Purpose, Calling & Life Direction
Leave competing loyalties when Jesus' call requires immediate obedience.
Cited Scripture
Matthew 4:20-22; Mark 1:18-20; Luke 5:11.
Read Cited Scripture (KJV) Matthew 4:20–22; Mark 1:18–20; Luke 5:11
King James Version
Matthew 4:20–22
20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
Mark 1:18–20
18And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
19And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
20And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Luke 5:11
11And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (KJV).