Called to Catch | Raiding Hell | September 13th, 2026

Jesus didn’t form His church to be a day spa; He sends us on a mission worth giving our lives to. Church family, This Sunday, we continue our series Raiding Hell as we look at the type of person Jesus calls to do the work. It’s very odd when you look at the group Jesus forms. He doesn’t get the most educated, religious, or well-rounded group. He calls people who are busy doing their own thing, living paycheck to paycheck, seeking to provide for their families, and pursuing dreams they’re trying to live out. He meets them on their turf, shows them a powerful illustration, and calls them to start “catching men.” This Sunday, we’ll be in Luke 5, looking at the moment Jesus calls Peter to leave his fishing career and follow Him. It’s a reminder that Jesus doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called. There are so many powerful lessons in this story that we can apply to our own lives. Most of us, like Peter, are busy building our own platforms, lives, and careers. But Jesus has something more important for us to pursue: people. The people we interact with every day are people we’re called to “catch” and rescue from fire. Jesus wants to use you and me to call people by name through us. The problem is that most of us don’t feel equipped, qualified, or worthy to do this. We’re filled with fear and confronted with the reality of our own sinfulness. But there is good news when we feel this way. When we look at Scripture, we see that Jesus is calling all of us to be fishers of men, no matter where we are in our journey. What if spiritual maturity was measured by catching others not knowing we should? WEBSITE: https://five39.church/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/five39church/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/five39church/ PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/five39-church/