Come and See
The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 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.” And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” (John 1:43–46)
“Come and see.” This is the challenge to see in Jesus the Answer to all questions, the Object of all desires, and the fulfilled Promise of all time. Indeed the invitation is to come and see in Jesus the Final Treasure that is worth any sacrifice we have to make.
When Philip said, “I have found Him,” he was expressing that they had been searching for a Messiah who would transform their lives, and he saw in Jesus the Messiah. The current crisis is that those who need Him the most are not seeking Him. They may be searching for something, but they fail to recognize that Jesus is the ultimate treasure.
A question to you Christian. Do you recognize Jesus as the Final Treasure? The answer to that question maybe the answer to the question of why has the American church lost its ability to impact society.
Brothers, you say that you are a Christian, so I challenge you to make the Word who was in the beginning, the Word who was with God and this Word who is God to make Him the Final Treasure of your Heart. Then maybe you can impart to a dying and thirsty world a desire for this Living Water.
Then when you extend an invitation to “come and see,” they will see that Jesus is indeed The Final Treasure.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
John 1:1-5 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.1.1-4.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
Email – douglas@pavementendsministry.com
