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 If you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to Luke chapter 5.

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 Last Sunday, we heard about Jesus' visit to the town of Capernaum.

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 And we heard about the response of the people to Jesus when he went there.

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 We heard about how they were astonished at the power and authority of his words.

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 Because with his words, he cast demons out of people.

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 And he healed all kinds of sicknesses and illnesses and diseases.

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 One of the people that he healed was the mother-in-law of a man named Simon.

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 And Luke now circles back in this gospel to tell us about Simon and how he became a follower of Jesus.

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 And so we pick up the story here in Luke chapter 5.

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 One day as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

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 the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

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 He saw at the water's edge two boats left there by the fishermen who were washing their nets.

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 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore.

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 Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

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 So in these first couple verses here, Luke sets the scene for us.

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 Jesus is standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

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 That's just another name for the Sea of Galilee.

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 It has to do with a plain that was named the Plain of Gennesaret in the northwest of the sea there.

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 Luke's always really careful to refer to this body of water as a lake,

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 probably because he cares about the size and didn't want to give people the wrong impression.

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 The lake.

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 And so Jesus is standing there by the lake, and Luke tells us that the people were crowding around him,

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 and they were listening to him as he taught the word of God.

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 So this is a teaching moment.

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 And Jesus spots these two boats belonging to fishermen,

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 and he asks Simon, who was one of the fishermen, to take him out in his boat.

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 Jesus then uses the boat as a platform to teach the people from.

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 And this is kind of a great idea if you think about it.

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 Think of all the people that would have been crowding around Jesus,

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 and many of them are desiring to get real close, perhaps for healing,

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 or for healing for a loved one.

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 Others are simply pressing in, trying to hear better.

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 So you can imagine how Jesus might begin to find himself right up against the water.

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 And going out in a boat kind of gives Jesus some space,

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 and it allows everyone to be able to see him better and hear him better.

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 The water may have kind of acted as a natural amplifier for his voice,

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 carrying it to the people.

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 And it's worth mentioning at this point that Jesus and Simon had probably already been acquainted.

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 According to John's Gospel, Simon's brother, Andrew,

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 had already spent part of a day with Jesus.

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 And after spending that time with Jesus, Andrew immediately went to find his brother, Simon.

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 And he said to Simon,

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 We have found the Messiah.

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 We have found the Messiah.

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 And then it says that Andrew brought Simon to Jesus.

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 So that little account from John's Gospels probably already happened before what we're about to read in Luke's Gospel today.

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 Perhaps even the day before.

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 The sense is probably that these things happened very close together.

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 We don't know the exact order or timing of all this.

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 Perhaps Simon was still making up his mind about Jesus.

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 And in the meantime, life must go on.

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 There was work to be done.

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 And Simon was a fisherman.

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 And fishermen did their work at night when the fishing was best.

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 We don't know for sure, but maybe Simon and his brother, Andrew,

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 intentionally pulled their boats up on shore here after fishing through the night because Jesus was here.

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 Maybe they wanted to, you know, see what was going on with Jesus in the crowd

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 and maybe even listen in a little while they did some of their work.

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 Whatever the case, I imagine that Simon in this moment was probably

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 quite surprised when Jesus asked him to use his boat as a teaching platform.

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 Verse 4.

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 The teaching is over.

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 I imagine the crowd still there on the shore.

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 And Jesus basically says to Peter,

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 let's go fishing.

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 But notice a few details about how Jesus says this.

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 I think it will help us get the right picture of what happened.

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 First of all, we notice where what we're about to read will take place.

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 Put out into deep water.

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 So this isn't right at the beach, but this is further out.

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 They're going out on a little fishing excursion.

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 Next, we know how Jesus says it.

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 He doesn't ask the question, can we go fishing?

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 It's kind of the language of command.

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 It's an imperative.

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 Put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.

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 Usually Simon makes the decisions about what to do with his boat and where to go

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 and when to fish and when not to.

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 I don't think Jesus was being rude or impolite, of course.

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 But he was telling Simon what to do in his own boat.

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 One of the neat things about the original language that this was written in

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 is that embedded in these imperatives is the number of people that they are addressed to,

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 whether singular or plural.

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 And when Jesus says put out into deep water, it's singular,

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 which means he's saying this to Simon.

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 But then when he says let down the nets, it's plural.

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 Simon, which means he's speaking to more than just Simon.

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 This is our clue that Simon's brother Andrew was likely in the boat with them

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 and possibly one or two hired hands.

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 Mark in his gospel actually mentions the hired men of Zebedee in the other fishing boats.

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 So it's probably not just Simon and Jesus in this boat.

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 Likely Andrew and maybe one or two hired men were with them.

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 And lastly, I love the way that Jesus describes what's about to happen.

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 He could have said, let's go fishing.

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 But he doesn't.

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 He doesn't even say, let's try and catch some fish.

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 He says, let down the nets unto a catch or for a catch.

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 Maybe it's just me, but I imagine almost a twinkle in Jesus' eye as he said that.

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 There's almost a note of certainty in the way that he says it.

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 There's going to be a catch.

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 That's going to be the outcome here.

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 Well, Peter, Simon Peter answered,

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 Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything.

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 So Simon meets Jesus' imperative with reluctance.

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 There's just not a lot of enthusiasm coming from him in this moment.

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 He's respectful.

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 He calls Jesus master.

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 But he also tells Jesus that he's feeling worn out.

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 Already been out, working hard, fishing the whole night.

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 But didn't catch a thing.

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 And of course, every good fisherman knows that the best time to fish is at night.

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 In the evening and at night.

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 And the slow time for fishing is in the middle of the day.

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 Jesus wants to get a catch in the middle of the day.

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 And so you can imagine what Peter's thinking.

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 Like, we're not going to catch anything.

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 But, because you say so, I will let down the nets.

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 I always imagine a long pause between these two statements.

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 We've worked hard.

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 We haven't caught anything.

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 And I imagine Peter just kind of letting that sit for a bit

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 and seeing if Jesus is going to, you know, give in and say,

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 Well, okay, don't worry about it.

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 We'll go fishing another time.

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 We don't have to go today.

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 But then I imagine Jesus just sort of looking at Peter and waiting.

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 And waiting.

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 And Peter realizing that Jesus is set on doing this.

