When Jesus calls His first disciples in Luke 5, He doesn’t invite them to self-improvement or private spirituality. He calls them into a life that will reach beyond themselves. “Follow Me,” Jesus says, “and I will make you fishers.”
From the very beginning, Jesus defines discipleship as a process that leads outward. As the disciples walk with Him, Jesus is not only forming who they are becoming, but shaping them into people through whom others will come to know Him.
This sermon launches our journey through the Gospel of Luke and marks a defining shift for our church. We are moving from a discipleship culture focused on personal growth to a disciple-making culture that understands spiritual maturity as multiplication. Following Jesus is not complete until His life begins to be reproduced in others through us
