Jesus teaches a crowd from Simon Peter's boat. When Jesus tells Simon to let down his nets for a catch, Simon obeys despite having caught nothing all night. Simon and his partners catch so many fish their nets begin to break and fill two boats. Simon falls at Jesus's knees, astonished, and asks Jesus to leave him, acknowledging his own sinfulness. Jesus tells Simon not to be afraid and that from now on he will catch people. Simon and his partners James and John then leave everything to follow Jesus.

2. Luke 5:1-2
On one occasion, while the crowd was
pressing in on him to hear the word of God,
he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,
and he saw two boats by the lake, but the
fishermen had gone out of them and were
washing their nets.
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3. Luke 5:3-4
Getting into one of the boats, which was
Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little
from the land. And he sat down and taught
the people from the boat. And when he
had finished speaking, he said to Simon,
“Put out into the deep and let down your
nets for a catch.”
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4. Luke 5:5-7
And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all
night and took nothing! But at your word I
will let down the nets.” And when they had
done this, they enclosed a large number of
fish, and their nets were breaking. They
signaled to their partners in the other boat
to come and help them. And they came
and filled both the boats, so that they
began to sink.
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5. Luke 5:8-9
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down
at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me,
for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” For he and
all who were with him were astonished at
the catch of the fish that they had taken,
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6. Luke 5:10-11
and so also were James and John, sons of
Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.”
And when they had brought their boats to
land, they left everything and followed him.
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8. What separates a disciple
from the crowd is LISTENING
becomes TRUSTING to being
ALL IN for Jesus

9. What separates a disciple
from the crowd is LISTENING
becomes TRUSTING to being
ALL IN for Jesus
Interest then, as now, DREW the crowds to
LISTEN to Him.

10. What separates a disciple
from the crowd is LISTENING
becomes TRUSTING to being
ALL IN for Jesus
Interest then, as now, DREW the crowds to
LISTEN to Him.
Will they have a GROWING or a PASSING
interest in Jesus?

11. The crowd is gathering to
HEAR the word of God, but
the jury is out on how they
will RESPOND …

12. The crowd is gathering to
HEAR the word of God, but
the jury is out on how they
will RESPOND …
How we respond to Jesus reflects the
MEASURE of our TRUST

13. The crowd is gathering to
HEAR the word of God, but
the jury is out on how they
will RESPOND …
How we respond to Jesus reflects the
MEASURE of our TRUST
Jesus is going to teach them, and us, to trust
Him in all AREAS of life.

14. The more we trust Him, the
more willing we are to
FOLLOW Him in all we do
and to DO for Him whatever
He calls us to.

15. The more we trust Him, the
more willing we are to
FOLLOW Him in all we do
and to DO for Him whatever
He calls us to.
Being all in doesn’t mean your THEOLOGY is
all in order, or your LIFE all in order but a
desire to answer the call to follow.

16. The more we trust Him, the
more willing we are to
FOLLOW Him in all we do
and to DO for Him whatever
He calls us to.
Being all in doesn’t mean your THEOLOGY is
all in order, or your LIFE all in order but a
desire to answer the call to follow.
This is not a call to come to Jesus in
SALVATION, but to follow Him in SERVICE.

17. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
NEXT STEPS
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Read through John and list what Jesus said
about Himself
( ) Reflect on the difference between knowing
of or about Jesus and knowing Him
( ) Assess how I respond to the word of God I
may not like
( ) Reflect on what I believe and why
( ) Other________________________