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Posted by timspong (Member # 5240) on :
 
I think much can be learned from how Jesus fished.

He was a shinning light and everyone was attracted to his example.

He was uncompromising, humble, kind, generous, and compassionate with a heart filled with love.

He had a perfect knowledge of scripture and was able to “break it down” for even the most simple to understand.

He was not a hypocrite and put in to practise what he preached

He had wisdom and not just unrefined knowledge.

Through perfect obedience and purity, He was the perfect vessel for God to work through and thereby knew Gods will.

He was always in the right place at the right time.

He taught mainly one-on-one or in small groups.

Above all Jesus prayed for us.

This is pretty much the template I try (ever so pitifully) to follow.
 

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Posted by HisGrace (Member # 3438) on :
 
Love it! - thanks for sharing timspong.
 

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Posted by epouraniois (Member # 5187) on :
 
Mat 4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Mat 4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me

Mat 4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.


Without the net menders there would be no fishing, we should bear this well in mind:

Eph 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Eph 4:2
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Eph 4:3
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
 

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Posted by timspong (Member # 5240) on :
 
Very interesting comment, but they were fixing their own net. In other words it is our responsibility to ensure that our “tools” are in good order.

However, someone would have had to teach them how to fix their nets correctly so they didn’t do a haphazard job and cause many fish to escape through the holes.
 

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Posted by BORN AGAIN (Member # 5) on :
 
How does the Bible teach us to fish? By the example of how Peter and Paul fished, and by faith that God Jesus Himself will teach us how to fish, for it is He who said:

Mark 1:17
And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

What did Peter preach? Will preaching that work again today?

What did Paul preach? Will preaching what Paul preached still "daily add to the church as many as the Lord has called"?

I tend to fish with gibs and jabs, here and there I get to put a good one in for the LORD God of Israel; that's how my fishing tends to go, while checking up (with you and the HS) if my bait is still allright.

I got to mention a couple of times recently to friends that "I'm going with the LORD of Israel, that's Whom I'm betting on."

bless the LORD God of Israel. BORN AGAIN
 

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Posted by epouraniois (Member # 5187) on :
 

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Originally posted by timspong:
Very interesting comment, but they were fixing their own net. In other words it is our responsibility to ensure that our “tools” are in good order.

However, someone would have had to teach them how to fix their nets correctly so they didn’t do a haphazard job and cause many fish to escape through the holes.

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