.000 On one occasion, while crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 39 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:58.000 he was standing by the lake of Jeannessorette. 40 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:04.000 And he saw two boats by the lake, but the fisherman had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 41 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:10.000 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. 42 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:13.000 And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 43 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:21.000 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch. 44 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:27.000 Simon answered, master, we toiled all night until nothing. 45 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.000 But at your word, I will let down the nets. 46 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:37.000 And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish. 47 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.000 And their nets were breaking. 48 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:40.000 What? 49 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.000 Say what? 50 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:42.000 Say what? 51 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:46.000 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. 52 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:49.000 And they came and filled both the boats. 53 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.000 So much so that they began to sink, shout out. 54 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.000 But when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 55 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:02.000 depart from me for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 56 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:07.000 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken. 57 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:12.000 And so also were James and John's sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. 58 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.000 And Jesus said to Simon, do not be afraid. 59 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.000 From now on, you will be catching men. 60 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.000 Oh. 61 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:30.000 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him. 62 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.000 Wow. 63 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:36.000 That is, that is a crazy, crazy. 64 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.000 I was getting into that. 65 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.000 You were going into that. 66 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.000 You really took us there. 67 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:48.000 Guys, there is a lot in this story, which is the cooling of Peter. 68 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:49.000 We see Peter. 69 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:54.000 He starts as a fisherman, a fisher of fish, and ends it a fisher of men. 70 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:55.000 Oh. 71 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.000 Come on, Lord. 72 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:57.000 Good to meet you. 73 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:58.000 Sorry. 74 00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:59.000 Okay. 75 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:00.000 It's like, thanks for reading. 76 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:01.000 That was really beautiful. 77 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:02.000 You had to say it exuberantly. 78 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:03.000 Thank you. 79 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:04.000 You're ridiculous. 80 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:05.000 New word. 81 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:06.000 New word, guys. 82 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:07.000 Okay. 83 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:08.000 Let's break this down. 84 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.000 Let's go through it chronologically. 85 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:14.000 Okay. 86 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:21.000 And just dive into it a little bit deeper, a little bit deeper on the top. 87 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:23.000 So yeah, let's go from the top. 88 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:24.000 Okay. 89 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.000 So versus one to three. 90 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.000 Shall we read them again? 91 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.000 Do you want me to read it again? 92 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:30.000 Michelle. 93 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.000 You read it again. 94 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:32.000 Sorry. 95 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:33.000 Skipped over. 96 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:34.000 Did they call that? 97 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:35.000 I've got a different transition. 98 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:36.000 Yeah, it's good. 99 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:37.000 It's good to hear. 100 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:38.000 One to three. 101 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:39.000 One to three. 102 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:41.000 I'm reading and I'm reading and I'm reading. 103 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:42.000 Pretty sure. 104 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.000 I've had this Bible for years. 105 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:46.000 Yeah, you got it. 106 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:47.000 Right. 107 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.000 One day Jesus was standing by the lake of good ceneret. 108 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.000 The people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 109 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.000 He saw at the water's edge two boats. 110 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:59.000 Left there by the fisherman who were washing their nets. 111 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.000 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, 112 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.000 and asked him to put out a little from the shore. 