“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD” (Acts 2:22)
Miracle #39-
John
21:1-4,5-8,9-12,13-14
1.
Knee
deep in fish
Israel’s
history is about men who get eaten by fish, and fish that get eaten by
men …
Exodus 7:18; Numbers 11:5; 2 Chronicles 33:14; Nehemiah 33:16; Isaiah
50:2;
Jonah 1:17 … and so on.
Jonah
gets eaten by a great fish, called a whale. Some King
James Bible
hating Biologist, Carl Linnaeus in the 1800’s, re-classified animals,
and
birds, and said the whale is not a fish … which it is … thereby
hoping
to discredit the Bible.
Christ
has power over the things that live in the water … so much so,
he has
the power for a particular fish to find a coin under the water,
swallow
it, then have it swim by, to be caught by one of the disciples, in
order that a
tax may be paid (Matthew 17:27).
2.
Caught
nothing all night
The
disciples not catching any fish is similar to a previous event “…we
have
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at
thy word I
will let down the net.” (Luke 5:5).
Previously,
Peter
shows a reluctance and is hesitant with an explanation … as if the Lord
didn’t
know they had been failures with catching fish. However, Peter
displayed
a releuctant “Oh well Lord, we’ll give it another try if you say so.”
However,
this time Peter immediately obeys with no hesitation … having learnt
the hard
way.
3. Christ often
asked questions
He likes the sinner
to tell him his need and express his belief and faith in his own words.
“What wilt
thou?” (Mark 10:51)
“Lovest
thou me?” (John 21:15)
“Where are
the nine?” (Luke 17:17)
“Will ye
also go away?” (John 6:67)
“Have ye
any meat?” (John 21:5)
4. Cast
always on the right side
(Acts 2:33; Hebrews 1:3; 8:1)
Dear
Reader, have ever wondered why Christ speaks about the right side?
Christ
is exalted by the right hand of God (Acts 2:33)
Christ
sat down on the right of the Majesty on high (Hebrews 1:3)
Christ
is set at the right hand of the throne (Hebrews 8:1)
Christ
sets the sheep on his right hand (Matthew 25:33)
We
say Christ is the righteousness of God (2 Peter 1:1)
We
have the phrase “He is an upright fellow” and so on.
When
the sun shines straight down on a right angle, there is no
shadow that
is cast by the upright line of the angle … as the sun is directly above
it
(James 1:17)
God
is light and there is no shadow or death upon them on whom the light
shines (Isaiah
9:2) and so on.
5.
Peter was naked
Yes
Dear Reader, here we are today, sailing around in our own little boats
…
‘naked’ as it were … and until we jump out of our vessels and
we come to
Christ … we will not be girt in his righteousness (John 21:7).
6.
Peter drags in the net
It’s
not by coincidence that Christ has Peter drag in the net, as Peter
represents
the kingdom of heaven on earth under Christ … both with the gospel to
the
circumcision … Paul being to the Gentile … the uncircumcision.
Furthermore,
Peter exerts great effort to do this as this represents the works
needed under
the Sermon on the Mount manifesto.
However,
under the kingdom of God dispensation, Christ will do all the work in
pulling
in the fish … he will get them saved … he will draw them into his net …
indeed
he will be the net … and the fish in him will have got there because he
is
already seated at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
7.
Where
did Christ get his fish?
When
the disciples got to land, Christ already had some fish on the fire …
and some
bread.
Mmmm!
How did he do that? Did he have a fishing rod and bait? Had he just
zipped down
to the local bakery before breakfast?
I
guess he just said “Here Fishy Fishy” and at his command a few
Barramundi and
Snapper jumped out the water … not farmed either!
What
about the bread though? I guess if he had a few crumbs in his pocket,
he’d do
the feeding of the 5,000 miracle.
No
crumbs? No problem! He created the universe out of nothing … so a few
loaves of
bread from nowhere wouldn’t be a problem.
8.
Christ is the net that
can’t be broken
Yes Dear
Reader, Christ’s ‘net’ can hold an
infinite number of fish if need be (Romans chapter 6) … under the
kingdom of
heaven this was accomplished … and as it will be up till the Battle of
Armageddon.
9.
The exact number of 153
“Simon
Peter went up, and drew the net to land full
of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three:” (John 21:11)
Ever
wondered why the Bible mentions
the exact number of fish that were caught? No problem for God (Matthew
10:30).
Indeed,
the King James Bible is an
exact book, all numbers represent exact times, dates, people and places.
Matthew
23 occasions |
47
people |
Mark
3 occasions |
3
people |
Luke
14 occasions |
94
people (including 70 disciples & 10 lepers) |
John
8 occasions |
9
|
48
occasions |
153
people |
Conclusion:
Christ
is the fishing net that is Almighty.
Christ
has done all the work already for getting
the human ‘fish’ to shore … that is … into heaven.
Christ
is the fishing net that gives eternal
security to all that believe on him.
Christ will not let any escape of those IN him!
Harley
Hitchcock
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“JESUS CHRIST - A
MAN APPROVED OF GOD” (Acts 2:22)
Miracle #40-
Matthew
21:17-20; Mark 11:11-14,15-18,19-21
Shock!
Horror! Gasp! Wheeze! There is a contradiction in the King James Bible!
Sorry
Folks! False alarm!