THE KING AND HIS KINGDOM

MATTHEW CHAPTER 4:17-25 

FOLLOW & BECOME 

WHAT ARE YOU BECOMING AS YOU ARE FOLLOWING?

MATTHEW 4:17 NASB (1995) From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

MATTHEW 4:18-19  Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

POTENTIAL - having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.

AT THE TIME HE CALLS YOU HE ALREADY HAS A PLAN FOR YOU

WHEN HE CALLED YOU, HE KNEW WHAT WAS INSIDE OF YOU THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THE KINGDOM

MATTHEW 4:20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

IMMEDIATELY 

THEY LEFT THEIR NETS 

-             YOU CAN'T FOLLOW FOR FREE….IT WILL COST YOU SOMETHING 

MATTHEW 4:21-22  Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

-             THE CALL OF THE MASTER WAS GREATER THAN THE TRADITION OF THE FAMILY

 MATTHEW 4:23 Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

JESUS UNLEASHED 3 THINGS…TEACHING, PREACHING HEALING 

MATTHEW 4:24-25 24 The news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He healed them. 25 Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.