Participants: Dale Barnhurst
Series Code: FC
Program Code: FC000372
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00:31 Welcome to Faith Chapel.
00:32 I am Pastor Dale Barnhurst in Illinois, 00:36 a pastor of Seventh-day Adventist Church, 00:38 and I like to welcome you to take a look 00:41 with me at one of Christ disciples. 00:44 He has a special, I believe purpose 00:47 and a special mission, and I like to have you join 00:50 me. But before we do that, before we open 00:51 up God's word, I invite you to bow your 00:54 heads with me and speak to our 00:56 Creator and our Redeemer Jesus Christ. 00:59 Our Heavenly father, as we open up your 01:02 love letter we ask you would indeed 01:04 touch us with your Holy Sprit. 01:07 We want insights that only you can give. 01:09 We want direction in our lives that you have we 01:14 know you have a purpose for our lives 01:15 We just ask that you would send your 01:17 Holy Spirits, touch our hearts and our minds 01:20 as we hear your word, and we ask that 01:23 and we ask that your principles would be 01:24 applied to our lives, in Jesus name amen. 01:31 Among Christ disciples, they were twelve, 01:36 but I want to take a look at just one, 01:37 one of his disciples. One of his disciples 01:42 that we don't talk about very much, 01:44 a disciple that we just don't share 01:47 that much about but I believe he is 01:49 very important. I want you to 01:53 take a look at John Chapter 1 and verse 01:54 35 and onward, "Again, the next day, 01:57 John stood with two of his disciples", 02:00 as John the Baptist. And looking at 02:02 the Jesus as he walked, 02:04 he said "Behold the Lamb of God!" 02:07 The two disciples heard him speak, 02:10 and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, 02:12 and seeing them following, said to them, 02:15 "what do you seek?" They said to Him, 02:17 "Rabbi", where are you staying?" 02:20 and he said to them, come and see. 02:23 They came and saw where he was staying, 02:26 and they remained with him that day. 02:29 One of the two who heard John speak, 02:32 and followed him was Andrew, 02:34 Simon Peter's brother. 02:38 Andrew is the one that we want to take a look at. 02:40 Andrew was one of those first disciples of Jesus, 02:44 Andrew, and John. Andrew is seen 02:47 in the Scriptures, in the Gospels. 02:51 He is talked about thirteen times; 02:53 six times he is seen as Peter's brother. 02:58 John of course in his Gospel, 03:01 he talks about himself as the other disciple, 03:03 the other disciple. Both of those were 03:06 wanted to see Jesus, they were wanted 03:08 to get to know him better. 03:09 They were wanted to learn more about him. 03:12 They wanted to make sure that they didn't 03:14 miss one thing. They want to know 03:17 the messiah, intimately. They in just want 03:20 a short Interview, beside the road they 03:23 didn't want just eat lunch with him, 03:25 they wanted to see where he lived, 03:27 and get to know him personally. 03:31 Andrew and John, they listened to 03:33 the Holy Spirits call and they responded 03:37 to the John the Baptist message. 03:40 And when he said this is the behold Lamp of God, 03:42 this is the messiah they wanted 03:44 to find out more. They wanted to 03:46 find out more, and so those two responded. 03:49 They wanted to spend time with Jesus. 03:52 Well I want to take a look, 03:53 look quick its Mark Chapter 9 and Verse 2, 03:58 Mark 9 Verse 2 it says, "Now after six days 04:01 Jesus took Peter, James, and John, 04:04 and led them up on a high mountain, 04:06 apart by themselves; and he was 04:09 transfigured before them". 04:11 Now what happened here? We have Peter, 04:15 James and John being in the mountain with Jesus, 04:19 the mountain of Transfiguration, 04:21 those three were with him. 04:23 At the Christ Summary Peter, 04:25 James and John were with Jesus. 04:28 What happened to Andrew? 04:29 Where was Andrew during this time, 04:31 what happened to Andrew? 04:32 He was not part of inner three. 04:35 What was Andrew's mission? 04:38 What was the role that he was to play 04:40 as a disciple of Christ? Together we will 04:43 search and find out more about Andrew. 04:46 But it seems like Andrew did not hold a grudge. 04:49 He was still part of the Twelve. 