Scripture Luke 5:1-11
PIC 01) Put out into deep water
THEME 2016: Put
out into Deep Water / Sermons are DESCRIPTIVE or PRESCRIPTIVE
PIC 02) Sea of Galilee
D E S C R I P T I V E
The Sea of Galilee,
also Gennesaret, or Tiberias is the lowest freshwater lake on
Earth 686’ below Sea Level. Its main source is the Jordan River which flows through it from north to south. It is
approximately 13 miles long, and 8 miles) wide.
PIC 03) Depth of the Sea of Galilee Its
maximum depth is approximately 141 feet (43m).
Luke 5:1-11
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One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people
crowding around him and listening to the word of God, 2 he saw at the water's edge
two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3
He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put
out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. (I love this
picture of Jesus sitting in the boat-teaching)
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When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for
a catch." (Notice the “comma”. It
is one thing to put out into deep water – I love boating, I am not a huge
fisherman. I prefer deep water so I don’t hit bottom. But it is an entirely
different thing to ALSO let down the nets – not just let them down for a
fishing exercise, let them down FOR A CATCH – Jesus knew Peter was going to get
a great catch of fish.)
5 Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught
anything. (Isn’t that just like us? No
Jesus, I have already tried that – I don’t need to do it again – you know what
they say…”do the same thing and get the same results.” Moses didn’t want to
follow God, Jonah tried running away from God. Mark abandoned Paul and Barnabas
mission work – BUT Peter acquiesced and said:) But because you say so, I will let down
the nets. (NO CATCH)"
LESSON: That is exactly what Moses, Jonah and eventually
Mark did – in fact – that is what Jesus did “Father, I don’t want to drink this
cup of suffering – please take it away – but if you say so, I will do it.”
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When they had done so (put out into the deep
& let down the nets), they
caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. (that could make you mad – what was Peter doing at the
beginning of this story – or often doing? Washing and/or mending his nets…now
they are breaking. This is a sign of the
church on Pentecost – so many new converts so quickly – what do we do with
them? I would love to see that happen in our day. WHAT DID THEY DO? Asked for
help!) 7 So they signaled their
partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both
boats so full that they began to sink. (Following
Jesus may cause your nets to nearly break and your boat to nearly sink – when I
have nearly sunk my boat my family was not happy about it – imagine the
disciples shouting for joy, barely noticing the boat getting lower in the water
for the joy of the catch of fish like they had never seen – esp after a long
night of catching -0- fish.)
(The real response;)
8 When Simon Peter saw this,
he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away
from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" 9 For he and all his
companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10
and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.
Then Jesus said to
Simon, "Don't be afraid; from now on you will
catch men." 11
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
In Mark’s account (1:16-20) and Matthew’s (4:18-22) the
fishermen who follow Jesus leave their nets and their father; in Luke, they
leave everything. Discipleship is a powerful, compelling call to a new life: a
call away from routine to new purpose. The commissioning of the disciples was
by giving then a great haul of fish – Jesus’ last word to them in John 21 was
telling them where to put their net and giving them a great catch of fish and
telling them to fish for people! There are some fish that will jump into a
boat, but for most you have go to where the fish are – in the deep or on the
other side of the boat.
CONCLUSION
P R E S C R I P T I V E
04) VIDEO: “In Here Out There” from Right Now Media
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