John 1-2 = Today's thoughts

John 1-2 = Today's thoughts

 

Chapter 1 what an awesome introduction of who Jesus is, His authority and his History fully established in so few words.  We have all heard someone get up and introduce a speaker or a guest.  You hear the person tell of the speakers credentials, some points that lend credibility to what they are about to speak on and usually some antidotal comments about their life.  You read the first 5 verses of John and if there is any question of Christ’s authority before reading it, it should be eliminate.  He has been since the beginning, he is the word, he is the provider of life, He is light that no darkness can overcome, and He is the Creator.  Wow, a better intro couldn’t be given.  If you aren’t willing to listen to someone with these credentials, then you simply aren’t willing to listen.

 

John tells of how John the Baptist was pointing people to Christ, His effectiveness is evidenced by the fact that as people like Andrew, Phillip Nathanael encounter Christ, he simply needs to say come, or follow me and these men, aware of his authority leave their lives in pursuit of the Messiah.  Jesus wasn’t hypnotizing these men so that they would follow him, his authority had been established through prophecy and men like John point to him as the Messiah.  It was most assuredly by faith that these men went with Christ, but not Blind faith, Christ was being in part revealed to these men by connection to John the Baptist who’s role it was to point people to the coming Messiah.  These weren’t random encounters. No more than this universe is a random encounter.  These men were chosen to the work they would do by God and prepared for this moment by the man that had been sent to prepare the path. 

 

Faith is believing in an unseen God, no an unknown God.  We have many ways to know him, and we should work toward knowing him better daily.

 

Have a great day.

Rob