WEBVTT 00:00:00.479 --> 00:00:01.280 John 6. 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:02.959 Look at verse, if you would, brethren. 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:04.959 Look at verse 43. 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:06.559 Verse 43. 00:00:06.959 --> 00:00:08.640 And I want you to see two words. 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:12.240 I want to talk with you just a little bit about that and lead into something. 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:14.640 John chapter 6, look at verse 43. 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:20.480 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.160 No man can come to me except the Father which has sent me. 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:25.440 What's the next two words? 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:26.480 Draw him. 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:27.199 Draw him. 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:29.839 And I will raise him up at the last day. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.439 Now, draw him talks about, if you would, the idea of enticing someone, or if you would, this word, a lure. 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:39.759 A-L-L-U-R-E. 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:51.439 For example, when you think about a lure, those of you who know anything about fishing, and I wasn't going to do this, but if you know anything about fishing, you use a lure to entice that fish. 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:52.240 Is that right? 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:53.119 Amen. 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.399 And the idea of alluring or attracting or enticing, it's more than just an invitation. 00:00:58.799 --> 00:00:59.759 It's drawing. 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:02.640 And he says, if the Father will draw him. 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:04.799 Did God draw you to himself? 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:07.840 Did he allure you to himself? 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:10.239 Did he attract you and entice you? 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:11.920 Look at John chapter 12. 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.200 John chapter 12, with this idea also in mind. 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:16.079 Stay with me now. 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:17.920 John chapter 12. 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:23.760 It's interesting what he uses to allure us or entice us towards himself. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:24.959 John chapter 12. 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:26.799 Look if you would at verse 30. 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:28.079 Verse 30, brethren. 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:30.480 You're holding your place in Genesis chapter 24. 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.719 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:40.400 Now his judgment is the judgment of this world, uh now is the judgment of this world. 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.120 Now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:44.640 Look at verse 32. 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:46.959 And I, who's speaking here? 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:51.840 Jesus, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw who? 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:53.280 All men unto me. 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.719 And don't worry, ladies, when he says all men, he's talking about women too. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:04.079 The idea is Jesus says that not only must the Father draw, but Jesus will draw all men unto himself. 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.560 And if you would look at John chapter 1. 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:08.400 John chapter 1. 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:11.280 You're holding your place in Genesis 24. 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:13.199 We're studying our Bible just a little bit. 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.039 He said, I'll draw you in. 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:16.719 I'll draw you unto me. 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:17.439 I'll tract you. 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:18.400 I'll allure you. 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:22.159 I'll entice you, I'll provoke your interest in me. 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:27.840 Look, if you would in John chapter 1, and notice the simplicity of verse, starting with verse 45. 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:30.879 Verse 45 of John chapter 1. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:40.639 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses and the law and the prophets did write. 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.199 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:47.840 And Nathaniel said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:49.520 Philip saith unto him, What? 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:51.120 Say it, Come and see. 00:02:51.360 --> 00:03:04.879 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and saith of him, Now Jesus, here comes Nathanael walking up, and Jesus said to him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:06.000 Hey, you know what? 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.159 Jesus already knew who Nathanael was. 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:12.000 Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:15.280 Jesus answered and said unto him, Watch this carefully. 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:21.759 Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw you. 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:22.960 I saw thee. 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:24.639 You know what? 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:26.479 That impressed Nathaniel. 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:28.719 He said, You know what? 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:33.199 Before Philip came and called you, Nathaniel, I saw you over there sitting under that fig tree. 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:39.439 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:46.400 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.080 Thou shalt see greater things than these. 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.560 You know what was important to Nathaniel? 00:03:52.800 --> 00:04:01.840 Nathanael, when Jesus said, uh, yeah, you know, um, before Philip came and talked to you about me, uh, I saw you sitting over there under that fig tree. 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:03.520 You know what impressed Nathaniel? 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:09.840 That Jesus was observed enough to know what Nathaniel was doing and took the time out of all that he could see. 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:10.800 He was looking at him. 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:18.800 And let me ask you the question: wasn't it something when God began to draw you to him that God took a personal interest in us? 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:23.759 I mean, God, God looked down on me, and and somebody says, Well, when do you know he was looking? 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:30.160 I know he was looking for a long time, but it wasn't until I was 22 or 23 that I realized that he was interested in me. 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:37.199 The very fact that he said, I saw Nathaniel, I saw you while you were under that fig tree, impressed Nathanael enough to believe. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.199 And he said, You're the Son of God. 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:41.360 You're the king of Israel. 