Let’s Go Fishing

Rev. Brian Flamme, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Roswell, NM, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study John 21:1-14. St. John continues his account to record another time Jesus came to His disciples after His resurrection. When seven of Jesus’ disciples were at the Sea of Galilee, they went fishing at Peter’s prompting. When they caught nothing all night long, Jesus stood on the shore and asked them about their catch. They did not recognize Jesus, but He told them to cast the net on the right side of the boat. When they caught too many to haul in the net, John realized it was the Lord and told Peter, who immediately swam to shore. Jesus had breakfast waiting for them on the shore, and they all knew that this was Jesus. Their large catch of fish reminded them of their call to be fishers of men, which would continue now that Jesus had risen from the dead. “The Word Made Flesh” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. John. The disciple whom Jesus loved wrote his Gospel account as an eyewitness to Jesus’ life and ministry. As we read the Word of God recorded by St. John, the Holy Spirit works in us so that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so have life by faith in His name.