Sermons about Luke 54 511 (2024)

FAQs

What is the lesson learned from Luke 5:1-11? ›

Jesus' mission does not wait until we think we are ready. The need for the gospel in this broken world is far too urgent. We are called right now — even in spite of our frailty, failures, and doubts, even in the midst of our ordinary, busy, complicated lives.

Hypocrisy is a result of pride. Humble followers of God seek to live according to His laws because they love God and other people—not because they will be recognized or honored for it. When it is pointed out that a humble follower of God is in the wrong, he or she immediately works toward doing what is right.

They don't want to, but they do and catch a massive amount of fish. After the catch they both repent and follow. I suppose if I was given to a metaphorical reading that I'd say a washing of the nets when you are a fisher of men means repenting and following Jesus.

Jesus climbed into the boat belonging to Simon Peter and said to him, “Let me use your boat. Push it off a short distance away from the shore so I can speak to the crowd.” Jesus sat down and taught the people from the boat.

According to Luke 5:1-11, when God pursues the frustrated, four things occur… He shows you: How great is his power, how great is your need of His pardon, how crucial it is to adopt His purpose, and how vital it is to value him above all else.

In this chapter, Jesus started calling His 12 Apostles. These men were going to be integral in the early church and would take the gospel message to the world. They will appear throughout the rest of the New Testament. In this chapter, Jesus heals two men of physical diseases and one man of spiritual disease (sin).

Jesus' parable of the net was created in order to teach his disciples that the Kingdom of God includes a final judgement for all people of all time. The emphasis in this parable is placed on the unbelievers of the church and world, while the parable of the wheat and tares focuses more on the true believers.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Symbolically nets represent devices secretly laid or they would be shunned, even as a bird avoids a net spread in its sight (Prov. 1:17 ¹⁷Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Of the figurative uses of washing, the most common and obvious is that of cleansing from sin (Psalms 51:2; Isaiah 1:16, etc.), but, with an entirely different figure, "to wash in" may signify "to enjoy in plenty" (Genesis 49:11; Job 29:6; the meaning in So 5:12 is uncertain).

Early Christians used the image of a sailboat to symbolize their experience of church. As the wind moves a boat by filling the sails, so the church is powered by the Holy Spirit moving on, among and through the body of Christ.

Why did Jesus call Simon Peter? ›

He decided to give up everything so that he could follow Jesus and listen to him talk about God. Simon became one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Jesus changed his name to Peter which means “rock”. Jesus said that one day he would give Peter a very special job.

In response to Peter's three affirmations of love for him, Jesus gives Peter three commands: "Feed my lambs" / "Take care of my sheep" / "Feed my sheep". Jesus is re-commissioning Peter as an apostle and leader in the church. "Sheep" is a common metaphor in the New Testament to refer to the people of God.

It was a conquest of self which exceed the natural limits of his person. By following Jesus' instructions, he acted supernaturally. Peter proved at that moment that he did not want to remain only an admirer of Jesus. He showed that he was also prepared to obey him with a loving faith.

Through parables, he teaches us how to treat one another and live in the world with kindness and humility. In Luke, we also learn about what Jesus holds in high regard. That he has love for the afflicted and the sinners. Also, we become amazed at the miraculous power of Christ to perform healing.

Luke tells us that Jesus was being pressed by yet another crowd of people (although, unlike the crowds in last week's Gospel, these folks weren't trying to throw Jesus off a cliff). They didn't yet know just who he was but they had surely heard of his miracles and teaching.

Jesus used this parable to emphasize that His disciples ought always to pray and not lose heart and that God will bring about justice for His chosen ones. Although the unjust judge granted the widow justice, God is not like him; God will always be just and faithful to His people.