Pointing People to John 1 29 51 Pointing

Pointing People to John 1: 29 -51

Pointing People to John the Baptist: “Behold, the Lamb of God!” What’s the application? John 1: 29 -51 Three Pictures • As we sow the seed, we must not point people to ourselves, whether individually or collectively, for we are not the “Lamb of God”! We cannot “take away the sin of the world”, much less our own sin or that of any other person! • Compared to who Jesus is and what Jesus does, who we are and what we do is not significant; it only takes on significance to the

Pointing People to Andrew: “We Have Found the Messiah” What’s the application? John 1: 29 -51 Three Pictures • As we sow the seed, we must point people to Jesus by not only telling them that we have found the promised Messiah of God, but by bringing them to Him, so that they can see Him for themselves! • How do we do that? • We can tell someone that we have “found” the Christ in the Scriptures, and we can bring them to the Scriptures so that they, too, can “find”

Pointing People to Philip: “Come and See” What’s the application? John 1: 29 -51 Three Pictures • As we sow the seed, we must invite and challenge any and all who don’t know Jesus – including skeptics/doubters – to “come and see” Him for themselves in the Word! • We must point people to Jesus by pleading with them to “come and see” Him as He truly is; for it is then, and only then, that they, too, can come to know Jesus and be known by Him!