Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Meeting the Lamb of God

In John 1:29, 36 The title used by John for Jesus Christ is "The lamb of God." For thousands of years, people who believed in the Lord had offered up sacrifices in the similitude of the future sacrifice of Jesus Christ. To those with "ears to hear," John was proclaiming that Jesus Christ would be the final offering made on their behalf.

The table below lists individuals who came in contact with Jesus Christ as found in John 1:35-51 and Matthew 4: 17-25.

Name How They Learned about Jesus Christ What They Did After They Met Jesus Christ
John John was told that he would be able to know the Messiah "Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost." John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him, and this is the Son of God.
Andrew Andrew, being a disciple of John the Baptist would have learned of Jesus Christ from him. Andrew immediately recognizes Jesus Christ as the Messiah and itroduces his brother to Him.
Simon, aka Simon Peter, aka Peter Simon is introduced to Jesus Christ personally by his brother Andrew, though it seems he had already been hearing the testimony of John the Baptist Simon bacame an apostle as well as the "stone" that Jesus proclaimed him to be.
Philip Jesus went forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Nathanael Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

From this chart I can notice that both Andrew and Philip take a similar course of action upon meeting with Jesus Christ. They each seek another to share what they have learned. This principle should be obvious to all. We are to do the same with the knowledge of Him that we gain. I have never been a missionary nor is it my practice to seek out others with which to share the gospel. Frankly I don't feel qualified. That is not to say I have ever denied Him, I haven't. There have been times when the topic has come up and I have proclaimed my faith but that is as far as it has gone. This seems sad as I admit this openly but I intend to improve. I do have goals like anyone else and one is to be a missionary someday. I have a few other things that are taking precedence right now, and should I conquer those obstacles, I will be able to do so.
I invite you to leave a comment if you feel inspired to do so.

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