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Today, our sermon from the lovely Pastor John Beeman was about being like Andrew, Peter’s brother. Here’s a link to the full sermon if interested. Someone Must Bring One<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found this interesting because we don’t have any written works from Andrew that I’m aware of, and he really seems like a side character. However, he was one who would invite anyone to learn from or meet Jesus, regardless of their background. This is a strength he has that Peter, his brother, does not. We see Paul rebuke Peter for his prejudices in the New Testament, but I don’t remember the book, so I’m not going to tell you where.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few examples that Pastor John brings up are, first in the gospel of John, John 6:8-9 NIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter\u2019s brother, spoke up, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A seemingly insignificant set of verses until you think about the culture at the time. As Pastor John puts it, you wouldn’t bother a Rabi with a child. Andrew however, saw value in the child and what he could literally bring to the table in this case. The second instance I took not of also in the gospel of John, John 12:20-22 NIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. \u201cSir,\u201d they said, \u201cwe would like to see Jesus.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The interesting thing pointed out here is that Philip doesn’t go directly to Jesus; he goes to Andrew first. Andrew had a gift that allowed him to look past insignificant things in the grand scheme of things. God has a plan for everyone, and it’s not up to us to decide if they deserve to hear about it simply because they have a belief or background that we don’t agree with. Not everyone needs to be like Peter or Paul and have a grand story that converts thousands; sometimes, you just need to be the one to convert someone that no one else would reach out to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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