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 He means business.

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 And finally, Peter just kind of gives in.

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 But because you say so, I will let down the nets.

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 So they let down the nets.

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 And they probably continue to roll around a bit.

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 Verse 6.

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 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish

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 that their nets began to break.

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 Imagine this from Peter's perspective.

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 All of a sudden, the nets begin to pull on the side of the boat.

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 The rope of which the nets are made is fraying, snapping, busting,

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 because there's such a large number of fish in the nets.

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 Just how many fish were in the nets?

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 Well, Luke tells us that Peter, who's a fisherman by trade,

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 signaled to his partners in the other boat to come and help them.

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 In other words, they realized very quickly that this haul of fish

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 was too much for just three or four guys to handle.

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 That's a lot of fish.

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 And they came, the guys in the other boat,

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 and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

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 I spent a lot of time thinking about this this week.

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 How many fish were in the nets?

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 There were so many fish in the nets that it filled both boats so full

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 that they both began to sink.

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 So we're not talking about just, you know,

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 the little smattering of fish over the floor of the boats.

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 We're talking about both boats filled with fish.

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 And I couldn't help but wonder,

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 approximately how many would that be?

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 Well, we happen to have the remains of a Galilean fishing boat

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 somewhat intact today in a museum somewhere over in Israel.

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 There's a whole story behind this boat.

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 They found it in a season of drought

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 when the water went way down and it was buried in mud.

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 And, of course, they had to go to great lengths

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 to get this thing out intact.

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 All kinds of preservation stuff.

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 There's a picture of it on the screen there.

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 Dates to the first century A.D.

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 Discovered in 1986 on the northwest shore

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 of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

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 It's about 27 feet long,

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 or 8.2 meters long,

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 7.5 feet wide.

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 And it had a,

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 probably if it was fully restored to its actual height,

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 it would have been about 4.5 feet tall.

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 So you can't see the whole thing.

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 It's because some of it's missing.

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 But at that size,

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 they suggest it could have easily carried up to 15 men.

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 And for fun this week,

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 I just did a little digging to find out,

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 you know,

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 what's the common market fish

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 coming out of the Sea of Galilee?

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 Or what has it been historically?

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 This is already on the conservation list,

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 but it's tilapia.

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 And these guys weigh on average about 2.2 pounds

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 and are about 12 to 20 inches in length.

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 So just for fun,

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 I fed the dimensions of the boat

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 into an online calculation tool

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 to see what the max weight capacity would be

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 before sinking,

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 and then included the weight of the three or four guys,

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 some fishing gear,

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 the nets,

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 the oars,

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 sails,

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 rigging ropes,

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 all that stuff.

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 You know,

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 and you could select

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 so that it would give you

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 the displacement calculations

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 for a real world scenario,

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 which means that this thing likely would have sunk

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 not just from the sheer weight,

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 but because of tipping in the water

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 for the balance of having all this stuff in there.

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 And, you know,

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 probably there were some little bit of waves.

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 We don't know that it was a perfectly calm day.

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 Anyways,

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 I fed all this into the calculator

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 and the calculation tool,

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 and even after reading that number,

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 I thought,

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 no way.

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 That must be way too high.

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 I think I'll just take a few thousand out

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 just to be safe,

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 just to be on the safe side.

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 It may have amounted

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 to two to three thousand of these fish

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 per boat

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 for a total of about four to six thousand fish

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 between the two of them,

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 which is like something

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 in the ballpark of eight

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 to thirteen thousand pounds

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 of fish.

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 No wonder

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 Peter had the reaction

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 that he did.

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 Verse eight.

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 When Simon Peter saw this,

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 he fell at Jesus' knees

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 and said,

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 Go away from me, Lord.

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 I am a sinful man.

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 For he and all his companions

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 were astonished

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 at the catch of fish

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 they had taken.

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 Peter,

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 the fisherman,

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 was astonished.

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 He immediately recognizes

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 that this is so far beyond luck

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 and the natural way of things.

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 He falls down before Jesus

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 and tells Jesus to go away

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 because he realizes

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 all of a sudden

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 he's a sinful man.

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 So Peter knows

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 that this is a supernatural act of God

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 in this moment.

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 this catch just put

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 all the wildest fishing stories

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 that Peter has ever heard

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 combined

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 to shame.

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 He knew that this was unnatural.

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 The sheer amount of fish,

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 the time of day,

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 and perhaps even the amount of time

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 it took

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 from putting the nets down

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 to hauling it in.

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 And so Simon's conclusion,

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 this can only be explained

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 by divine power.

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 And it's as if Peter knew

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 that what just happened

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 under the boat

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 was directly connected

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 to Jesus,

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 the man in the boat

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 with him.

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 Somehow,

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 amazingly,

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 Jesus,

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 you did this.

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 You made this happen.

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 Or God made this happen

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.399
 for you

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 or through you.

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 and it's as if Simon

00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:44.740
 suddenly feels naked

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:46.779
 and exposed.

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 He feels guilty

00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:51.460
 and conscious

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:53.560
 of his own sins.

00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.940
 Now,

00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.659
 we don't know much

00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.560
 about Simon's life

00:15:57.560 --> 00:15:58.460
 before all this,

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 but if Simon says

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:03.139
 he's a sinner,

00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:06.139
 then probably all kinds

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.960
 of wrong things

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:08.399
 that he had done

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.980
 or had been doing

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:12.659
 were coming to his mind.

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 And he's thinking,

00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.519
 I'm not worthy

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.639
 to be near you,

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.459
 Jesus.

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.659
 You are a holy man.

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.980
 You shouldn't be

00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:22.679
 in the boat

00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:23.279
 with me.

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 And it wasn't just Peter

00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:28.240
 who had this

00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.000
 strong reaction.

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.460
 all of his companions,

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:33.700
 it says,

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.600
 were astonished.

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 Which probably refers

00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:38.500
 to Andrew

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.179
 and at least one

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:40.039
 or two hired men

00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:40.519
 with him.

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.679
 All of them

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:43.019
 were flabbergasted.

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.919
 They could scarcely

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.659
 believe what they

00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:47.700
 had just experienced.

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.659
 They were all astonished

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:52.240
 and on top of them,

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:54.279
 so were James and John,

00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:55.360
 the sons of Zebedee,

00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.340
 Simon's partners.

