Come See. Come See, Come Follow

The historical record of the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ on planet earth begins in John’s Gospel with a simple invitation to two disciples of John the Baptist. The Lord Jesus said to them, “Come and see.” As we travel through the Gospel accounts coming and seeing is exactly what we are doing. We learn from these divine eyewitness records of how Jesus lived, what He taught, and how He died on the cross of Calvary. When we come to His resurrection we are standing with the women before the empty tomb and once again we hear the invitation, “come, see.” This time it is not to see our Savior. We cannot see Him because He is not there. He is risen as He said. We are called to look at the place where He lay. Finally, as John closes his book he takes us to the shores of the Sea of Galilee and we find the disciples and Jesus together at breakfast. The Lord Jesus selects Peter, his loud mouthed, impetuous disciple and said to him, “Come, follow Me.”