Gospel Reflections #408: Passing on the Light we Received

John 1:43,45 "The next day, when Jesus was about to go into Galilee, he met Philip, and said to him, 'Follow me. ... Philip met Nathanael and said to him, 'We are not of the house of Moses, but of God. 'We have met Him of whom Moses wrote in the Torah and the prophets also wrote. It is Jesus, the son of Joseph, the man of Nazareth.'"

It was Andrew and John who stopped to look at Jesus walking and followed him first.

Then Andrew told his brother Peter about Jesus and took Peter to Jesus.

Jesus also met Philip, who told Nathanael about Jesus.

Both Andrew and Philip must have met, talked to, experienced, and felt something of Jesus.

What did they feel?

They must have felt Jesus accepting them as whole person, as they are, and they must have felt an extraordinary love that they had never experienced before. They must have found a tenderness and certainty that was full of peace and joy.

They must have run to Peter and Nathanael with the hope that others would be changed as they had been changed.

It is the same for us.

Even if we think that evangelism is something we cannot do, we are unknowingly talking about Jesus, rejoicing in Jesus, and telling others about Jesus.

It is not a sermon, but a story of our own experience of how we relate to Jesus and what He has done for us. This is our testimony.

What we have received from Jesus, we are now to be givers. In this way, the baton of our testimony to Jesus is connected.

Our faith is also connected to the baton of faith. When you think about it, this is also a miracle of God, and we are included in God's miracles. I am grateful for that.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.