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Sunday, November 22, 2009"Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see."
-John 1:45,46
"Come and see." This was Philip's response when Nathanael expressed doubt that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. No, he didn't say, "Just take my word for it," instead, he simply told him to "come and see." This is the same thing that happened in the story of the woman at the well (John 4). After her encounter with Jesus, she went into the city and said, "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" (verse 29) After she convinced them to "come and see", they said to her "...Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." (verse 42)
I have to wonder if we would see more souls won to the Lord if we used the same approach as Philip and the woman at the well. Instead of trying to twist somebody's arm into believing in Jesus, maybe we should let them know that they can "...taste and see that the LORD is good." (Psalm 34:8)
We've all heard the saying, "I'll believe it when I see it." The truth is, we can't just expect people to take our word for it when it comes to Christ, and then base the most important decision of their life (i.e. whether or not to live their life for Him) on what we say. We've got to let them know that they can "come and see..."
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