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 We know from

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 the other gospels

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 that those are

00:16:58.460 --> 00:16:59.919
 the two brothers

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:00.779
 in the other

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 fishing boat.

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 And they had hired

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 men with them.

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 Every single one

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.579
 of them was utterly

00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:09.420
 floored by this.

00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:11.480
 None of them

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.299
 had the reaction

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 of,

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 hmm,

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 that's a pretty

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 decent catch.

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 I've done better

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 a few times.

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 No,

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 they were shocked

00:17:19.139 --> 00:17:20.159
 because they'd never

00:17:20.159 --> 00:17:20.899
 seen a catch

00:17:20.899 --> 00:17:21.579
 like this.

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 It was beyond

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 anything

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:26.059
 anyone had ever

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 heard of

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 or seen

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.740
 because it was

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.899
 a miracle of God.

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:37.380
 then Jesus

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:38.220
 said to Simon,

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:41.480
 hold on a sec,

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:41.800
 we'll just

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 back this up.

00:17:53.080 --> 00:17:53.779
 Simon says,

00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:54.620
 go away from me,

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:54.880
 Lord,

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 I'm a sinful man.

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 man.

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 And then Jesus

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.639
 said to Simon,

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 don't be afraid.

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.500
 From now on,

00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:06.839
 you will fish

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:08.099
 for people.

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.420
 So they pulled

00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.059
 their boats up

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.579
 on shore,

00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:13.480
 left everything,

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.480
 and followed

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.839
 Jesus.

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:20.960
 Jesus' response

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.519
 to Simon

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:21.539
 to Simon

00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:21.980
 here

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:23.840
 lets us

00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.440
 know exactly

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:24.960
 what Simon

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.519
 was feeling

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.259
 in this moment.

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.220
 Not just

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.880
 exposed,

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.160
 not just

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 guilty,

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:31.759
 but afraid.

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.140
 Don't be

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.579
 afraid.

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.400
 The fear

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:39.860
 of God

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.440
 came over

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:40.799
 Peter

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.480
 in this

00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:41.840
 moment.

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:45.759
 God did

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.220
 this.

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:49.000
 And here,

00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.359
 I've been

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.799
 living a

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.480
 sinful life

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.359
 contrary to

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.759
 what he

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.539
 has commanded.

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 Simon would

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.240
 have known

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.879
 what the

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.619
 scripture said

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.959
 about how

00:18:57.959 --> 00:18:58.859
 God is just,

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.359
 about how

00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:00.179
 he punishes

00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:00.519
 sin.

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 And so

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:05.980
 you can

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.279
 almost

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.859
 imagine

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.279
 Peter

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.779
 wondering

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.420
 what Jesus

00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.900
 will say

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.379
 next in

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.900
 this moment.

00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.420
 Is he

00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:12.639
 going to

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:12.819
 say,

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.059
 you're

00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.279
 right,

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:13.639
 Simon,

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.119
 you are

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.480
 a sinner.

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:14.819
 You've

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.279
 been blowing

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.799
 it big

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.119
 time.

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:16.819
 You need

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.339
 to stop

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.000
 this now.

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.579
 You better

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.220
 straighten out

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:20.059
 immediately or

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.519
 God's going

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:20.980
 to wipe

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.440
 you out.

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.960
 And what

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.379
 does Jesus

00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:25.759
 say?

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.379
 Don't be

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.759
 afraid.

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:32.119
 fear not.

00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:34.059
 From now

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.420
 on,

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:36.700
 you will be

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.400
 catching men.

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:41.039
 Jesus

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.500
 doesn't

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:41.900
 condemn

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.279
 Peter.

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.480
 He doesn't

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.319
 send Peter

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.359
 away for

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.819
 being a

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.019
 sinner.

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.160
 There's

00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.059
 just mercy

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.000
 implied in

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.279
 Jesus'

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.019
 words here.

00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.160
 Fear not.

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.680
 From now

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.160
 on, you

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.500
 will be

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:52.819
 catching

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.139
 men.

00:19:53.139 --> 00:19:53.839
 I've got

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.700
 work for

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.099
 you to

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.400
 do,

00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:55.859
 Peter.

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.879
 And again,

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.299
 we notice

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.940
 the language,

00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.400
 I think,

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.500
 it's not

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.019
 quite right

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.339
 in this

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:02.839
 translation

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:03.500
 on screen,

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:05.059
 but catching,

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.779
 not fishing,

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.480
 catching.

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.900
 You're going

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.099
 to be

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.900
 catching people

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.200
 now.

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.079
 Your days

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.500
 as a

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:11.839
 fisherman

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.759
 are over,

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.799
 Peter.

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.180
 I want

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.420
 you to

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.619
 come

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.259
 follow me.

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.180
 Jesus

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.700
 is on a

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.259
 mission from

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.680
 God to

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.960
 gather a

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.819
 people for

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:25.319
 God who

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.799
 will be the

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.400
 citizens of

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.180
 this kingdom

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:28.000
 that Jesus

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.460
 has been

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.119
 proclaiming.

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:30.159
 and you're

00:20:30.159 --> 00:20:30.359
 going to

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.739
 work for

00:20:30.739 --> 00:20:31.159
 me now,

00:20:31.239 --> 00:20:31.519
 Peter,

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.859
 and help

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.739
 with

00:20:33.739 --> 00:20:34.439
 gathering

00:20:34.439 --> 00:20:34.839
 them in.

00:20:34.959 --> 00:20:35.319
 I have

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.819
 chosen

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.479
 you.

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.419
 And this

00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:40.219
 great miracle,

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:41.039
 this awesome

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.539
 sign,

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:42.659
 just seals

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.179
 the deal

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:44.519
 that day

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.079
 for Simon.

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.319
 Not only for

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:46.899
 him, but for

00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:47.559
 Andrew, for

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.219
 James, for

00:20:48.219 --> 00:20:48.679
 John as

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:48.879
 well.

00:20:48.959 --> 00:20:49.319
 They pull

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.779
 their boats

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.519
 up on shore

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.879
 and they

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.599
 walk away

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.119
 from them.

