Page 155 - Fundamentals Ebook

b. GOSPEL OF MARK (MARK
16:15-18)
c. GOSPEL OF LUKE (LUKE 24:49)
d. BOOK OF ACTS (ACTS 1:8)
e. GOSPEL OF JOHN IN PICTURE
FORM (JOHN 21)
2. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN GIVES THE
“HOW?” OF THE GREAT COMMISSION
B. VICTORIOUS FISHING: PART 1 OF THE
GREAT COMMISSION (JOHN 21:1-14)
C. VICTORIOUS SHEPHERDING: PART 2 OF
THE GREAT COMMISSION (JOHN 21:15-23)

II THE BACKGROUND FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE
GREAT COMMISSION: VICTORIOUS FISHING
A. COMMAND TO GO TO GALILEE TO MEET
THE RISEN SAVIOR (MATTHEW 26:32;
MATTHEW 28:7; MATTHEW 28:10; MARK
16:7)
B. CONFUSION AS TO WHERE TO MEET
JESUS: UPPER GALILEE? LOWER GALILEE?
CANA? NAZARETH; MOUNTAINS? SEA?
C. PETER DECIDES TO GO FISHING
(JOHN 21:3)
1. DOES THAT MEAN HE IS QUITTING AND
RETURNING TO HIS OLD LIFE?
2. DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UNTIL JESUS
SHOWS UP, HE WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE AND
DO WHAT HE DOES BEST? GO FISHING!
D. THREE TRUTHS ABOUT FISHING GOD’S
WAY THAT ARE ILLUSTRATED BY THE
STORY
1. AS A “FISHER OF MEN”, I AM NOT
QUALIFIED TO FISH (JOHN 21:5)
2. JESUS IS QUALIFIED TO BE THE
FISHERMAN (JOHN 21:6)
3. JESUS DOESN’T NEED US AS HIS
INSTRUMENTS BUT HE DESIRES TO
USE US (JOHN 21:9)