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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 TELLS Nathanael about Jesus *
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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 – are WE?
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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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**SEE the JOY in Philips WORDS – “/we have found him/”*
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The ONE WHO he had been SEARCHING for, he FOUND
b. Philip and 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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*Jesus worked with TWO doubters*
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Nathanael, one of the first disciples called
#. Thomas, one of the last disciples called
1.) We looked at Thomas last week
2.) Started out slow in his faith but crossed the finish line in glory
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Nathanael too started out skeptical
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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 #.
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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*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 SPOKE of such an attitude – 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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