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.959
 they walk

00:20:54.959 --> 00:20:55.819
 away from

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.559
 their careers

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.859
 to follow

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.679
 Jesus full

00:20:58.679 --> 00:21:00.179
 time from

00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:00.719
 then on.

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.439
 Matthew, Mark,

00:21:03.479 --> 00:21:04.019
 and Luke all

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.779
 emphasize the

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:06.079
 gravity of

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.679
 this moment.

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.099
 It's like there

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.979
 was no hesitation

00:21:08.979 --> 00:21:10.239
 after they

00:21:10.239 --> 00:21:11.039
 witnessed this.

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.759
 No hemming and

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.319
 hawing, no

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.219
 deciding whether

00:21:14.219 --> 00:21:15.559
 Jesus really was

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.179
 the Messiah.

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.939
 Jesus called

00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.319
 them, he

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.919
 said, come,

00:21:19.719 --> 00:21:20.379
 follow me.

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:22.020
 And they

00:21:22.020 --> 00:21:22.580
 immediately,

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.500
 without delay,

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.180
 got out of

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.660
 the boats,

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.700
 left everything,

00:21:28.260 --> 00:21:28.880
 and followed

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.660
 Jesus.

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.740
 Mark tells

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.400
 us that James

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.160
 and John left

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.820
 their father's

00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.580
 ebony in the

00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:35.140
 boat with the

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.720
 hired men.

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:38.260
 Dad, we

00:21:38.260 --> 00:21:38.780
 gotta go.

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.140
 He's called

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.840
 us to come

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.700
 to follow him.

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.680
 Should be

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.220
 enough fish

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.920
 there to feed

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.260
 everybody for a

00:21:48.260 --> 00:21:48.780
 long time.

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.180
 And they

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.660
 began to

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.160
 travel with

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:52.740
 Jesus from

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.520
 place to

00:21:53.520 --> 00:21:54.620
 place and

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.100
 town to

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:56.560
 town, witnessing

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.260
 everything that

00:21:57.260 --> 00:21:57.700
 he did.

00:21:58.760 --> 00:21:59.380
 All his

00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:00.100
 preaching, his

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.760
 teaching, the

00:22:00.760 --> 00:22:01.160
 miracles.

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.100
 Well, what are

00:22:03.100 --> 00:22:03.580
 we meant to

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.360
 take from

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.360
 this story?

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.880
 For some of

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.100
 you, it

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:06.620
 might be really

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:08.080
 familiar to

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.380
 others.

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.800
 Maybe you've

00:22:08.800 --> 00:22:09.160
 never even

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.620
 heard this

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.040
 before.

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.260
 How should

00:22:12.260 --> 00:22:12.980
 we react to

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.280
 this?

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.240
 How should

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.840
 we respond?

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.780
 Many things

00:22:18.780 --> 00:22:19.320
 came to my

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:19.720
 mind this

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.180
 week as I

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.740
 was meditating

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.340
 on this.

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.700
 First, I

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.039
 think we

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.560
 should be

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.880
 in awe at

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.340
 the power

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.840
 of God.

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.799
 I like to

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.580
 imagine myself

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.120
 out there in

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.640
 the boat with

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.080
 Jesus.

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.799
 And even

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:34.120
 imagine that I

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.680
 was a highly

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.700
 skilled fisherman.

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.660
 And yet for

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.660
 all my skill and

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.680
 fishing prowess,

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.940
 what power do I

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:43.299
 really have over

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.820
 the fish?

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.320
 I could hunt

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:46.860
 them, I could

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.299
 know their

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.660
 spots, I could

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.440
 present the most

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.200
 irresistible

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.620
 bait.

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.779
 But this is

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.660
 so many more

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:55.000
 times fish,

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:57.620
 so many more

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.880
 fish than I've

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.500
 ever caught in

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.580
 my entire life.

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.600
 Like how could

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.299
 this even

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.740
 happen?

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.100
 Neither Luke

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:07.200
 nor the

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:08.220
 fishermen even

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.940
 had a clue

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.860
 about how this

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:12.259
 miracle happened.

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.840
 Did Jesus'

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.960
 presence attract

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.759
 all of the fish

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.539
 in the area to

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.080
 the bottom of

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.460
 the boat?

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.659
 Did Jesus

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:19.720
 summon the

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.439
 fish with a

00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:21.319
 silent thought?

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.220
 Did God

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.079
 simply command

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.740
 the fish to

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.439
 swim into the

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:24.980
 net and they

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.659
 came from all

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:26.339
 over the area

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:27.079
 and just swam

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.619
 right into the

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:27.779
 net?

00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:28.539
 We don't even

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.279
 know how this

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:29.759
 happened.

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.480
 But it

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:33.759
 demonstrates God's

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:35.099
 rule and power

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.980
 over the natural

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.419
 world.

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.819
 Even the fish in

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:39.299
 the lake obey

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.619
 him.

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.539
 Second, it's no

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:44.059
 coincidence that

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:45.019
 the miracle God

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.940
 does to convince

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.599
 the fishermen

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:48.440
 is a miraculous

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.299
 catch of fish.

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:52.379
 God personally

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:54.000
 tailors this

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.079
 miracle to

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:57.160
 them and to

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.740
 what they know

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.160
 best.

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.299
 This might not

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.859
 have had quite

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.900
 the same effect

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.660
 on a boatload

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.519
 of carpenters.

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.740
 They might have

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.400
 wondered, wow,

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.319
 what a catch.

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.720
 Is that typical

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.519
 for an afternoon

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.059
 out on the

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.319
 water?

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.119
 What's one of

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.839
 those fish worth

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.200
 anyway?

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:15.880
 it would have

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.299
 been less

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.880
 meaningful,

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.120
 less personal

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.940
 to someone who

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.519
 wasn't a

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.900
 fisherman.

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.259
 And that

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.220
 quality of the

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.340
 miracle cuts

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.080
 both ways.

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.400
 It would have

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.940
 been even

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.980
 harder to fool

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.700
 a fisherman

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.900
 had this been a

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.799
 deception of some

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.140
 sort.

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.980
 And so the

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.960
 personal nature

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.980
 of this miracle

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.140
 authenticates it

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.279
 and it reflects

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.960
 the intimate

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:39.660
 knowledge and

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.900
 choosing of

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.640
 these men in

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.140
 particular.

