Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-29

about Hinl-"We have found the
Christr' And they became the sec
ond group of His first disciples, prl-
marily because of what some one
they knew told them of Him as they
had learned to know Him
The Last Two
There were two more added before
the list of the first disciples of Jesus
was completed, and here was the
| way they came. Jesus was about to
start back to Galilee the next day;
but before He could so, there was
some one He had to see. 1t was
main named Philip. He had come
from the same little fishing village
on the Sea of Galilee that was still
the home of Andrew and Peter, but
he had never known Jesus. l think
Andrew must have told Jesus what
! friend he was of theirs and how he
would like to have him come along
with them-AndreW had a quiet way
Of doing things you knOW-and that,
of course, was just enough for Jesus!
He dearly loves still to have us bring
our friends along and, furthermore,
will do what He did here-go out and
find them, for that's what He did to
| Philip, Then when He found him,
He looked at Philip and said, Fol
low Me - That was all; but that was
enough.
i, There was something so winsome
about His face and His Voice-oh.
it was just that marvellous love OF
His peeping through - that Philip
| couldn't resist it, and followed Him.
And so the fifth one came by the
testimony Of another.
But Philip also had a friend, and
his name was Nathaniel or Bar
| tholamew, as he is sometimes called
And Philip went out on a hunt for
! him and found him. He was sitting
under a fig tree. I think he had
| been going over in his mind all the
things that had been happening and
wondering what they meant. And
! Philip disturbs his reverie. 'Nat,
old fellow, we have found what we
have all been looking for all these
! years: we have found Him of whom
Moses and all the prophets did
write. He is Jesus of Nazareth"
But Nathaniel was from Missouri.
''Tut, tut; whoever heard of such a
thing? Can any good thing come
| out of Nazareth, that despicable lit
tie Village?"
Now Philip saw that Nathaniel
was in no mood to argue the'matter,
He had probably learned that arGu-
ments never win anybody They
only confirm each in his own opinion.
And even if you win the argument,
you will probably by that victory,
| lose your man, for no one wants to
| acknowledge defeat. SO Philip very
wisely answers-is it not strange
! that he used the very words of
Jesus to Andrew and John?-"Come
and see"
| Now one good thing about
/ Nathaniel was his willingness to be
shown. SO he went with Philip. And
as he was coming Jesus said, BE
! hold an lsraelite in whom there is
no Jacob" He is one whom God
! rules and there is no trickery or
! deceit in him.
Nathaniel overheard Him and said,
! Where did you ever know me-" To
which He replied: Before Philip
called you, while you were still
under that fig tree. ] saw YOU" And
then Nathaniel just fell all over him
self and said: rabbi Thou are the
Son of God; Thou art the King of
Israel" And so the last Of the first
group of six was won to Jesus by
what his friend said about Him.
| Sometimes it was necessary to bring
him into His very presence, but it
was the testimony of one who knew
Him that was the primary cause in
each instance.
Have you ever won anyone to
Christie All He asks of you is to
! tell your friends what you know
He will do the rest If one person
should win one other person today:
and each of these two, one other
tomorrow; and each of these four,
one other the next day and so on.
/ every living soul in the world. :.
600 100000 of them-would be won
to Christ in SO days! Will you tell
some one about Him today?