04:51 He had something that Jesus wanted him to do, 04:54 and he fulfilled it very well. 04:57 Let's take another look at John chapter 1, 05:00 in John chapter 1; we've find Andrew 05:03 who had spent time with Jesus, 05:05 and his reaction to that. 05:07 He had listened to him, 05:09 we don't know how long it was, 05:11 but we heard he had spent time with 05:12 Jesus and wanted to go, 05:14 and take another look at sharing what 05:16 he has found with someone else. 05:19 In John chapter 1; verses 41 and 42, 05:23 it says, He first found his own brother Simon, 05:26 and said unto him, 05:27 "we have found the Messiah". 05:29 And he brought him to Jesus. 05:31 The conviction that he found 05:33 in talking with Jesus, 05:34 convinced him that Jesus was the Messiah, 05:37 and he brought his brother to Jesus. 05:40 And now when Jesus looked at him He said 05:43 you were Simon, the son of Jonah. 05:46 You shall be called Cephas. 05:50 Andrew has been convinced and he wanted 05:53 to share it with the first person that 05:55 he could think of and that was his brother. 05:58 He wanted to go and share with his brother, 06:01 and say we have found the one that 06:04 the Prophets have been talking about. 06:05 We have found the one as a family 06:07 we have been talking about, 06:08 looking forward to. We have found 06:10 that one that John the Baptist have been 06:12 talking about. We need to just learn more 06:16 about him and I want you to learn 06:18 more about him. And so he goes to his 06:20 brother Peter and says you got to come, 06:23 you have to come. That was part of 06:25 what the Andrew was as a disciple. 06:28 He went to his brother and brought 06:30 him to Jesus, so Peter can learn 06:33 about Jesus himself. Next one when I 06:36 take a look at is in John chapter 6, 06:39 John chapter 6 starting with the verse 1; 06:45 And after these things Jesus went 06:47 over to the Sea of Galille, 06:49 which is in, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 06:52 Then a great multitude followed him, 06:54 because they saw his signs which he 06:56 performed on those who were diseased. 06:59 And Jesus went up on the Mountain, 07:01 and there he sat with his disciples. 07:04 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, 07:06 was near. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes, 07:09 and seeing a great multitude 07:11 coming toward Him, He said to Philip, 07:14 'Where shall we buy bread, 07:16 that these may eat?" 07:18 But He said this to test him, 07:21 for He himself knew what He would do. 07:25 Philip answered Him, 07:26 "Two hundred Denarii worth of bread 07:28 is not sufficient for them, 07:30 that every one of them may have a little." 07:33 And then the key, one of His disciples, 07:37 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, 07:39 said to Him there is a lad here who has five 07:42 barley loaves and two small fish, 07:45 but what but what are they among so many? 07:48 Then Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." 07:52 Now there was much grass in the place. 07:54 So the men sat down, in number about 07:57 five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, 08:01 and when he had given thanks 08:03 he distribute them to the disciples, 08:06 and the disciples to those sitting down; 08:09 and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. 08:13 So when they were filled. 08:14 He said to his disciples, 08:16 "Gather up the fragments that remain, 08:19 so that nothing is lost." 08:21 Therefore they gathered them up, 08:22 and twelve baskets were filled with 08:25 the fragments of the five barley loaves 08:28 which were left over by those who had eaten. 08:32 So nothing is lost. Nothing was gone 08:35 and so we wanted to take a look at this, 08:39 imagine as everybody is following Jesus 08:42 they come to this nice grassy field. 08:45 Matter of fact when I was over in Israel 08:46 it was awesome to come to a place 08:49 it was just a southern end of sea 08:50 of Galleli it was a nice grassy field 08:53 so I can just picture Jesus there 08:55 with all those people. 08:58 As He shared with them, 08:59 they got hungry, they got hungry. 