Sharing good news of great joy to all people.
Elation Church. Hope you had a good week. Hope
you had a good week, and I hope through this
series you've learned a lot. How many of you
have learned something or seen something that
you've never seen before, right? This has been
such a great series, especially last week. Like,
I never viewed that parable that way before,
and it was just like, wow, that was incredible.
Dad and I got so excited. We're like, wow, this
is so good. And I've listened back to the podcast,
and I hope you listen back to it too, right?
Sometimes you need something more than once to
understand it. You have to feed on it. You have
to meditate on it, right, for it to get into
your soul and get into your spirit, change your
life. We're talking about faith. Everybody say
faith. Everybody say action. Action. We're talking
about faith and the actions associated with it.
A living faith, not a dead faith. A living faith,
what, is an active faith. It's an active faith.
It's not passive. It doesn't just sit around
and just wait and say, okay, God, you'll do what
you're going to do whether I pray about you doing
it or not. Sometimes we treat God that way anyways.
But it's a living faith. It's an active faith.
And the people in the Bible, what we read. Over
and over and all these stories, right? It's not
people that didn't do anything for God. No, it's
the people that did. It's the people that accomplished
what God told them that they would do. It's the
people that acted. It's the people that stood,
spoke, went, and did, gave, and reached out in
faith. Everybody say in faith. By faith. Through
faith. They saw the goodness and glory and power
of God on display. Amen? And our faith actions
demonstrate our faithfulness to God. Have you
ever thought about that? Our faith actions, the
things that we do, if we follow through what
he's asked us to do, it's really a demonstration
of our faithfulness to him. Are we faithful to
God, right? Most people, I heard this this week,
most people will live and die and never do the
first thing God called them to do. Most people
will live and die and never do the first thing
God called them to do. How sad, right? But it
does say wide is the road that leads to destruction.
Narrow is the road that leads to life, right?
I believe God, his will, right, is for that all
to come to repentance, right? But is that the
case? Are all going to repent? Are all going
to turn to God? No. So he's wooing, the Holy
Spirit is wooing his children. calling them to
repentance, but a lot of them will never do what
God originally said. He'll never do, and not
even willing to do. But then it kind of goes
beyond that too, right? Even as Christians, we've
believed in God. We've taken a hold of that.
But if God calls us to do something, what do
we do? We reason it out the way. We say, I'll
do it later. Right? I'll do that when it's convenient
for me or when I feel comfortable about it. I
like that one. Sometimes because God calls you
to do some things that are a little uncomfortable,
right? He calls you to go and pushes you in a
place where you go, well, that's not really my
character and that's not really who I want to
be or that would be embarrassing to me, God.
Don't put me, don't ask me to do that. And we'll
forget. A lot of times we just forget what God
originally called on our hearts to do. I've known
missionaries like that. God's called them to
be a missionary. They waited all that time and
they said, I'll do it when I'm older, when the
kids are out or when, you know, life is better.
But God placed that vision on their heart and
told them that's where they need to go. And then
they waited. Now, eventually. Eventually, he
turned around and went where God told him to
go. And did God use him? Yes, God used him. But
think about all that time lost, right? So it's
important not to only act, but to act quickly.
It's important to act and do what he tells us
to do. And we need to be quick doing it. A lot
of times we know the will of God, but are hopelessly
unfaithful to it. We're just unfaithful to him.
Someone who's always been there for us. Someone
who's always faithful to us. It's important.
A lot of times these phrases, you know, I know
I'm supposed to do blank, but I'm too busy. We
know we should forgive, right? It's a word. It's
a direct word from God. We know we should forgive,
but then should I? Should I do it though? But
you know, God, what they did. You know how that
made me feel. But should I forgive? Yeah, you
said that, but I just don't know. I don't know
if I can. I'm sorry. I'm going to get off now.
Moving forward. You told me to, but I don't feel
comfortable doing it. We need to be men, women,
boys, and girls faithful to God. We need to be
men and women faithful to him. And we need to
stand in our faith and act in our faith with
knowledge of what he says and his word comes
the responsibility to act on it. With that knowledge
comes the responsibility. What we know to do.
When we know what to do and don't do it, what
happens? What is that? The verse is clear. It's
here. It's in black and white. James 4, 17. Remember,
it is sin to know what you ought to do and then
not do it. This is serious business. It's not
just simply, oh, well, I didn't do it this time,
but I'll do it next time, right? No, we need
to be very careful when God tells us something.
