The nets we cast in His name
Faustino de Jesús Zamora Vargas
SUMMARY: We must be careful in whose name we cast our nets, whether it be in the name of Christ or another false prophet. The Kingdom is given to the humble of heart who recognize their weakness and dependence on God. We should not trust in our own strength or our own nets, but in the Word of God, which guarantees an abundant catch. False prophets proclaim a watered-down gospel that leads to libertine prosperity and does not bring true repentance and rest in Christ. We must cast our nets in the name of Christ and trust in His eternal promises.
We all know the results of that miraculous fishing that the disciples of Christ made in the Sea of Galilee. The nets almost broke from the amount of fish. A whole night fishing without results, but his word produces the miracle. Simon hesitated for a moment, but in the end he cast the nets, trusting the word of his Master, who had told him to go out to sea and throw the nets to the right of the boat. It is a passage that gives us a great teaching because we must know in whose name we launch our networks. Are you sure you are casting your nets in the word and in the name of the Master or in another word or another name? God says “The kingdom of heaven is also similar to a trailing net that was thrown into the sea, and collected fish of all kinds; and when it was full, they took it out to the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into baskets, but they cast out the bad ones ”(Matthew 13: 47.48). Do you see the difference, dear brothers and sisters? We must be very careful with the trailing nets that we cast without thinking, believing that we are fulfilling the Great Commission. How many lives do we “fish” in one of our raids organized in the human way, that shortly after saying “the prayer of faith”, they leave the fold through the back door and worry about not leaving traces?
I feel sorry to see the videos Christian? circulating around lacking the good news of salvation in Christ. There are many "prophets" who call themselves anointed casting nets or sending them to be cast in their name and in their word and not in Christ. They are those who live from the gospel. It is healthy to differentiate between those who live the gospel and those who live the gospel. But although this is another of the issues that concerns exclusively judging God, we cannot make the cross of Christ in vain by hiding these truths. The Kingdom is given to those who recognize that they have no ability, to the humble of heart. God speaks to us through the prophet Isaiah to remind us that He is the true fisherman if we cast the nets in his name. Our strength and power rest in Him. "This is what the sovereign Lord says ... you will be saved only if you return to me and rest in me, in tranquility and trust is your strength" (Isaiah 30:15)
That's how it is. Sometimes we tend to trust more in our strength and in our nets, than in the incarnate Word who gives us the command voice to launch it with the guarantee of abundant fishing. God's word reminds us that our spiritual condition is poor. This is not the case with the many "prophets" of these times who do not recognize the Lordship of Christ and are determined to proclaim their own false gospel of their own harvest and launch it into the evangelical world as if they were Pop stars in search of awards Men's. Their nets will catch souls, perhaps, but not hearts that repent and rest in Christ. They are the evangelists who proclaim that "suffering is over" and that we are ready to live a libertine prosperity based on the exercise of a watered down gospel that increasingly traps the multitudes in need of the true God.
In the name of Christ and in his word we can cast our nets all night with the certainty of an abundant catch. In his word, in the confidence of his eternal promises, we will live joyfully bringing fruits for the Kingdom. God bless you!
I feel sorry to see the videos Christian? circulating around lacking the good news of salvation in Christ. There are many "prophets" who call themselves anointed casting nets or sending them to be cast in their name and in their word and not in Christ. They are those who live from the gospel. It is healthy to differentiate between those who live the gospel and those who live the gospel. But although this is another of the issues that concerns exclusively judging God, we cannot make the cross of Christ in vain by hiding these truths. The Kingdom is given to those who recognize that they have no ability, to the humble of heart. God speaks to us through the prophet Isaiah to remind us that He is the true fisherman if we cast the nets in his name. Our strength and power rest in Him. "This is what the sovereign Lord says ... you will be saved only if you return to me and rest in me, in tranquility and trust is your strength" (Isaiah 30:15)
That's how it is. Sometimes we tend to trust more in our strength and in our nets, than in the incarnate Word who gives us the command voice to launch it with the guarantee of abundant fishing. God's word reminds us that our spiritual condition is poor. This is not the case with the many "prophets" of these times who do not recognize the Lordship of Christ and are determined to proclaim their own false gospel of their own harvest and launch it into the evangelical world as if they were Pop stars in search of awards Men's. Their nets will catch souls, perhaps, but not hearts that repent and rest in Christ. They are the evangelists who proclaim that "suffering is over" and that we are ready to live a libertine prosperity based on the exercise of a watered down gospel that increasingly traps the multitudes in need of the true God.
In the name of Christ and in his word we can cast our nets all night with the certainty of an abundant catch. In his word, in the confidence of his eternal promises, we will live joyfully bringing fruits for the Kingdom. God bless you!
