"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. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
At once they left their nets and followed him.
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,
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him."
Matthew 4:18-22
In the late 1960's there was a movie made called "The Dirty Dozen", where a band of ragtag criminals who had been sentenced to death were given an seemingly impossible mission to carry out. If they survived, their sentences would be commuted, and they would be redeemed, their files wiped clean of previous convictions.
Jesus assembled His own ""Dirty Dozen"- a bunch of uneducated simple guys who responded to the voice of the Redeemer. The Scriptures record that Jesus has only to say, "Come and follow me".
They didn't say, "Why?", "Who are you", "Where are we going", or "What about my business",etc.
The Word says that immediately they dropped other tasks and followed Him.
It doesn't take college degrees or seminary training to become a follower of Jesus, just a willing and prepared heart, and desire to draw near. Today cast off the stuff that hinders and follow Him.
At once they left their nets and followed him.
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,
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him."
Matthew 4:18-22
In the late 1960's there was a movie made called "The Dirty Dozen", where a band of ragtag criminals who had been sentenced to death were given an seemingly impossible mission to carry out. If they survived, their sentences would be commuted, and they would be redeemed, their files wiped clean of previous convictions.
Jesus assembled His own ""Dirty Dozen"- a bunch of uneducated simple guys who responded to the voice of the Redeemer. The Scriptures record that Jesus has only to say, "Come and follow me".
They didn't say, "Why?", "Who are you", "Where are we going", or "What about my business",etc.
The Word says that immediately they dropped other tasks and followed Him.
It doesn't take college degrees or seminary training to become a follower of Jesus, just a willing and prepared heart, and desire to draw near. Today cast off the stuff that hinders and follow Him.
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