Last Sunday
was National Back to Church Sunday. Thousands of churches across
the United States welcomed lots of visitors. The good news is that we can
bring people to church every Sunday and there is a Biblical precedent for
this.
Look
at the story in John 1:35–42,35 The next day John was there
again with two of his disciples.36 When he saw Jesus passing
by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”37 When the two disciples
heard him say this, they followed Jesus.38 Turning around,
Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They
said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he
replied, “and you will see.”
So
they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It
was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew,
Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who
had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to
find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the
Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked
at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called
Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
Right
after Andrew found Christ he went and brought his brother to Jesus, and they
became His followers. This is a great example of what all believers should do.
Let’s take this lesson to heart and bring our brother, sister, family member,
friend, co-worker, and neighbor to church with us every week.