09:02 And nobody had ]an idea what to do. 09:05 Jesus asked Philip the question, 09:07 to test him, but Andrew had already 09:09 been working a hard time thinking 09:12 of what to do because in my mind I see 09:14 Andrew walking along with Jesus 09:16 and all of a sudden, there's this little boy 09:19 with the basket something that his 09:21 mother had given to him, 09:22 and said if you get hungry here you have 09:25 something that you can eat. 09:27 And so, of course Andrew gets to know him, 09:30 gets a talk with him, find out who he was 09:33 and where he is from, and then when that 09:36 question came up of how to eat. 09:40 I am not sure of the little boy gave 09:41 it to Andrew and said here 09:43 I will share with Jesus. 09:44 Where if Andrew asked the little boy, 09:46 I am sure we have to wait until 09:47 we get to heaven to find it out. 09:49 But a friendship had developed 09:51 between the two of them. 09:52 A friendship of talking, communicating, 09:55 so much so that Andrew brings the boys 09:58 lunch to Jesus, and then of course, 10:03 the whole crowd gets to eat that lunch, 10:06 the whole crowd gets to eat the lunch 10:08 that Jesus plus and it was multiplied 10:12 over fifteen thousand people were fed 10:14 with that lunch, and again Andrew 10:18 brought the little boy with 10:19 the lunch to Jesus. Andrew brought 10:23 him to Jesus, so he could share. 10:27 Another incidence that I believe we 10:29 need to look at is in John Chapter 12, 10:32 John chapter 12 verse 20 through 22 10:37 and there he says, Now there were 10:38 certain Greeks among those who came up 10:41 to worship at the feast. 10:43 Then they came to Philip, 10:45 who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, 10:48 and asked him, saying, "Sir, 10:51 we wish to see Jesus." 10:53 Philip came and told Andrew, 10:54 and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 10:59 Here we find an awesome time again 11:02 of what Andrew was all about. 11:04 Andrew was about to bringing people to Jesus. 11:08 The Greeks came wanting to find out 11:10 more about Jesus themselves, 11:12 and they came to Philip, may be he was 11:14 the first one they talk to. 11:16 But Philip wanted to go to Andrew, 11:18 because Andrew was known as the one 11:22 who brought others to Jesus. 11:24 He was one that Philip knew that Andrew 11:27 would know what to do. 11:28 And so Philip went to Andrew and Philip 11:31 and Andrew came and brought the Greeks 11:34 to Jesus. Of course we find that Philip 11:39 and Andrew were of the same city or town, 11:42 Bethsaida. So they probably 11:44 grew up together, they knew each other. 11:46 They were aware of each other strengths. 11:48 And Philip knew that Andrew was a bringer 11:53 of others to Jesus. Andrew had faith, 11:56 Andrew knew exactly what to do 11:58 and Andrew believed in Jesus, 12:00 and knew that he would have the answer 12:04 that he could give to the Greeks. 12:06 And so they brought the Greeks to Jesus, 12:10 because I believe all of us are seeking 12:12 to know Jesus, but all of us are looking 12:14 for that special person in our lives that 12:18 we can't find anywhere else on this earth. 12:20 No one in our families, 12:21 no one in our work places, 12:24 no one anywhere knows exactly about us 12:28 and what we need as Jesus does. 12:31 Andrew was a follower of Jesus, 12:35 and he knew that others need him too. 12:38 I want to take a look at some other places, 12:40 other points of Andrew as a follower. 12:45 In Mark chapter 1 verses 16 to 18, 12:50 we find of course that the first two disciples 12:55 that were given the official call as 12:57 the Christ disciples. Mark chapter 1verses 13:00 16 to 18 says And as he walked by 13:03 the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and 13:06 Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; 13:11 for they were fishermen. 13:13 Then Jesus said to them, 13:15 "Follow me, and I will make you 13:18 become fishers of men." 13:20 and they immediately left their nets 13:22 and followed him. And they immediately 13:25 left their nets and followed Jesus. 