Coming up on the potter's touch.

Jesus is confronting fishermen who are washing their nets, which is a sign I have given up.

And I want to know, is there anybody in here who's washing

your nets.

Who has decided it's too late, I'm too old, I'm too fat, I'm to this, I'm to that, I'm

too thin, I'm too short, I'm to whatever it is that made you wash your nets.

I want to challenge you today.

Because Jesus is about bringing Simon into the awareness that his belief system is wrong. on. When Jesus was preaching in Janassarine, and he comes down to Simon, Simon is not yet called

Peter, he's not even a disciple, he doesn't even know that much about who Jesus is and what's going on.

Simon is just a fisherman.

When Jesus encounters Simon, the Bible said that Simon was washing his nets.

His belief system said, it's over.

They had told all night and caught nothing.

And his belief system had taught him that if you can't catch at night, you can't catch it all.

His limited belief system has left him in a place of giving up on what he needed to make his business work. And when Jesus came along, that's right, he gave up.

When Jesus came along, Jesus is confronting fishermen who are washing their nets, which is a sign I have given up.

And I want to know, is there anybody in here who's washing your nets?

Who has decided it's too late.

I'm too old.

I'm too fat.

I'm too this.

I'm to that.

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