5th Sunday after Epiphany

Sermon

The church stands on Jesus’ authority

The disciples can do nothing without Jesus' authority.

He told these fishermen to throw out their nets in broad daylight, a terrible time to be fishing with highly-visible trammel nets. Peter even admits that he wouldn't have done it except on Jesus' word. But Jesus has authority over all creation, and they have a catch so large that their nets begin to break. But Jesus did not chose them to make them better fishermen. He chose to make them fishers of men. Just as they could catch fish in broad daylight under Jesus' command, so likewise they could call men into God's Kingdom by His authority.

Service