113 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.000 Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 114 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:11.000 So what's going on here? 115 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.000 Luke be setting the scene for us. 116 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.000 By the shore, these fishermen. 117 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:19.000 Jesus is famous, bro. 118 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:20.000 Like what the heck? 119 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:21.000 Crowding. 120 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:22.000 Crowding. 121 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:27.000 I mean, I don't really know actually exactly where this lake is. 122 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:34.000 But I'm assuming it's like somewhere in the middle of nowhere. 123 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:36.000 What I mean by that is. 124 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:42.000 People don't really just typically hang out around the docks. 125 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.000 Yeah. 126 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.000 You're right. 127 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:45.000 Because it's smelly. 128 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:46.000 Yeah. 129 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:47.000 It's smelly. 130 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.000 There's people working all around. 131 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:50.000 It's hard. 132 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.000 I imagine people are going out of their way to see Jesus. 133 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.000 Listen to him. 134 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:58.000 That's so helpful. 135 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:05.000 It's like we know that Jesus is respected and followed teacher. 136 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:11.000 At this point, yeah, I think this is quite near to the start of Jesus' ministry. 137 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:16.000 Like the chapter before Jesus has just gone, been tested in the wilderness. 138 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:17.000 Yeah. 139 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:22.000 He's gone home and been rejected at his hometown, done a few healings. 140 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:23.000 And now we're here. 141 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:27.000 So he's at the very start, seemingly at the start of his ministry. 142 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:31.000 But people care about what he has to say. 143 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:38.000 And then also, I wanted to, in verse three, when he got into Simon Peter's boat 144 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:45.000 and asked him to put out a little from shore, an actual little note that shows his authority 145 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.000 as a teacher, as a rabbi, is that he sat down. 146 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.000 It says, then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 147 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:56.000 And back in their day, the rabbi is in the synagogues. 148 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.000 They had a chair that they would teach from, I think called Moses' chair. 149 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:08.000 And so by Jesus sitting down, he was like, I'm taking my teacher, my teacher's stance right now. 150 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:15.000 So, okay, we know the people are there to listen to God. 151 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:19.000 There's also another couple of people, though, who are the fishermen, right? 152 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:20.000 Yes. 153 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.000 And they're cleaning their nets, which tells us they've been fishing. 154 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.000 Okay. 155 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:31.000 And I mean, I read up a little bit about this particular lake. 156 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:34.000 Apparently, people fishing this lake at night time. 157 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:40.000 So I guess it's the morning they've been fishing all night, tough night shift. 158 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:47.000 And now Jesus is going to hang out with them a little bit. 159 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:48.000 And we're going to see what happens. 160 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.000 But also, that puts a little bit in context. 161 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:54.000 Jesus asks them to stand his boat. 162 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.000 So they must respect him a little bit. 163 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.000 They've just worked all night. 164 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:03.000 Gosh, last thing I wanted to do was get back into my boat and sit there with this guy teaching. 165 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.000 But I respect him, so I guess. 166 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:10.000 Yeah, like, surely they would have been so tired, actually. 167 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:11.000 Full night shift. 168 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:16.000 And then this guy's like, actually, can you come back out and keep me in the boat? 169 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:17.000 Just keep me in the boat. 170 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:18.000 Keep me in the boat. 171 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:19.000 Yeah, let me speak to him. 172 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:26.000 And interestingly, actually, Jesus did just heal Simon's mother-in-law, Simon Peter's mother-in-law, the chapter before this. 173 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:29.000 So maybe Simon's like, oh, bro, I have to sing. 174 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.000 I owe to him. 175 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.000 I got to do this. 176 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:34.000 But okay, let's carry on reading. 177 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:36.000 Let's read just verses four and five. 178 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.000 Zach, do you want to read? 179 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.000 Yes. 180 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.000 Back off the bench. 