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.220
 similar.

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.580
 Notice even

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.340
 how the call

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.820
 that Jesus

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.340
 gives them

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:47.000
 comes in the

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.280
 terms of

00:24:48.280 --> 00:24:48.640
 fishing.

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.100
 I will make

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.880
 you fishers

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.660
 of men.

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.380
 So our

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.120
 first reaction

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.759
 to this I

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.180
 think really

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.700
 should be

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.480
 awe at the

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.180
 power of God

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.720
 on display

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.820
 here and

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.140
 at the

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.620
 personal

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:02.460
 nature of

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.220
 this display.

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.720
 Look at

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.140
 what God

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.440
 did.

00:25:06.520 --> 00:25:07.080
 Look at

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.600
 what Jesus

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.080
 did.

00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.840
 If God

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.180
 can do

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.600
 this,

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.160
 if Jesus

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.600
 can do

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.080
 this,

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.700
 what else

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.019
 can he

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.220
 do?

00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:16.880
 Next,

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.200
 I'm

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.840
 captured by

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.540
 the responses

00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:19.200
 of Simon

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.420
 to Jesus

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.680
 in this

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.080
 account.

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.460
 There are

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.180
 three key

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.180
 responses of

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.800
 Simon to

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.779
 Jesus in

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.320
 this story

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.860
 and surprisingly

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.700
 all three of

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.380
 these responses

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.259
 are spoken of

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.080
 throughout the

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.460
 scriptures

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.600
 as the

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.820
 responses that

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.660
 we should all

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.460
 have to

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:37.800
 God

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.399
 God

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.000
 and

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.379
 especially

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.839
 to his

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.119
 son

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.180
 Jesus.

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.200
 The first

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.859
 response we

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.200
 should all

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.639
 have to

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.000
 Jesus

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:46.720
 is to

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.240
 trust him

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.659
 and

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.259
 specifically

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.419
 to believe

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.379
 his word,

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.519
 to trust

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.119
 his word.

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.799
 That's where

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.099
 it all

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.480
 started.

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.480
 Jesus said

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.879
 to Simon,

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.379
 put out

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.759
 into the

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.299
 deep water

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.180
 and let

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.720
 down the

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.059
 nets

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.119
 for a

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.519
 catch.

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.899
 Can you

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.399
 imagine if

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:04.819
 Peter had

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.700
 simply refused?

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:08.380
 Would he

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.779
 have seen

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.400
 the power

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.000
 of God

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.500
 like this

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.000
 that day?

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.220
 Jesus

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.799
 gave Peter

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.400
 this simple

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.019
 opportunity

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.660
 to trust.

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.120
 Just let

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.500
 down the

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.819
 nets

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.519
 for a

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.880
 catch.

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.140
 And what

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.460
 was his

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.019
 response?

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.759
 I don't

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.279
 feel like

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.640
 it right

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.000
 now.

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.740
 It goes

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.279
 against my

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.940
 better judgment

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.940
 as a

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.299
 fisherman.

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.220
 But upon

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.819
 your word

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:32.059
 I will

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.440
 let down

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.880
 the nets

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.259
 because you

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.860
 say so.

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.559
 I will

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.940
 do it.

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.140
 This is the

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.019
 first response

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.680
 that all

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.140
 of us

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.720
 should have

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.500
 towards God.

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.160
 Towards

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.620
 Jesus.

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.299
 Simple

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.779
 faith

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.220
 in the

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.580
 words

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:46.980
 and

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.440
 promises

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.740
 of God.

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.360
 This is

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.600
 where it

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.180
 all started

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.279
 with Abraham

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.920
 thousands

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.460
 of years

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.279
 before this.

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.559
 Abraham

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.299
 believed

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.759
 God.

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.740
 It says

00:26:57.740 --> 00:27:01.559
 faith is

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:01.880
 where it

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.480
 must start.

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.340
 We must

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.700
 put our

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.160
 trust in

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.500
 God

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.140
 and

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.680
 especially

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.240
 in his

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.539
 son

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.400
 Jesus

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.920
 whom he

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.119
 has

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.400
 sent.

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.599
 You're

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:11.920
 probably

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.359
 familiar

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.900
 with these

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.279
 words.

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.519
 Jesus

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.880
 said

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.119
 them.

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.339
 John

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.119
 316

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.960
 For

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.559
 God so

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.079
 loved the

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.380
 world

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.160
 that he

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.819
 gave his

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.140
 one and

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.720
 only son

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:25.380
 that whoever

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.339
 believes

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.160
 in him

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.500
 shall not

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.940
 perish

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:30.400
 but have

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.759
 eternal

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.220
 life.

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:33.539
 do you

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.000
 believe

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.339
 in

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.640
 Jesus?

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.400
 Do you

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.860
 trust

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.539
 Jesus?

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.259
 Do you

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.500
 take

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.059
 seriously

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.620
 to heart

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.299
 the words

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.839
 of Jesus?

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.100
 Next

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.700
 our response

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.220
 to Jesus

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.640
 must

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:51.299
 also look

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.900
 like Peter's

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.339
 response

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.180
 after the

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.779
 miracle took

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.180
 place.

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.079
 What does

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.579
 Peter do?

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.159
 he falls

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.939
 before Jesus

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.439
 knees

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.699
 and says

00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.939
 I'm a

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.259
 sinful

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.699
 man.

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.559
 I'm

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.139
 unworthy

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:06.319
 to be in

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.980
 your presence.

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:09.660
 as God

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.339
 reveals himself

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.980
 to us

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.440
 and as we

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.059
 begin to

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:13.000
 take God

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.319
 at his

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.599
 word

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.140
 just like

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.460
 Peter

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.980
 we will

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.339
 feel

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.019
 exposed.

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.059
 We will

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.660
 feel the

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.059
 weight

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.740
 of our

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.299
 own

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.120
 sins

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:24.059
 our

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.380
 own

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.759
 guilt.

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.940
 That fear

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.440
 of God

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.960
 will enter

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 our hearts

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:30.279
 as we

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.819
 read

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.620
 in his

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.039
 word

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.440
 about what

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.259
 we deserve

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.920
 from him

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:36.400
 because of

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.019
 our sins.

