The Bible Study Podcast, episode 109.

Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the gospel of Luke with Luke

Chapter 5.

Welcome to the Bible study podcast.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

As we look at Luke 5, we're still

early in Jesus ministry, and we get the calling of the first disciples. One day as Jesus was

standing by the lake of Janeserate, with the people crowding around him and listening to the

word of God, he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by fishermen who were washing their nets. He got into

one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore.

Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to

Simon, put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch. Simon answered, Master, we have worked hard

all night and haven't caught anything, but because you say so, I will let down the nets.

When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break,

so they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said,

Go away from me, Lord, I am a sinful man.

For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken.

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's

partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, don't be afraid. From now on, you will catch men. So they

pulled their boats up on the shore, left everything, and followed him. This is one of the

great stories in terms of the calling of the disciples disciples because we get a number of different things here.

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