Luke 5:8 is where Peter realizes Jesus is even Lord over his profession (fishing).  Luke 5:8 reads, in the Orthodox Study Bible, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, o Lord.”

Peter realized he was a sinner.  Jesus came to save sinners (us).  He turned the Read the rest of this entry »

As mentioned in my last post, Peter made the correct decision to obey Jesus, but if you were in Peter’s shoes would you have made the same decision?

Luke 5:4-7 reads in the Orthodox Study Bible as well as the New King James Version, “but Simon answered and said to Him, ‘Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word Read the rest of this entry »

As I mentioned in my last post there are a great many things that can be talked about in the first section of Luke 5 [verses 1-11].  I am going to pick up another important point today from verses 4-7 which reads, “When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, ‘Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.’  But Simon answered and said to Him, ‘Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday I attended Christ the Rock Community Church for the 9 AM service.  Pastor Darrel made many excellent  points.  His teaching came from Luke 5:1-11.  This section in the Orthodox Study Bible is called ‘Four Fishermen Called,’ and in the King James Bible it is titled, “The Call of the First Disciples.”  There is too much in this section to go over all in one post, so for today I will touch upon some quotes made by Pastor Darrel in Church yesterday.  The last part of Luke 5:10 reads, “from now on you will catch Read the rest of this entry »