We need to be quick to act on it. Because when
we don't act, when we just let it pass by, Sin.
What sin is to you is inseparable from what you
know. That's why it's important not to judge
the people around you because you don't know
what they know. You don't know the direct word
that's been spoken to them. Okay? And sin is
a violation of the knowledge of what you know.
God knows what you know. Being honest about what
you see and know is a part of being humble. It's
part of being a humble person. And then that
kind of brings me to pride, right? We talked
about pride the other week. What is pride ultimately
is that I know better. God, I know better. When
I choose not to do, it's like, okay, God, you
say this, but I'm going to do it my way. Maybe
I'll accomplish it through my own self. It's
a falseness. It's a deception. It's a phoniness
of who you really are. Proverbs 18, 9, get this.
A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys
things. Who destroys things. That's why it's
important to act and just not be passive. It
literally destroys things. If we're not active
in love, we will... lose the love of others,
right? If I don't actively love my wife and I'm
not actively doing those things, what happens,
right? That can be taken away. If I'm lazy in
my action even, it actually is more destructive
to me and to everyone around me. So purposely
not acting on a word from God, for one, is sin.
It grieves the spirit. hinders our relationship,
limits our usefulness in the kingdom of God,
and then ultimately destroys us and the things
around us. Everybody say amen. This means yes,
you're agreeing, you're agreeing with what's
saying, you're contemplating it, you're not falling
asleep. Okay, good. So if we want to see the
promises and power of God in our lives, we must
act in faith, and we're going to run over real
quickly some just really good nuggets. Of scripture
that talk about faith. Ephesians 2 .8. Hold on.
Everybody sit up on the edge of your seat. We've
got to get going here. For by grace you have
been saved through faith. So it's by grace. It's
not my actions. But it's what God has done. Grace
is God's part. Grace is God's acts of kindness
and favor towards you and me. And the faith is
my part. He's calling me to put my part in. To
receive his promise. that he's given me. Just
because he's promised it to everyone in the room
doesn't mean that we're all going to receive
it, all right? So it's by faith that we receive
God's grace in salvation. Galatians 3 .11, that
no one is justified by the law in the sight of
God is evident, for the just shall live by faith.
2 Corinthians 5, 7, for we walk by faith, not
by sight, walking by faith. It's the sphere of
our existence, the thing that we travel in, that
we see in our world, and then everything around
us, we walk by faith, or at least we should.
Walk by faith, not based upon what we see or
the world around us. We walk by faith. 1 John
5, 4, for every child of God defeats this evil
world. And we achieve this victory. Listen, we
achieve this victory through what? Our faith.
We achieve victory through our faith. Amen. Hebrews
11, 6. It is impossible to please God without
faith. Impossible to please God without faith.
So if we are saved through faith, we're called
to live by faith. If we can only experience victory
through faith, please God by our faith, it's
important. We need to be actively living by faith,
actively standing in faith each and every day,
standing in faith, actively increasing in our
faith, doing things that increase our faith.
We can't just sit around and say like, oh, I'm
going to be a person of faith and then, you know,
not do anything about it. No, we have this knowledge.
This is what we need to do. We need to increase
in our faith and be focused on it. And that's
why we talk about it a lot at Elation Church.
So let's look real quick. What is faith? Where
does it come from? How do we have it? How do
we live it? Romans 10, 17. So then faith comes
by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The
word of God here is divine utterance. It's divine
utterance. It's meaning spoken and written. Because
God has wrote this word in his book for us to
study, to be students of his word. We don't just
like do the things of God and not listen, really
study. You can't read the Bible just while you're
at church. You got to read it when you're at
home because it's a lot. There's a lot to hold
in there, okay? So you need to be doing this,
feeding on this. But we hear by the word and
also as we believe in God, the Holy Spirit moves
on the inside of us to speak to us. He wants
to speak to you in a real way. A lot of people,
we look at movies, we think of God speaking,
we're just like, hello, this is God. And we desire
that. We want to see these big things, but we've
got to know how to hear him. We've got to understand
what that means for a Christian. I've been asked
so many times, well, you say you hear from God.
Well, what does that look like? And a lot of
times it kind of scares me a little bit because
we believe that we hear from God at salvation,
calling us to repentance, but then yet we get
really distracted when we go, well, I've got
to hear from God about something else. That seems
foreign. But has not God called us into salvation?
