Come and See.
Hello, friend, and welcome to Jesus365. This is Day 11 of our guided journey through the words, actions, and identity of Jesus. Today belongs to Episode 1: The Question You Cannot Avoid. Today’s Journey Step is Meet—see what happened when people met Jesus. Wherever you are in your understanding of Jesus, we invite you to listen carefully and consider His words for yourself. Let’s begin.
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12 episódios. Uma jornada.
Follow the story from Jesus’ identity and kingdom to the cross, resurrection, and your response.
- 01 The Question You Cannot Avoid. Days 1–25 Day 11 of 25 in this Episode
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02 The Word Entered Our World. Days 26–55 Em breve
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03 The Kingdom Has Come Near. Days 56–85 Em breve
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04 Authority Unlike Any Other. Days 86–115 Em breve
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05 People Who Encountered Jesus. Days 116–145 Em breve
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06 Stories That Reveal the Kingdom. Days 146–175 Em breve
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07 Who Jesus Says He Is. Days 176–205 Em breve
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08 What Jesus Came to Do. Days 206–235 Em breve
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09 The Cost and Joy of Following Him. Days 236–265 Em breve
- 10 The Road Toward Jerusalem. Days 266–295
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11 The Cross at the Center. Days 296–330 Em breve
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12 The Risen King and Your Response. Days 331–365 Em breve
Current Movement
John 1:35–51
Step 1 of 5
See what happened when people met Jesus.
John the Baptist saw Jesus passing by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” Two disciples heard him and began following Jesus.
Watch: An invitation from Jesus: Come and See
Watch the companion video, then continue reading to examine the biblical testimony in its full context.
Jesus turned and asked the first words attributed to Him in John’s Gospel: “What are you seeking?”
They answered with a question about where He was staying. Jesus replied, “Come and you will see.”
Testimony Points Beyond Itself.
The disciples first learned about Jesus through another witness. John’s testimony mattered, but John did not gather followers around himself. He directed them toward Jesus.
Healthy testimony does the same. It can identify, invite, and bear witness, but it cannot replace encounter. The goal is not permanent dependence upon what someone else says about Jesus. The goal is to hear Him.
Jesus Asks What They Seek.
Jesus’ question reaches beneath outward movement. People approach Him for many reasons: curiosity, relief, argument, belonging, healing, knowledge, forgiveness, or life. He does not treat motives as irrelevant.
“What are you seeking?” is a fitting question near the beginning of this journey. Are you seeking confirmation of what you already believe? Evidence for dismissing Jesus? A spiritual experience? A solution to one immediate problem? Or truth, even if the truth overturns your present categories?
An Invitation Open to Examination.
Jesus does not tell the two disciples to believe without looking. He invites them to come, see, and spend time with Him. John says they remained with Jesus that day.
The invitation is simple but demanding. You cannot examine Jesus while always keeping Him outside your attention. You must remain long enough to listen, observe, question, and allow the evidence to accumulate.
Andrew emerged from that day convinced that they had found the Messiah. He immediately brought his brother Simon to Jesus. The encounter began with testimony, moved through investigation, and produced witness.
The Journey’s Invitation.
You are not being asked to trust an algorithm or accept a slogan. You are invited to walk through the Gospel witness carefully. Some questions will not be resolved in a single day. Some assumptions may resist correction. Continue anyway.
Jesus’ invitation remains: Come and see.
Seeing Requires Time.
A hurried glance can confirm almost any prejudice. The first disciples stayed with Jesus. In the chapters ahead, they will see signs, hear difficult teachings, witness compassion, misunderstand His mission, watch Him die, and encounter Him alive. “Come and see” is therefore not an invitation to one impressive moment. It is permission—and a summons—to keep looking until the whole Gospel testimony has been heard.
Pense nisto.
Are you willing to examine Jesus directly, or have you allowed assumptions to end the investigation before it begins?
Responda.
Accept the invitation to “come and see” by reading John 1:35–51 without rushing past what each person discovers about Jesus.
What This Means for Your Life.
Jesus does not shame honest questions. In John 1:35–51, He receives people who begin with someone else’s testimony, then invites them to stay, observe, and decide for themselves. That matters if you are curious, cautious, or even skeptical: Christianity is not built on a slogan, but on a claim about a real person who can be examined.
The deeper question Jesus asks is not only, “Do you know the facts?” but, “What are you seeking?” If you are looking for proof that fits your current assumptions, you may stop too soon. If you are open to truth, even when it unsettles you, then His invitation is still open: come and see.
One way to respond today is to read John 1:35–51 slowly, maybe more than once, and note what each person learns about Jesus. Ask yourself where your own search is leading: toward control, comfort, relief, or the truth itself. You do not need to pretend certainty you do not have. You do need enough honesty to keep looking.
Reflection question: What would change if you treated Jesus as someone to be honestly examined, not merely agreed with or dismissed?
