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Exegetical Point: JB’s witness gives way to the witness of the first disciples.
They profess Jesus as Christ and Jesus himself reveals himself as Christ.
Homiletic Point: Come and See Jesus, profess him as Lord and follow Him.
He brings heaven to earth.
Intro
Hey Kids!
How do I get onto the stage?
I could jump!
What other option?
Yes, these stairs make it easier.
How would I get onto the roof?
Could i jump onto the roof?
I used to do high-jump at school, but I can’t jump that high!
The best way would be a ladder I think.
How would I get to the top of a power-pole?
Walk up a ramp?
No, they don’t have ramps!
Some pole have ladders built in the sides so that workers can get up there and fix the poles.
What if I wanted to go higher than a power pole?
How could I get into heaven?
Well heaven isn’t physically above us, but the Bible does talk about heaven like a place that is really really high up out of reach where God lives.
It’s sooooooooooo high that there’s no way reach up that high!
It’s just too far!
Some people in the Old Testament tried to build a tower up to heaven, but they couldn’t get close - God came waaaaaay down from heaven and scattered the sinful people building the tower.
But you know what?
There is a way to go up into heaven.
There is a way to get up high enough to meet God and that is through Jesus!
He is like a ladder that starts on the ground and reached waaaaaaaay up into heaven.
Everybody who climbs that ladder can live with God.
Even the most sinful, bad person can come to Jesus and be joined with God.
Jesus is the bridge between earth and heaven!
We’re going to spend some time looking at some of the Bible that talks about this.
So kids feel free to listen up.
You can draw pictures or colour in as I talk to everybody about what the bible says.
You might like to write down the 4 points that i’m going to cover.
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Recap
Do you remember where we’ve come from in John so far?
Context is so important every time we delve into the details of God’s word, so that’s why we spend time each week situating ourselves in the context.
We’re just staring to get into the meat of the Gospel of John, this book that was written to help people see that Jesus was the Messiah; the anointed one from God come to rescue the lost!
The Prologue in v1-18 set the stage for the multi-layered unfolding of the book.
It will be like a flower whose petals interleave with one another to create a beautiful whole.
The after the prologue, we zoomed in on John the Baptising, JB for short, who came as a forerunner and witness to the coming Messiah.
He was the warm up gig for the main event.
He wasn’t here to big note himself, but to prepare people for God.
JB was a prophet from God, and he was starting to amass a following.
The religious leaders sent a delegation to find out who John was.
They asked him - Are you the promised Messiah?
He said: No
They asked him - Are you the promised Elijah?
He said: I’m not Elijah in the flesh.
They asked him - Are you the promised Great Prophet?
He said: No
Who are you then?
He said: I’m the prophesied Voice to calls people to get ready for God’s arrival.
Then, John announced to the world, that Jesus was the one he was waiting for.
Jesus was the anointed one sent from God.
He saw God’s spirit descend and anoint Jesus.
John makes it clear to the world - Jesus is the Anointed one, the messiah.
SO believe in Him!
But now our text moves to the next stage to show that JB wasn’t alone.
There were other people who saw and believed that Jesus was the Christ from God. We’re going to work our way through the text and see that Jesus’ Disciples understood Jesus was the promised one.
Because Jesus is the promised one, there are 4 responses for us to mimic.
These four responses will be our 4 points.
1. Come and See Jesus (v35-39)
This first response is kind of natural.
When you hear or see strange happenings, you go and check it out.
But we’re not just talking about having a sticky beak here, we’re talking about taking that next step in discipleship.
You see there were two disciples of John the Baptising, that means they were kind of students or apprentices.
They came to John to learn about God and how to live for God.
But as we’ve already discussed, John was pointing to someone better and so when he appeared on the scene they went to do a thorough investigation.
Lets look:
So JB again reiterates that Jesus is the Lamb of God, he is the one who takes away the sin of the world!
So these two disciples go to investigate.
They go to see the one John calls messiah.
Could he really be Him?
Could this really be the one we’ve been waiting for?
Jesus sees them following and asks them what they’re up to.
Their intention is to be able to speak to Jesus, to get to know him a little better, so they ask where he’s staying.
It’s a bit of a round-a-bout way of asking if they could come over and have a chat.
If this was you or me, we might say “lets set up and appointment, arranging a suitable time for you to come and visit.”
But Jesus skips the formalities, saying come right on!
Come right now!
Jesus invited them straight into his life so that they could get to know Him.
They already understood that Jesus was a “Rabbi”, a teacher, but they were going to get confirmation that it wasn’t just a Teacher, Jesus was much more.
We echo this invitation ourselves to anyone who is interested to hear, come and see our Lord.
Come and see!
Come and meet Jesus!
Come spend your days with Him!
Come learn from Him!
Come and become a disciple of Jesus!
There are many who have curiosity about religion.
There are many who are keen to debate matters of faith.
But here’s the thing, you need to come to meet Jesus on his terms.
Don’t come with all your preconceived notions and ideas - come and hang out with Jesus and let Him show you who He is.
Sure, he’s not bodily here with us, but he is spiritually here.
He comes among His people.
He is with us always, till the end of the age.
He is here where we have gathered in His name.
Yet I know, many of you are far from Him in your hearts.
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