Jesus Makes Calls "What are you seeking?' This is the
first question, as far as we know, that Jesus poses to any of his disciples.
These two men have probably been following John the Baptist as disciples for
some time. In what seems like an instant, they hear John repeat "Look, the Lamb
of God!" and his two disciples become his two ex-disciples. These men - one of
whom we know is Andrew and the other could be John, the author of our
gospel - literally walk after Jesus. Who knows what they were expecting. After
time with John the Baptist, they were probably prepared for some surprises. But
the simple question, which started them off on their relationship to Christ, was
"What are you all seeking?" Jesus cares enough to ask his first potential
followers a question that strikes to the heart of life and could include a lot
of questions underneath it. It this this question - What are you all seeking? -
that directed our study.
Follow-up Questions:
1) When Jesus says to Andrew and the unnamed man "Come and
you will see," what does he mean? Is this same invitation to "come and see"
extended to us? Why is this important?
2) In John 1:42, what is
significant about Jesus giving Simon a different name? What does this new name
mean? In the beginning of the book of Revelation (chapters 1-3), what role does
naming play among God's people?
3) Jesus makes a promise in John
1:50-51. What is the promise that he gives to Nathanael? What Old Testament
history is Jesus thinking of when he gives this promise? If Jesus is the
fullness of God dwelling with us, how should we then live? What do we see the
disciples doing in our passage (1:35-51)?
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