Many children, as well as some grown-ups, always like to go fishing. Some of you boys and girls might even have your own fishing rod.
For hundreds of years, fishing has been a paying job for many men, even back to the times when Jesus lived here on earth. The Bible tells us about four fishermen, two sets of brothers, who used nets to catch fish. They would empty their nets full of fish into their boats and then take the fish to the marketplace and sell them. But one day, Jesus called these four fishermen to be His disciples. All four of them immediately left their fishing nets and boats behind and followed Jesus from then on.
Do you know the names of these four fishermen whom Jesus called to be His disciples? Write them down if you can. We have given you the first letter of each of their names.
P_____________________ A_____________________
J______________________ J_____________________
If you can’t remember their names or want to check your answers, you may look them up in your Bible in Matthew 4:18-2218And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. (Matthew 4:18‑22).
ML-12/28/2014