In the first chapter of John’s Gospel, we find the calling of Nathanael. In John 1:43-46, we read, “The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael has an opinion of where Jesus grew up. “How could anything good come from Nazareth?” Why did Nathanael respond to Phillip this way? Truthfully, we don’t know. For me, though, it is hard to read his response without putting it into the context of our current world. When I read Nathanael’s reaction to Phillip, I cannot help but wonder how often I have looked down on someone because of where they came from or what their education or social status might be. Truthfully, it is way too easy to judge a book by its cover.
Notes:
Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber
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