00:28:39.040 --> 00:28:39.920
 A sense

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.400
 of our

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.060
 unworthiness

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.780
 to be in

00:28:41.780 --> 00:28:42.200
 close

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.920
 relationship

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.740
 with him

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.340
 will overtake

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.680
 us.

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 And as

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.060
 this happens

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:50.000
 God has

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.320
 made it

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:50.680
 clear

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:52.940
 by his

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.340
 words

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:53.880
 that it

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 is good

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.060
 and it

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.620
 is right

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 for us

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.240
 to confess

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.920
 our sins

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.440
 to him.

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 This is

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.019
 what God

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.500
 calls

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.019
 repentance.

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:04.920
 This

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.680
 in a

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:05.960
 sense

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.300
 is

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.980
 a little

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.440
 view

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.139
 of

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.740
 Peter's

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.200
 repentance.

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.799
 Jesus

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.259
 will take

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.559
 up this

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:13.799
 very

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.240
 word

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.940
 repent

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.259
 and

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.819
 believe

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.159
 the

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.359
 good

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.759
 news.

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.599
 Have

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.019
 you had

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.339
 your

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.879
 Simon

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.220
 Peter

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.680
 moment

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:21.940
 with

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.279
 God?

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.399
 Your

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:24.759
 moment

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.000
 of

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.619
 realizing

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:27.019
 your

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.779
 unworthiness

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:29.940
 your

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.480
 sins

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.940
 your

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.399
 guilt?

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.400
 love

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.400


00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.400


00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.400


00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.400


00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.400


00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.400
 love

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.900
 love

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.900
 love

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.900
 love

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:35.900


00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.100
 Have you

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.400
 humbled

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.920
 yourself

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.540
 before

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:38.080
 Jesus

00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:39.900
 and

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.440
 acknowledge

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.720
 and

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.120
 confess

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.420
 those

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.840
 things

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.320
 to

00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.580
 him?

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:45.799
 only

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.079
 then

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.319
 are we

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.539
 ready

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.899
 to hear

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.099
 the

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.419
 gracious

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.000
 response

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.199
 of

00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:48.500
 Jesus

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.839
 to

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.019
 us

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:51.199
 do

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.399
 not

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.559
 be

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.000
 afraid

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.119
 Jesus

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.460
 doesn't

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.639
 say

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:55.939
 anything

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.240
 here

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.460
 about

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.639
 what

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:56.839
 he's

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.039
 going

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.220
 to

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.399
 do

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:57.720
 later

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.220
 to

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.579
 remedy

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.899
 the

00:29:58.899 --> 00:29:59.339
 sinfulness

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.639
 of

00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.980
 Peter

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.339
 or

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.740
 us

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.460
 but

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.839
 eventually

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.139
 it

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.379
 comes

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.699
 out

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.339
 that

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.699
 Jesus

00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:04.159
 offers

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.699
 full

00:30:04.699 --> 00:30:05.019
 and

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.419
 free

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.059
 forgiveness

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.579
 of

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.939
 all

00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.099
 of

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.319
 our

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.679
 sins

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.660
 through

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:08.860
 his

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.060
 own

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:09.460
 atoning

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.900
 death

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.880
 on

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.019
 the

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.420
 cross

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.140
 for

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.480
 us

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:15.840
 finally

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.140
 after

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.680
 believing

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.080
 and

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.820
 repenting

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:19.720
 our

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.160
 response

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.340
 should

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.440
 be

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.620
 the

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:20.860
 same

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.019
 as

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.440
 Peter's

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.560
 when

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:21.700
 he

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:21.900
 got

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.140
 back

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.320
 to

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:22.600
 shore

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:24.539
 Jesus

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.840
 gives

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.019
 the

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.380
 call

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.620
 to

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:26.960
 all

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.960
 to

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.259
 follow

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.560
 him

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:29.620
 to

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:29.759
 be

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:29.900
 a

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.299
 disciple

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.539
 of

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.840
 his

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:33.080
 to

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:33.279
 do

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.720
 work

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:33.940
 with

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.160
 him

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.340
 in

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.500
 the

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.900
 service

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.220
 of

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.600
 God's

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:35.920
 kingdom

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.140
 come

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.500
 follow

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.940
 me

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.000
 said

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.540
 Jesus

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:42.480
 and

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.700
 this

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:42.940
 call

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.160
 hits

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.320
 us

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.480
 all

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.920
 differently

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:45.160
 for

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.500
 Peter

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.680
 and

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.020
 Andrew

00:30:46.020 --> 00:30:46.259
 and

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.540
 James

00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:46.740
 and

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.040
 John

00:30:47.040 --> 00:30:48.440
 follow

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.660
 me

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:48.920
 was

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.080
 to

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.240
 be

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.560
 taken

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:50.000
 quite

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.560
 literally

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:50.820
 it

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.020
 meant

00:30:51.020 --> 00:30:51.380
 come

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.660
 with

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:51.860
 me

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.259
 right

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.680
 now

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.980
 let's

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.220
 go

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.060
 it

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.180
 was

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.300
 a

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:55.560
 very

00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.420
 tangible

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.480
!