Did you not feel the woo of his spirit and that
urge and that still small voice, the Bible says,
at salvation? Did you not get that? And we responded
to it. So in our lives, it's the same thing.
God does not change. He's the same yesterday,
today, and forever. And when we want to hear
who he is and what he wants us to do in our day
-to -day lives, we're going to have to be sensitive.
In a place, in an environment, because you know
that usually happens where? At a church. It don't
have to happen at church, but that happens in
the environment of other believers gathered around
and under the same purpose in a room that is
what? Still and quiet. So why does it happen
there more than any other place? Because we're
in that place where we have focused our attention
on who he is. We're seeking his will. Our mind
is focused. Just our whole world at that moment
shut down, and we're just focused on hearing
the voice of the Lord. Proverbs 3, 5. I saw this
verse this week, and I saw it through this lens
of what we've been talking about, and it just
hit me. Listen to this. Trust in the Lord with
all your heart. Do not depend on your own understanding.
We're talking about that in children's church,
by the way. And then in verse six, it says, seek
his will in all you do. So simple. But what are
we supposed to do? We're supposed to trust, but
we're supposed to seek his will. A lot of people
just want to find it or to just be like laid
in their lap. Right. And just be like, oh, OK,
it's, you know, this big sign. Like if I could
just put up a big sign on God, what do you want
me to do today? And this is like, boom, here's
your sign. But no, he's saying for us to seek
his will in all you do. Does it say some of the
things that you do? Does it say just at certain
times when you give him? No, you have to seek
his will in everything, in all ways. That's why
it's important to pray always. That's when he
will show you. Which path to take. There's a
part in this that's our part. It's our part.
He's wanting to show us, but he's saying for
us to seek him. Seek his will. Get in that environment.
To see his life and to feel his presence urging
us and wooing us. That's why that verse says,
be still and know that I am God. Being still
is the environment for which the knowledge of
God comes. Most people will never take the time
to hear what God actually wants them to do in
the first place. Never take the time. You know,
you can't find time. It's a finite thing. Unless
you don't make time. Take time for it. It ain't
going to happen. If I have to clean out my car,
I can find a hundred billion other things that
I can do instead of cleaning out my car. But
if I want to clean my car, I'm going to wake
up, I'm going to be determined, and I'm going
to say, okay, today's the day. I'm going to do
it. I don't care what's going on. It's happening
today. And sometimes we have to be a little dogmatic
and a little bold and be like, today. I'm going
to choose to what? Follow God. I'm going to choose
to seek him, see what he wants me to do. I'm
going to choose, instead of watching whatever
and just feeling my heart, you know, whatever,
I'm going to choose to fill my mind, fill my
ears, fill my eyes with the will and the way
of God. And in that moment, I'm expecting God
to show me something. Most want to find his will,
not seek it. They think it's just going to fall
into their lap. And in order to hear in all you
do, you must make the time to listen. So the
first step of faith, I know that was a big intro
there, but to hear the divine utterance from
God. And Hebrews 11, 1. It tells us our next
step. Faith is the confidence that what we hope
for will actually happen. It gives us assurance
about things we cannot see. Hope, again, is not
hope, so hope. It's a confident expectation that
we will see the goodness and promises of God
fulfilled in our life. Amen? So the second step
of faith is wholeheartedly believing and having
confidence that what God said he's willing and
faithful to accomplish and will do in my life.
James 2, 26, faith without works is dead. So
the third step of faith is acting in obedience.
And if we want to see the power of God on display,
we must connect to the source. Jesus said, he
is the vine, I am the branch. If the branch is
not connected to the vine, what happens? It shrivels
up, it dies, it has no power, has no life, will
bear no fruit. It will not bear a flower, right?
So that's what it's saying here. If we're not
connected to him, we will not see those things
flourish in our life. A faith that does nothing
is worth nothing. So faith is gained by hearing,
it's held by believing, and lived by acting.
That's why this series is entitled Faith Act.
Mark 11, 26, Then Jesus said to his disciples,
To his disciples, listen, why was it important
for him to say it to his disciples? Have faith
in God. Have faith in God. Don't have faith in
everything around. Don't have faith in what you
see. Have faith in God. Have faith in God. So
what is a disciple? What is a disciple? The Greek
word here is one who follows another's teaching.