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:48.480 And Jesus said, Nathaniel, uh, you know what? 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:54.399 If you're impressed by that, wait till you see what I'm going to do next. 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:09.600 Now, one of the things that draws us and attracts us and allures us to the Lord, please look up here, is he has the ability to individually look on us and individually care for us and individually show his affection for us. 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:14.160 He shows a wife affection, he shows a husband affection. 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:16.720 He shows a single person affection. 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:20.079 And the greatest thing about God, he can show us all affection at once. 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:28.000 You see, what impresses people is that God is interested in them specifically. 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.319 Look, if you would at John 4, stay with me. 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:31.439 John 4. 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.319 It's one of his ways of drawing people to himself. 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.399 Look at John chapter 4. 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.800 The situation here is the woman at the well, if you know the story. 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:48.240 And this woman, if you would, was uh was culturally a downcast, if you know the dealings of uh Samaria. 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:58.319 And the the Jews here in verse 9, when they saw that Jesus was talking to this woman, said, Don't you know that we Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans? 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:04.240 And he goes on, Jesus goes on and doesn't worry about the cultural barriers, and just begins to talk to this woman. 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:10.879 And when she begins to talk back and they have this conversation, look down at verse 16, brethren, and watch this. 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:16.560 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband and come hither. 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.079 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:26.480 Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband. 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:28.160 But he doesn't stop there. 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.560 For thou hast had five husbands. 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:35.040 And he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:38.319 In that sayest thou truly. 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:41.120 Now, you say, Wow, that was offensive. 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:42.800 No, that was honesty. 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:48.160 Jesus was honest about who this woman was, and he said, Hey, uh, go call your husband. 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:49.439 I don't have a husband. 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:50.560 Well, you know, you're right. 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:51.759 You don't have a husband. 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:58.399 And uh, by the way, uh, you know what, uh you've done some immoral things in your life. 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.160 And the guy that you're now with, he's not thy husband. 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.480 Look what she says in verse 19. 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:06.160 She didn't get offended. 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:11.519 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a what? 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:15.040 You know this woman didn't say, What a thing to say. 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:17.839 That highly offends me. 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:18.480 You know why? 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:19.759 She knew he was right. 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:22.000 Amen. 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:31.360 He looked and saw the the things that she had done wrong and just pointed out what it was, and she didn't have a chip on her shoulder and say, Well, you know what? 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:35.040 Uh, you know, well, you know, that's just your opinion. 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:38.319 Now she said, you know what? 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:39.680 That's pretty good. 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:41.519 How'd you know me? 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.120 You're a prophet, aren't you? 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:46.800 You say, did she really believe that? 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.319 Yeah, look at verse 28. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:49.759 Verse 28. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:55.439 The woman then left her water pot, went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come what? 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:59.040 Say it, see a man which told me all things that ever I did. 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:00.399 Is not this the Christ? 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.759 She was impressed that he knew something about her. 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.959 You know what's so great about how God draws us in? 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:12.319 He even knows the bad and is willing to receive us. 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:22.319 He sees us what we're doing, and he knows the bad about us, and please look up here, he knows the bad about us more than anybody else. 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:29.680 He knows things about us that he knows things about, I'm gonna say this, he knows things about you that nobody else knows. 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:35.120 Your husband doesn't know, your wife doesn't know, your pastor doesn't know, your mama doesn't know. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:40.960 Your daddy doesn't know, your best friend doesn't know. 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:44.960 He knows the thoughts and intents of our heart. 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.399 And by the way, I don't want anybody to know all mine. 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:50.879 It's like, what kind of guy are you? 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:51.919 I'm like you are. 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:54.000 Amen? 00:08:54.480 --> 00:09:00.960 And he knows us for who we are, and still just point blank sometimes tells us who we are, but he receives us. 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:03.840 What a great God. 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:05.759 Look at Genesis 24. 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:07.200 Genesis 24. 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:13.840 I'm talking about the drawing, the alluring, the enticement, the attraction. 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:16.720 Now look at Genesis 24. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.720 You say, what about that fish stuff? 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:19.759 I'll show you in a minute. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:21.440 Genesis 24. 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:28.960 Now, what happens is Genesis 24 is a type, and I just want you to read the story, then I'll explain it to you. 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:33.519 Look at verse 2, verse 2, and we won't go through the whole thing, just hit some highlights. 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.600 Abraham and Abraham, verse 24, or chapter 24, verse 2. 