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! INTRODUCTION
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#. *Who is this Nathanael?*
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His FULL name may have been Nathanael Bartholomew
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*We know little about Nathanael*
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Very little written about him
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From the few verses we get a good insight though into his CHARACTER
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WE DO KNOW THAT NATHANAEL WAS A SEEKER OF THE TRUTH
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This is seen in the way Philip put his announcement *
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John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph
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*1. **Think we can ASSUME that these two had spent a lot of time in study*
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They SEARCHED the scriptures
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They wanted to know what the Messiah would be like
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They wanted to know when the Messiah would come
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They were seekers
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*Philip’s FIRST concern was to reach his friend Nathanael*
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Jesus has challenged Philip to FOLLOW Him #.
Philip is just doing what Jesus asked
*John 20:21* Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
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**Look at the JOY in Philips voice – “/we have found him/”*
a. What he had been searching for, he FOUND
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He - as well as Nathanael - KNEW the scriptures
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B. BUT Nathanael was skeptical at first
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John 1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?
Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
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*Nathanael* *could not understand how anything GOOD could come from such POOR people who lived around Nazareth*
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We see some PREJUDICE here
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He had allowed himself to be INFLUENCED by the world’s foolishness
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*Nazareth*
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Small village in Galilee
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Galilee bordered the Gentile or heathen nations
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Sometimes called ‘Galilee of the Gentiles’
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The Jews had deep PREJUDICE against the Gentiles
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They considered anyone or anything touched by a GENTILE to be unclean in the sight of God
#. *Nazareth’s* problem was that it TOUCHED the Gentile land
#. *Nazareth* had COMMERCIAL ties with the Gentiles
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Incidentally it was also despised by the ROMANS
1.) Its citizens were conquered people
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*Story goes that when the Wright brothers were working on their first airplane in Dayton*
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Word spread about Dayton
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One local is reported as saying: “/No man will ever fly, and if any man does fly, it won’t be anybody from Dayton.
If any man from Dayton does fly it won’t be the Wright brother.”/
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He was wrong in all 3 cases
1.) Man does fly
2.) He was from Dayton
3.) And he was a Wright brother
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*Jesus said such attitude – such PREJUDICE would prevail*
*Matthew 13:57* And they were offended in him.
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
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Philip was a practical man*
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**He did not ARGUE with Nathanael*
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He did not JUSTIFY Nazareth
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He just said “/Come and See/”
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He still INVITED Nathanael to FOLLOW Jesus
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**Nathanael - being a true seeker - went to see for HIMSELF*
*Jeremiah 29:13 *And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
ANOTHER THING WE CAN SAY ABOUT NATHANAEL WAS THAT HE WAS SINCERE
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What a difference it made when he MET Jesus face to face*
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John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
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**Jesus KNEW Nathanael*
a. Jesus KNEW his beliefs
1.) Jesus called Nathanael */an Israelite indeed/*
2.) Nathanael symbolically represented ISRAEL
3.) He BELIEVED the promises of God
4.) He tried to live up to the COVENANT name
5.) He looked for that BLESSED hope
6.) Jesus KNEW Nathanael
b. Jesus KNEW his character
1.) Nathanael was a man without guile
2.) Nathanael did not deceive, bait or mislead people
3.) Nathanael did not hide what he thought
4.) Nathanael was straightforward, open, honest
! B. But now Nathanael met the Master
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**What more could he say*
*a. *Nathanael was a SEEKER, Nathanael was SINCERE, AND:
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NATHANAEL WAS ALSO A MAN OF PRAYER
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Hearing Jesus describe him as an ‘Israelite indeed’, Nathanael* *asked “/how do you know?”/*
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John 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
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**A Palestine house of the common people, THERE was only 1 room*
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If you wanted a place of QUIET meditation
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You sought the shade of the FIG tree
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With their big leaves
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There Jesus saw Nathanael PRAYING
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**It is not easy finding QUIET time for meditation and prayer in our homes *
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The radio, the TV
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The telephone
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Silence seems to be so HARD to come by
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