It's a pupil. It's a pupil. Simon Peter, today
we're looking at Simon Peter and the miraculous
catch a fish, okay? It's when Jesus' first disciples,
that's the story we're going to look at. And
I want to encourage you. I know this is something
that we hear a lot about at church. I'm sure
you've heard a lot of fabulous sermons on this
message. Today, we're looking at it through this
lens of why God chose Simon. Did he just walk
down the beach one day and slap him on the back
of the head and say, hey, follow me? I choose
you. Come follow me. That'd be kind of weird,
right? Most people, he'd hit you and he'd be
like, what? Who are you? Why? No, so why did
Jesus choose Simon Peter? How did Simon become
a disciple? Let's read. If you have your Bibles,
you can turn. I also have it on the screen. Luke
5, 1 through 11 is where it is found. Let's listen.
One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of
the Sea of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on
him to listen to the word of God. Great crowds
came. Great crowds followed Jesus wherever he
went. It got to the point where it even became
a problem too. Like things were happening, they
couldn't fit him everywhere. Jesus is preaching
on the shore that day and he's gradually getting
backed up to the sea. and they just keep coming
over the mountainside or wherever, and they're
just moving in on him, and now he's backed up.
There's a lot of people, what, listening to the
word of God. A lot of people listen. We're real
good at, as Christians, we're real good at listening.
A lot of people listen. He noticed two empty
boats. Jesus noticed two empty boats at the water's
edge, for the fishermen had left them and were
washing their nets. See what happens. Verse 3,
stepping into one of the boats. So Jesus just
sees the boats. He steps into the boats. And
then Jesus does what? He asks Simon, its owner,
by the way. It wasn't just like some random boat.
No, he owned the boat. And he asked him to do
something, to push it out into the water. I always
think that's funny that Jesus stepped into the
boat and then asked. It's funny that that's written
like that. Anyways, we're not going to rabbit
trail on that too much. But anyways, it's funny
that Jesus asked the owner of the boat, the owner
of, and we're going to see that this is his business,
right? He's asking him. to do something here.
He's asking the owner of this boat to push it
out into the water. So he sat in the boat and
taught the crowds. Jesus sat in the boat and
taught the crowds from there. Now, in order for
Jesus, you know, to ask Simon, was Simon back
with the others washing the nets? No, he was
right there listening to Jesus. He was close
enough to be asked. And then Simon is now in
the boat, in his own boat. Out there, Jesus is
preaching from the boat. Thankfully, he's sitting,
or that would have been a different story. But
he's sitting in the boat. He's teaching the crowds.
That requires some effort. I don't know if you've
ever been in a boat with a paddle or something
like that. It's hard to keep it going forward
and facing, especially if someone's facing a
crowd. Because I don't know about Jesus, but
he's probably not just sitting, and it's just
spinning. But Simon probably had to put in a
little effort. It was definitely like taking
his time and his resources. And here Jesus is
asking him to give this. He had worked all night.
He was tired. Probably didn't want to do it.
But the first instruction here is give. Everybody
say give. Jesus asked him to give. Give of his
time. Give of what he had. Generosity. is a marker
of a disciple. What did Simon do? He did it.
He didn't ask questions. He didn't say, how long
is this going to be? That's what I would have
said. So how long, Jesus, are we going to be
out here? You know, give it like 30, 40 minutes.
Were you about wrapped up? Were you like going?
No, you know, tell me a time so I can get time.
You know, my guys are over here doing some things
and I got things to do. I got to get to bed.
I hadn't slept all night. I hadn't eaten, you
know, whatever. We know that they didn't catch
any fish, so it's not like they were having a
fish fry. So he was probably hungry, ready to
be done. But no, he says yes. Jesus asks, he
says yes, and he gives of his time and his resources.
And that's a disciple of a marker. There's three
types of giving. Everybody say three types. Three
types. There's a generous type of giving. And
generosity is how God wants his children to be.
People who live generously and are... or just
give generously out of what God has done, recognizing,
saying, hey, God has done this for me. I'm going
to be a blessing to the world around me, right?
But then there's also obligation, giving out
of obligation, right? Out of social, religious
pressures. How many of you have experienced something
like that before? Yeah, yeah, we've all been
there, right? So there's that thing where it's
like, well, maybe they give something, and so
I feel like I've got to give something. I really
don't want to, though. It's not really my want
to, but I just got to, I guess. And then the
third type is directed. It's directed. So God
wants us to be generous, generous in everything.
