Called To Make Disciples: The Net.The Brother.The Now Matthew 4:18-22.

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1 Called To Make Disciples: The Net.The Brother.The Now Matthew 4:18-22.

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3 The Great Commission.

4 Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV) 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.

5 The Net.The Brother.The Now.

6 Matthew 4: And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

7 The Net.

8 The Net. What you are holding onto, preventing you from following Jesus.

9 Matthew 4: And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

10 Matthew 16: Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

11 The Brother.

12 The Brother. Who you have beside you to encourage you to pursue Jesus.

13 Matthew 4: And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

14 Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NKJV) 12 Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

15 1 Samuel 14:6-10 (NKJV) 6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few. 7 So his armorbearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart. Go then; here I am with you, according to your heart. 8 Then Jonathan said, Very well, let us cross over to these men, and we will show ourselves to them. 9 If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you, then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them. 10 But if they say thus, Come up to us, then we will go up. For the LORD has delivered them into our hand, and this will be a sign to us.

16 The Now.

17 The Now. What you choose now affects who you are in the future.

18 Matthew 4: And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

19 1 Samuel 30:1-5 (NLT) Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. 2 They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone. 3 When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families, 4 they wept until they could weep no more. 5 David s two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, were among those captured. 6 David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

20 The Now. 1 I look up to the mountains does my help come from there? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth! Psalm 121:1-2(NLT) A thousand may fall at your side,and ten thousand at your right hand;but it shall not come near you.only with your eyes shall you look,and see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,even the Most High, your dwelling place,no evil shall befall you,nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;for He shall give His angels charge over you,to keep you in all your ways. Psalm 91:7-11 (NKJV)

21 The greatest thing we can ever do for ourselves is to choose God over the world every time.

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