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30 lines
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title = "Luke 5:1–11"
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date = "2022-11-02"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk5.1-11)
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"On one occasion" sounds like a signal that this story happened during the
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ministry that was summarized in the previous chapter. The fisherman Simon is
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the same one whose mother-in-law was healed of a fever, but it is hard to say
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which event happened first.
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At this time Jesus was drawing crowds of people who wanted to hear Him tell
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them God's word. But there were so many trying to get close to Him that He
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decided to find a platform to teach from. At the time it was traditional for
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teachers to sit while they taught, but with so many people so close to Jesus,
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no one could see or hear Him very well. Jesus gets into Simon's boat and
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teaches from there.
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After the lesson, Jesus tells Simon to go fishing again, after a hard night of
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catching nothing, at the wrong time of day. But Simon does it anyway, and he
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and his crew nearly lose their boats from pulling in the huge catch. At this
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point, Simon realizes he is in the presence of a holy prophet, and he confesses
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that he is a sinful man. This is what our response should be when we encounter
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holiness: a fearful recognition that we are incredibly not holy.
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* * *
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Show us Your holiness, O God, that we may know the depths of our sin and
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repent.
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