Finding and Being Found
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In the passage, John 1:35-51, which I’m preparing to preach on Sunday, the greek word eurisko is used five times. The word means “I find.”
In v.41, Jesus finds Andrew.
Also in v.41, Andrew reports to Simon that he has found the Messiah.
In v. 43, Jesus finds Philip.
In v. 45, Philip finds Nathaniel.
Also in v. 45, Philip reports that they have found “him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote.”
This implies that there was a profound amount of seeking. Johns disciples were seeking the Messiah, the fulfillment of the law and the prophets, but the Messiah — the Light — was also seeking them. It reminds me of the last line of Psalm 23, “Surely goodness and mercy shall pursue me all the days of my life.”
Eurisko implies a deep sense of seeking.
When we seek in darkness, it’s hard to tell what we are looking for,
but when we seek in the light, we find and are found.
A Colossians Twitter Mashup
January 25, 2012 By 3 Comments
The Challenge:
“I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. [Col 1:24]”
And the Response:
While the life of Christ achieved tetelestai on the cross, the suffering of his body did not. The enduring afflictions that are left to the church act as a defining characteristic, lasting tension, through which we experience what Franz Wright calls Christ’s “appalling and incomprehensible mercy.
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