2020.03.01 - Who's Your One (Mark 1:14-20)

Who’s Your One? Becoming a Fisher of Men Text: Mark 1:14-20 Opening Statement: This morning I want to present our 2020 Theme, “Who’s Your One?” Let's examine Christ's calling of these fishermen, it helps us see the question “Who’s Your One?”. The Pattern of Jesus’ Calling Jesus was totally sensitive to the needs of those around Him. Jesus always recognized an open heart, a repentant sinner. Jesus never was out of touch, when the crowd pressed around Him, He felt the faith of the woman who touched the hem of His garment. Christ’s Spirit filling us gives us the same Christlike empathy to make us sensitive to others, and to lead us to them or them to us. The question I want to ask you to prayerfully consider is who is someone you will commit to pray for and share the gospel with this year? The Power of Jesus’ Calling A fisherman needs to be patient, because he knows that it often takes time to find a school of fish. Fishermen learn to wait. It certainly takes patience to win others to Christ. A fisherman must have good instinct for going to the right place and dropping the net at the right moment. Soul-winning demands skill too which we want to teach you this year. A fisherman must have perseverance. It is not simply a matter of waiting patiently in one place, hoping some fish will eventually show up. It is a matter of going from place to place, and sometimes back again, over and over-until the fish are found. But most of all, fishing demands faith: fishermen cannot see the fish and are not sure their nets will enclose them. Soul-winning requires faith and alertness too, or we will come up empty. It’s not us its him, and that means we have no excuse!!! no reason to not follow him!!! not to comply! Ephesians 2:8-10; 1 Cor. 3:6-8 With that kind of power behind your calling; Who will be your One? The Presupposition of Jesus’ Calling The Lord said, “Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.” I am going to be blunt here and say the Church is largely sleeping in th