Sermon given at Evans United Methodist Church
Follow Me, January 22, 2017
Scripture:
Matthew 4:12-23
12 When Jesus
heard that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee.
13 He did not
stay in Nazareth, but went to live in Capernaum, a town by Lake Galilee, in the
territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.
14 This was done
to make come true what the prophet Isaiah had said,
15 “Land of
Zebulun and land of Naphtali,
on the road to
the sea, on the other side of the Jordan,
Galilee, land of
the Gentiles!
16 The people who
live in darkness will see a great light.
On those who live
in the dark land of death the light will shine.”
17 From that time
Jesus began to preach his message: “Turn away from your sins, because the
Kingdom of heaven is near!”
18 As Jesus
walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers who were fishermen,
Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew, catching fish in the lake with a
net.
19 Jesus said to
them, “Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people.”
20 At once they
left their nets and went with him.
21 He went on and
saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in their
boat with their father Zebedee, getting their nets ready. Jesus called them,
22 and at once
they left the boat and their father, and went with him.
23 Jesus went all
over Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the Good News about the
Kingdom, and healing people who had all kinds of disease and sickness.
