John the apostle wrote how two of John the Baptist's disciples began to follow Jesus,and “one of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother He first found his own brother Simon, and said unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jona: you shall be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and finds Philip, and said unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and see”, and in chapter one and verse forty-seven of his book, John shared how Jesus says of Nathanael, “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile” where we read:
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
The verse reads, “Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, ...” John began with the word, “Jesus” whose name means “Jehovah is Salvation and is the Son of God, the Savior of mankind and God incarnate” “saw Nathanael” which means “observed, notice and discovered Nathanael whose name means the guarded one” “coming to him” or “arising, coming forth and approaching Jesus”, “and said of him” which means “and uttered, declared and proclaimed concerning Nathanael”. John shared how “Jesus” observed “Nathanael” approaching Him and declared the following concerning him.
The verse goes on to say, “... Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!” John continued with the words, “Behold an Israelite indeed” which means “lo, look and consider a descendant of the nation of Israel also and even so”, “in whom is no guile” or “within whom is not any subtlety, craft or deceit at all”! John shared how Jesus told those around Him to observe “Nathanael” in whom Jesus said there was no “deceit or craftiness” at all.
When we consider John's words in this verse, we learn how Jesus not only notice “Nathanael” being brought to Him, but also declared there was not “craft or deceit” within him. “Nathanael” will respond to Jesus in our next verse, but for now let it suffice us to know that Jesus “knows” every person and He is willing to have everyone be “saved”. God loves people, and His desire is to have a personal relationship with them through His Son Jesus. He will relate to them when they submit their lives to Jesus, and He will forgive their sins and furnish them with everlasting life. Let all who read these words know this, “God loves you, God is willing to forgive you and God has a future and a hope planned for you” if you only yield to His Son Jesus. Yield.
Next time John shares how Nathanael asks Jesus, “How do you know me?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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