No Turning Back - The New Normal
Dave Riddle - 4/23/2023
Key Passage: John 21:1-14
They go fishing and catch nothing
John 21:1-3
In the midst of a crazy situation the disciples look for normalcy so they go fishing… and catch nothing.
Probably not a coincidence…
Jesus knew
John 21:5-9
Their struggles
The solution
What they needed
Not the first time
Luke 5:1-7
Jesus is again showing them a different way, an alternate reality to their default way of life.
Ephesians 3:20
Breakfast with Jesus
John 20:10-13
They knew it was Jesus and they sat down to eat.
Compare this to Luke 5 or Matthew 4.
They weren’t called to be successful fishermen, they were called to be fishers of men.
The Hidden Made Visible
John 21:14
Jesus reveals himself to remove all doubt as his followers are about to head into the gauntlet.
There’s no going back to our old lives!
We have been commissioned. Have we embraced it? Are we walking in it?