181 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:42.000 Come on now. 182 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.000 Verse four and five. 183 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:47.000 And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, 184 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:51.000 put out into the Jeep and let down your nets for a catch. 185 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:56.000 And Simon answered, master, we toiled all night and took nothing. 186 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:59.000 At your word, I will let down the nets. 187 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:01.000 What does this make you think of? 188 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:09.000 Like, especially verse four, where Jesus tells Simon what to do. 189 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:14.000 Jesus, a carpenter, tells a professional fisherman how to do it. 190 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:21.000 It's like, I don't know how I would feel if a guy who I didn't know, 191 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:25.000 like, at this point, Simon Peter doesn't know that Jesus is God yet. 192 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:26.000 Right? 193 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:31.000 He just thinks there's this teacher who happened to heal his mother-in-law 194 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:34.000 is telling him how to do his job. 195 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:38.000 I would imagine that he'd be slightly irritated at this point. 196 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:39.000 Right. 197 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.000 But I do think it's interesting that he then says, but because you say so, 198 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.000 I will let down the nets. 199 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.000 And like, I don't know. 200 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:55.000 That response is super interesting to me in that he didn't know that Jesus was God. 201 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.000 Yeah. 202 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:57.000 I wonder what you think. 203 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:58.000 Yeah. 204 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:03.000 I guess it was kind of out of like an obligation in the sense to like pay Jesus back 205 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.000 with what he's he'd already done. 206 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:12.000 Because previously reading, he'd like, Jesus had just healed Peter's mother-in-law? 207 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:13.000 Yeah. 208 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:14.000 Yeah. 209 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:19.000 And so Peter probably was thinking in case since you've done that now, I have something to owe 210 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.000 you. 211 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.000 So I'll go and, yeah, sit in this room with you. 212 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.000 It's kind of like out of obligation. 213 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.000 Out of obligation. 214 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.000 It's like a tenderness. 215 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.000 Yeah. 216 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:35.000 I mean, I also read that when he says, when he says, like, teacher here or mind says master, 217 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:41.000 she says, and Simon answered, master, we toiled all night and took nothing but at your 218 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:42.000 word. 219 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.000 Yeah. 220 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:47.000 I read that that could all be translated as like boss or chief. 221 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.000 Yeah. 222 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.000 And it's like that made a lot of sense in my mind. 223 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:51.000 All right, chief. 224 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.000 His tone. 225 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:53.000 He's like, all right, boss, whatever you say. 226 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.000 Yeah. 227 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.000 You know what I mean? 228 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:59.000 Like listen, we've been at this and we know what we're doing. 229 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:01.000 But all right, chief, whatever you say. 230 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:02.000 Let's do it. 231 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:03.000 Yeah. 232 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:04.000 Yeah. 233 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:06.000 Kind of maybe a little bit sarcastic. 234 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:07.000 Yeah. 235 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.000 I don't know. 236 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:13.800 You know, he has no idea, but I mean, considering he has no, shall we carry on reading and see what 237 00:11:13.800 --> 00:11:14.800 happens now? 238 00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:15.800 And I say one more thing. 239 00:11:15.800 --> 00:11:16.800 Yeah. 240 00:11:16.800 --> 00:11:17.800 Oh, please. 241 00:11:17.800 --> 00:11:18.800 Please. 242 00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:26.520 I was just thinking about like Jesus approach here to encountering and like basically winning 243 00:11:26.520 --> 00:11:36.440 over Peter is how often do we kind of like almost when we're talking to people who don't 244 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:39.920 know Jesus, hit them with like, this is what you need to change. 245 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:41.720 This is what you need to do. 246 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:49.120 But Jesus like going back to the couple verses that we started with in verse three, Jesus 247 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.960 needs Simon's help. 248 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:55.840 That's the starting point that he runs off of. 249 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:57.520 And so he says, I need your help. 250 00:11:57.520 --> 00:12:03.720 And then step two of his conversation with him is now let's do something together. 251 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:05.920 So I'm reliant on you. 252 00:12:05.920 --> 00:12:07.840 Now let's do something together. 