Jesus Addresses the Prerequisite
for Following Him
Luke 5:1-11
Four Things Drive Peter to His
Knees
1. The timing of the miracle.
2. The size of the Miracle
3. The nature of the one doing the
Miracle.
4. The nature of the one benefited by
the miracle.
Peter’s 4 Qualifications to
Follow
1. He was open to instruction
2. He discovered that God knew more
about and had more control over the
area in which where he felt the greatest
expertise.
3. He was humble and repentant
4. He was willing to go where Jesus led
Jesus Questions our Perspective
on the Outcasts of Society
Luke 5:12-14
Jesus Challenges our
Perspective on Prayer
Luke 5:15-16
Luke 6:12
In these days he went out
to the mountain to pray,
and all night he continued
in prayer to God.
Luke 9:28-29
Jesus took with him Peter and
John and James and went up on
the mountain to pray. 29 And as
he was praying, the appearance of
his face was altered, and his
clothing became dazzling white.
Daniel 9:20-23
While I was speaking and praying, confessing
my sin and the sin of my people Israel and
making my request to the LORD my God for his
holy hill-- 21 while I was still in prayer, Gabriel,
the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to
me in swift flight about the time of the evening
sacrifice. 22 He instructed me and said to me,
"Daniel, I have now come to give you insight
and understanding. 23 As soon as you began to
pray, an answer was given, which I have come
Jesus Evaluates our Perspective
on Forgiveness and Faith
Luke 5:17-26
Luke 9:23-25
And he said to all, “If anyone would come
after me, let him deny himself and take up
his cross daily and follow me. 24 For
whoever would save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for my sake will
save it. 25 For what does it profit a man if
he gains the whole world and loses or
forfeits himself?
Romans 10:1-10 (Msg)
Believe me, friends, all I want for Israel is what's
best for Israel: salvation, nothing less. I want it
with all my heart and pray to God for it all the
time. 2 I readily admit that the Jews are
impressively energetic regarding God—but they
are doing everything exactly backwards. 3 They
don't seem to realize that this comprehensive
setting-things-right that is salvation is God's
business, and a most flourishing business it is
Romans 10:1-10 (Msg)
Right across the street they set up their own
salvation shops and noisily hawk their wares.
After all these years of refusing to really deal
with God on his terms, insisting instead on
making their own deals, they have nothing to
show for it. 4 The earlier revelation was intended
simply to get us ready for the Messiah, who
then puts everything right for those who trust
him to do it.
Romans 10:1-10 (Msg)
Moses wrote that anyone who insists on using
the law code to live right before God soon
discovers it's not so easy—every detail of life
regulated by fine print! 6 But trusting God to
shape the right living in us is a different story—
no precarious climb up to heaven to recruit the
Messiah, 7 no dangerous descent into hell to
rescue the Messiah. 8 So what exactly was
Moses saying? The word that saves is right
here, as near as the tongue in your mouth, as
Romans 10:1-10 (Msg)
It's the word of faith that welcomes God to go to
work and set things right for us. This is the core of
our preaching. 9 Say the welcoming word to God—
"Jesus is my Master"—embracing, body and soul,
God's work of doing in us what he did in raising
Jesus from the dead. That's it. You're not "doing"
anything; you're simply calling out to God, trusting
him to do it for you. That's salvation. 10 With your
whole being you embrace God setting things right,
and then you say it, right out loud: "God has set
everything right between him and me!"
Jesus Pushes our Perspective on
Offensive People
Luke 5:27-32
Matthew Levi
Zebedee Clan
Chief Tax Collectors Jobs
• Collect the fees levied by the Roman
government for all business profits in
the area.
• Oversee the awarding of fishing leases
applied for by the local fishermen, and
• Represent brokers who had loaned
money to the fishermen to buy their
boats and nets.
Luke 3:8
“Produce Fruit in keeping
with repentance”
Acts 26:19-20
"So then, King Agrippa, I was not
disobedient to the vision from heaven. 20
First to those in Damascus, then to those
in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the
Gentiles also, I preached that they should
repent and turn to God and prove their
repentance by their deeds.
2 Corinthians 7:10-11
Godly sorrow brings repentance that
leads to salvation and leaves no regret,
but worldly sorrow brings death. 11 See
what this godly sorrow has produced
in you: what earnestness, what
eagerness to clear yourselves, what
indignation, what alarm, what longing,
what concern, what readiness to see
justice done.