Ephesians_2-10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

–Ephesians 2:10

Imagine the journey of the disciples. How odd the evolution of that journey would have been. When Jesus picks his disciples, he’s a great rabbi, and to pick these particular guys was somewhat weird. Normally, a rabbi would pick people who are in rabbinic training or some kind of educational process. Jesus went to regular, normal Joes. He went up to fishermen, contractors, builders, regular blue-collar workers, and a tax collector. And he said, “Follow me.”

John_15-16: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that…