Luke 5- Deut. 9-10

Luke 5-
Peter (Simon) was always willing to be the one to step out in faith...here he tells Jesus we haven't caught anything but because you say so...! They catch an astonishing number of fish (vs 8) and Peter realizes with God, all things are possible and realizes his sin. (vs 8)

Lord, let me always be willing to leave everything so I can follow and serve you. Peter had a boat, Levi had a home and banquet! You spoke and they got up!
11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him. 28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
If Jesus went away by himself to pray, we TOO must NEED this in our life!

Jesus is SO powerful, He knew the THOUGHTS of the Pharisees. (vs 22) 21The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
22Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." He said to the paralyzed man, "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 25 Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. He also heals a man with leprosy in this chapter. 26 Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, "We have seen remarkable things today."

Love vs 31Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Deut. 9-10

GOD'S FAITHFULNESS.
But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
29 But they are your people, your inheritance that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm."

SIN!
4 After the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, "The LORD has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness." No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is going to drive them out before you.
5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the LORD your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
23 you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did not trust him or obey him.
24 You have been rebellious against the LORD ever since I have known you.
27 Overlook the stubbornness of this people, their wickedness and their sin.

Despite our sins, our stubbornness, God still forgives! He's chosen people to love! It's not because of our righteousness that He saves us!


GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS AND THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me.
26 I prayed to the LORD and said, "O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy your people, your own inheritance that you redeemed by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
20 And the LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.
10 Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as I did the first time, and the LORD listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.

HOW WE SHOULD RESPOND!
12 And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 and to observe the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.
The Lord is our inheritance, just as it was the Levites inheritance.

HOW WE SHOULD LIVE!
19 And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.
20 Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?
14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
15 Yet the LORD set his affection on your forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations, as it is today.
17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.
21 He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes.
22 Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.