1. Teachings from a Boat! Christ’s Method to Reach the World!

2. This week, Miriam Ibrahim, of the Sudan, was sentenced to death after being convicted of apostasy

3. Miriam Ibrahim We Must Pray for Her!

4. Miriam Ibrahim Our Christian Commitment is a Precious Gift!

5. Miriam Ibrahim We Should Be Emboldened!

6. Miriam Ibrahim We Must Continue Our God-Ordained Mission!

7. Luke 5:1-11 1 “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake…

8. …but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

9. 4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless…

10. …at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them.

11. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” 9 For he and all who were with him…

12. …were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.”

13. 11 So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.” Luke 5:1-11

14. Jesus Sat Down! Command! Requires Faith to Obey

15. “Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23

16. Jesus Sat Down! Cooperation! Calls for a Strategy

17. “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling…

18. …the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

19. Jesus Sat Down! Confession! Demands a Dependence

20. “So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:7

21. Jesus Sat Down! Commission! Establishes a Purpose

22. “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…

23. …baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you…

24. …and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20

25. Thus it becomes our Great Privilege… …to know Christ! …to live for Christ! …to die for Christ! …to share Christ!

26. Teachings from a Boat! Christ’s Method to Reach the World!