Lucas 5

Lucas 5

Clarke says that the word catch signifies to catch something alive. That is true evangelism; it isn’t to bring dead people into a building, but to bring real life. Jesus chose unlearned, unlettered men, but He taught them. You don’t need fancy degrees and education to start out in ministry, but you must enroll yourself in the University of the Word. These four (as well as Moses, David, Gideon, Matthew, and Paul, among others) were called while already at work. God’s call usually comes while we are busy. Peter and James and John "had spent their lives catching fish for the purpose of killing them; now they would spend the rest of their lives catching men to give them life." (MacArthur)