The Disciples
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The Disciples
The Disciples
Recap the word, light, witness, baptism.
The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.
Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them.
They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
“Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day.
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus. Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”).
Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”).
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a man of complete integrity.”
“How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.”
Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!”
Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.”
John 1:35-
This is God’s word lets pray.
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The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.
John had many disciples and many followers. Followers would have been in the thousands.
But John gladly points them all to Jesus.
Who were these two first disciples? We are told here Andrew, and most believe the other is John the author of this gospel.
As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.
John 1:
John points them to Jesus. Again uses the term Lamb of God, From the beginning it should have been clear what Jesus ministry was all about.
He was here as the messiah and savior but as the lamb who would be slain.
Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them.
They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
John 1:
Who are these guys following me? What do they want?
Stalkers.
Their response? kinda creepy, were do you live?
A sincere understanding of who Jesus is should cause you to desire to be with him stay with him.
Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.
“Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day.
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“Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day.
John 1:39
Jesus invites them, come and see. He invites everyone today they same, come and see. You want to follow me? Know me? have a relationship with me? Come and see.
There is some steps that need to be taken for you to follow Jesus. He is not going to make you do it. You have to get up and follow him.
Today so often people want to tell Jesus were he should go, they want to invite jesus along for their journey and hope he will bless it.
Jesus is not the follower, he is the leader and if you are going to follow him and see what he is all about and what he can do, you have to drop your agenda and ask him, where are you staying? where are you going?
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus. Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”).
Andrew goes and gets his brother, and if John indeed is the other disciple we also know then that he gets his brother James too.
Gathering people to Jesus often starts with those you are closest to.
Note they are not gathering people to church, or to a club but the savior to the messiah.
Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”).
John 1:
Andrews brother is Simon. Jesus here from the beginning recognizes and appoints Simon to a special role. We see this in his name change. Simon to Peter. Simon means in greek snub nose and in Hebrew listen.
Jesus changes his name to Cephas in Aramaic and Peter in the greek both of which mean the Rock.
There was also another of the 12 we know whose name was also Simon.
This Simon is renamed Peter because it represents his founding role in the Church. After Christs accession to heaven it is Peter who leads the early church.
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
john 1:43-45
Jesus calls Phillip, we dont really know much detail about this, but Jesus in his knowledge called this man Phillip. Who then is all stoked about it and goes and calls his brother Nathanael.
John 1:
He tells him we have found the messiah! And he is from Nazareth.
Nazareth?
Whats some dude from the middle east 2000 years ago got to do with me?
Come and See!
John 1:47-
As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a man of complete integrity.”
“How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.”
Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!”
Jesus gives him this amazing compliment. A man of complete integrity. Jesus is not just trying to flatter Nathanial, We know from other places in scripture that Jesus can see peoples hearts and knows their thoughts. So this man Nathanial must have been a very solid guy upstanding guy.
Nathanial asks how do you know me?
Jesus says I saw you under the fig tree. I know what you were doing before you even got here.
Fig trees were where jewish men would often go to meditate on scripture and pray.
Nathanial is blown away by this sign. And proclaims you are indeed the son of God.
Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.”
This is a reference of
Which I believe was what Nathanial was reading when he was under the fig tree! And that is the first reason why Jesus mentions it.
Jacob the son of Isaac the grandson of Abraham is given by God a dream,
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.
At the top of the stairway stood the Lord, and he said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
This is a prophecy that had also been given to Abraham and to Issac and it was two part, it was about the literal descendants of Abraham Issac and Jacob who are the Israelites,
it is also about the children of faith, the church, the followers of disciples of Christ.
As it says in
In the same way, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.
Reach the word, reach the nations, reach austin.
Reach 1,000 initiative
Reaching people, bringing them in to also experience all that we do.
So on the theme of a stairway here is my stairway of disciplship that I see in this text.
Seven Steps in discipleship
Disciples Believe in Jesus
Lamb of God and call him messiah
2. Disciples Follow Jesus
3. Disciples Stay with Jesus
4. Disciples receive a new identity in Jesus
5. Disciples bring others to Jesus
6. Disciples witness the miraculous works of Jesus.
7. Disciples see heaven with Jesus