The True Nature of Christian Evangelism

St Peters Orthodox Church

Our Gospel reading today is the miraculous catch of fish in St. Luke 5. Today we look at all that transpired to see the true framework for the fulfilling of the Great Commission by Christian evangelism. Evangelism, and every good work, begins with our encounter and experience with Christ our God. There faith is born enabling us to follow Christ beyond our human reason. At the catch of fish, Christ invited Simon Peter to cooperate with Him in this wondrous miracle. Simon Peter, when asked to go into the deep waters and cast the net, said to the Lord, "At your word, I will." Christ did the rest and the miraculous catch of fish took place. Our Lord is the beginning and the end of all Christian evangelism. And we are changed as we cooperate with Him.