We can certainly think of these words, "when the net was full" to refer to the end of the age and the beginning of eternity. It will be at that time when all who are true Christians will reach the shore of eternity,. This is when the gospel net will be drawn to shore, and all preaching will come to an end. The Last Judgment will take place, and the angels will come forth and gather the wicked out from among the righteous and cast them into a furnace of fire. That is a perfectly reasonable and correct interpretation of these words.
But I believe that we need to examine these words further in the sense of those pastors and others who have preached the gospel and have found a catch. A person has come to them and said that they have believed in Christ. The pastor and the church have a responsibility in relation to such a person. It is to draw the net to shore and evaluate what they have caught in the net of the gospel immediately in terms of sitting down and gathering the good fish into vessels and throwing the bad away. What do I mean by this? If you listen you will find out.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
