COME AND SEE
JOHN 1: 36-51
INTRO: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GOD?
1: WHO IS JESUS CHRIST TO YOU?
A) SON OF GOD
B) LORD AND SAVIOR
C) YOU CAN NAME EVERY NAME THE BIBLE GIVES JESUS, BUT DO YOU THINK OF HIM IN THAT WAY?
D) IF HE IS THE PRINCE OF PEACE, DO YOU BELIEVE HE CAN BRING PEACE INTO YOUR LIFE?
POINT: WE TEND TO ACT AND BELIEVE IN OUR LITTLE RELIGIOUS WORLD THAT WE HAVE GOD FIGURED OUT. THAT WE KNOW JESUS INSIDE AND OUT. THE WAY WE THINK OF JESUS WILL DETERMINE HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES!!!
2: HOW ARE OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW?
A) DO WE WORRY
B) ARE WE BURDENED DOWN
C) DO WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH TRUST AND FAITH?
POINT: THE THREE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES OF JESUS CHRIST SHOULD HELP EVERY CHRISTIAN IN THEIR DAILY WALK WITH GOD.
OMNIPOTENT, OMNIPRESENT, OMNISCIENCE
BODY: COME AND SEE
1: JOHN THE BAPTIST SEES THE LAMB
A) JOHN SAYS BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD
B) TWO DISCIPLES WERE THERE
C) THEY BEGAN TO FOLLOW JESUS
POINT: JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD A FOLLOWING, THESE MEN WERE DISCIPLES OF JOHN AND THEY BELIEVED WHAT JOHN SAID TO BE TRUE. WE AS GOD’S PEOPLE TODAY HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF INFLUENECE ON PEOPLE WE ENCOUNTER EVERYDAY. THEY BEGAN FOLLOWING JESUS BECAUSE JOHN SAID HE WAS THE SON OF GOD.
2: JESUS ASKS THEM WHAT SEEK YE?
A) THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE HE STAYED
B) HE TOLD THEM COME AND SEE
C) THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT JESUS WANTS US AS CHRISTIANS TO DO
POINT: WHEN SOMEONE SHOWS INTEREST WE SHOULD DELIGHT IN THE CHANCE TO SHOW THEM WHO AND WHAT IT IS WE PUT OUR FAITH IN. WE SHOULD INVITE PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE!!!!
3: ANDREW AND PHILLIP
A) ANDREW WAS A DISCIPLE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
B) HE BEGAN FOLLOWING JESUS AFTER JOHN DECLARED HIM TO BE THE SON OF GOD
C) HIS BROTHER WAS SIMON PETER THE ROCK ON WHICH THE CHURCH WOULD BE BUILT
D) ANDREW TOLD PETER WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH
POINT: BOTH ANDREW AND PHILLIP SAID THE SAME THING; WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSAIH COME AND SEE. THOSE OF US IN THE CHURCH HAVE FOUND JESUS CHRIST WE SHOULD BE TELLING OTHERS TO COME AND SEE.
CLOSING: WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE SHOWING THEM?
1: GOD IS ALL POWERFUL
A) THE BATTLES WE CANNOT FIGHT HE FIGHTS FOR US
B) THE CIRCUMSATNCES AND TROUBLES WE CAN’T OVERCOME HE GIVES US THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE
C) HE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST NEVER HAS NOR EVER WILL QUIT OR STOP LOVING US
POINT: THE POWER OF GOD IS A SOURCE WE SELDOM EVER ATTEMPT TO USE. WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO EVERYTHING ON OUR OWN. IT IS AS IF WE SAY TO GOD WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS ONE. WHAT WE THINK OF GOD’S POWER WILL DETERMINE HOW WE USE IT IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
2: GOD IS EVERYWHERE
A) JESUS IS WITH US ALL THE TIME
B) GOOD TIMES
C) BAD TIMES
D) HAPPY OR SAD
POINT: WE SHOULD NEVER FEEL ALONE OR UNLOVED, FOR THE LORD IS ALWAYS IN OUR MIDST. IF WE TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD AS WE SHOULD WE WOULD KNOW EVEN WHEN FRIENDS FAIL US AND THE ENEMY IS AT THE DOOR WE DON’T STAND ALONE TO FACE HIM JESUS IS ALWAYS THERE!!!
3: GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING
A) EVERY DOUBT
B) ALL THE FEAR
C) THE GUILT AND SHAME
D) THE PROBLEMS IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE
POINT: IF GOD KNOWS THEN THAT MEANS HE UNDERSTANDS AND CAN GRANT US THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL. BUT THIS ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THE PERSON THINKS ABOUT GOD.
CONCLUSION: JESUS TOLD ANDREW COME AND SEE, PHILLIP TOLD NATHANAEL COME AND SEE JESUS. THESE WERE MEN OF FAITH THEY BELIEVED THAT JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH THE SON OF GOD, AND THEY INVITED THOSE AROUND THEM TO COME AND SEE.
