Luke 5:8 (ESV Strong's)
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”
Subject: Sin
Have we ever come face to face with our sin? do we recognize the ugliness and filthiness of sin? In Psalm 51 King David, sinful David, uses countless terms for sin. He calls it a "great transgression." He names it "iniquity." He refers to it as "bloodguiltness." Do we see sin as God sees sin. In the above text Peter comes face to face with Jesus. Jesus has just showed him the power of God through a miracle. Peter (along with James and John, his fishing partners) had been fishing all night and did not catch a single fish. Jesus tells them to cast their nets in again and they fill two boats with enough fish to begin to sink both boats. When Peter sees this he does not go out and begin a marketing plan to sell fish. No, Peter confesses his sin! What? Note what John MacArthur says about this passage:
(MacArthur NT) The Lord Jesus Christ had just revealed Himself to be the omniscient, omnipotent God of the universe. When Simon Peter saw the evidence of that in the miraculous catch of fish, he was overwhelmed with the realization that he was face-to-face with Holy God. Peter, fully aware that if he saw deity, deity saw him too, and realizing that the One who could see the depths of the lake could see the depths of his heart, felt exposed.
Everywhere you look in God's word, when a man comes face to face with God he sees his own sin. We see sin in comparable with the world and say, "Our sin is not so bad." But, when we see our lives in light of the majesty of God we see ourselves as pure ugly sinners. When we think so highly of ourselves we are seeing ourselves compared to man. When we see God we see our sin.
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