Accept or Ignore
“Fish With Me”
Luke 5:1-11

As chaotic as things are, God is still building His church. - Matthew 16:18-19

This might be our finest hour!

Invitation #1 — “Come and See”
The presence of God is better than answers

Invitation #2 — “Follow Me”
Live like Jesus

Luke 5:1-11

Invitation #3 — “Fish with me?”
Disciples involved in disciple-making

Lessons from a fisherman
Jesus invites us in our weakness 
Reluctant faith doesn’t disqualify
Jesus provides the fish 
Our job is to drop the nets

This might be our finest hour!

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Additional notes:

Why is the order of Jesus’ calling His disciples different in some of the gospels?
Each of the four gospels includes the calling of Jesus’ first disciples; the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) also provide lists of the Twelve, whereas John simply mentions them as a group (Matthew 4:18–22; 10:2–4; Mark 1:16–20; 3:16–19; Luke 5:4–11; 6:13–16; John 1:35–51). The order in which the disciples were called and the order in which their names are given in the lists vary by account.

In Matthew 4:18–22, the first disciples to be called are listed like this:
Simon Peter and Andrew
James and John

Mark 1:16–20, lists the first disciples in the same order:
Simon and Andrew
James and John

Luke 5:4–11 lists the first disciples as
Simon Peter
James and John

John 1:35–51 relates Jesus’ early encounters with these men:
Andrew and an unnamed man—almost certainly John
Simon Peter
Philip
Nathanael (also called Bartholomew)

The first six disciples, then, were Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, and Bartholomew. The differences between John’s account and the Synoptics’ account are easily explained. John relates the first, introductory meeting of Jesus with Andrew, John, Peter, Philip, and Nathanael. The Synoptics describe the actual calling of these men to follow Jesus. When Jesus told Peter in the fishing boat to “follow Me,” and Peter immediately left his nets and obeyed, Peter was not following a total stranger. He had met Jesus previously and had spent time with Him. The same is true for Andrew, James, and John.

Matthew (also called Levi) was called separately, sometime after the first six (Matthew 9:9–13; Mark 2:13–17; Luke 5:27–32).