Through the Bible - Psalms 126-128
Eric Disher gave the message at our church yesterday and it was from the last verse from the book of Ezekiel and the prophecy of the city of God whose name will be "THE LORD IS THERE". We shouldn't have to be reminded that God is always there, He is always near to us, He is not a God who is far off. Unfortunately too many people today don't take the time to realize, He Is, and that He is there. Life is all about what they want for themselves as it was in the days of Ezekiel.
Yesterday many people across the country were baptized, signifying that they are children of God, realizing that He is there, and testifying of their faith in Him. Jesus had been baptized by John the Baptist after which time he declared "behold, The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." Andrew and Peter heard this declaration and wanted to get to know this Jesus. For today's verses we'll go to John 1.
John 1:37-39 New Living Translation (NLT) 37 When John's two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.
38 Jesus looked around and saw them following. "What do you want?" he asked them.
They replied, "Rabbi" (which means "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
39 "Come and see," he said.
In asking Jesus where he was staying, they were basically saying that they wanted to find out more about Him. Max Lucado writes, 'Pretty bold request. They didn't ask Jesus to give them a minute or an opinion or a message or a miracle. They asked for his address. They wanted to hang out with him. They wanted to know him. They wanted to know what caused his head to turn and his heart to burn and his soul to yearn. They wanted to study his eyes and follow his steps. They wanted to see him. They wanted to know what made him laugh and if he ever got tired. And most of all, they wanted to know, Could Jesus be who John said he was -and if he is, what on earth is God doing on the earth?"
If you've taken the first step in following Jesus what is your next step? Will it be to find out more about him, to "hang out with him" and to follow his steps? Today, we can find "THE LORD IS THERE" in His Word, in prayer, and living in our hearts.
Is Jesus asking you "what do you want"? He's calling you to "come and see" what you need.
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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace NIV
John 1:35-42
New Living Translation (NLT)
35 The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. 36 As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, "Look! There is the Lamb of God!" 37 When John's two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus looked around and saw them following. "What do you want?" he asked them.
They replied, "Rabbi" (which means "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"
39 "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.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus. 41 Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means "Christ").
42 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").
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