7.26.15 // I Will Make You... Fishers of Men

I Will Make You…Fishers of Men
Pastor Peter Young

Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19)

Before you can begin fishing…
You must choose to follow Christ. In order lead others to Christ you must:

1. Be Authentic

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. (Psalm 51:17)

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

2. Be Opportunistic

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)

“…you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

3. Be Consistent

“…teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)

With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. (Isaiah 26:9)

4. Be Relevant

“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you. (Matthew 5:44)

“And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’” (Matthew 25:45)