Article August 24, 1963 Issue

Casting Our Net on the Right Side

ISRAEL PICKENS

"If one has prepared himself for...Christian healing,
he need not be afraid or falter"

The twenty-first chapter of John's Gospel gives a vivid account of Christ Jesus' meeting with his disciples after the resurrection, on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias. Seven of his disciples had gone fishing in a boat and had fished all night, yet without results. In the morning they saw Jesus standing on the shore. He called to them, "Have ye any meat?" When they replied in the negative, Jesus said unto them, "Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find." They did so, and the net was filled.

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