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:43.600 Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:47.039 Now think, this is this is the guy's second command of his house. 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:50.799 Put, I pray thee, thy thigh under, or thy hand under my thigh. 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:55.919 And he makes some make a covenant that he would go out and take a wife for his son. 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:57.279 But look at verse 4. 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:02.639 But thou shalt go into my country, into my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:09.440 So he told his eldest servant, his most trusted person that he has, I want you to go make sure you get a bride for my son. 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.039 Go to my people, go to my kindred, and go get him a wife. 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:16.720 Now they have this conversation if the wife will come, if the wife won't come. 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:22.720 But what happens here is this servant does go out, and he takes with him some gifts. 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:26.639 He finds this bride to be, and look at, if you would, at verse 22. 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:28.000 Verse 22. 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:42.799 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man, this is the servant, took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold. 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:44.720 And said, Whose daughter art thou? 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:50.320 Tell me, I pray thee, is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? 00:10:50.559 --> 00:11:04.320 When this servant, through a matter of circumstances, you read it later, knew that this was God's choice for the bride for his master's son, he gave this woman some bracelets, gifts. 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:07.120 Look, if you would, at verse 30, please. 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:08.399 Verse 30. 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:32.720 They come back to Father's house, Laban, verse 30, and it came to pass, this dad, it came to pass when he, the dad, saw the earrings and bracelets upon his sister, I'm sorry, his sister, his brother was Laban, his sister's hand, and when he heard the words of Rebekah, his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto him, unto me, that he came unto the man, and behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:34.399 What I want you to see is simply this. 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.559 You know what those bracelets were all about? 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:38.799 You know what those little gifts were all about? 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:41.120 You know what the earrings were all about? 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.960 It was an enticement. 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:45.440 It was an allurement. 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:47.600 You say, well, he was trying to buy her off. 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:51.600 No, he was trying to verify that what he was offering was really real. 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.879 Hey, have you ever been made promises and nothing ever came of it? 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:14.320 When this servant went out to get this bride, he took with him something to be able to say to this woman, listen, I've come to find a bride for my master's son, and by God's providential will, you're it, and here I have a gift for you, because I want you to know it's reality. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:20.559 I want you to know it's very real, and I want you to know there's love on the other side of this thing, and we want you to take it seriously. 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:24.080 Alright? 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:27.440 Maybe you got one, ladies, maybe you didn't. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:35.679 The standard practice in our country, socially, and if you didn't, don't go, oh, that just hurts me. 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:49.200 When a man asks a woman to marry the bride, if the guy can afford it, I'm trying to be on your side, guys, amen. 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:52.240 Get you out of the doghouse you've been in ten years, amen. 00:12:53.279 --> 00:13:01.679 If a man can afford it and God works it out, normally that man may give that future bride what? 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.440 Engagement ring. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:04.639 You know what that is? 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.279 Let's seal this deal, baby. 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:09.440 Put it on. 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:11.919 I want everybody to know you're taken. 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:13.360 You're promised. 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:18.480 So here, this is this is uh this is something that I want you to wear. 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:23.039 It's uh it's just something that I want to show my love and my appreciation, my affection. 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:24.480 You say, oh, don't say all that. 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:25.519 I didn't get her one. 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:26.960 He still loves you. 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:31.279 He gave you something. 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:33.919 Cracker jacks, I don't know. 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.600 But it was done with the right heart. 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:48.000 But I use this as an illustration because it's, if you would, an earnest uh uh, if you would, uh the the the idea of an allurement, something to say, hey, this is real. 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.159 I'm investing in this thing. 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:54.000 Now, let me just say a marriage isn't built on rings. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:56.559 Amen. 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:57.919 Let me say it again. 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:00.240 A marriage isn't built on rings. 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.200 I mean, somebody says, this marriage is off. 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:08.399 It's just a ring that went flying across the room. 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:10.559 The marriage still may be on. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:12.639 All right, the marriage is on. 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.519 I'm gonna put it on. 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.240 It's off, it's on, it's off, it's on, it's off, it's on. 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:22.320 Marriage is a matter of the heart, not a matter of a ring. 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:30.960 It's just an example because, please look up here, what this servant did was he went to get the bride. 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.120 And then he asked this, look at verse 58. 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:35.919 Stay with me. 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.279 Verse 58. 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:43.120 Because now the allurement is there and God's providential hand is there. 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:50.240 And verse 58, and they called Rebecca and said unto her, would you would you read the question with me? 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:50.720 Ready? 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.440 Begin. 