Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
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Janesville, WI 53547
—John 1:43-46
by: Stephanie Sholtz.
Willingness versus skepticism appears throughout this week’s passages. When we understand who God is or have an encounter with Him, we willingly desire to follow and serve Him. This is demonstrated again as Philip, who had met Jesus, was ready to follow and ran to tell his friend about Him. Nathanael, who had not met Jesus, was skeptical and took on the worldly view that Nazareth was too insignificant for anything or anyone of importance to be from there. It is encounters with God—the time we spend with Him and in His Word—that change us and help open us up to what He is doing.