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Reading: John 1:35-49
(Amplified)
Again the
next day John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as
He walked along, and said, "Look! There is the Lamb of God!" The two disciples
heard him say this, and they followed Him. But Jesus turned, and as He saw them
following Him, He said to them, "What are you looking for?" And they answered
Him, "Rabbi--which translated is Teacher--where are You staying?" He said to
them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where He was staying, and they
remained with Him that day. It was then about four o'clock in the afternoon.
One of the two who heard what John said and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother. He first sought out and found his own brother Simon and said
to him, "We have found the Messiah!"--which translated is the Christ,the
Anointed One. Andrew then led Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,
"You are Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas"--which translated is
Peter [Stone]. The next day Jesus desired and decided to go into Galilee; and
He found Philip and said to him, "Join Me as My attendant and follow Me." Now
Philip was from Bethsaida, of the same city as Andrew and Peter. Philip sought
and found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the One Moses in the Law and
also the Prophets wrote about--Jesus from Nazareth, the legal son of Joseph!"
Nathanael answered him, "Nazareth! Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"
Philip replied, "Come and see!" Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said
concerning him, "See! Here is an Israelite indeed a true descendant of Jacob,
in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor falsehood nor duplicity!" Nathanael
said to Jesus, "How do You know me? How is it that You know these things about
me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were still under
the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered, "Teacher, You are the Son of God!
You are the King of Israel!"
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Message:
"The Snowball Effect"