Week 12: From Death to Life
February 11, 2024From Death to Life
Luke 5.1-11 NIV
Outline:
Conversion vs. Discipleship
“The church gets obsessed with making a convert and hoping discipleship will happen rather than making disciples, thus creating a true convert.” Dallas Willard
Luke 5
vv.1-3
vv.4-5a
- Jesus approaches us in ordinary places.
- Jesus approaches at inconvenient times.
- Jesus asks us to do irrational, inefficient things.
vv.5-7
- Peter’s problem carried with it potential.
vv.8-10a
- Job 42.5-6
- Isaiah 6.5-7
Conviction can become a catalyst.
“In the light of holiness, there’s no hiding. There’s no missing the wrinkles on one’s soul, the marks left by our own missteps.” Scott E. Hoezee
vv.10b-11
“What we practice, not what we preach, is usually our greatest contribution to the conversion of others.” CS Lewis