Perhaps I knew it before today, but today it seems new to me. Andrew was John’s disciple before he was JESUS’ disciple. And I can’t say for sure, but perhaps Philip too.
The day after John saw HOLY SPIRIT descending on YESHUA, two of John’s disciples (Andrew being one of them) began following JESUS, and right away asked Him where He was staying. And do you know how He answered them?
“Come and see.“ I love it so much!
And then the first thing Andrew did was bring his brother, Simon Peter, to the LORD. How marvelous is that?!
When we read on, we learn that Andrew, Simon Peter, and Philip were all from Bethsaida. And in verse 43, JESUS found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me,” and he did. Then Philip found Nathanael. Do you remember what Nathanael said to Philip? “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” And I so love this! Do you know what Philip said to Nathanael? “Come and see.”
Come and see!
Come and see People! That’s who we want to be! People who invite people to Come and See JESUS.
I hope you will read Chapter One of John today, and find it to be a Happy for you too!
Wow! John 8:32. But if we don’t read verses 31 and 32, we will miss the how of verse 32.
John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Who doesn’t want to be free? Who doesn’t want to know truth? Who wants to be lied to?
We can watch, read, and listen to all the digital media outlets, and we still will not know the truth. Today’s featured Text tells us where to find truth.
In Context: 28 Then Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. 29 And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.” 30 As He spoke these words, many believed in Him. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” LINK to source
JESUS is Truth. Truth abides in Him, and for us to know Truth, we MUST abide in Him. But how? How do we abide in Him? First, we must be His disciple. What is a disciple? A student. What do students do? They study.
So, a disciple of JESUS studies JESUS. Let’s go back to verse 31; we need to make sure we’ve got this. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. What is His Word? Actually, He is The Word. John 1:14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
YESHUA of Nazareth. He walked the sands of Galilee. He breathed the air of this earth. And then He died. Graveyard dead. His eyes closed, and His heart stopped beating. He was DEAD. And in three days, He was no longer dead! FOREVER no longer dead!!
This is what we can do. We can open our Bibles; we can pray and ask HOLY SPIRIT to open our eyes, our minds, and our hearts to see JESUS in the pages of Scripture. And He will!
Why would anyone not want to study Him?! Why would anyone leave their Bible unopened and unread? Why would anyone not want to know everything they could possibly know about this GOD who came here in human flesh and beat death forever?! And if we abide in HIM, death will not beat us!
And how do we abide in Him? You got it! We abide in His Word, and His Word abides in us!
This is so huge to me! We GET to abide in GOD HIMSELF!! Wow times wow!
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