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Prayer
I don’t know about you, but whenever I come across something that i REALLY REALLY like...
I get this OVERWHELMING urge to tell others about it.
If any of you know me enough to know that I’m obsessed with Shane & Shane (the singing group)...
Then you also probably know that I LOVE to introduce people to their music!
Rachel will tell you that it’s actually, STILL, one of the first questions I ask someone that I meet for the first time that’s a Christian…*
(they’re SO GOOD, I can’t help but want people to HEAR them!)
And so what ends up happening - is - I start to - TESTIFY to how good Shane and Shane really are!
Restaurant’s are another big one for me...
If I come across a great restaurant…a great meal...
I want to make sure the people I’m close with in life KNOW about it, so that can hopefully experience the greatness as well!
Again, I don’t know about YOU, but i know this is who I am...
And so in reading our passage today, I could have related to those in the passage…in that way...
AND I hope that as we unpack it, you feel the same way
What we see here is the call of the first disciples of Christ...
In the first section we see it’s mainly about the call of Andrew and Simon Peter...
and in the 2nd section we see the call of Philip and Nathaniel.
What i want us to see here is this...
The Aim of John’s Ministry
What does v35 say?
John was standing there with 2 of HIS own disciples...
This would have been John the Baptist
Now - there were 2 disciples standing there - Andrew is the obvious one as his name is mentioned later...
…and the other is a Disciple of John the Baptist...
NOW - John the Baptist KNEW he had disciples…those who followed him...
those who believed his teachings...
And yet, we see Jesus walk by, and he AGAIN declares (Behold, the Lamb of God!)
What happened when the 2 disciples standing their HEARD John the Baptist say this about Christ?
They began FOLLOWING Jesus…!
The AIM of John’s Ministry was the Person of Christ!
When John the Baptist came on the scene - what was his message?
On Day 1 - “The Messiah is Present.
He’s come”
On Day 2 - “Behold, the Lamb of God”
And now on Day 3 - He tells his disciples to what? - FOLLOW Jesus!
Follow HIM!
THIS is why I came - John the Baptist said!
John wasn’t looking for people to FOLLOW himself...
Remember - John the Baptist didn’t come to - MAKE FRIENDS!
He came and confronted a SELF-RIGHTEOUS people.
the nation of Israel
These people didn’t think they needed to repent
They didn’t think they needed a Savior
They weren’t looking for a LAMB...
They were looking for a KING!
And they DIDN’T equate the 2...
They believed they were ALREADY right with God based on their RELIGIOSITY…and their morals...
And anyone who would say otherwise - THEY WOULD - kill
John the Baptist comes along and says - You need to REPENT of your SINS
The Wrath of God is coming - and you need to turn from yourselves...
To LAY down your self-righteousness
And THEN John pointed to Jesus as the FINAL sacrifice...
the ONE that could actually save!
For John the Baptist…it was ALL about Jesus Christ!
Pointing to Christ!
AND SOME JEWS....believed!
True Jews...
True Israelites…UNDERSTOOD the message of John..
They understood their NEED for a Savior...
They understood that they needed a SACRIFICE for their sins...
And so when John proclaimed - THERE - THERE is the LAMB of GOD!
…they knew…this is the one spoken of in Isaiah 53...
And so here we read today - of this little group of believers…who all knew each other...
all made their living the same way...
And He molds them into - guys that changed the world!
And today we’re going to see a pattern with how this little group...
…could turn into what we see today all around the world!
So the 2 disciples of John the Baptist, begin following the Lamb of God…and this is what happens...
Let’s continue...
Interesting that Jesus sees these men beginning to follow Him...
And His first response is to - QUESTION them
SLIDE: THE CALL OF CHRIST: What Are You Seeking?
THE CALL OF CHRIST
WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING?
It shouldn’t be lost on us that THIS QUESTION is just as relevant to us today - to YOU today - as it was for those back then...
No doubt there are those today who seek Christ...
But for what He can give them!
You may have heard of the Prosperity Gospel...
The Health, Wealth, and Prosperity Gospel!
The prosperity Gospel in a nutshell is this:
It's the belief that the believer is to USE God...to get what he wants...
God becomes a MEANS to another end.
So - Health, Wealth, Prosperity...These are the things that the WORLD seeks...
The prosperity Gospel tells you that it's THESE things that God WANTS FOR YOU...
That God WANTS you to be rich
That God WANTS you to be healthy
The problem with this thought is - The Bible...
And i don't think we truly believe this..."Oh how much EASIER life would be - with MONEY!"Oh SO much easier...
But would it?
When we say 'LIFE' would be easier....what do we mean by 'LIFE'...
If we BELIEVE that LIFE would be easier if we just had a ton of money...then we're NOT thinking about the LIFE that matters...
Our thinking is OFF
SO MANY don't get it.
That's riches...how about HEALTH?
Let's look at the HEALTH of the apostles...
James “put to death with the sword,” likely a reference to beheading.
the apostle Peter was crucified upside-down in Rome in fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy (John 21:18).
The following are the most popular “traditions” concerning the deaths of the other apostles:
Matthew suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound.
John was boiled in a huge basin of boiling oil BUT he survived..He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully.
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