"We Have Found The Messiah."

"On the following day John was standing there again with two of his disciples.  As JESUS walked by, John looked at HIM and said, 'There is the Lamb of GOD.'  On hearing this, the two disciples followed JESUS.  HE turned and saw them following, and HE said to them, 'What are you looking for?'  They answered, 'Rabbi [which means Master], where are YOU staying?'  JESUS said, 'Come and see.'  So, they went and saw where HE stayed and spent the rest of that day with HIM.  It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard what John had said and followed JESUS.  Early the next morning he found his brother Simon and said to him, 'We have found the Messiah' [which means the CHRIST], and he brought Simon to JESUS.  JESUS looked at him and said, 'You are Simon, son of John, but you shall be called Cephas' [which means Rock]." - John 1:35-42  

(This Gospel is the work of John the Evangelist who should not be confused with John the Baptist.  John the Evangelist was one of the first two disciples to follow JESUS.

John concerned about helping us understand the profound meaning of JESUS' actions, dwells on details to which we would not immediately pay attention.  For example, the Bible begins with the poem describing Creation as happening in seven days, and because John sees JESUS' work as a new creation, he describes the beginning of JESUS' public ministry as happening within a week [seven being a symbolic number].

On the first day John the Baptist affirmed: there is one among you whom you do not know.  We see how, during the week, John the Baptist was the first to discover JESUS.  Then later, John, Andrew and Simon also discovered HIM.  The last day of the first week will be at the wedding in Cana, where JESUS will let them discover HIS glory.

What are you looking for?  John did not forget these first words JESUS spoke to them.  We want to know who JESUS is, but HE asks us what our inner dispositions are: because we will gain nothing through finding HIM unless we are disposed to submit ourselves to HIM.

These two disciples began to live with JESUS.  With time, they would discover that HE is the Teacher, the Messiah, the Son of GOD.  So, too, with us.  We progress in this knowledge of JESUS CHRIST as we go on our journey through life.

John the Baptist was without jealousy, he had encouraged his disciples to follow JESUS, and later the first two brought others.  Likewise, we come to JESUS because of another person who spoke to us of HIM or involved us in an apostolic task.)

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