Luke 5
Summary
It's go time!
Things start happening and Jesus starts teaching. Or maybe it's the other way around.
The beginning of the chapter finds Jesus teaching from a fishing boat. When he finishes teaching, he puts a major exclamation point to his words by telling the boat owner (Simon Peter) to try one more time for a catch and fills two boats full of fish. It's as if he was saying, "If anyone is wondering if I am sent from God, let me show you something."
Peter, his brother Andrew, and their partners James and John, all leave their boats and their business behind to follow Jesus.
Jesus continues to heal and to teach and to raise a few eyebrows along the way. The religious leaders seem to be more concerned with why he heals and how he heals than recognizing the power by which he heals. They even call into question who he heals and chooses to hang around with.
My take away
Jesus is just getting started and he is gaining credibility. Already crowds are beginning to follow him for the miracles. But with the miracles come lessons about how much God loves them (us). God even loves the ones that some would tell us are unlovable. While it might be said that we are unworthy of God's love, God doesn't see it that way.
God created us in his image and God loves us just as he created us. Because we are God's creation, we are worthy of God's love.
John <><
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