Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter by chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

service directed by the Lord, as we pick up in John chapter 21, verse 11.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

I find it interesting that what they could not all do in their own efforts out in the boat

when they tried to pull the net into the boat, Peter was able to do by himself because Jesus

told him to do it. Jesus said, now go draw the net. And Peter, because Jesus

had commanded it, was able to do it by himself, though all of them weren't able to do it earlier.

The strength of the commands of Jesus. The very fact that he has told me to do it, if I will just endeavor, I can do it because he gives me the ability to obey any command that he gives to me.

And so service offered to the Lord.

You see, we can sometimes go out and try and do things on our own and are totally unsuccessful.

I'm going fishing. We'll go with you.

Human energy, human effort. They knew how. They knew how to throw the nets.

They knew where the fish usually were.

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