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Friday, September 27, 2013

Catch the JOY of JESUS!



          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Let’s go fishing and see if we can catch some JOY!

            The final parable found in Matthew 13 is about some fishermen.  Jesus said, in verses 47-50:

 “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.  When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.  This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous  and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The nets used in this parable were large, heavy nets with weights attached to the bottom. When dragged in to the shore they would invariably catch many fish, both edible and inedible; which had to be separated. 

This parable compares the harvest of both good and bad fish, to a time at the end of the age when there will be a gathering of all people…the Judgment Seat of Christ.. The Righteous will be brought to God, and the followers of satan will be cast away.

The JOY of this parable is that the "righteous people" are not righteous from living a perfect life, but because they have been saved by the Blood of the Lamb. Those who are born again Christians, will be found “not guilty”, because JESUS paid for our sins! 

             May God’s promise of joy and salvation be yours today. 


http://www.trusting-in-jesus.com/Fishing-Net-Parable.html

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