John 1 35-42 - St Andrew

FreeChurch Toronto, Do the Kingdom · John 1 “Look what he did with Andrew's faith that if you just bring someone to Jesus, he will unlock that potential. Jesus will make the miracle happen. That's the job of a disciple. This boy's measly meal becomes a miracle just because Andrew pointed him to Jesus, and then we see another time in the Gospel of John when Jesus is being not yet crucified, but he's starting to get the Pharisees really mad at him. He's preaching in Jerusalem and he's in trouble. He's about to get crucified, and these people from, they're Greek speaking. They're not Jewish people, but they are coming to celebrate at the temple the Jewish faith. They might be God-fearers or they might be just Greek speaking Jews from far away that can't speak in the tongue of the land. … They want to meet Jesus. What does Andrew do? He brings them to Jesus. Three times in this Gospel, his only thing he does is he connects the person with Jesus and then Jesus takes care of it, and this is amazing. This is even before Jesus is dying, his message of the Kingdom of God is already starting to reach outside of Israel just like it was promised to Abraham. While Jesus is still alive, the Gospel of Christ is starting to go outside of Israel to other tongues and nations and lands just because Andrew had the foresight to direct them to Jesus, and that's what we can learn about the man whose name sits outside there on the stone. St. Andrew. That's what God is asking from all the churches in Toronto.” Passage: John 1:40–42 Read the post: https://www.cyrilguerette.com/sermon-blog/2009-05-31-john-1-35-42-st-andrew To Do the Kingdom is not to try and storm the gates of heaven and take salvation by force or create the apocalypse on our planet. It is not a case of justification by works or an infatuation with final fireworks. Doing the Kingdom of God is about Announcing the Kingdom, Being the Kingdom, Becoming the Kingdom, Feeling the Kingdom, and Seeing the Kingdom Come in our life and times, even as we are Waiting for the Kingdom to Consummate in the endtimes. It is about Jesus working in and through his Body. These meditations are the result of over a year of drafting and delivering sermons to the FreeChurch Toronto community. It was a unique year in our lives, beginning at the Weekly which was my first as Senior Pastor, and ended with our local church having a new name, a new morning service, and a new location in the downtown core of Canada’s largest urban city.