00:30:57.020 --> 00:30:57.360
 physical

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.880
 following

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.100
 of

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.440
 Jesus

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.240
 for

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.500
 these

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.720
 men

00:30:59.720 --> 00:30:59.980
 that

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.300
 day

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:02.600
 and

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:02.700
 we

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:02.880
 might

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.060
 be

00:31:03.060 --> 00:31:03.280
 tempted

00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:03.500
 to

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.700
 think

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:03.880
 that

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.240
 because

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.420
 of

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.759
 that

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.280
 maybe

00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:05.680
 somehow

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:05.920
 it

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.080
 was

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:06.600
 easier

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:06.860
 for

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.120
 them

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.419
 to

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.719
 follow

00:31:08.719 --> 00:31:09.299
 Jesus

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.699
 but

00:31:10.699 --> 00:31:10.819
 I

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:10.959
 would

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.279
 suggest

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.539
 maybe

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.959
 not

00:31:11.959 --> 00:31:14.419
 for

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.679
 them

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:14.819
 it

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.000
 meant

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.659
 actually

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:16.459
 physically

00:31:16.459 --> 00:31:17.159
 walking

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.599
 away

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.919
 from

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.099
 their

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.639
 jobs

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.619
 their

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.279
 careers

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:22.159
 from

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.319
 the

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.619
 greatest

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.000
 catch

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.159
 of

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.399
 fish

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:23.619
 that

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:23.839
 they'd

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.019
 ever

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.459
 seen

00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:26.119
 it

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.299
 meant

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.659
 leaving

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:26.879
 their

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.399
 possessions

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.399
 behind

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:30.099
 even

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:31.059
 their

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.619
 families

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:34.279
 and

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.379
 it

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.539
 meant

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:34.919
 walking

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.179
 with

00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:35.459
 Jesus

00:31:35.459 --> 00:31:35.699
 into

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:35.919
 the

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.279
 company

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.500
 of

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.919
 hostile

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.679
 people

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:39.500
 on

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.779
 many

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.439
 occasions

00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:41.559
 often

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:41.799
 not

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:41.979
 even

00:31:41.979 --> 00:31:42.319
 knowing

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.519
 where

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.679
 their

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:42.939
 next

00:31:42.939 --> 00:31:43.239
 meal

00:31:43.239 --> 00:31:43.439
 would

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:43.659
 come

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:43.959
 from

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:45.699
 living

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:45.959
 with

00:31:45.959 --> 00:31:46.299
 Jesus

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.279
 day

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.419
 to

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.699
 day

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:47.899
 in

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.279
 complete

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.739
 dependence

00:31:48.739 --> 00:31:49.019
 on

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.339
 God

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:52.899
 but

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.079
 for

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.279
 all

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.459
 who

00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:53.639
 would

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.039
 answer

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.639
 Jesus

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.079
 call

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.399
 to

00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:55.759
 follow

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.480
 later

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.699
 and

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:57.959
 become

00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.119
 a

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.480
 disciple

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.679
 of

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:58.919
 his

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.419
 for

00:31:59.419 --> 00:31:59.839
 us

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.699
 following

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:00.959
 him

00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:01.220
 looks

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.659
 different

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.399
 Jesus

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.659
 is

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:02.899
 now

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.079
 in

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.359
 heaven

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.799
 the

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.019
 Bible

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.399
 tells

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.699
 us

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:05.439
 and

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:05.740
 you

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:05.879
 know

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.339
 so

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.500
 we

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.720
 don't

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.000
 walk

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.359
 around

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.859
 beside

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.119
 him

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.259
 or

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.639
 behind

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.000
 him

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.659
 neither

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:09.959
 are

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.139
 we

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.619
 always

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:10.939
 called

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:11.139
 to

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.339
 leave

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.500
 our

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.959
 homes

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.839
 or

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.059
 our

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.539
 careers

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:13.759
 or

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.220
 family

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.539
 to

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.819
 follow

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.159
 him

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:18.179
 following

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:18.399
 him

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.700
 today

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:18.900
 may

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.220
 even

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.460
 look

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.720
 like

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.540
 persevering

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:20.759
 in

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.440
 faithfulness

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.880
 with

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.200
 our

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.780
 families

00:32:22.780 --> 00:32:24.940
 pressing

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.240
 on

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.360
 in

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.519
 the

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.800
 same

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:26.340
 difficult

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.840
 career

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:28.180
 while

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.400
 being

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.759
 content

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.019
 to

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.340
 live

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.480
 in

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.640
 the

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:29.940
 same

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.380
 home

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.500
 or

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.640
 to

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.900
 drive

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.100
 the

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.360
 same

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.759
 car

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:35.780
 for

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:35.960
 us

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.259
 today

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.700
 following

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.200
 Jesus

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.880
 however

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.420
 still

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.940
 means

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.640
 taking

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:39.980
 him

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.220
 at

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.400
 his

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.720
 word

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:42.040
 and

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.380
 clinging

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.580
 to

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:42.800
 his

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.300
 promises

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:43.560
 but

00:32:43.560 --> 00:32:43.700
 it

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:43.900
 may

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.220
 lead

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.519
 each

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.759
 one

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:44.880
 of

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.140
 us

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.560
 to

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:45.780
 take

00:32:45.780 --> 00:32:46.160
 different

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.660
 decisions

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.740
 and

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.259
 paths

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.440
 through

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.619
 the

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.259
 circumstances

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.619
 that

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:50.879
 God

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.420
 places

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.019
 before

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.440
 us

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:54.819
 God

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.140
 offers

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.480
 each

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.640
 of

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:55.819
 us

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.000
 our

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.299
 own

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.759
 unique

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.160
 way

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.220
 of

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.819
 glorifying

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.160
 him

00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.079
 with

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.240
 our

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.660
 lives

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.539
 Peter

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:02.700
 and

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:02.859
 his

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.339
 companions

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.579
 were

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.000
 fishermen

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.460
 and

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.680
 so

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.039
 Jesus

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.379
 called

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.500
 them

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.759
 very

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.359
 specifically

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.660
 to

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:07.960
 join

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.160
 him

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.339
 in

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.700
 catching

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.180
 people

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.440
 for

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.799
 God

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.579
 and

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.740
 this

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:10.879
 is

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.079
 our

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.460
 command

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.700
 as

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:11.980
 well

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.119
 to

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.279
 go

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.420
 and

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.559
 make

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.019
 disciples

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.299
 of

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.480
 all

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.900
 nations

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:16.019
 and

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.160
 to

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.460
 help

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.440
 with

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.580
 the

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:17.820
 great

00:33:17.820 --> 00:33:18.259
 gathering

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.460
 of

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.779
 God's

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.080
 people

00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:19.400
 today

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.539
 in

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.680
 our

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.000
 world

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.600
 but

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:20.880
 just

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.080
 as

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.380
 Peter

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.559
 and

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.740
 his

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.240
 companions

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.519
 were

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.920
 fishermen

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.960
 and

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.279
 Jesus

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.860
 related

