Greetings beloved,
St. John's gospel records for us in chapter 1 verses 43-50, how Jesus went to the town of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee. This was the hometown of Andrew, Peter and Philip whom too had decided to follow Jesus. In the same way that Andrew had brought Peter to Jesus, Philip brought his friend Nathaniel.
Now, Nathaniel was a skeptic (a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual). When Philip approached him concerning Jesus he said, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" to which Philip replied, “Come and see.” As they drew near, Jesus saw them and having already judged his character proclaimed of Nathaniel; “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!” In other words, "Here is an honest man." Even though he was a skeptic, when he met Jesus, he changed his mind and in honest humility said, "You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
When we try to explain Christianity to someone or the joys of following Christ, we often have a difficult time getting others to understand, especially unbelievers. The words we tend to hear are, "I just don't understand," or "I just don't see it." Of course you don't, you're spiritually blind. Try to explain a sunset to a blind man or the colors of a rainbow, he can't understand it, he's blind to it. The only way to see it or understand it is to have the spiritual blindness removed from your eyes, and only Christ can do that. Just as He opened Nathaniel's eyes, to the truth, He can open your eyes right now, and you can start to live and see a whole new world that you never knew existed if you will just honestly open yourself up to Him. If your first judgements of Christ and Christianity were wrong, will you be honest enough to change?
Pray with me... Almighty Everlasting Father, we humbly ask that You give sight to all who are spiritually blinded today, reveal Your truth to them that they might be set free. We give You thanks as we pray in Your Son Jesus' name. AMEN!
God's blessings to you all,
Fr. Ernest+
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