13:28 Here we find, here we find that Jesus made 13:32 the call the official call and the first two 13:35 that he made, he made the call 13:37 to Peter and Andrew. Andrew was the one 13:43 that that, that was known to be a part 13:48 time disciple of Jesus, after this point and 13:51 time they went and do there work and they 13:53 would follow Jesus. They went and do 13:55 there work and they would come back 13:56 and follow Jesus and at this time Jesus 14:00 went to them personally and said, 14:02 I want you to follow me full time. 14:05 Thanks then the Rabbis at that time 14:09 had special people that they wanted to teach, 14:12 they wanted to implement, there ideas, 14:15 their concepts of who they were as rabbis 14:18 through their disciples. 14:20 And Jesus was a Rabbi, he was a great 14:22 rabbi and he picked Andrew and Peter 14:26 as his first disciples. You noticed there 14:30 in Mark chapter 1 that it says, 14:32 Come and follow me. Jesus said, 14:35 Come and follow me. That's what we need 14:37 to do in our lives, is come and follow Jesus. 14:40 We need to follow him one hundred percent, 14:44 he didn't say leave your nets and 14:45 then come follow me, he said follow me and 14:48 they left their nets and followed him. 14:52 We need to do the same, 14:53 so often we get bound up in our own nets, 14:57 our own nets of what we have to do 15:00 is during the week or, you know our job 15:02 responsibilities, our occupations. 15:04 We get round up in the relationships 15:08 that we get distracted of what Jesus 15:10 wants us to do. Sometimes we did get 15:13 round up in our nets of addictions, 15:16 we get round up in our nets of, 15:18 of being busy. Jesus says come 15:21 and follow me, come and follow me 15:24 and if you come and follow me the nets 15:27 will take care of themselves. 15:28 He will take care of the nets for each of us, 15:31 and so when we hear the call of Jesus 15:34 saying come and follow me, 15:36 we need to do the same. We need to follow him 15:39 one hundred percent just says Peter 15:43 and Andrew did. So far we take a look at, 15:47 at the Andrew, and Andrew and 15:50 his and his Simon Peter were co-fishermen. 15:54 They were fishermen of fish, 15:57 they went out most times in the evenings 16:00 and they were put down their nets 16:01 and bring in the fish. We need to keep 16:05 in mind that nets that they were sending 16:08 out were really nets to destroy the fish, 16:11 to kill the fish, to sell the fish for food. 16:16 Jesus had something else in mind for them. 16:18 He want them to leave that occupation 16:21 and begin a new ministry, 16:23 a new ministry with him, 16:25 a ministry that will still be fishers 16:28 but not fishers of fish, 16:30 but fishers of men and women and Christ 16:34 as the master fisherman. 16:37 And so we find that in Andrew, 16:40 Andrew was a kind of person that 16:42 followed Jesus. He didn't had 16:45 anything else in his way. 16:47 He left his boats, he left his, his dad, 16:50 he left his family, he left the nets, 16:54 he left everything behind to follow 16:56 Jesus one hundred percent. 17:00 Now we want to take a look at 17:01 Mark chapter 3 and verse 18. 17:04 When I take a look at the whole chapter 17:06 you find that Jesus was bringing his 17:08 twelve disciples to the mountain. 17:11 He called them to be by himself without 17:14 the crowd around him. He called them to do 17:18 a special thing for them, 17:19 a kind of that is to set aside as an Apostle. 17:23 You have in starting verse 16, 17:26 that the beginning of the list of the twelve 17:27 disciples who were set aside as a 17:29 Apostle's of Jesus, but in verse 18 17:33 Mark chapter 3 verse 18, you have there the list, 17:39 a partial list of those disciples. 17:42 You have Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, 17:44 Matthew, Thomas, James the son 17:46 of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, 17:48 and Simon the Cananite. So there you have it. 17:52 Andrew was there fro beginning to end, 17:55 Andrew was there as part of the twelve 17:58 who had followed Jesus and now Jesus 18:00 had set him along with all the others aside 18:03 as one of his apostles. Andrew was one 18:07 who had passed the test. 18:09 Andrew is the one who would stay 18:11 and listened and learned. 18:12 Andrew was one that Jesus set aside as an 18:17 apostle of his, to take his message 18:20 to take who Jesus is to everyone. 18:23 Andrew was one who was ordained 18:27 with all the rest of the apostles to follow 18:30 Jesus and to share with others 18:32 what he had done. Well there is one more, 18:36 one more place that we find Andrew. 