마태복음(Mat) 4장

23.01.25

17. 이때부터 예수께서 비로소 전파하여 가라사대 회개하라 천국이 가까왔느니라 하시더라

17. From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

19. 말씀하시되 나를 따라오너라 내가 너희로 사람을 낚는 어부가 되게 하리라 하시니

19. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

John, the Baptist, gave the baptism of repentance to many Israelites and Jesus also was baptized by him in order to fulfill all the righteousness. No one is perfect, so repentance is necessary for me to be saved from my sins. 

However, as a disciple or as a child of God, i need more powerful weapon than just repentance in order to be good fishermen of men. My life or other human lives living on earth looks like fighting in a spiritual battlefield or walking in the stormy seas. They hate and kill one another with bad words or real guns and weapons, making each other hurt, harmed, and killed to spiritual, mental, and physical death. 

I have tried to find out the answers of it for a couple of days, but nothing I found except the bread that comes from the mouth of God on which Man lives, not the bread alone we search for on a daily basis. 

One more thing is the Holy Spirit that was given me as a counselor, helper, a comforter, and a teacher. With Him, i could stand up and face this wicked generations and live today. 

Father, let me follow You and be a good fisher of men with the fullness of the Holy Spirit, making good fruits in my life. Without You, everything is impossible, but with You, nothing is impossible. Amen.