Investigating Jesus | Week 3
Week 3 - Lifetime Invitation
Whatever your next step is, take it.
You don’t know what hangs in the balance.
Discussion Questions:
As a kid, what is something you were afraid to try, but with a little bit of encouragement, you did it? What motivated you to do it finally?
How hesitant are you now to try things out of your comfort zone? Give an example.
Read Luke 5:1–11
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
2. In verse 5, why do you think Peter agreed to let his nets back out?
What might have been his expectation of what would happen?
In verse 8, why do you think Peter said what he did?
Does anything else in this passage stand out to you?
3. Have you ever intentionally disregarded something you felt God prompted you to do? If so, what happened?
4. Have you ever acted in response to God’s prompting? If so, what happened?
5. What’s your next step? What is God inviting you to do? What could help you take that next step?
6. What might hang in the balance of taking that next step?