All I Know Is.....

I'm currently in a men's small group (actually it's two groups because the original group grew to where it wasn't a small group anymore, so we split up) with several guys and we are working through the "Go Fish" curriculum by Andy Stanley. In the study, Stanley points out that when the fishermen, Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew chose to follow Christ, they followed Him because of what they had seen Him do, which was to help them catch a boatload of fish (Luke 5:6). They didn't understand His greater goal for their lives, which was that they become "fishers of men" (Mark 1:17).

Simon and Andrew were not well-educated men. They were not leaders of society, but they had met Jesus. And when they were later questioned for their faith and beliefs (Acts 4), they may not have understood everything that Christ had taught them, but they shared what they had "seen and heard" (v. 20).

Here's The Point: So many times when we try to share about our faith with someone, we're afraid they'll ask questions for which we won't have an answer, one for which we won't have a solid response, that they will "stump" us and embarrass us. Maybe we should follow the example of the fisherman from Galilee and simply tell our experience, our story, our "All I know is". People may question your beliefs but it's much more difficult for someone to question what you have "seen and heard".