18:40 Andrew in Acts chapter 1 and verse 13, 18:44 we find Andrew being the part of a group 18:49 with the rest of disciples again. 18:51 He had gone through the time of the crucifixion 18:56 he had been in the upper room with 18:57 all the disciples in fear of his life 19:00 he had been there, through that entire 19:03 time but now in Acts chapter 1 verse 13 19:07 we find him one more place and when it says, 19:09 And when they had entered, 19:12 they went up into the upper room where 19:14 they were staying: Peter, James, 19:17 and John, and Andrew; and Philip and Thomas; 19:20 and Bartholomew and Matthew' and James 19:23 the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; 19:26 and Judas the son of James. 19:31 Here we find that Andrew again 19:34 was a part of that group. 19:36 He was the part of that group that 19:37 was up in the upper room after the ascension, 19:41 after Jesus had gone back to his Heavenly Father, 19:45 Andrew was in that upper room. 19:46 He was in that upper room with all 19:48 the disciples to talk about, 19:50 to rehearse to go over what he had 19:53 seen and heard. He was there. 19:56 He was there from beginning to end. 19:59 He was there to show to all of us that 20:02 we need to stay close to Jesus. 20:04 We need to stay close to him. 20:08 Lot of times we don't always fits 20:11 the mode of someone else. 20:13 We don't always fits what somebody 20:15 else thinks we should look like or talk like or, 20:17 or act like. There is only one person that 20:20 we need to look like, talk like and act like 20:22 and that is Jesus. We need to follow him, 20:25 make him our prime example; 20:27 make him the one that we follow each and everyday. 20:32 See sometimes in our lives whether 20:35 we are teenagers, whether we are 20:38 adults we try to find someone to follow to, 20:43 to mimic. And sometimes we don't think 20:46 we have what it takes to be the kind of person 20:50 that Jesus wants us to be and that's 20:52 the point right there. We need to zero 20:54 in on what Jesus wants us to be. 20:57 Because in reality, Andrew even though 21:00 he was the first disciple and even 21:03 though he was all way through the entire 21:04 time of Christ ministry to be there 21:07 with disciples in the end. 21:09 Andrew didn't make the inner three, 21:12 but it didn't bother him. 21:13 He was still a very useful follower 21:16 of Jesus Christ, and so just because 21:19 we don't get the right place, 21:21 we don't get the right position 21:22 or we don't get what we think might be 21:25 coming to us we need to be faithful to Jesus 21:27 and follow him step by step. 21:31 Andrew didn't preach to thousands 21:34 and baptized thousand at a day, 21:38 but Andrew did bring Peter. 21:40 Andrew did bring his brother, 21:43 and God use Peter to accomplish the work 21:46 that all the disciples had done 21:49 and the results were there, blessed by God. 21:53 Now Andrew didn't always have a lunch 21:55 in his hip pocket. He didn't always have 21:57 a basket full of five loaves and two fishes, 22:01 but he did bring the boy that had that 22:03 lunch to Jesus. So that Jesus could 22:06 bless it and bless many others with it. 22:11 Of course Andrew didn't always go traveling 22:15 all over the place that we know of and yet 22:18 he was happy to bring others who 22:21 traveled long distances to meet Jesus 22:24 for themselves. Not just take his word for, 22:27 not just take Philips word for, 22:29 but to take and meet Jesus himself 22:32 and take his word for it. 22:35 Andrew wasn't up here, Andrew wasn't a thunder 22:39 like James and John, but Andrew was 22:42 a person who really believed in Jesus. 22:45 Andrew was the person that really wanted 22:48 others to know about Jesus too. 22:50 Andrew was a person that allowed Jesus 22:53 to mould him into his image, 22:56 allowed the Holy Sprit to change his life, 23:00 allowed God to accomplish his worthiness. 23:04 Of course the question is what about us, 23:06 what about you? Are you want to 23:09 follow Jesus all the way? Satan wants us, 23:12 wants to get us distracted he wants us 23:14 to go off the path doesn't matter which way 23:17 but he wants us to go off the path, 23:19 we need to follow Jesus leave the nets, 23:22 leave everything else behind but keep 23:24 our eyes focused on Jesus. 