{"id":7266,"date":"2016-01-07T01:01:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T09:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7266"},"modified":"2016-01-07T01:01:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T09:01:48","slug":"sacrificial-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/01\/07\/sacrificial-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacrificial God"},"content":{"rendered":"

John was again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, \u201cLook, the Lamb of God!\u201d <\/p>\n

\tWhen the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThey said, \u201cRabbi\u201d (which means Teacher), \u201cwhere are you staying?\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cCome,\u201d he replied, \u201cand you will see.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tSo they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour. <\/p>\n

\tAndrew, Simon Peter\u2019s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, \u201cWe have found the Messiah\u201d (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. <\/p>\n

\tJesus looked at him and said, \u201cYou are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas\u201d (which, when translated, is Peter). (John 1:35-42)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tWhat do we want from Jesus? One of Jesus\u2019 first two disciples was identified as Andrew. Who was the second, unnamed disciple? Most likely the disciple who remained unnamed throughout John\u2019s gospel: John himself. <\/p>\n

\tWhen Jesus asked Andrew and John what they wanted, there was more to his question than wondering about being followed. The word used for \u201cfollowing\u201d indicates they had become his disciples. Jesus\u2019 question, \u201cwhat do you want?\u201d was therefore his formal invitation for them to become disciples. They accepted his invitation by asking him where he was staying and by addressing him as \u201crabbi,\u201d an Aramaic word which meant \u201cmy teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tAndrew brought his brother Simon to meet Jesus. Jesus gave Simon a new name: \u201cCephas.\u201d We see Aramaic words like \u201crabbi\u201d and \u201cCephas\u201d in the text because Aramaic was the language they were using. The New Testament was not written Aramaic, however, but in Greek because Greek was the dominant language in the eastern half of the Roman empire. The Good News of the Kingdom was not just for the people living in Palestine. It was for the world. \u201cCephas\u201d means \u201crock\u201d in English, as does the more familiar Greek form of the name, \u201cPeter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tWhen Jesus told them \u201cyou will see\u201d it was not just to see where he stayed. It was an invitation to a life of wonder, a life as his disciples, where they would see more than they could ever imagine. He offers us the same vision.<\/p>\n

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