The next day John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, behold, the Lamb of God

 Good morning. The next day John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, behold, the Lamb of God! The disciples followed Jesus. Jesus wanted to know, what do you seek? They went with Jesus and spent the night there. One of the two that followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter‘s brother. It does not say who the other one was; it could’ve been John. Instead of keeping everything to himself, Andrew found Peter and said to him, “we have found the Messiah.” This of course is the way we should all be. When we come upon something so miraculous, we should share it with those who are closest to us. Andrew brought him to Jesus. It does not say whether or not Andrew had told Jesus about Peter. Jesus said first to Peter, “you are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas - Peter. It’s kind of like Jesus first saying his name to Zacchaeus later. Jesus found Philip and said to him, follow Me. Philip then found Nathaniel. This is the way spiritual multiplication works. You find one, then that one finds another,… on and on. We have found

Him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? You can see that Nathaniel was a hard sell. Philip did not try to argue with him; he knew better than that – that it was no use. He just simply said come and see. Unfortunately too many times Christians want to argue with believers or nonbelievers over things. Sometimes it is better to just keep quiet and let God do all the work. We will see what happens next time. Father thank You that You control our destiny. You know best how to get us exactly where we should be, when we should be there. Help the reader to be exactly where he/she should be at the time he/she should be there.

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