253 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:09.440 And then he's going to encounter him. 254 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:15.760 And then the change occurs after all of that, which I find super interesting. 255 00:12:15.760 --> 00:12:22.440 But I just want to make that point basically just to say, how do we approach like sharing 256 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.720 the gospel with others? 257 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:29.400 Do we actually like approach them with you if you have a part to play in something that's 258 00:12:29.400 --> 00:12:31.400 going on? 259 00:12:31.400 --> 00:12:32.880 Can you help us out? 260 00:12:32.880 --> 00:12:34.920 Do you want to participate? 261 00:12:34.920 --> 00:12:38.000 And then let God meet them through that. 262 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:39.400 I don't know, it's kind of interesting. 263 00:12:39.400 --> 00:12:40.400 That's super interesting. 264 00:12:40.400 --> 00:12:41.400 It's a little sidebar. 265 00:12:41.400 --> 00:12:42.760 No, it's such a good sidebar. 266 00:12:42.760 --> 00:12:49.400 And it reminds me of the woman at the well, how Jesus says to her, like, give me a drink. 267 00:12:49.400 --> 00:12:55.120 He also asked for her help before then speaking into her life and being like, you have five 268 00:12:55.120 --> 00:13:01.640 husbands or a beautiful, he like calls her out and like, press in and then like changes 269 00:13:01.640 --> 00:13:02.640 her life. 270 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.360 He speaks to her in a way that nobody else would have, which is like, oh, can I actually 271 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:08.360 have your help? 272 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.360 You'll help with this. 273 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:15.960 Like, yeah, I think that's so sweet and kind of Jesus is like an invitation in rather 274 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:16.960 than this. 275 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:17.960 Yes. 276 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:18.960 I'm pushing this. 277 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:21.160 I'm pushing this and putting this on you. 278 00:13:21.160 --> 00:13:22.160 Yes. 279 00:13:22.160 --> 00:13:23.160 Yes. 280 00:13:23.160 --> 00:13:24.160 Hey, come. 281 00:13:24.160 --> 00:13:25.160 There's more to this. 282 00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:26.160 There's more. 283 00:13:26.160 --> 00:13:27.160 Let's keep this conversation going. 284 00:13:27.160 --> 00:13:28.160 Yeah. 285 00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:29.160 Super cool. 286 00:13:29.160 --> 00:13:31.080 That's so beautiful. 287 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:32.600 How he draws us in like that. 288 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:34.240 It's his kindness, isn't it? 289 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:35.240 Yeah. 290 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.240 Thanks God. 291 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:43.680 Sorry, I was just thinking, before we move on to the next verses, go specifically looking 292 00:13:43.680 --> 00:13:49.200 at verse four, I was reminded of something you said before we started rolling Zach, which 293 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:57.360 was how Jesus is leading Simon here into an encounter that he doesn't know that he needs. 294 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:03.240 So he's like, initially he, Simon thinks they're just going out to catch fish, but actually 295 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:10.040 his life is about to be changed and like how I wonder in our own lives where Jesus is 296 00:14:10.040 --> 00:14:16.720 asking us to do something that we, well, I really know, we're trying to say, but it's 297 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:22.680 important to just obey and follow God when you hear his voice calling into you, calling 298 00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:29.120 into a certain place, calling into a place of meeting with him and going away with him 299 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:34.560 because we actually don't know what the fruit of that encounter or that interaction with 300 00:14:34.560 --> 00:14:36.040 Jesus will be. 301 00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:41.120 In those moments where Jesus is inviting us out into the deep water to come and meet 302 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:43.480 with him, let's do it. 303 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:48.200 Let's do it because we actually don't know what fruit is going to come out of that or 304 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:50.200 what goodness will come out of it. 305 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.680 How alive is it going to be impacted or changed? 306 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:54.280 Hey, what goodness did come out of it. 307 00:14:54.280 --> 00:15:00.840 I'm excited for verse six and seven. 308 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:10.080 Not doing it, not doing it, not doing it, okay, okay, I can read, yes, yes. 309 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.760 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began 310 00:15:13.760 --> 00:15:14.760 to break. 311 00:15:14.760 --> 00:15:19.560 So they signaled to their partner, partners in the other boat to come and help them and 312 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:24.360 they came and filled both boats so they felt that they began to sink. 313 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:30.520 Okay, Miracle, okay, Miracle, okay, Miracle, Peter wasn't expecting that, what's he was 314 00:15:30.520 --> 00:15:31.520 not expecting that? 315 00:15:31.520 --> 00:15:36.520 I just find it really profound that obviously there's a need that's met here. 316 00:15:36.520 --> 00:15:44.520 This is a physical need of like we need finances, like money, um, the fish would have brought 317 00:15:44.760 --> 00:15:52.760 real broad, but within that, there's something like like Jesus is doing spiritually within 318 00:15:52.760 --> 00:15:57.800 Peter, which we can then lead on to as we continue reading. 319 00:15:57.800 --> 00:16:01.280 But I just find it cool that Jesus is such a problem solver. 320 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:07.600 He sees a need in somebody physically and like spiritually and wants to fill that need 321 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.400 and fulfill it. 322 00:16:10.280 --> 00:16:14.120 And he does that in our lives too, just wanted to bring it back to us. 323 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.160 Like he does that for us too. 324 00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:21.880 He cares about our spiritual, like our spiritual health, our hearts, but he also really cares 325 00:16:21.880 --> 00:16:29.640 about our physical, like real needs, so don't be worried or shy to like ask the Lord 326 00:16:29.640 --> 00:16:32.880 for those things because he's very much willing. 