We have a discipleship crisis: too many profess Jesus but don’t actually live like Him. This week, we look at Luke 5 and the story of Peter’s first encounter with Jesus. In a world where only the best and brightest were chosen to follow a rabbi, Jesus flips the script and calls the ordinary, the overlooked, and the willing. Discover how Jesus calls you to be with Him, become like Him, and do what He did—not because you're qualified, but because you're available. Following Jesus may cost you something, but it will give you everything that matters.
Title: Practicing the Way
Main Text: Luke 5:1-11
Key Points:
The Discipleship Crisis
Many profess faith but do not practice the way of Jesus.
Salvation is not just being saved from something—it's being saved to something: life with Jesus.
The Call to Follow
In Jesus’ day, being a rabbi’s disciple was the highest honor—but Jesus didn’t choose the elite.
He called the backups—the ordinary, the overlooked—and said, "You’re exactly who I want."
Jesus initiates the call, not the other way around.
Simon Peter’s Encounter with Jesus
Despite logic and experience, Peter obeys Jesus’ command to fish again—“because you say so.”
Encountering Jesus confronts us with our sin, our smallness—and invites total surrender.
The Cost and the Invitation
Peter, James, and John left everything to follow Jesus.
Following Jesus costs something, but the invitation is open to whoever is willing.
The Kingdom of God is not for the qualified—it’s for the willing.
Be With Jesus. Become Like Jesus. Do As Jesus Did.
Discipleship isn’t passive; it’s a relationship, a transformation, and a mission.
Acts 4:13 reminds us that the world notices when ordinary people have been with Jesus.
Final Challenge:
Are you simply professing Jesus? Or are you truly practicing the way of Jesus?