23:26 Keep your eyes and lives following 23:28 him in his foot steps? Jesus is one that will 23:33 take care of that if we, if we allow him to. 23:37 The Holy Spirit is working on our hearts everyday, 23:39 everyday we have to determine 23:42 who we gonna follow. When we get up in 23:44 the morning we need to choose him as our, 23:47 our example, our rabbi, or messiah. 23:52 We need to let the Holy Spirit take our 23:54 hearts and remove them or remake them 23:57 because we can't be anybody else. 24:00 We have to be, who god created us 24:03 to be we need to be with the person who, 24:06 who god purposed and has the plan 24:08 for our lives we need to be like him 24:12 and that him mold us into his image 24:15 who he wants us to be. So the question is 24:18 in a reality. The question is that we 24:22 need in our lives to make sure that we have 24:27 followed Jesus one step at a time all 24:30 through our lives. The question is in our 24:32 lives today that we wanted to be like 24:35 someone else there is a big hero in our 24:38 lives that we want to be like is there 24:40 a mom and dad that we want to follow, 24:44 is there a big brother or big sister that 24:46 we want to, to follow after or 24:48 is there someone in our workplace 24:49 that we want to emulate. 24:53 I believe we need to follow Jesus in his life. 24:57 We need to follow him totally and completely 25:00 just like Andrew did. No matter what happens 25:02 in our lives, we need to follow 25:04 him and be a firm believer in a follower in Jesus. 25:09 Jesus ask us today to follow him, 25:13 not anyone else he wants us to follow him. 25:18 And so we need everyday ask for 25:20 strength we need everyday ask for, 25:22 for the desire to do what he wants us 25:24 to do everyday we need for will as for 25:28 wisdom from the Holy Spirit 25:29 to fulfill God's mission, 25:32 gods plan God's purpose in our lives for him. 25:38 Everyday we need to pray a prayer. 25:42 Everyday we need to pray the prayer of, 25:43 our dear Lord I want you to be the needle 25:47 and I will be the thread. Everyday Lord I 25:51 want you to go first and I will follow, 25:55 wherever you lead. 25:57 So often we get off track, 25:59 so often we want to do the leading, 26:02 we want to be the one in charge but every 26:05 time we try to do that we always fall 26:07 flat on our faces. We have to allow 26:10 Jesus to lead us. We have to allow 26:13 him to go first and so I ask that you 26:16 were indeed pray that prayer all the time. 26:20 Let's just take time right now to do that. 26:23 Our heavenly Father we ask that we were indeed 26:25 touched our hearts and our lives 26:27 with who you are. You have a purpose 26:29 for each and every person who is listening 26:32 or watching this program today 26:35 we ask that you were indeed accomplish 26:37 that in our lives that you would touch us 26:41 and make us a true disciple of yours 26:43 we follow you each and everyday in each 26:46 step along the way and we thank you 26:48 and praise you in Jesus name Amen. 26:53 My challenge for you is to keep your 26:56 eyes on Jesus just like Andrew did no matter 26:59 what happens around you keep your eyes on 27:01 him be his disciple not someone else's disciple, 27:05 not what somebody else wants you 27:07 to be like but be a disciple of Jesus. 27:10 Make sure you follow along in his footsteps, 27:16 don't get distracted of the either path 27:17 divided to the left follow his footprints 27:20 so that you know that in the end you will be with 27:23 Jesus because that's what Jesus wants us to be, 27:25 is with him all the time he wants 27:28 us to follow him. So that when in 27:30 the end he can welcome us into his kingdom 27:34 that will last forever and I believe even 27:36 in the end we will be sharing that story 27:39 of bringing others to Jesus. 27:41 In the sense of telling the story that Jesus 27:44 did something inside of us and we want to share 27:46 that with others. We want to share 27:48 that with the entire universe, 27:51 so lets be Andrew, let's follow Jesus 27:53 step by step all along the way. |
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