Fear Not

Matthew 10:28-33  And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29  Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
30  But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
31  Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
32  So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
33  but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Judge ....But do NOT be deceived

                             

                              DO  NOT   BE   DECEIVED

Matthew 7:15--20  “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 
16  You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn-bushes, or figs from thistles? 
17  So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 
18  A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
19  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 
20  Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. 

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

                                         DEAD to SIN, ALIVE to GOD
Romans 6:1-11  What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
2  By no means! How can we who died to sin still live
3  Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
4  We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
5  For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
6  We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
7  For one who has died has been set free from sin.
8  Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
9  We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
10  For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
11  So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Jesus tells His disciples they will be fishers of men

Luke 5:1-11 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,
2  and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.
3  Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4  And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 
5  And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.”
6  And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking.
7  They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
8  But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
9  For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,
10  and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” 
11  And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.