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:53.759 Wilt thou go with this man? 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.120 Is my wife here? 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.080 Where are you at, Patty? 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:58.159 Didn't I use that with you? 00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.440 Did I? 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:00.559 You don't remember? 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.559 Well, I wanted to. 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:13.679 Well if I'll go with this man. 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.720 Hey, just mark it down. 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:16.000 It was free will. 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.840 It was her choice. 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:23.600 Just because she got the bracelet and wore the earrings doesn't mean she made a commitment yet. 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:25.200 She's got a free will. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.960 Well if I'll go with this man. 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:28.799 And she said, say it. 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.799 Say it? 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.639 One more time? 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.399 Oh. 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.679 Isn't that sweet? 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:51.120 By the way, the same way that this servant went to go get the bride is a type of how the Holy Spirit comes to get us for the Son. 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:52.720 Amen? 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:57.200 The Holy Spirit does the alluring, the Holy Spirit does the enticing. 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:58.879 The Holy Spirit does the drawing. 00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.679 How does he do it? 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:02.240 Through his word and through the care and the compassion. 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:04.000 You say, well, let me ask you something. 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:06.000 He didn't give me any bracelets or earrings. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.200 Let me show you what God does. 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.799 Look at Luke 5. 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:13.519 Now you may not be excited about this, but this is something that you may be able to relate to. 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:15.440 Luke 5 and John 21. 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:19.679 Luke 5, John 21. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:22.639 Please turn there, and I won't ask you to turn to many more scriptures. 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:27.200 Luke 5, John 21. 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:45.440 Now there's a lot of ways God draws us to Himself, but I want you to see, just like the master got the servant and said, Go find my bride, the Father sends the comforter through, if you would, and says, Go get the bride for my son. 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.799 Is that right? 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:49.360 Abraham's a type of the father. 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:53.200 The son there, and the daughter, if you would, the bride to be. 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.480 The bride is the type of Christ, or a type of the church. 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:58.000 Now stay with me. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:00.080 You know what's so great about God? 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:05.599 He knows what will attract us personally. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.640 Let me show you. 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.160 Look at Luke 5. 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:17.039 Jesus, verse 3, he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.359 And he sat down and taught the people out of the ship. 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:26.720 So he gets into Simon's little boat, they go out a little ways, and he sits down and begins to teach all the people that are on the land. 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:34.319 Now he's done speaking, verse 4, and he says to Simon, launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught. 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:39.519 What he's trying to do is giving him a little rent money for his boat, amen. 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.960 Verse 5. 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:47.920 And Simon answering, said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing. 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:53.599 Hey, by the way, most discouraging thing to a fisherman is work all night long and get nada. 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.200 Nothing. 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:00.799 Nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net. 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:07.759 And I'm not talking this morning, but those of you who know there's a difference between verse 4, the nets, and verse 5, the net. 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:13.920 And when they had done this, or had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of what? 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:14.480 Say it? 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.440 Fishes. 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.480 And their what? 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.839 Their net break. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.440 And they beckoned unto the partners. 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:22.160 I tell you what, you're talking about some excited fishermen. 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.720 They had fished all night long, they had caught nothing. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:30.319 Here's this guy that gets on their boat, goes out just a little ways, teaches, and says, Go on out and let your nets down. 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:32.400 And they start enclosing fishes. 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:37.279 They beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, and that they should come and help him. 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.200 And they came and filled both the ships so that they began to sink. 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:42.799 Verse 8, look at it. 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.440 When Simon Peter saw it, what? 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:52.480 That the boats were sinking and what God had done, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I'm a sinful man, O Lord. 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.359 Why did he say that? 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:55.599 Because in verse 5 he had doubted. 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.880 Please look up here. 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.319 He had just heard him teach the multitudes on the shore. 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.839 Amen? 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.079 What do you think Jesus taught them? 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:07.200 I'll guarantee you it was about something about himself. 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.359 Amen. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:16.880 Simon was sitting there in the boat, steady in the boat, however he was doing it, and was listening to Jesus teach everybody about himself. 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:20.480 And then he says, Okay, let's launch out, Peter, now. 