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Matthew 4:22-23
"21 And 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.
22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed Him.
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

We have returned turn to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said to them, "FOLLOW ME...And they straightway left their nets, and FOLLOWED HIM." These men were fishermen by default. This was a job that HAD to be done. Often a dirty job, that required working late at night and very early in the morning. NOT a dream job by any means. They were doing a job others avoided. Jesus sought these people who others would call flunkies. They would have been the last ones picked to be on normal teams. Here the Creator of the Universe called them to be on His team and they dropped everything to follow Him! Praise and glory to the Holy Ghost at work here!!

In today's verses we see more calls to follow responded to; "And 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. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and FOLLOWED Him. And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people."

Jesus called these fishermen who never made the cut as a Rabbi. Now a Rabbi was the dream job at this time. Torah school would teach students the first five books of the Bible. By memory, successful students would be able to recite the five books from memory! 😲 Eventually students of the Torah would learn all the books of the Old Testament by memory. Rabbis had to be the best of the best. A student had to be called by the Rabbi; tapped on the sholder and asked to become a Rabbi!

In these verses we see Jesus giving the great commission to eleven men who might be called flunkies. They were His "plan a." The future of the church rested in the hands of men the world did not find worthy of anything more than fishing. Jesus qualified those that He called. Selected them to continue His most important work!
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