Ninety-One - Week 3

There is an idea or notion that you have to get your life together to follow Jesus. In fact, some of you grew up believing that following Jesus means you've got your life together, you're crossing all your T's, dotting your I's. You don't make a lot of mistakes. And that's one of the big reasons why people resist following Jesus. They don't believe their good enough, their life isn't together enough, they think, how can I follow Jesus. But when we read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the four writings that tell about Jesus, it becomes very clear that Jesus didn't come for perfect people. Jesus didn't come for people who had it altogether. Jesus didn't come for sinless people. There is something that you need to know. Something that gives you hope and a start to possibly following Jesus. Being a sinner doesn't disqualify you from following Jesus, being a sinner is a prerequisite for following Jesus.  Read that again!  Being a sinner doesn't disqualify you from following Jesus, being a sinner is a prerequisite for following Jesus. So, if your mindset about following Jesus has been, but you don't know what I've done, you don't know where I've been, you don't know what I think about. Being a sinner, having a past, having baggage, being imperfect, being a hot mess, doesn't keep you from following Jesus, it's required to follow Jesus. Even doubts and being uncertain doesn't eliminate you from following Jesus. We will see when we watch week 3 of Ninety-One that even Jesus' closes followers had doubts. They even on the night before Jesus died on the cross, stopped believing and unfollowed. The good news for all of us is, even with our doubts, even with uncertainty, even with our questions, we can still begin to follow Jesus. Lets watch and listen and Mark shares with us that we are not the only ones who go through times of doubt or uncertainty and that being a sinner is our invitation to follow Jesus.

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1. Read Matthew 4:18-22.  If you are going to make a big purchase, like a car or house, would you research and ask questions about it? Is Matthews account of calling the first disciples feel like they did their research? Do you think it's important to take in all the accounts of the writings of the Gospels to see the big picture?
2. Luke 5:1- Why do you think the people were so eager to hear Jesus speak?
3. Was Simon ready and willing to follow Jesus when He asked Simon to go fishing?
4. In verses 8, why do you think Simone Peter acted the way he did?
5. Jesus said to them, From now on you will be catching people. What was all the information and actions of Jesus that would make a man decide to drop their nets and follow Him?