What do you fish with?

We are called to be fishers of men, but sometimes our fishing tackle doesn't represent what type of fish we should be catching.  There are different fishing lures to catch certain types of fish.  As a church what type of fishing lure are we using?  Do we use the most expensive tackle to catch the best fish or do we use homemade tackle to catch ordinary fish.  The truth is we shouldn't be using tackle at all.  We should be using nets.

During the time of Jesus, fishing nets were used to catch fish.  By using nets you caught all kinds of fish and lots of them.  With a fishing net all fish are caught and hardly any are able to avoid the net.  What is your church fishing with?  Is your church fishers of ALL men regardless of their financial status, marital status, social status or color?  Have our churches become Country Club churches where we hand select our members? Do we throw people back into the sea of sin and deny them worship because they don't meet our idea of a perfect church member?

Put your lures away and throw out the net.