The first ever disciples were called whilst they were working.
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The first ever disciples were called whilst they were working. They all worked as fisherman in Galilee. There were four of them and they were Simon and his brother Andrew and James and his brother John, sons of Zebedee. All of the men were normal, ordinary every day people and were just going about their everyday lives when they were called to be disciples. Simon and his brother Andrew were the first to be called, they were catching fish with a net when Jesus approached them and said "come with me and I will teach you to capture people." By this I think he meant that he would teach them to capture the hearts and minds of people everywhere. At once the two men left their nets and went with him. Jesus travelled a little further and saw James and his brother john, sons of Zebedee they too were fishing they were in their boat getting their nets ready when Jesus called them and at once they left their father and their work and went with Jesus.
People found Jesus` choice of followers unusual for they were just ordinary people. When I say ordinary I mean that they weren't rich or well respected within the society nor did they have any proper knowledge or views on religion, but what people didn't realise was that there was a reason for this. The reason Jesus picked ordinary people was because he was trying to prove a point to others about equality within Gods eyes and that point was that you didn't have to be rich, religious or well respected within society to be a part of Gods community for in Gods eyes no matter who you are of what you do everyone is special. People were also surprised at Jesus` choice of followers because one of his disciples Matthew (Levi) was a tax collector. This was surprising because tax collectors were seen as sinners because they cheated people out of money by taking more money then they should when collecting people's tax. People were also surprised because Jesus called a zealot to be a disciple his name was Simon and was known as Simon the freedom fighter. People found this unusual because unlike everyone else he was part of a religious group. He was called Simon the freedom fighter because as I said before he was a zealot, and zealots believed in fighting for freedom and also armed resistance against the Romans.
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The first ever disciples were called whilst they were working. They all worked as fisherman in Galilee. There were four of them and they were Simon and his brother Andrew and James and his brother John, sons of Zebedee. All of the men were normal, ordinary every day people and were just going about their everyday lives when they were called to be disciples. Simon and his brother Andrew were the first to be called, they were catching fish with a net when Jesus approached them and said "come with me and I will teach you to capture people." By this I think he meant that he would teach them to capture the hearts and minds of people everywhere. At once the two men left their nets and went with him. Jesus travelled a little further and saw James and his brother john, sons of Zebedee they too were fishing they were in their boat getting their nets ready when Jesus called them and at once they left their father and their work and went with Jesus.
People found Jesus` choice of followers unusual for they were just ordinary people. When I say ordinary I mean that they weren't rich or well respected within the society nor did they have any proper knowledge or views on religion, but what people didn't realise was that there was a reason for this. The reason Jesus picked ordinary people was because he was trying to prove a point to others about equality within Gods eyes and that point was that you didn't have to be rich, religious or well respected within society to be a part of Gods community for in Gods eyes no matter who you are of what you do everyone is special. People were also surprised at Jesus` choice of followers because one of his disciples Matthew (Levi) was a tax collector. This was surprising because tax collectors were seen as sinners because they cheated people out of money by taking more money then they should when collecting people's tax. People were also surprised because Jesus called a zealot to be a disciple his name was Simon and was known as Simon the freedom fighter. People found this unusual because unlike everyone else he was part of a religious group. He was called Simon the freedom fighter because as I said before he was a zealot, and zealots believed in fighting for freedom and also armed resistance against the Romans.