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Hello, my name is Johnny Dade and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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There's a really iconic poster from the First World War featuring Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War
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And he's pointing at the viewer beside the words, your country needs you. It was a powerful recruitment campaign
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In the Bible, Jesus also recruited followers, notably the disciples, but his techniques were
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rather different. Take Simon and his brothers who were fishermen. In Luke's gospel account
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Jesus approaches them by the Sea of Galilee. But rather than enlisting them
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with a call to arms Jesus first gets into their boat and invites them to fish As it turns out they having a really bad day They been out all night and caught nothing So cue a miracle from Jesus resulting in the biggest catch of fish they ever seen Now he has their attention
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The combination of Jesus' personality and his supernatural power convict and astonish Simon
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and his brothers. Compelled by Jesus, they are now open to his striking invitation
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come with me and fish for people. Unlike some mustachioed recruiting sergeant
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Jesus doesn't need us, but he desires us. Nor does he beckon us from afar, rather he has stepped
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into our world personally and powerfully and there he invites us to follow him
