I’m pretty sure you all have had a time when you received really good news. At first you go through a short period of disbelief thinking, “No way! That just happened!” You try to wake yourself up because it’s too good to be true. Then after this period of disbelief, you finally accept this awesome truth and start celebrating. If you’re watching a sports game and your team just won the championship, you go absolutely nuts! You start screaming, jumping, and hugging strangers. You’re so happy that you don’t even care what other people think about you. What happens next? You call up your friends, classmates, and random contacts on your phone and you spread the word of the good news. You’re going like, “Hey! Guess what? My team just won! Isn’t that pretty legit? Do you want to know how it all went down? You should watch the replays!” You just keep going and going until they find out for themselves and confirm the good news.
Read John 1:35-51
Now note that the Jews have been waiting for a Messiah for over 400 years. They’ve been waiting for somebody to save them for so long. They’ve been subjected under foreign rulers and in fact they’re under the Roman rule currently. So when two disciples of John hear that Jesus is the Lamb of God, they’re in disbelief. Then they start stalking Jesus (or just following). And when Jesus dispels their doubt, they tell others about him. They’ve just found the Messiah! This is great news! For example, Andrew told his brother Simon about how they found the Messiah and he brings Simon to meet him. Philip also discovers the Messiah and goes to tell Nathanael. But Nathanael doubted Philip’s words a little bit saying, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Since Nazareth was a small and somewhat forgotten town in the land of Israel. Then when Jesus proves himself in verse 48, Nathanael believes and starts worshiping him!
I just wanted you all to see that when Jesus came, this was great news. And you know what? It still is great news that we should be excited to share with others. Jesus came, clothed himself in humanity and lived among us, died on the cross for our sins, and then rose again in three days! He conquered death and sin! Share the good news and truth and then they will see for themselves that the news really is good.
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