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Home Research Information Bringing People To Jesus
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 11:49

He first found his brother Simon and said to him "We have found the Messiah"   John 1:41

 

The first person Andrew brought to Jesus was his brother Peter.  As soon as Peter joined the disciples, he became a spokesman for the Twelve, while Andrew remained in the background.  It was Peter not Andrew who rose to prominence as one of Jesus' inner circle of three.  We do not read of Andrew resenting Peter; it seems he was satisfied to bring others to Jesus ad leave the results to Him.

 

It is not surprising that Andrew found the boy with the loaves and fishes and brought him to Jesus (Jn 6:8,9 ).  Andrew brought the Greeks to Jesus, even though they were despised by pious Jews (Jn 12:20-22 ).  There is no record of Andrew ever preaching a sermon, performing a miracle, or writing a book of Scripture.  He is remembered for those he brought to Jesus.

 

Andrew is a good role model for us.  Our job is not to transform people into Christians, nor to convict them of their sin.  It is not our responsibility to make people do what they ought to do.  Our task is to bring them to Jesus, and He will perform His divine work in their lives.

From: "Experiencing God Day by Day" by Henry T. Blackaby (Broadman & Holman)

 

 

 

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