Fishers Of Men

 

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”Matthew 4:19

What does it mean to fish for men? Basically to seek and save those who are lost. Lost meaning what exactly? Well not desiring a relationship with Jesus and not living as if He could come back any moment.

There may be people reading today who are not sure if they will be in Heaven when they take their last breath. Turn your eyes and heart upon Jesus. Repent or turn from things that deliberately take you away from Him. 

Get into the word of God intentionally not because someone told you to. Start out in the book of Psalms. Once you get right with God your hearts desire should be to share the love of Christ with others. Even if you don’t feel like reading do it anyway. God’s word through the Holy Spirit has a way of convicting you and drawing you closer. 

PRAYER: Father I love you and sometime I don’t ‘feel’ like reading the Bible or praying. I know the enemy wants to destroy my faith and my love for you. I need your help to keep on the armor of God to resist Satan. In Jesus’ name. Amen. 

My Denomination Is The Greatest! Oh Really?

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12

I will be so glad to be in heaven with Jesus someday where there are not different churches on every corner. Mankind is funny. Men interpret the Bible in different ways making up manmade doctrines along the way. Some denominations go so far as to proclaim they are the only way to heaven. Knowing Jesus, is where it is at, and asking Him to be Lord of your life.Acts 16:31 puts it pretty simply when it states "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved- you and your household."

 There have been occasions when I got into conversations about what if someone dies before they were baptized, say a baby for instance raised in a faith where infants are dedicated, or someone who accepts Christ at a Crusade then is killed by a car on the way home. We should want to have a believer's baptism in obedience to Him, but I firmly believe a loving God does not send a baby to hell or someone recently saved such as at a Billy Graham revival. God is a loving God, it is His followers sometimes that create hurdles to the kingdom.

PRAYER: Thank you Lord that you are the way,the truth,and the life and no one comes to the Father except through you. Help me to show love to all people and not act arrogant about my denomination. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Note: I highly recommend the movie 'God's Not Dead' which I have now seen 6 times. It deals with some of this topic. Do yourself a favor and go!