Fishers Of Men
Destiny is best discovered—not of ourselves—but from another. It must be followed wherever it may lead.
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Fishers Of Men
Destiny is best discovered—not of ourselves—but from another.
Once met, it must be followed, wherever it may lead.
Destiny came to St Peter on the heels of utter failure.
Jesus, knowing all things, said to Peter along with his brother Andrew:
“Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught.”
As fishermen at the Sea of Galilee, fatigued due to the grind of fruitless labour, Peter replied:
“Master, we have toiled all night and have caught nothing, nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.”
Setting out into the deep, and letting down the net, a great multitude of fishes are caught.
Astonished at the catch, Peter falls at Jesus’ knees.
His ears ring with his life’s destiny spoken:
“Follow me,” says Jesus, “from henceforth thou shalt catch men.”
Bringing the two ships to land—Peter’s and Andrew’s, and James’ and John’s, who helped hoist the catch—their destiny is now shored up by the Master:
“Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.”
Straightaway, they leave their nets and follow Jesus.
Why so fast?
Viably, the words of the prophet Jeremiah, “I will send fishers to the distressed,” recited on the Sabbath, drives the fishermen onward.
And all four fisherman, yes, are witnesses of the unexpected catch.
Beholding Jesus seeing through the waters, down to the very spot of the swarming fish—of which the bait of chance could not capture—swayed them that the Lord of creation stood at hand.
Three points of the call are manifest:
First—
The call comes directly after Jesus’ open breach with the rabbinic authorities.
Thus, a call to fellowship with His clash with the synagogue is laid before the fishermen.
Second—
The call, with battle lines now drawn, obliges the fishermen to forsake all, and break all their earthly ties.
Third—
The call is in contrast to the discipleship of some learned rabbi of that day.
The rabbinic call is that of following out a life-direction already taken.
The call of Jesus is that of acting out a life-direction participated in, and then extending that participation already begun.
An emblem of the fishermen’s craft foreshadows that extended work:
To cast a net, of the Gospel—upon the wide expanse of the world—and then enclose a great multitude of men.
With all `ten`acity of self-surrender, relying not on chance, but on the seeing, guiding eye of Jesus, the fishermen with their fellow apostles, changed the world forever.
We can still change the world.
The twelve did it, cleansing thousands of years of idolatry suffusing the earth.
When destiny meets the man—by diving appointment—weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Brother Nahanael, Sheik Imran Hossein would like to exchange views with you. I suggested a meeting of you both. Below is the dialogue in one of Imran Hossein videos.
Me: “Like those political analyst duets such as The Duran or The Gaggle, it would be fascinating if
Sheikh Imran Hosein would team up with Brother Nathanael not to discuss religions, but to discuss world politics from their religious point of views”
Sheik Imran Hossein: “If that can be arranged, I would be delighted to have an exchange of views with him.”
Check it out yourself on his video: ‘Even Stones Will Hate The Oppressors INH 2016’.
I wrote the above on JewTube, yet despicable Jewtube deletes the comment. That’s why Borther N; don’t forget to keep posting on Bitchute and GAB
Very, very good. Jesus Christ is Lord.