Jewels From John # 30 - The Call to Make Disciples
Devotion # 30 The Call to Make Disciples For the Audio Versio of this devotion, click here - The Call to Make Disciples After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him. John 21:15 (NLT) Read John 21: 1- 17 for the entire account When Jesus first called Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John as recorded in Luke 5:1-11 , they had toiled all night, caught no fish and when Jesus commanded them to throw the net into the deep, they caught such a huge haul of fish that the nets were breaking and their boats almost sinking. On witnessing such an astounding miracle, they recognized Jesus as Lord, left everything and followed Him. Jesus then said to them, “from now on you will catch men." After the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, the disciples were now back to square one, and Simon Peter along with six other disciples,