327 00:16:32.880 --> 00:16:37.720 He wants to be there and he wants to fulfill those needs for you and me. 328 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:47.480 Yeah, and he's capable, I mean, abundantly, like this is crazy that also I'm just thinking 329 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:53.880 their nets would have been freshly clean, right, freshly washed, prepped to go on a new catch, 330 00:16:53.880 --> 00:16:58.840 which is like good, I don't know, wait, I don't need to sort of this right now, 331 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:06.280 but it's super interesting that Jesus called them after their nets have been cleaned because 332 00:17:06.360 --> 00:17:09.560 it's so annoying, like freshly cleaned. 333 00:17:09.560 --> 00:17:13.160 You got to be joking, dropping these fresh nets, come on. 334 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:17.400 We're not even going to catch anything, but then the nets would have been like out there 335 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:21.640 strongest point, right, because they're freshly washed, they got all the fiber that debris out 336 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:28.440 from the night before, but now they're still breaking, I don't know what I'm trying to say, 337 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:35.480 but I feel like, wait, that's so true, yeah, because the cleaning 338 00:17:36.280 --> 00:17:37.720 made them more durable, right? 339 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.320 Yes, it made them stronger. 340 00:17:39.320 --> 00:17:45.880 And yet these freshly clean nets are still breaking, that's how many fish there were. 341 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:49.640 Like that, just put into perspective, I just thought that's like an extra, 342 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:54.440 this is crazy, I'm not there, boats are sinking, ridiculous. 343 00:17:54.520 --> 00:17:57.000 Ridiculous, there's so many deep water. 344 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:00.520 I mean, there's so many ridiculous elements of it, like we were talking about earlier, 345 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:09.400 they fish at night, typically, yeah, but then also apparently, apparently, 346 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:19.000 can only these fish hung out more at the sides of the lake than the middle, 347 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:25.480 and like near the fresh springs of water that were flowing into it. 348 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:29.320 So it's like, there's just so many ridiculous elements, like we're fishing in the day, 349 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:33.720 we're fishing in the middle of the lake, in the deep. 350 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:38.680 We've just washed our nets, how annoying and stupid is this? 351 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:44.200 Yeah, and then boom, out of the expectation that nothing's going to happen, 352 00:18:44.520 --> 00:18:50.440 the most ridiculous catch of fish that they've probably ever seen, they basically just won the lottery. 353 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:53.640 Yeah, like Jack bought actually. 354 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:55.640 Like let's remember, this is actually their jobs. 355 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.200 So they've like just, this is a lot of money for them. 356 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:03.560 Yeah, this is like, I don't know how to relate it into today, but 357 00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:07.960 I feel like it's almost like, it makes me think of like finances. 358 00:19:08.280 --> 00:19:12.920 If you had been investing in companies and watching the markets, 359 00:19:13.560 --> 00:19:17.960 and this one company that historically had been dropping, dropping, dropping, dropping, 360 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:23.000 and suddenly someone comes into your office and they're like, hey, I really think you should just 361 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:27.800 put all your money in that. And you're like, dude, that's so stupid. Obviously, I'm not going to 362 00:19:27.800 --> 00:19:33.080 do that. There's a penny stock like, it's going nowhere, it's about to die off, it's losing all 363 00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:38.360 its contracts. And then you're like, but you know, whatever, I'll drop 100 bucks in there. 364 00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:44.440 Boom, millions of dollars. It's like, wait, who are you? 365 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:51.560 Who are you? Like genuine. And also the fact that in verse 7, that they signal to their partners 366 00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:57.880 in the other boat to come and help them instead of shouting out, because other people would have 367 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:03.000 heard them if they shouted out, hey, yo, we got this lottery, this lottery of fish, 368 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:08.040 a lot of the other fishermen cleaning their nets would have been like, they're gatekeeping. 369 00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:13.640 They're going, they're going, they're going, they're keeping their catch, right? 370 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:19.080 So this is, that's so interesting that that's their responses. Whoa, we found this, not because 371 00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:24.920 of us, but because of this carpenter guy. Let's keep it to ourselves and let's not share it with 372 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:30.760 any of the fishermen in that run. Potentially, that might be hearsay. Anyways, which then leads to 373 00:20:30.760 --> 00:20:38.120 which then leads to verses 8 and 9, which is Simon Peter's response. We see his verbal response 374 00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:45.880 and his spiritual response to Jesus's miracle. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus's knees 375 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:52.200 and said, go away from me, Lord, I'm a sinful man for he and all his companions were stung 376 00:20:52.280 --> 00:20:57.160 at the catch of fish they had taken. This exposed something in Peter's heart, clearly. 377 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:06.760 Seeing that Jesus is carpenter man, like clearly is the Lord. He knew that there would be a great 378 00:21:06.760 --> 00:21:13.080 catch of fish in the depths of these waters. Why didn't he go and catch it for himself for the 379 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:18.280 wealth? And the fact that Jesus didn't do that exposed something in Peter's heart. 