Hello Everyone,

In verse 3 of Nehemiah we see the The fish gate.

It was located to the west of the sheep gate, and was one of the main entrances to the city. Thru this gate the fishermen would bring their catch from the Mediterranean. What does this remind us of? Soul winning!

Jesus said to follow Him and He would make us fishers of men. Do you know what that means? We have no right to call ourselves His follower if we aren't fishing for men!

When is the last time you walked thru the fish gate? When did you last bring a soul into the boat which you went out and caught?

The Bible has a word for those dying without Christ. It is LOST.

2 Corinthians 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

What does it mean to die lost? To die without God, without hope, and to be cast forever into the lake of fire!

Charles Spurgeon,

"...it is another and a higher miracle to make us who were fish to become fishers—to make the saved ones saviours—to make the convert into a converter—the receiver of the gospel into an imparter of that same gospel to other people. I think I may say to every person whom I am addressing—If you are saved yourself, the work is but half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ. You are as yet but half formed in the image of your Lord. You have not attained to the full development of the Christ-life in you unless you have commenced in some feeble way to tell to others of the grace of God: and I trust that you will find no rest to the sole of your foot till you have been the means of leading many to that blessed Savior who is your confidence and your hope. If Christ has caught us, we must catch others. Let us ask him to give us grace to go a-fishing, and so to cast our nets that we may take a great multitude of fishes. Oh that the Holy Ghost may raise up from among us some master-fishers, who shall sail their boats in many a sea, and surround great groups of fish!

We need to walk out our doors today like they were the fish gate, and beyond is a great sea of people who need to get hooked on Jesus!

Are you using the fish gate?

Swing wide the gate!

Pastor Phil