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.759 You know what? 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.839 We we fished all night, Lord. 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.200 There's nothing out there. 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.400 Go on, let's go. 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:26.960 All right. 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:29.519 At your word, we'll go. 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.039 They throw the net over, it begins to break. 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.680 They beckon their partners, James and John. 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:41.359 They come over, they fill both boats up, and when Simon Peter says it, he says, Oh man, I'm sorry. 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:43.680 Hey, this is depart from me. 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:45.279 You know why he doubted? 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.799 Verse 9, look at it. 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:48.319 For he was astonished. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:51.359 And all that were with him at the draw the fishes which were taken. 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:54.880 And so was also James and John, the son of Zebedee, and were partners with Simon. 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:56.960 And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not. 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.799 From henceforth thou shalt what? 00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.200 Say it. 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.079 Catch men. 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:03.119 And in other scriptures it says this follow me. 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.559 And I will make thee what? 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:06.079 Fishers of men. 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.640 I don't get it. 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.240 You know what enticed Peter? 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:15.440 You know what allured Peter? 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.480 You know what Peter was impressed with? 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.599 Come on, look up here. 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:21.119 You know what Peter was impressed with? 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.000 Say it. 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.039 What? 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.240 What? 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.680 Fish. 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:30.640 To a fisherman, fish is important. 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:34.720 And Jesus knew that. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:38.400 He says, I know how I get Peter. 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.559 I know Peter. 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:44.799 We'll fill up his boat with fish. 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:47.200 He's going to be amazed and astonished. 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.720 I'll say, follow me. 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.240 And he's in. 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:56.400 Hey, please look up here. 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.960 You know what? 00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:59.359 Jesus knows what impresses you. 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.039 And it's different to different people. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:11.359 What Jesus used to impress you? 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.680 Compassion? 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.519 Love? 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.480 Fear? 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.640 Tragedy? 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:26.079 Well, I don't think it should be done this way. 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.200 Don't you understand? 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:30.160 God does it individually for the individual. 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:34.000 Well, it wasn't done that way with me. 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:36.160 Well, that's because he knew what you wanted. 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:41.519 He knew what was important to you, and what was important to someone else was not what was important to you. 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.839 Amen? 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:49.680 You may say, I wouldn't have been impressed with fish. 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:51.599 Hey, stay with me just for a moment. 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.319 You know what? 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:56.240 Some of y'all right now, you're probably listening to this and saying, I don't know if I like this guy. 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.359 Forget about me. 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.839 Don't you know God drew you in here and he's trying to get a hold of you? 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.559 Forget about what I look like. 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:04.319 Forget about whether you like my voice or not. 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:06.240 Forget about whether you think it's too cold or not. 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.920 Forget about what you think about. 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.559 What would be your fish? 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.920 What would be your ring? 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:20.000 What would be your bracelet? 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:27.440 Somebody says, money. 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:34.079 Now he'd do something much more personal than that. 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:36.640 You'd say, oh no, that's personal enough. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.920 Now he'd do something much more personal than that. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:48.160 He can set things up and create situations to where there's no way out and then handle it. 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.440 I wonder why they didn't catch any fish the night before. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:59.759 I'm saying God has a way of drawing us in. 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.480 Now wait a minute. 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.279 One more scripture. 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.400 Look at John 21. 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.920 Please, please, please. 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:05.759 And I'm watching the time. 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.680 Wendy's is still open. 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.400 Amen? 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.680 John 21, watch this now. 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:21.279 I don't know what he's using on you, and if you're not saved yet, I'll guarantee you he's trying to draw you in. 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.279 Maybe he's using another person. 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:25.279 Maybe he's using something in your life. 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.559 He can use anything. 00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.720 He can use a sickness. 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.920 He can use a tragedy. 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:31.920 He can use things that are positive. 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:35.599