380 00:21:18.760 --> 00:21:27.160 Like Peter's heart was where the money for the catch was, but Jesus's heart was beyond that. 381 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:35.880 By healing money. It was for the people. I was wondering. I think equally, Peter seeing Jesus's heart 382 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:42.520 and what I mean by that is trying to take some of the Christianes out of it. I think when Jesus, 383 00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:49.080 when Peter sees Jesus' priorities, I think it changes his own priorities. 384 00:21:49.080 --> 00:21:57.560 Yes. Where he was previously toiling all night for what he hopefully would have gone was a couple 385 00:21:57.560 --> 00:22:07.880 of fish. Now he sees Jesus has the abundance of as much fish as he could ever want and doesn't 386 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:17.160 care about it. And that reshapes Peter's thinking into him turning away from the fish and towards 387 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:25.480 Jesus as he kneels at his feet. I think that's super interesting. It's reshaping how Peter thought 388 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:33.160 of life and the things that he needed. Suddenly, he's like, wait, maybe I don't, maybe 389 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:38.440 what have been chasing after fish this whole time is not exactly what I really, really need. 390 00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:41.960 Maybe what I need is something that this guy, Jesus has. 391 00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:51.800 More sad. And it's interesting how he calls him, how certain Peter calls Jesus Lord now. 392 00:22:52.840 --> 00:23:02.440 It switched from verse five where he has the sarcastic, potentially sarcastic turn of calling him, 393 00:23:02.520 --> 00:23:06.920 all right, chief, whatever, whatever you said, boss. And now, 394 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:13.000 bro is literally on his knees saying, go away from me, Lord, for I'm a sinful man. 395 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:19.800 His whole entire, like you can see from that one sentence, I'm from the, the difference in his, 396 00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:28.040 was it called like title or like address, how he's addressing Jesus, like everything has changed. 397 00:23:28.040 --> 00:23:30.520 It's a little reverse reverse. It's a little reverse. 398 00:23:30.520 --> 00:23:37.480 Chacha slide. Okay. Chacha slide. But yeah, one fish this time. Wow. Two fishes time. 399 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:41.880 Wow. A million fish left. Boat to the right. 400 00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:49.880 Seeking. But yeah, sorry, I was running. Yeah, you totally just like genuinely. And I think 401 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:56.360 that's really interesting how this has happened in like so few verses. Literally like three 402 00:23:56.360 --> 00:24:01.080 verses ago, he was calling him teacher. And now he's calling him Lord. And he's about to drop 403 00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:05.320 everything and to follow him. Yeah, I find it really cool. I was just thinking about this like 404 00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:11.000 and he and all his companions were astonished at the catcher fish they had taken. 405 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:20.680 Not only was Peter really met by Jesus in this moment, but those around him also felt the 406 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:27.720 impact of that too. And I'm thinking of my own life where like I've, I've met Jesus in a really 407 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:34.120 powerful way. But in turn, me sharing that story with other people has an impact on them too, 408 00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:41.480 bringing them closer to the Lord, drawing their eyes to Jesus. And I just like, I'm like baffled by 409 00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:50.600 that. Like wow. Not only did not only did God like, I mean, Jesus meet Peter. He met all the people 410 00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:57.400 that were there too. Yeah. Yeah, it's beautiful. Verse 10. Yeah, let's talk about verse 10. I feel like 411 00:24:57.400 --> 00:25:03.400 that it's it's a second reversal, right? Yeah. So it says and so also were James and John, 412 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:08.280 sons of Zebedee who were partners with Simon. That's what that's what you're just trying to. 413 00:25:08.280 --> 00:25:16.200 And Jesus said to Simon, do not be afraid from now on, you will be catching man. I find the 414 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:25.480 interesting in this reversal, this second reversal that with Jesus, I think this is a bold statement. 415 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:32.440 I don't know. You guys correct me if I'm wrong. With Jesus, when you, when you have an interaction 416 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:43.000 with Jesus, everything that's led up to that moment becomes valuable. Or maybe, maybe becomes more 417 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:56.120 valuable. What may have just been an occupation to Peter previously is now going to be used with 418 00:25:56.120 --> 00:26:07.960 Jesus to make everlasting impact. And what was previously used to just catch fish and provide 419 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:18.040 for his family is going to be used to catch people into the family of God, which I think is kind 420 00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:23.960 of crazy. Wow. And the going back to like a little bit of the words that Luke uses here. 421 00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:32.280 When Jesus first says, let's let's go out into the deep water and catch fish. It's the word catch 422 00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:41.160 is like in the context of hunting. So we're going to catch to kill. When he says now, you are going 423 00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:51.400 to be in mind, it says you're going to be someone who catches men. The word catch is is more like 424 00:26:52.200 --> 00:27:00.840 you're going to catch a lot. You're not catching to kill. If you're catching to to to take and 425 00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:07.320 almost like rehabilitate like I read that it was like almost like in a zoo, like how they might 426 00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:13.000 take an animal who's like struggling in the wild and take it and put it in a zoo and look after 427 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:17.160 and care for it. I don't think that necessarily works in terms of like the captivity of the zoo 428 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:23.400 and stuff. But it definitely works in terms of the catching is the same. The purpose is different. 