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.120
 the

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.440
 work

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.620
 that

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:25.720
 he

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.059
 had

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.259
 for

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.580
 them

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:26.840
 to

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.700
 their

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.120
 skill

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.840
 I

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.019
 would

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.360
 suggest

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.580
 that

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:29.860
 Jesus

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.440
 also

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.759
 has

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.000
 work

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.200
 for

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.500
 every

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.720
 one

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:31.860
 of

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.039
 us

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.240
 to

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.460
 do

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.059
 in

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.279
 his

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.620
 kingdom

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.940
 that's

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.360
 related

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:34.680
 to

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:34.940
 each

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.080
 of

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.220
 our

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.500
 own

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.900
 skills

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.559
 and

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.500
 giftings

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.539
 what

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.680
 has

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:39.920
 God

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.160
 made

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.420
 you

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.840
 to

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.000
 be

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.200
 good

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.440
 at

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:43.080
 what

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.500
 skills

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.740
 has

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:43.880
 he

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.079
 given

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.319
 to

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.559
 you

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.279
 to

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.599
 use

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:45.740
 in

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.960
 his

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.380
 service

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:50.120
 whatever

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.539
 it may

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.039
 look like

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.519
 for us

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.019
 to follow

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.420
 Jesus

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.880
 today

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.519
 we

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.880
 shouldn't

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.180
 miss

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.759
 the

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.319
 urgency

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.680
 and

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:56.819
 the

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.480
 importance

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.799
 that we

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.200
 see in

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.559
 Peter's

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.059
 response

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.339
 they

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.859
 left

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.779
 everything

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.079
 and

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.460
 followed

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.740
 him

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:05.259
 they

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.740
 recognized

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.079
 that

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.440
 following

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.859
 Jesus

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.439
 was

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.659
 the

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:08.039
 single

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.480
 greatest

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.359
 opportunity

00:34:09.359 --> 00:34:10.659
 the

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.119
 highest

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.799
 priority

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:14.539
 when

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.920
 following

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.259
 Jesus

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.599
 came

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:15.739
 with

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:15.859
 a

00:34:15.859 --> 00:34:16.159
 cost

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.339
 they

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:16.480
 were

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.699
 willing

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:16.900
 to

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.359
 sacrifice

00:34:17.359 --> 00:34:17.719
 and

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:17.960
 leave

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.460
 behind

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:20.079
 whatever

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.420
 was

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.940
 required

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.559
 all

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.719
 of

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:21.900
 it

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.619
 in

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:22.759
 order

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:22.980
 to

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.239
 follow

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.559
 him

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.859
 is

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.219
 following

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.619
 Jesus

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:26.920
 the

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.319
 highest

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.920
 priority

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.799
 of

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:28.960
 your

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.359
 life

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:31.880
 would

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.000
 you

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.239
 trade

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.619
 everything

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.960
 for

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.159
 it

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:35.759
 is

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:35.940
 that

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.460
 reflected

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.780
 in the

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.159
 decisions

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.460
 that

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.599
 you

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.940
 make

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:40.420
 in

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.500
 the

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.619
 way

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.780
 that

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:40.900
 you

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.159
 spend

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.340
 your

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.699
 time

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:45.360
 in

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.519
 what

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.639
 you

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:45.820
 do

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:45.980
 with

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.179
 your

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.679
 finances

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:49.840
 and

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.000
 how

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.159
 you

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.519
 relate

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.740
 to

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:50.940
 other

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.380
 people

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:54.400
 whether

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.880
 family

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.079
 or

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.559
 friends

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:57.920
 is

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.320
 following

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.780
 Jesus

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.179
 the

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.619
 highest

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.220
 priority

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:01.420
 in

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.559
 your

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.920
 life

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:05.500
 what

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.699
 other

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.000
 things

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.179
 are

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.619
 competing

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.980
 with

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.419
 Jesus

00:35:07.419 --> 00:35:07.919
 for

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.099
 the

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.599
 priority

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.679
 in

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:09.839
 your

00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:10.159
 heart

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:13.859
 will

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.019
 you

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.239
 leave

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.379
 them

00:35:14.379 --> 00:35:14.819
 behind

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:16.359
 if

00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:16.960
 necessary

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.399
 to

00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:18.659
 follow

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:18.960
 him

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:24.419
 I'm

00:35:24.419 --> 00:35:24.599
 really

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.000
 amazed

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.339
 at how

00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:25.599
 this

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.099
 encounter

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.359
 with

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:26.699
 Jesus

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.279
 sets

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.619
 before

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:27.839
 us

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.000
 the

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.339
 path

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:28.519
 that

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.659
 we

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:28.879
 must

00:35:28.879 --> 00:35:29.159
 all

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.519
 take

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.639
 to

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:30.799
 be

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.059
 close

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.219
 to

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.439
 him

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.800
 and

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:32.980
 it's

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 not

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 complicated

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 believe

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 repent

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 and

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.400
 follow

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:43.220
 I

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.480
 want to

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.960
 encourage you

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 to reflect

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.059
 on where

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.599
 you're at

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.480
 with

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.820
 Jesus

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.300
 today

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:50.240
 let's

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.480
 pray

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:59.920
 father

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.099
 in

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.260
 heaven

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.619
 please

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.880
 speak

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.019
 to

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.240
 each

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.440
 one

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.539
 of

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.719
 us

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:01.860
 in

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.059
 these

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.519
 moments

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:04.500
 give

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.639
 us

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:04.800
 a

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.039
 clear

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.880
 understanding

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:07.340
 of

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.519
 where

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.719
 we

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.059
 stand

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.280
 with

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.559
 you

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:12.500
 because

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.860
 nothing

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.240
 matters

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.639
 more

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:18.519
 give

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.659
 us

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:18.839
 the

00:36:18.839 --> 00:36:19.219
 strength

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.420
 and

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.679
 help

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:19.859
 we

00:36:19.859 --> 00:36:20.199
 need

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.779
 to

00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:23.039
 take

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.179
 you

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.339
 at

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:23.500
 your

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.839
 word

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:25.739
 to

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.039
 humble

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.500
 ourselves

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.900
 before

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.199
 you

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:29.279
 and

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.440
 to

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.699
 follow

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.019
 you

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.400
 with

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.579
 all

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:30.739
 our

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.079
 heart

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.960
 soul

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.940
 mind

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.359
 and

00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:33.819
 strength

00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:36.519
 and

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.659
 may

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:36.779
 you

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:36.940
 be

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.420
 glorified

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.599
 in

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:37.900
 us

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:39.659
 in

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:39.900
 Jesus

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.279
 name

00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:41.159
 amen