35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.”
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”
50 Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
John's first testimony - He is here. John's second testimony - behold Him for who He is.
John's third testimony - follow Him. I am nothing, He is everything, don't just stand around here with me, follow Him. And they did.
I love the summary of this passage by John Piper (I've added the verses he referenced in his lengthier description of each point)....
We have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father full of grace and truth.
The glory of being the goal of John the Baptist’s ministry. (v35-36)
The glory of being the Lamb of God who takes away our sin. (v36-37)
The glory of being the giver of spiritual sight. (v38-39 - another example of how when people asked questions in the physical, Jesus often answered with spiritual meaning)
The glory of being of the Messiah. (v41)
The glory of being the one who changes our identity. (v42)
The glory of being the one who unilaterally commands our allegiance. (v43)
The glory of knowing our external and our internal condition. (v45-48)
And from the fullness of this glory we have received grace upon grace.
Tomorrow's scripture focus: John 2:1-11
1 comment:
Does anyone else remember GT and the Halo Express? We had these tapes when I was a kid, with stories about a brother and sister and mixed into the story were Bible verses set to music (Scripture memory in the form of songs). I kept hearing one of the songs as I read this post. "We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only."
My kids have those stories on CD now, so I get to hear them again, but it's amazing how often over the years some of those songs have come back to me when something reminded me of a verse.
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