429 00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:31.640 What you think is super cool. And when you really interact with Jesus, everything that you've 430 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:37.480 been doing is going to find value. Yes. And the impact will now be for the kingdom of heaven. 431 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:45.000 100%. That is so cool. That is so beautiful. How like something that you were doing before, 432 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:50.760 something that Simon knew how to do. He had the skills of me. I mean, it's actually his job. He 433 00:27:50.760 --> 00:27:59.400 knows how to fish for fish. But now those same skills, which is kind of crazy. How is fishing 434 00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:07.720 that the skills of fishing transferable to fishing for people and evangelizing? But then I guess 435 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:12.040 that's why we go on this whole story, that this whole journey with Jesus throughout the rest of 436 00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:18.440 the gospel and seeing how he then teaches the disciples how to actually fish for people. 437 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:23.480 Right. Like he teaches them how to do that because I just think how does fishing actually 438 00:28:24.280 --> 00:28:29.160 go in, apart from the literal catching people in and bringing them into your boat, 439 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:33.720 like reeling them into the family of God. Like how do you actually transfer those skills? 440 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:39.320 But it's actually Jesus himself who teaches them that throughout their journey, their three 441 00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:44.200 had walked with him. Yes. Can I make another point as well? Yes, please. 442 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:49.800 There's something in this where the story ends on a new calling on Peter's life. 443 00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:59.480 And I think when we read these stories of like calling, like this one, we often think like, 444 00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:06.200 oh, Peter went on to like start the church. Like that's what church tradition tells us, 445 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:12.920 history tells us is like that was Peter's calling. But I think what's interesting is there's a 446 00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:21.880 misconception about ministry that it's only professional, it's only paid. I think we're all ministers. 447 00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:31.640 I think we're all ministers. And the Lord is calling us to minister in whatever it is that we 448 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:36.920 already do. I think oftentimes. So like one of the big questions I think coming out of this 449 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:45.320 passage for us today, one of our big takeaways is, what do you already do? What are you already 450 00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:51.960 skilled in or talented at that the Lord wants you to use for his kingdom? Right. 451 00:29:52.280 --> 00:30:00.600 To use for ministry. Like where does he want you to be a minister? Where you're at? 452 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:10.520 And it reminds me of like Paul was a tent maker. So we have this example of Peter who does go into 453 00:30:10.520 --> 00:30:19.800 into ministry. That's his full time thing. Paul, he remains as a tent maker, but intent making 454 00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:27.320 spreads the gospel. It's the same calling of ministry, different job or different outworking. 455 00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:36.760 I don't know if that means someone. Maybe like, yeah, I guess just to encapsulate all of that, 456 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:44.840 my question is that question of what is the Lord wanting you to use? The you already do for his 457 00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:51.960 kingdom. Yes, right now, where you're at. He can use it. Thanks. And have we read verse 11? 458 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:59.400 I don't think we have. So I just read it. So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything 459 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:07.400 and followed him. That was pretty huge. They left everything after this one encounter 460 00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:12.440 and followed Jesus. Does this mean they left their huge catch of fish? 461 00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:22.600 Potentially. Potentially. Could it also be an emphasis or like a dramatic way of storytelling to 462 00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:27.720 emphasize that the whole lives have been changed. Their priorities had shifted. Now they're living 463 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:35.000 for the kingdom of heaven. Could be. But actually, what I think is so interesting about this last 464 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:47.640 verse is how Jesus drew Peter and his close friends away from the crowd for this significant 465 00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:53.800 like change of perspective for Peter to occur, which was a really vulnerable moment for him. 466 00:31:54.840 --> 00:32:01.880 Jesus, in his love for Simon Peter, in his love for the close friends around him, 467 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:14.120 drew him out of a place where Simon's response to Jesus might have been quite exposing or uncomfortable 468 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:21.640 if those around him weren't people that he trusted. And I think that that is really beautiful. 