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Jack Fortin unpacks the encounter between Peter & Jesus in Luke 5:1-11
5Once while Jesus
was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was
pressing in on him to hear the word of God, 2he
saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone
out of them and were washing their nets. 3He
got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him
to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught
the crowds from the boat. 4When he had
finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into the deep water
and let down your nets for a catch.’ 5Simon
answered, ‘Master, we have worked all night long but have caught
nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.’
6When they had done this, they caught so many
fish that their nets were beginning to break. 7So
they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help
them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to
sink. 8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell
down at Jesus’ knees, saying, ‘Go away from me, Lord, for I am a
sinful man!’ 9For he and all who were with him
were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken;
10and so also were James and John, sons of
Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do
not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.’
11When they had brought their boats to shore,
they left everything and followed him.
The New Revised Standard Version
(Anglicized Edition),
copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in
the United States of America. Used by permission. All
rights reserved.
I. The Problem/Opportunity: a world
struggling to find meaning and belonging (3 min)
- we try and navigate information overload with coping filters
- we live in multiple communities: a public yearning can I bring my
whole self together?
II. Jesus Meets Peter on the Water
(7 min)
- Jesus articulated the yearnings of a people
- Fisherman & Preacherman: keeping your distance
- Preacherman revealed as Lord God: an overabundance of fish
III. Jesus Meets Us in Our Callings (14 min)
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