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Its funny how Pastor brought up the subject of Matthew 4:18-22 tonight during bible study. These are the exact scriptures I was meditating on last night before I fell asleep. It's funny how I came across these scriptures in my nightly devotions and didn't want to read them at first. I've read this so many times and thought to myself, I don't need to read this I almost know it by heart. But as you can guess, I read it. And then I read the Amplified version. And then I read it again, and again.

vs. 18 Now Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. vs. 19 And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Something had to click in these men's heads. They had to make that decision right then and there to follow Christ. My Bible tells me, vs 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. Take in mind They were in the midst of casting a net into the sea. They chose to leave everything to follow Jesus instantly. Makes me wonder if they even brought the boat ashore or if they just jumped in and came to Jesus. They were casting nets and I don't think fisherman cast nets from shore. I could be wrong.

I was reading the comments on another blog yesterday. These comments disturbed me as the person was taking scripture out of context. It went something along the lines of (No one will come to the father unless their lives have been transformed into the likeness of the Christ. Its more about BEING someone than it is THINKING things about someone.) But as I read Matthew 4:20 in the AMP it tells me "At once they left their nets and became His disciples [sided with His party and followed him]". Notice they became His disciples as quick as they chose to follow Him. They were not instantly transformed into the likeness of Christ Jesus. This is something that takes a life time and still is not met completely in my humble opinion. Not that we don't strive to be Christ like. I recall these exact disciples 3 years down the road still making very un-Christ like decisions and they were hand in hand with our Savior learning and discerning the things of God.

Thats what has been swirling around in my head the last two days.