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this is that the movements of Jesus affect others, and we find

that as we look at Him. John draws attention to Christ, “And

the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus”.

Well, that is ministry. It has been said that anything that does

not draw attention to Christ is not really ministry. Christ must

be projected in anything that is said, and, as our dear brother

said in prayer, the past weekend gave us an impression of

Christ, an impression of the wonder of this dispensation,

involving divine grace. What a wonderful thing it is that there

was movement on the part of these disciples as they heard the

word,

“Behold the Lamb of God”. They now had another outlook,

another Object; they followed Jesus. You cannot follow

someone if you do not have your eyes on him. The Lord would

have us to have our eyes on Himself.

Then it says, “But Jesus having turned, and seeing them

following, says to them. What seek ye?” So if you seek to

follow the Lord, He will take an interest in you and He will want

to know, “What seek ye?” That is the word, “What seek ye?” I

could ask myself, What do I seek? What is my outlook? What

is my objective? Is my objective to be here for the Lord? It

seems that these two who followed had an objective, to be

here for Christ, “and they said to him, Rabbi (which, being

interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?” They

wanted to know about His presence. We had a word at the

weekend as to “whatever a man shall sow” (Galatians 6: 7),

and sowing to the Spirit. I felt that the Lord gave a real touch

as to that. How would we do it?

Oh, I think it would be that we would follow Christ, and sowing

to the Spirit would be that we have Christ as our Object. They

ask, “Where abidest thou?” They wanted to know not only

where He was going, but “where abidest thou?” And so we find

that they are brought into that area. “He says to them, Come

and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and