I'm not just talking about money here, by the
way. Okay? There's a lot more to this than money.
So if you're looking at me thinking about I'm
talking about money, I am. Maybe that's something
God's doing with you about, but I'm not talking
about money today. I hadn't said money. So if
that's something that's on your heart, that's
between you and him, not me. Okay? Clear. Directed.
God asked me. to do something. In a particular
instance, right? God asked me to give this or
do this for someone. It's a directed thing. So
directed giving is different from all the others,
but directed giving allows God to do something
that you wouldn't normally do, right? It's giving
direction to something and he's saying, hey,
I will do this. I want to do something through
you. I want to use you, right? But then it goes
beyond that. Usually when God tells you to give
something, he's really opening up a door to do
something for you. Now, we don't give to get.
That's not what I'm saying here. Because usually
what God asks you to do is not something that
is directly related to what you see in the here
and now, as we've seen in other stories if you've
been here through the series. It's not always
directly related to that. But God is doing something
in your future. He's asking you to do something
in your present that's going to impact your future.
Okay? Acts 20, 35, Jesus said this, it is more
blessed to give than to receive. Back to our
story. Verse 4. When he, Jesus, had finished
speaking, he says to Simon, now go out to where
it is deeper and let down your nets to catch
some fish. There's a lot to that when you look
at this, the way we've been looking at stories.
Now go out to where it is deeper, let down your
nets, catch some fish. The second instruction
here is go. Everybody say go. Now go out to where
it is deeper. God, he likes to call us to where
it is deeper. That's not really what this is
here. But just side note, he likes to call us
to places, like I said, that's a little uncomfortable.
This was not uncomfortable to Simon, for sure.
But he's just telling him to go. What does that
mean? Go somewhere. Do something. Just not be
here. We're going out. Third instruction here
is do. because he's asking him to let down your
nets to catch some fish. So he's saying go, and
he's saying do. He's already asked him to give.
Are we on track? And catch. I thought this was
interesting. The word catch here is agra. It
means a catching a fish or even a haul a fish.
It's not just some fish. It's catching. It's
like a bunch of fish. That's the way I would
say it in my southernese. I would say a bunch
of fish. So go out, throw your nets down, and
catch a bunch of fish. And this is where everything
happens. Luke 5, 1 through 11. Master, Simon
replied, we've worked hard all night, all last
night, and didn't catch a thing. Didn't catch
a thing. Simon here, he's the fisherman, right?
He's the one who does this for a living, has
guys employed, saying, you know, I'm doing this.
You know, you always catch fish at night, God.
We worked hard all last night, didn't catch a
thing. Not even one thing. So his business here
was not as good as what he was expecting, right?
This is a business. It's his business. It's his
livelihood, most likely. The people in the area
are not going to eat as much as they probably
should have, right? Because he didn't catch the
fish. The fish weren't there. We worked hard
all last night. And see, God here is wanting
to bless Simon with a financial miracle. For
one, he's asking him to give. I want you to see
this. I'm not going to sit on this. He's asking
him to give. And God is wanting to bless him
because we know the end of the story. God has
something in store. He's going to bless him with
this huge financial miracle that's about to happen.
But he's telling him to do. He's already asked
him to give, right? And then he's saying, what?
Go catch the fish. Have faith. Go catch. Have
faith. And they're standing on that word. The
reality is, though, is we worked hard. All last
night, didn't catch a thing. So God's wanting
him to say, I know what happened. I know what
you see, but I'm about to do something. And it
even tells him, he's like, you're going to catch
some fish. So it's not like he was going out
there and didn't have any direction or didn't
know what was about to happen. No, he knew. He
says, we worked hard all last night, didn't catch
a thing. And then this is where it could have
all fall apart. Right? This is where the enemy
wants to steal the promises of God. Listen, if
the enemy or if your head can make you believe.
And get in the way and say, oh, well, you know,
you've done this before. You don't need to do
this again. If he can stop you right here, he
can steal the promise of God, the promise, the
thing that God said that he was going to do for
you. If you don't see those things happening
in your life, it's because you haven't had faith.
