CONVINCED: Becoming A Disciple

Luke 5:1–11 (ESV) 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. 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.” 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. 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 fish that they had taken, 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.

Jesus: “Follow Me.”

He Is Always Inviting, Drawing (body, soul & spirit)

helkuo - to tug, draw or drag, metaphorically by an inward power

To His Disciples
To Everyone He Met
Through His Disciples To Others
After His Resurrection
His Disciples After His Ascension
Through His Church
Into Modern Day
It’s The Defining Mark Of Christianity

More Than Liking
More than Attending
More Than Believing
FOLLOWING

He Is Always Drawing, In General:

John 12:32 (ESV) And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will DRAW all people to myself.”
John 3:16 (ESV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Matthew 11:28 (ESV) Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
The Crowd:

Jesus is speaking, Lake of Gennesaret
Fisherman, merchants and customers
People who have come to hear Jesus

BUT Individually:

Matthew 11:27 (ESV) All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
John 6:44 (ESV) No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:65 (ESV) And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”
Peter:

Night fishing, nothing caught, washing nets, end of shift
Jesus requested to get into Peter’s boat, requests that he push out
Jesus teaches the crowd but Peter is trapped to listen.
Jesus does what He always does - “trust me” - “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”

Requires obedience

Make no sense - “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing!
Obedience unlocks the miracle - 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.
That moment is the miracle that DRAWS
That moment REQUIRES a RESPONSE