Have you ever noticed that the first three words of John’s Gospel are the same as the first three words in the Bible (Genesis 1:11In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1))? But the beginning mentioned here goes back farther than the creation of the heavens and the earth, because the Word always existed. The Lord Jesus is here called the Word because He told out what God was and is. He made the world and then came into it as a man, but they did not know Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become the sons of God. What a blessed position is given to those who believe on His name!
One day, while John was baptizing, he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John knew this because the Spirit of God descended from heaven and abode upon Him.
The Lord invited two of John’s disciples to His house. One of them, Andrew, was persuaded that Jesus was the Messiah. The first thing he did was to go and find his brother Simon. We too should present our brothers and sisters to the Lord.
Shortly after, the Lord also called Philip to follow Him. Philip realized that Jesus of Nazareth was the one whom Moses wrote about. He quickly searched for his friend Nathaniel and found him under a fig tree. Do you know that even before Philip called Nathaniel, the Lord saw him? No matter where we are, the eye of the Lord is upon us!
1. Although the Lord Jesus was in the world and the world was made by Him, what does it say about the world? __________ John 1:___
2. What does He give to those who receive Him and believe on His name? __________ John 1:___
3. When John saw Jesus coming to him, what did he say? __________ John 1:___
4. What did Andrew say when he found his own brother Simon? __________ John 1:___
5. Before Jesus called Nathaniel, where did the Lord see him? __________ John 1:___