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Preparing the nets

Preparing the nets. Matthew 13:34 NIV Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. Matthew 13:34 NIV Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

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Preparing the nets

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  1. Preparing the nets

  2. Matthew 13:34 NIVJesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

  3. Matthew 13:34 NIVJesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

  4. Matthew 13:1-3 NIV …Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables…

  5. The Parable of the Net Matthew 13:47 NIV “…the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.

  6. Matthew 13:48 NIV When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore.

  7. Matthew 13:48 NIV Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.

  8. Matthew 13:49-50 NIV This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  9. Matthew 13:51 NIV “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied.

  10. The Middle East's largest freshwater lake

  11. Mark 1:16 NIV As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

  12. Mark 1:17-18 NIV “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

  13. Mark 1:19 NIV When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.

  14. Mark 1:20 NIV Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

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  16. Wherever there is serious fishing, at the end of the day there are teams, preparing their nets..

  17. If nets are left unmended, tomorrow when hauling in their catch the hole may get worse and all the fish could be lost.

  18. Consider why Jesus chose those strategic first disciples; used to working together; with other partners and as a team

  19. Peter, James and John were Jesus’ “Ex-com”

  20. Mark 1:19 NIV …preparing their nets.

  21. ΚαταρτίζεσθεCan mean “Mending” or “Restoring” or “Preparing”

  22. Also sometimes translated as perfecting

  23. 2 Corinthians 13:9 NIV We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is for your perfection.

  24. 2 Corinthians 13:11 NIV …aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind…

  25. Philippians 3:12 NIV Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

  26. Daily restoring “the ties that bind”

  27. “Working alone together”

  28. “Working alone together”

  29. Serious fishing in Cambodia is a collaborative job. Survival depends on it.

  30. Cambodians could see many parallels between themselves and the first disciples.

  31. Cambodia in dry season

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