469 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:27.720 Firstly, because it shows us Jesus's love and care and compassion for us. Like when he meets us, 470 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:37.000 he doesn't want us to feel like hung out to dry or I don't know like he's just very gentle 471 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:43.080 in how and intentional in where he meets with us in different ways. Like he met with Peter 472 00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:48.920 initially on the boat in front of the shore because for a specific purpose to teach, then he tells 473 00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:55.320 Peter and his companions to go out into deeper water so that he can reveal his Lordship to them. 474 00:32:55.320 --> 00:33:01.640 And then when they come back to the shore, it allows that inner workings that's happened in Simon 475 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:08.120 Peter in response to Jesus's revealing of his Lordship to then take place. So it's like now that 476 00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:16.840 they're back at the shore, they've done the thing, Jesus has taken, has that word taken them, took 477 00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:22.760 them, Jesus took them to a place so that they can now be sent to the place that they've gone to 478 00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:27.480 and that they can then bring other people into that place that they've been into and invite 479 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:36.440 people to and invite other people to enter into that place of significant interaction with Jesus. 480 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:42.600 And I just think that's really beautiful and also begs the question in our own lives of, 481 00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:51.640 are we keeping all of the goodness from what we've learned in our own significant meetings with 482 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:57.880 God to ourselves or are we bringing them out to the other people? Are we returning to shore, 483 00:33:58.520 --> 00:34:03.080 to share that beauty that we've been given by Jesus in the deep water? 484 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:10.600 And so yeah, I don't know, I just, when I read it, I felt like a little bit convicted, I guess, 485 00:34:10.600 --> 00:34:18.600 because it's like, am I just storing up all of these really amazing meetings with God where he's 486 00:34:18.600 --> 00:34:23.240 revealed something new about himself to me that has shifted my perspective, am I keeping it to 487 00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:28.840 myself or am I then going out and sharing the good news and speaking about this new, this new 488 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.920 layer of Jesus' character that I've learned about. So I think that's often what Jesus does when we 489 00:34:36.120 --> 00:34:42.040 go away and meet with him in community or in worship, but like he'll reveal something to us about 490 00:34:42.040 --> 00:34:48.840 who he is. And so I think it's just really important to not just keep that to yourself, 491 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:55.080 but to share the gift that Jesus has given with us to others. And I mean, Peter goes on throughout 492 00:34:55.080 --> 00:35:00.920 the rest of New Testament, obviously he becomes an apostle, and Jesus gives him the new name Peter 493 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:07.960 or Cephas, I think, which means rock. And the church is built on that, is built on this 494 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:15.560 meeting, this interaction that he has with God. Yeah, I mean, are there any other closing 495 00:35:15.560 --> 00:35:21.720 points or things that you guys want to say before we wrap up? I think in turn of what you just 496 00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:30.280 said about keeping all these moments and experiences with Jesus that, personally, to yourself, 497 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:35.560 I think there's like seasons where seasons are. There's moments in our lives where 498 00:35:36.520 --> 00:35:44.840 those, like experiences with God and encounters, if you will, are meant to be cherished and are 499 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:52.360 meant to be kept in your heart. But there will also be moments where there'll be more freedom 500 00:35:52.360 --> 00:36:00.360 for us to share those experiences that we've had with God. But I think for some reason it like 501 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:09.560 caused something within my heart to want to be a person that follows Jesus, that practices 502 00:36:09.560 --> 00:36:15.080 what I preach, if that makes sense, because essentially Peter got chucked into three years of 503 00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:21.320 intensive hardship with Jesus. And then he was like sent out to do his ministry. And I just think 504 00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:28.280 how can we be people that do the same thing? You're so right. This is a moment 505 00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:34.920 when Peter's life has changed. And he's now going to go on a journey of working out, 506 00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:40.120 what does my life look like now? Now that I've got this different calling. And I think 507 00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:46.680 I kind of came into this with like two questions that I think are kind of like really valuable 508 00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:51.960 for people who are going to be listening or watching to this. And the first question I already 509 00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:57.960 asked, which is like, what is the Lord asking you to use that you already do now for us kingdom? 510 00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:03.480 But I think there's an equal question that's almost like the opposite that comes at verse 11, 511 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:10.440 says they left everything and followed him. And so not only is God calling them to use some of the 512 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:15.640 things that they had before, he's also calling them to let go of some of the things they had before. 513 00:37:15.640 --> 00:37:23.800 And I wonder if there's some people who are going to be watching or listening to this or maybe 514 00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:29.320 even one of the three of us that need to almost ask the question like, what is the Lord calling 515 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:34.360 us to leave behind right now? In pursuit of him. 516 00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:47.000 Mike Drawer. Sometimes you've got to sit in the silence just to see if anything else comes out. 517 00:37:48.520 --> 00:37:56.040 But anyways, wow guys, thank you so much for tuning in and listening to this first episode of 518 00:37:56.120 --> 00:38:01.880 the Encounters at Jesus had with people with us. It's been meeting. It's been very meeting. We've 519 00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:07.160 spoken about a lot of different things at a lot of different topics. But thank you for joining us 520 00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:13.000 in this Bible study. We hope you have a wonderful rest of your day, night, whatever you are doing. 521 00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:19.800 And drop a comment below, maybe a fish or a boat, whatever you want. And we'll catch you in the next 522 00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:27.080 episode. Peace out. Bye!