Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Christ's voice has power because those He calls are inwardly addressed by His Spirit, making them obey. These disciples commend themselves by preferring His call to all worldly matters, and ministers especially must lay aside every other occupation and devote themselves wholly to the Church.
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When Christ began to preach, he began to gather disciples, who should now be the hearers, and hereafter the preachers, of his doctrine, who should now be witnesses of his miracles, and hereafter concerning them. Now, in these verses, we have an account of the first disciples that he called into fellowship with himself. And this was an instance, 1. Of effectual calling to Christ.
Commenting on Matthew 4:18-22
They left their father to follow Jesus, showing the willingness we must have: if necessary, abandon father and mother and every friend rather than be hindered from obeying God. Yet treat your family tenderly even as you obey Him at all hazards.
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