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Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee.
He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God!
You are the King of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe?
You will see greater things than these.”
51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Main Idea: To follow Christ is to see Christ!
Introduction
To follow Jesus.
Question: What has it cost you?
And how can we overcome the loss of following Jesus Christ?
Question: What has it cost you?
Question: Who can open the eyes of the blind?
And let’s say we went over to him and prayed for them.
Question: How can we overcome the loss of following Jesus Christ?
Question: Another question we should ask is has it cost you anything to follow Him?
Have you said, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
But then followed that with “Lord, let me first go and bury my father?”
Or “Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home?”
“I will follow you wherever you go.”
Question: Does following Jesus Christ mean loss?
Answer: Yes.
If you consider the things of this world gain.
But when one sees who Jesus is and believes in who He said He was and they don’t look back to what is temporal and not worth comparing to Him, then one has gained all that they need.
The problem in the visible church is that we have lost sight of who Jesus is.
We have bought into a culture of looking back to what we have.
We have deceived ourselves into believing that what we have is all we have.
But this is a symptom of a soul that has not cherished Christ as enough!
If we only knew of the magnificence of Jesus Christ, we would gladly trade everything for the sake of knowing and being with Christ!
If we only knew of the magnificence of Jesus Christ, we would sing songs in the night when heartbreak and ruin happens.
If we only could remember of the magnificence of Jesus Christ, we would count all is loss and not worthy to be compared to Him.
In our text, we see how the eyes of one opens.
And we also see who it is that open them.
And what he sees is what every person needs to see.
Every person we share the gospel with needs to see Jesus Christ as the Son of God!
Outline
Every person
1. Jesus tells Philip to follow Him (v.43-44)
Verse 43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee.
He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
Read Verse 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter
2. Philip finds Nathanael (v.45-46)
Read Verse 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
3. Jesus sees Nathanael (v.47-48)
Read Verse 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
Verse 48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
4. Nathanael sees Jesus (v.49-51)
Read Verse 49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God!
You are the King of Israel!”
Verse 50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe?
You will see greater things than these.”
Verse 51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
1. Jesus tells Philip to follow Him (v.43-44)
1. Jesus tells Philip to follow Him (v.43-44)
Verse 43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee.
He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
This portion of Scripture gives us the fourth day since John the Baptist gave witness to Jesus Christ.
Jesus decided to go to Galilee.
1:43–51 This section introduces the fourth day since the beginning of John the Baptist’s witness (cf.
vv.
19, 29, 35).
Galilee is known for being the home of Jesus Christ.
The lower part of Galilee, where Jesus grew up, was where He spent part of His earthly life and ministry.
Galilee was roughly 60 miles north from Jerusalem.
It is equivalent to walking from here to Carlisle or from here to King of Prussia.
The name Galilee comes from two Hebrew words meaning “circuit” or “district.
Galilee does not play much of a significant role in the Old Testament for the people of Israel.
But in the New Testament we see that it is heavily populated.
The region sits west from the Sea of Galilee, making it the right place to be for water and agriculture.
The prophet Isaiah prophecies of it as the place where Jesus would live in which is confirmed in Matthew 4:12-15.
This is where our Lord finds Philip and says to him, “Follow me.”
Throughout the gospel of John Jesus talks about following Him and it is a call to one to walk with Him and to come under His teaching.
About 17 times Jesus speaks of following Him as:
Jesus speaks of following Him as walking with Him
Jesus speaks of following Him as the way not to walk in darkness
Jesus speaks of following Him as the result of those who hear His voice
Jesus speaks of following Him as one who has come to serve Him
There was one point where Jesus said they couldn’t follow Him and it was when He would die.
There was one point where Jesus said they couldn’t follow Him and it was when He would die.
But He did say that they could follow Him after.
Pointing to His resurrection.
Here in our text Jesus is calling Philip to follow Him which was a call to walk with Him and to come under His teaching.
Philip was from Bethsaida in Galilee (; ).
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Read Verse 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter
Philip was from Bethsaida in Galilee (; ).
It was also where Andrew and Peter were.
Philip is first seen here sharing with Nathanael about Jesus.
Later, we see Philip being approached by the Greeks from Bethsaida who asked Philip to introduce them to Jesus ().
Philip would count the money it would take to feed the 5,000 ().
In the Last Supper, Philip asked Jesus to show them the Father, which led to Jesus’ statement, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” ().
The last time the Bible speaks of Philip is when they gathered in Jerusalem to pray after the Lord’s ascension ().
Tradition states that Philip went to Turkey as a missionary where he was martyred.
Which is usually the case historically for the disciples.
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