Tuesday 4 Jan 2022

January 4: John 1:35-42

Key Verse: John 1:36
When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God!’

Devotion:
The day before these things happened, John had already described Jesus as the Lamb of God and knowing that Jesus had been born as a human after him, he still said Jesus was before him. John understood Jesus had always existed because He was the Son of God. When John said these words, the two disciples of his who were with him at the time turned round and followed Jesus instead.

John did not cry out and ask why they turned their backs on him. He did not complain these disciples went after someone else… because He knew they were going to follow a higher calling than learning about repentance and baptism which is what He was teaching. John knew they could get more from following Jesus!

Andrew, who was one of the disciples of John who turned to follow Jesus, heard what Jesus was teaching and immediately went to find his own brother Simon to get him to come along and follow Jesus too. For anyone to do this must mean Jesus was an incredible teacher who was teaching people more in depth truths than any of the teachers they had come across yet.

When we meet someone who has such a presence and command of the scriptures, we want to follow them until we too have learned enough to go forward and teach others what we have learned. John, like Jesus, wanted his disciples to go forward and teach what they had learned; not to keep it all a big secret but to take the truth and boldly share it with others. Jesus wants us to learn and teach, learn and teach, just like his disciples.

Points to Ponder:
How much have you learned about Christ?

How much have you shared about Christ?