Lesson Plan : A Different Kind of Fishing
Teacher Name: | Lisa Cheeseboro |
Grade: | Grade 7-8 |
Subject: | Other |
Topic: | Discipleship "Catches of Converts for Jesus Christ" Matthew 4:18-20 |
Content: | Jesus says to Peter and Andrew, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men," providing a partial interpretation of this parable. When Jesus Christ later made the twelve disciples fishers of men, they went out and brought in "catches" of converts. |
Goals: | Matthew 28:19-20 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. |
Objectives: | By the end of the class students will: *Understand what a Disciple is. *Understand that perserverance is neccessary when casting the net for souls. *understand that they must seek to hear the specific voice and leading of the Lord to be open and flexable without partiality within bible guidelines. *understand that the Body of Christ is functioning with each of us doing his or her part in discipleship. *understand that we are soulwinners by our lifestyles. |
Materials: | The Bible Experiance(audible bible) Different Kind of Fishing Game |
Introduction: | Matthew 13:47-50 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 13:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. |
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Closure: | Peter, Andrew, James, and John had been fishermen prior to their calling, so to them, the idea of the dragnet was a familiar and vivid picture. Their work entailed using a net�a dragnet�of great length, weighted by lead and designed to sweep the bottom of the sea, gathering fish in masses. Two boats would drag this net between them, sweeping a section of the Sea of Galilee, after which the sailors would haul the net to shore. There, the fishermen would go through the entire net, keeping the good fish but burning the substandard ones to avoid catching them again later.In the parable, when the fish are caught in a net thrown in the sea, Jesus signifies that members of His church are "the called" out of the world (Romans 1:5-6; 8:28). The dragnet gathers some of every kind; God's net catches fish without partiality to age, sex, race, ethnicity, class, wealth, intelligence, language, beauty, and so forth. His interest is in developing our character and whether He can work with us (Romans 2:11; 5:8; 9:18, 21).Jesus takes the opportunity of this miracle to call His disciples into a Teacher�student relationship with Him. He figuratively catches Peter in His net before commanding him to "catch men" for the Kingdom of God. Immediately, Peter, Andrew, James, and John leave their boats and nets behind and follow Him. They now understand that Jesus is more than capable of supplying their every need. |
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