John
1:47-51 (Amp)
47 Jesus saw
Nathanael coming toward Him and said concerning him, See! Here is an Israelite
indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor
falsehood nor duplicity!
• Jesus takes
one look at Nathanael and sees exactly who he is, without being introduced to
him. This is an act of supernatural power.
48 Nathanael
said to Jesus, How do You know me? [How is it that You know these things about
me?] Jesus answered him, Before [ever] Philip called you, when you were still
under the fig tree, I saw you.
49 Nathanael
answered, Teacher, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!
• For Nathanael
this supernatural meeting between him and Jesus is enough for him to recognise
Jesus as his Lord and Saviour. Jesus is almost surprised in the next verse
that it took so little for Nathanael to believe that He is the Son of God.
50 Jesus
replied, Because I said to you, I saw you beneath the fig tree, do you believe
in and rely on and trust in Me? You shall see greater things than this!
51 Then He
said to him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you all, you shall see
heaven opened,
and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man!
This story is
amazing!
We should never
believe that our miraculous moment of salvation and rebirth into God’s Kingdom
is “as good as it gets”. We should not expect that this is the first and last
act of our miraculous journey on earth!
Jesus says that
this is just the start of your journey of miracles!
Are we
expecting too little of our supernatural God?
Are we so
exited to meet Him that we expect nothing more from Him?
Jesus says:
“YOU SHALL SEE GREATER THINGS THAN THIS!”
John 14:11
John 14:11
11 Believe
Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the
sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let
these works that I do in My Father’s name convince you.]
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