Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Matthew 4:18-19
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Pastor H. Edwin Young once explained the reason for the growth of his church in Houston, Texas. "Everything we do has a hook in it," he said. Their many activities, programs, ministries, and events are all designed to "catch" people. And that's biblical. In Luke 5:10, Jesus told the disciples to catch men.
Matthew 4:18-22
This isn't just the job of churches in general, but of Christians in particular. If we're following, we should be fishing. A postal carrier in a southern city recently told a friend about his church, which had grown from 50 to 500 in a relatively short period. "Sixty of the new members are from my mail route," he said. "I find it easy to talk with people as I go up and down the streets, and I'm always looking for a way to turn the conversation toward the Lord."
He's a fisherman for Christ. Do you have any hooks in the water?
The Lord Jesus did not command us to be fishers of men . . . . He commanded us to follow Him; and then He promised, as the result of our response, to make us fishers of men.
Lorne Sanny
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