Come and See

About this episode

Matt Destry discusses how Jesus builds the church through relational connections rather than institutional structures.

Matt Destry Come and see: how Jesus builds the church Big idea This is the raw, first call of Jesus: come and see. They come. They stay. They bring others. Lordship here is relational before it is institutional. Before Jesus gives them tasks, He gives them: friendship, proximity, shared life. The Church is born not as an organisation, but as a shared orbit around a person. Text John 1:35-51 35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said "Look, the Lamb of God!" 37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?" They said, "Rabbi" (which means "Teacher'), "where are you staying?" 39 "Come," he replied, "and you will" see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. 40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Destry

Topics covered

• Jesus
• Church
• Discipleship
• Friendship
• Relational Lordship

Keywords

• Jesus
• church
• disciples
• friendship
• John 1

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: John 1:35-51

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