And that's it. This is where the enemy wants
to steal. What can the enemy steal from you other
than rob you of the blessings of God on your
life? What power does he have unless he can convince
you to believe the lie that God, you know, he'll
do something a different way. That's not really
what he wants you to do. If the enemy can keep
you from fulfilling what God wants you to do
and acting in faith, he can steal every blessing
and every promise out of your life. If you let
your head or the enemy keep you focused on your
situation, Simon could have been like, well,
you know, we didn't catch anything. And I just,
I don't know what to do. I don't know what to
do. I don't know what to do. I don't know what
to do. More than what God had just said, he would
have missed it. Everybody say he would have missed
it. He would have missed it. And I really love
this. This little phrase. It says, but. What
a beautiful word. Negates everything that he
just said. There's a change here. But, in faith,
if you say so, I'll let the nets down again.
Simon said, this statement of faith, he's putting
his words in agreement with God's, just like
we can do as Christians, amen? He's saying, if
you say so, I will do what you said I will do.
If you say so. If you say so. If you said it,
I can count on it. I can have hope in it. I can
count on it. If you say so, I can stand on it.
If you say so, I can depend on it. I can go ahead
and get happy about things that haven't even
happened yet. If God said... I can have it. If
God said that I can do it, guess what? I can
take it to the bank. I know it's going to happen.
And I can act on it. God's not calling you to
act on something that he hasn't already told
you. You know what I'm saying? He's giving you
the thing to do. It's very simple. And like we
talked about child life faith, sometimes we just
got to be like, okay, I'll go do it. Don't have
to understand it. Just got to do it. Luke 5,
6. What happened? He goes, if you say it, I'll
do it. And at this time, their nets were so full
of fish, they begin to tear. Amen. So at this
time. What time are we talking about? At this
time, when the nets went in the water. Did it
happen before the nets went in the water? A lot
of us want the promise and something happened
before the nets go in the water. Before we do,
we want to see, right? Maybe we can see it with
our head before we see it in our life. That's
something different here. This is saying like,
at this time. As soon as they dropped it into
the water, he had to do the action that God told
him to do to see the promise of God fulfilled.
And what happened? The nets were so full of fish,
they began to tear. That's a lot of fish. I've
never, I've used nets before, but I've never
seen a net tear, like tear to the point where
like fish are coming out. It's crazy. And a shout
for help brought their partners in the other
boat. And soon both boats were filled with fish
to the verge of sinking. We look at this as fish.
No, this is a huge financial breakthrough. This
is a huge miracle that's taking place here today.
And it's so much that it's spilling over on everyone
around. It's like, come on, when they acted too,
what happened? Their nets were filled. When they
did it, everyone got some. God wants to bless
you. And don't worry, if you don't think that
he wants to bless you, it's not going to happen.
But God wants to bless you. But you got to be
faithful to do. Got to be faithful to do. Both
boats were full of fish on the verge of sinking.
It's incredible. It's an incredible miracle.
And then let's continue on. Verse 8. When Simon
Peter realized what had happened, he fell to
his knees before Jesus and said, O Lord, please
leave me. I'm such a sinful man. He was just
in awe of what had just happened. He couldn't,
you know, sound like he'd ever seen before. He
was awestruck by the number of fish they had
caught, as were the others with him. His partners,
James and John, James and John, sons of Zebedee,
were also amazed. So they're there too. And this
is later on, this is like God's core group. Peter,
James, and John. Here they are. Here's the point.
We look at this as some detached thing. No, but
here's the point. where they were chosen to be
God's disciples. Don't be afraid, Jesus replied
to Simon. From now on, you'll be fishing for
people. And as soon as they landed, they left
everything and followed Jesus. Amen. Was this
all up to God? Let's look at this story. Was
it all up to God? Or did he have to give? Did
he have to do, right? Did he have to go out into
the deep, right? And if Simon Peter never acted
in faith, would we be reading about him in the
Bible today? Would he be a disciple? God would
probably just kept going to someone else and
said, hey, will you do? Will you be? Will you
give? A lot of times we don't think about that,
but there's probably a lot of people that heard
the word. There was a great crowd that day listening.
There was a lot of people around Jesus listening
to the same words, listening to the same promises,
listening to the revelation of the kingdom of
God, but only a few got it. Only a few took hold
of it. And to the point where it didn't just
change a little bit, right? It didn't just impact
me. A little bit. No. It impacted them. It changed
their whole life. They left everything and followed
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