Fishing and Following
We looked yesterday in chapel at Jesus’ calling his disciples to follow him and to become fishers of men. We looked at what people are being fished out of: it’s not a calling out of our society, out of our jobs. We live in a world not just tainted by sin, but immersed in sin. We often don’t even recognize the sin we are swimming in for what it is. Part of Jesus’ ministry was to reveal to us the sin that we are swimming in. Jesus came to bring a new reality, to fish people out of the kingdom of darkness, to rescue us out of sin to have a full human existence. He calls us into fellowship with himself and his people, by his work on the cross and his resurrection.
Everyone in the water of sin, in the kingdom of darkness needs to be saved, but only those who acknowledge their sin, have grief over their sin, and turn from it can be saved. And, the true fruit of that repentance and belief is our following Jesus. And, part of that following is becoming, like Jesus, fishers of men. Jesus pursued sinners in order to rescue them. Chaplain Messner asked us: Are we sinner-seeking people? Are we looking for opportunities to reach out with the truth of the gospel?
How can you, where you are, make an effort to seek out the lost?
Published on 2 Oct 2008 by Christiana Fitzpatrick at 1:52 pm.
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