Welcome to Redemption Church in Plano, Texas. My name is Chris Fluitt and I am glad to welcome everyone. Thank you for joining us in worship. Nobody Left Out We are in the 2nd week of our sermon series “Nobody Left Out.” We are inviting you to read along in a 4 day devotional with the same title. Last week we met a ‘no-good- thief’ named Zacchaeus and discovered how Jesus came to “the spot” and called Zacchaeus by name. Today we are going to talk about Nathanael the ‘know-it-all’. John 1: 35-42(NIV) 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 Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter). Invitations These are the early days of Jesus’ ministry. Jesus had just been baptized by John the Baptist, and the next day John the Baptist was with 2 of his disciples and seeing Jesus passing by the Baptist said “Look, the lamb of God.” The 2 disciples followed Jesus at the invitation of John the Baptist. Would Jesus allow these 2 disciples to follow? Yes. Jesus doesn’t leave anyone out. All are invited. One of the 2 disciples is named Andrew and he tells his brother Simon whom Jesus calls Peter. The other disciple remains unnamed. In my opinion the best guess is that the unnamed disciple is John, the writer of the gospel of John, the epistles 1st 2nd & 3rd John, and the book of Revelation. John 1:43 (NIV) The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Invitations These are such great moments: where someone meets Jesus, and they turn around and invite their friends and family to meet Jesus, also.  Church, this is how it is supposed to work. When you meet Jesus you are supposed to share Jesus. You are not supposed to meet Jesus in secret. All of your friends are supposed to know about your first love. All of your family are supposed to know. We are invited to meet Jesus and we invite others to meet Jesus, as well. There is even something Jesus taught us about called baptism. Someone who has met Jesus is plunged into the water and we invite everyone to come watch us profess our following Jesus. Have you been baptized?  I want you to be baptized and I want you to invite all your family and friends to watch you and see with their own eyes that you belong to Jesus. This story started with Andrew finding Jesus. Andrew tells his bro Simon Peter.Then the story shifts to Jesus walking up to a guy named “Phillip” and says “Follow me.”  Now an excited Phillip finds his friend named Nathanael and tells him - “We have found Him!” 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Phillip does not undersell Jesus. He says that we have found the one we have always sought.  The One we have been looking for… we found the one that Moses told us about. Deuteronomy 18:18 (NIV) I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites,