When we observe the public life of Jesus in the Gospels, we should be struck by the way he calls his followers. He just simply calls or invites or says “come and see.” Jesus does not first ask what someone has done wrong or demand confession and sorrow for sins committed. He simply says, “Follow.” Too often we ourselves try to “clean up our act” and then we say that we will be ready to move forward in our spiritual growth. … Yet what do we see in the gospel accounts? We see Jesus calling Peter and Andrew to follow.
— David L. Fleming, What More Can I Do?, p. 20
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