Come and See: A Journey of Faith and Transformation
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"Come and see means come and think, examine the evidence. Now it gets that across a couple ways. The first time come and see happens, where do it happen? The disciples basically are, you know, kind of nervous, you know, they were just told he's this incredible person so they follow and uh, what do you want? Well, what they want is they want to know if this is really true, but Jesus doesn't demand belief at the moment." [00:05:08]
"Jesus says come and think. Now, how can we do that? That's the first thing this means. How different this is than either the spirituality, new spirituality, or old religion. Um, how can we do it? Because we say, well, great, show me Jesus' apartment. I'll go check it out. But you know, he doesn't have an apartment here. Uh, back then he did, but the gospel writer, the writer of this text is writing to people who are in the very same boat as we are." [00:11:17]
"If you read my account, you will be able to come and see and examine the evidence exactly the way we did. Now, therefore, how can you come and see? How can you examine the evidence? Read the account of the gospels. Now, how do we know if you've done that before we move on? How do we know? How do, how can you know that you have in a sustained way read the evidence of who Jesus is?" [00:12:53]
"Come and see does not just mean come and think, examine the evidence. Secondly, it means come and follow, change your life. The word come means I move from where I am to here. I make a change. The reason Jesus says come is because he wants them to follow. He doesn't just want them to believe. The text gets that across a couple ways, but here's the best one." [00:14:46]
"Listen to what the word of God says, whether you like it or not. Now, the reason I put this out is, oh yes, you say, gosh, you know, preachers like to get to that. Isn't that traditional religion, that old impersonal religion that says you've got to believe it no matter what? Yeah, but it's not impersonal. Oh no. In fact, I beg you to think about this for a second." [00:20:23]
"Come and see means process this with friends. You see, one of the things that's so interesting about this is that John the Baptist leads Andrew and the other person, whoever it is, to Jesus. Andrew leads his brother Peter to Jesus. Philip leads Nathaniel to Jesus. But you see, when Philip says come and see, what he says is let's go together, together, let's go together, let's figure this out." [00:22:49]
"The way to find Jesus like this, the way to really come and see Jesus, the way to really know him personally is almost always through a friend. You're not going to find Jesus unless you've already been found by a friend who's already found Jesus. Let me be real, let me be real real practical here. A lot of you have come to the Redeemer and plenty of you have come through friends, but a lot of you have not." [00:25:47]
"Come and see means come in Wonder. The last few verses give us the ultimate reason why Jesus does not just simply say to somebody, well, here it is. Why does he say come and see? Why doesn't he just say, well, here it is, I'm going to, you know, why doesn't he just to the Apostles Creed, you know, right? Why doesn't he say, you know, I believe in God, don't you believe in God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and Earth?" [00:28:07]
"Jesus actually shows us he says come and see means come in Wonder and he reveals two wonders, two Adventures. He's basically saying I am calling you into an adventure so wonderful that it is beyond your imagination. Now he gives us two of them, two ways in which he does that. First of all In this passage he calls us to the wondrous adventure of personal transformation." [00:29:59]
"Jesus Christ knows you to the bottom, Praises you to the skies. There's never been a counselor like this, there's never been a friend like this, there's never been a lover like this. This is the wonderful counselor, this is the friend that you've always been looking for. Some of you know that Kathy and I consider CS Lewis kind of a mentor, someone whose writings have meant the world to us." [00:33:56]
"Jesus Christ is willing to know me completely with the at the expense of his life and she says if that moves me and thrills me to think that CS Lewis knew me and loved me and and took me seriously and and thought of me what should it do how much more should it thrill me how much more should it Empower me how much more should it lift me up to know that Jesus Christ thinks of me knows me loves me." [00:36:24]
"Come and see means be amazed at his grace. He's laughing, he can't wait to show you what he's going to do for you. Come and see, let's pray. We ask now father, especially during this time of offering, uh that you would help us to give ourselves to you. We want to be your followers, we want to uh help our friends, we want to know you personally." [00:43:22]
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"Jesus says come and think. Now, how can we do that? That's the first thing this means. How different this is than either the spirituality, new spirituality, or old religion. Um, how can we do it? Because we say, well, great, show me Jesus' apartment. I'll go check it out. But you know, he doesn't have an apartment here. Uh, back then he did, but the gospel writer, the writer of this text is writing to people who are in the very same boat as we are." [00:11:17]
"If you read my account, you will be able to come and see and examine the evidence exactly the way we did. Now, therefore, how can you come and see? How can you examine the evidence? Read the account of the gospels. Now, how do we know if you've done that before we move on? How do we know? How do, how can you know that you have in a sustained way read the evidence of who Jesus is?" [00:12:53]
"Come and see does not just mean come and think, examine the evidence. Secondly, it means come and follow, change your life. The word come means I move from where I am to here. I make a change. The reason Jesus says come is because he wants them to follow. He doesn't just want them to believe. The text gets that across a couple ways, but here's the best one." [00:14:46]
"Listen to what the word of God says, whether you like it or not. Now, the reason I put this out is, oh yes, you say, gosh, you know, preachers like to get to that. Isn't that traditional religion, that old impersonal religion that says you've got to believe it no matter what? Yeah, but it's not impersonal. Oh no. In fact, I beg you to think about this for a second." [00:20:23]
"Come and see means process this with friends. You see, one of the things that's so interesting about this is that John the Baptist leads Andrew and the other person, whoever it is, to Jesus. Andrew leads his brother Peter to Jesus. Philip leads Nathaniel to Jesus. But you see, when Philip says come and see, what he says is let's go together, together, let's go together, let's figure this out." [00:22:49]
"The way to find Jesus like this, the way to really come and see Jesus, the way to really know him personally is almost always through a friend. You're not going to find Jesus unless you've already been found by a friend who's already found Jesus. Let me be real, let me be real real practical here. A lot of you have come to the Redeemer and plenty of you have come through friends, but a lot of you have not." [00:25:47]
"Come and see means come in Wonder. The last few verses give us the ultimate reason why Jesus does not just simply say to somebody, well, here it is. Why does he say come and see? Why doesn't he just say, well, here it is, I'm going to, you know, why doesn't he just to the Apostles Creed, you know, right? Why doesn't he say, you know, I believe in God, don't you believe in God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and Earth?" [00:28:07]
"Jesus actually shows us he says come and see means come in Wonder and he reveals two wonders, two Adventures. He's basically saying I am calling you into an adventure so wonderful that it is beyond your imagination. Now he gives us two of them, two ways in which he does that. First of all In this passage he calls us to the wondrous adventure of personal transformation." [00:29:59]
"Jesus Christ knows you to the bottom, Praises you to the skies. There's never been a counselor like this, there's never been a friend like this, there's never been a lover like this. This is the wonderful counselor, this is the friend that you've always been looking for. Some of you know that Kathy and I consider CS Lewis kind of a mentor, someone whose writings have meant the world to us." [00:33:56]
"Jesus Christ is willing to know me completely with the at the expense of his life and she says if that moves me and thrills me to think that CS Lewis knew me and loved me and and took me seriously and and thought of me what should it do how much more should it thrill me how much more should it Empower me how much more should it lift me up to know that Jesus Christ thinks of me knows me loves me." [00:36:24]
"Come and see means be amazed at his grace. He's laughing, he can't wait to show you what he's going to do for you. Come and see, let's pray. We ask now father, especially during this time of offering, uh that you would help us to give ourselves to you. We want to be your followers, we want to uh help our friends, we want to know you personally." [00:43:22]
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