The Lord will be no man’s debtor. If Simon let the Lord use his ship, he would be repaid. So many fish landed in his net that it broke. There were so many fish that, when others came to help haul them in, their ships started to sink.
In the Old Testament, Elisha never touched Naaman the leper, but in our chapter, the Lord did touch a man who was full of leprosy. Jesus did not become defiled; rather, the leper became clean. A king once said that only God could recover a man of leprosy (2 Kings 5:7). Do you know who Jesus is?
Sin is a disease that afflicts all men, but many are not aware of it. The Pharisees and doctors of the law did not think they had this sin sickness. But the Lord had the power to heal them if they were only willing.
The scribes and Pharisees did not eat with publicans and sinners, because they thought they were righteous. However, the Lord Jesus did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Another thing that the followers of the Pharisees did was fast, or not eat food for a certain period of time. It is not a happy experience to go without eating. The Lord said that the days were coming when His disciples would fast because He (the bridegroom) would be taken from them. How happy they will be when He comes again! “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).
1. The Lord told Simon to let down the nets, but he only let down one net. How many fish did they catch? __________ Luke 5:___
2. The Lord Jesus reached out His hand and __________ a man full of leprosy as He said, “I will; be thou clean.” Luke 5:___
3. What could the power of the Lord do for even the Pharisees and doctors of the law? __________ Luke 5:___
4. Jesus told the scribes and Pharisees that He did not come to call the righteous. Whom did He call to repentance? __________ Luke 5:___
5. During what days shall the disciples of the Lord fast? __________ Luke 5:___