After 40 days of being in
the desert with no food
or drink, and dealing with
the temptations of evil, Jesus
was ready to bring His
message to the people. He
began talking to the few people
that seemed to be interested
in Him.
One day John the Baptist
was teaching by the River Jordan.
He saw Jesus pass by and said,
"Behold, the Lamb of God".
There was two men standing near by
that heard John's words. They
realized that this was the Christ
that John the Baptist had
preached about.
The two men began to follow
Jesus. Jesus saw them and
stopped. He asked them,
"What is it that you seek?"
They wanted to talk to Jesus.
They asked Him where He was staying.
Jesus said, "Come and see."
So the two men went with Jesus.
Both of these men were
fishermen. One of these fishermen's
name was Andrew.
Andrew stayed and talked with
Jesus for the whole day.
He was learning from Jesus.
When the day was over,
he was certain that he had
met the Son of God and
The King of Israel. Andrew,
as well as all the Jews of
that time, knew the Bible said
there would be a man who would
save them from sin. They
believed that He would be the
King of their nation.
Andrew came to see Jesus again.
This time he brought his
brother Simon with him. Jesus saw
them coming and before Andrew
could tell Him who Simon was,
Jesus said, "So, you are Simon,
Son of Jona?" Then Jesus gave Simon
a new name. "You shall be called 'The Rock'."
He told Simon. So, from then on,
he was called Simon Peter,
or Simon the Rock.
The next day Jesus decided
to travel to Galilee. On His
way He met Philip. Jesus said,
"Follow Me". Philip could sense
the power that Jesus had in Him.
Philip immediately followed Him.
Philip had a friend by the
name of Nathanael. When Philip was talking
to Nathanael about Jesus, Nathanael
remarked, "Can anthing good
come out of Nazareth?" Philip did
not argue with Nathanael.
Instead he said, "Come and see."
He knew Jesus would show Nathanael the truth.
When Jesus saw Nathanael
coming He said, "Here is an
Israelite indeed, in whom
there is no guile."
This comment suprised Nathanael.
He said, "How did you know me?"
"I saw you under a fig tree
before Philip called you,"
Jesus replied.
Nathanael didn't understand how
Jesus could have seen him
miles away. Immediately he knew that
what Philip had told him about
Jesus was true. "Teacher,"
he said, "You are the Son of God!
You are the King of Israel!"
Jesus gently said to him,
"Because I said to you I saw
you under the fig tree, do you believe?
You shall see greater things
than these. You will see Heaven
opened and the Angels
ascending and descending upon
the Son of Man."
Later Jesus found John and
his brother James in their
boats mending their nets. They
were with their father Zebedee
and their hired servants.
Jesus called to James and John
to follow Him. They left
their father with the hired servants
in the boat and followed Jesus.
Jesus now had 6 followers.
They were Andrew and Simon Peter,
who were brothers; John and James,
who were brothers; and
Philip and Nathanael.
These men were called Disciples.
They were called this because
they were students of God.
Thank you for visiting
my page at Angelfire.
Please come back and visit again!
My Favorite things about Angelfire.
My Favorite Web Sites
Angelfire - Free Home Pages
Free Web Building Help
Lycos - Search the Web
CareerPath - Where Employers and Employees Click
