Jesus used Peter’s boat to preach to a crowd on the shore of Lake Gennesaret. When He is finished speaking, Jesus tells Peter to go further out and cast their nets. Peter says they fished all night and caught nothing, but does as Jesus says. Their nets are bursting with fish and James and John help to pull in the nets. Both boats nearly sink with all the fish. Peter falls at Jesus’ knees and says, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man.” All of them were astonished and amazed. Jesus tells them they will be fishers of men. The four left everything and followed Jesus. All accounts in the Gospels say they stopped what they were doing and left immediately to follow Jesus Matt. 4:23 Jesus taught, preached and healed. Word spread and people came to be healed from diseases, torments, demon-possessions, epileptics, and paralytics. They came from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. While in Galilee, Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law from a fever. She immediately rises and begins serving them. Applications Jesus repeatedly heals many, many people. Why? How easy do you suppose it was for the four fishermen to forsake their livelihood, and follow Jesus? Do we have to leave something like a job in order to follow Jesus? How about something like an athletic activity or a band concert for school? Do you think the four heard about Jesus before He called them? How? What kind of knowledge do you think they had about God, or how strong their faith was? Look at how promptly they left everything to follow Jesus. How could all this apply to each one of us? Additional Aids Find the places where Jesus was on your classroom map. Lesson 12 – More Healing, Matthew is Called Matt. 8:2-10; 9:2-13; Mark 10-2:17; Luke 5:12-32
Jesus used Peter’s boat to preach to a crowd on the shore of Lake Gennesaret. When He is finished speaking, Jesus tells Peter to go further out and cast their nets. Peter says they fished all night and caught nothing, but does as Jesus says. Their nets are bursting with fish and James and John help to pull in the nets. Both boats nearly sink with all the fish. Peter falls at Jesus’ knees and says, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man.” All of them were astonished and amazed. Jesus tells them they will be fishers of men. The four left everything and followed Jesus. All accounts in the Gospels say they stopped what they were doing and left immediately to follow Jesus Matt. 4:23 Jesus taught, preached and healed. Word spread and people came to be healed from diseases, torments, demon-possessions, epileptics, and paralytics. They came from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. While in Galilee, Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law from a fever. She immediately rises and begins serving them. Applications Jesus repeatedly heals many, many people. Why? How easy do you suppose it was for the four fishermen to forsake their livelihood, and follow Jesus? Do we have to leave something like a job in order to follow Jesus? How about something like an athletic activity or a band concert for school? Do you think the four heard about Jesus before He called them? How? What kind of knowledge do you think they had about God, or how strong their faith was? Look at how promptly they left everything to follow Jesus. How could all this apply to each one of us? Additional Aids Find the places where Jesus was on your classroom map. Lesson 12 – More Healing, Matthew is Called Matt. 8:2-10; 9:2-13; Mark 10-2:17; Luke 5:12-32