Three Chances to Get Caught

Fish are like humans in the sense that both take unnecessary chances. While attempting to gather food, the fish might be caught by a hook and become food for another! People can also be deceived and snared, though usually it’s not a matter of life and death. If the lesson isn’t learned, the deception will continue and the snaring will continue and then—it will become fatal.

Some people wonder where God is when tragedy strikes. Why did that child die in an accident? Why did cancer kill her, she was only thirty? How could a plane crash and kill one hundred and fifty five passengers? Maybe people should be asking: I wonder if they made their peace with God before they died? Why is God to blame when people living in a world dipped in sin face tragedy? God didn’t invite sin into the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve did! Where’s the fault lie?

Once sin entered into our environment, God immediately started making preparations to help us from being captured by its influence. From the day the serpent tempted Eve, until the day you draw your last breath. God is calling everyone to come to Him.

Hook #1 -- For 4,000 years God has dealt with mankind, reaching out, trying to rescue humanity.

Hook #2 – For 33 years, God’s son, Jesus Christ was reaching out, trying to rescue humanity. 

Hook #3 – For 2,000 years, God’s Holy Spirit has been reaching out, trying to rescue humanity.

If Jesus Christ coming in person, and the Holy Spirit drawing, and God’s Inerrant Word can’t reach you, what will? God’s fishing—are we biting? We all need to fish for souls! “Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:18-20