Message Eleven

A man of God asked a friend, "Have you ever found Jesus?" "No, sir," he answered. "Have you continued to seek Him?" he asked. "Yes, sir," he replied. "Why haven't you found Him?" asked the minister. "I don't know," he answered. "Let me tell you why," he said. "You haven't found Jesus, because you haven't realized the fact that He's seeking you. Jesus came into the world to seek and to save the lost. Instead of seeking Him you've been seeking a feeling, or somebody else's experience. Jesus has been seeking you. Now stop running after an experience, and let the Lord Jesus find you." That did it! He got saved!

Andrew started out to seek the Lord, and he, too, found that the Lord was seeking him. For the Lord who said, "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near," also said, "The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." So Andrew, the seeking sinner found the seeking Savior. Then he set out to seek other souls.

Let's think on the task. D. L. Moody was asked, "What's the best way to reach men with the gospel?" "Go after them," he replied. That's what Andrew did, for it's written in John 1:41, "He first findeth his own brother Simon." It's the natural desire of the newly-born child of God to find someone else. And that's the business of every believer. There's no cancellation from this commission. The Lord who saved you, has signed you to this task. When I was first saved, one said to me, "Guido, you're saved to serve." And I've never gotten away from it.

Let's think on his testimony. Andrew said, "We have found the Christ." How certain he was. He didn't say, "I hope I've found the Christ!" It's a good thing he didn't say to his brother, "I think I've found Christ. Come with me and see what you think!" Had he said that, I imagine Peter would have said, "Go your way, Andrew. I'm too busy fishing." But he testified, "I have found the Christ." For you to save souls, you must be saved; and you must be sure that you're saved. Our Lord said, "Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?" Even the rich man who was tormented in the flame, realized that only a saved soul could save another soul. That's why he begged for a believer to be released from heaven, and not for an unbeliever to be sent from hell. Let me ask you, my friend, are you absolutely certain that you're saved? You can be! A ten-year-old newsboy was telling one of his customers about being saved. Said the customer, "Peter, maybe you only think you're saved." "No sir," he answered. "I'm absolutely certain. Jesus said He wouldn't cast anybody out who came to Him. I came to Him, and I'm saved for keeps. Jesus couldn't make a mistake." How true!

Let's think on his triumph. The Bible says, "He brought him to Jesus." Who can measure what that conversion has meant to Christianity. Oh, how thrilled Andrew must have been, when several years later, on the day of Pentecost, he heard his brother preach the word of the Lord, and 3,000 souls were converted! It has been my glorious honor to do the work of an evangelist for many years. In many of our meetings I've had person after person say to me, "The Lord has called us to be faithful, but He hasn't called us to be successful." But I believe He has called us to be both, for He said, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." That's why Andrew brought Peter to Jesus. How different he was from the Christian of whom Spurgeon spoke. To him, an unsaved brother said, "I'm dying. I know I'm lost. I can't help putting some of the blame of my ruin at your door. You believed I was perishing. Yet you did not speak to me." How tragic! Oh, win the lost at any cost.

copyright 2000 Guido Evangelistic Association

All Scripture verses are quoted from the New King James Version.

This series of messages on the books of the Bible were originally written for broadcast on Dr. Guido's radio program, "The Sower." They are collected and reprinted here for your enjoyment and spiritual edification. Go to the Sower's site for more at www.TheSower.com.