The Wedding at Cana

The following day, Jesus wanted to go to Galilee.

And he found Philip and said to him, follow me.

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

And Philip found Nathanael and said to him, we have found him of whom Moses in the law and all the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

And Nathanael said to him, can anything good come out of Nazareth? Remember last week we talked about Nathanael's words there, calling Jesus a thing.

And Philip said, come and see.

And here we see the ways of Jesus on full display in verse 47.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him.

and said of him, behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit.

So we see two things here in verse 47.

We see Nathanael coming toward the Lord, and we see his approach getting the Lord's attention.

Remember last week I said Jesus, being his fan, does not garner his attention.

Being his follower does.

And notice Jesus says, behold, an Israelite indeed in whom is no deceit.

So Nathanael speaks so poorly of the Lord prior to that, saying, can any good thing come from Nazareth? Yet Jesus says, I see an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.

Are you grateful that the Lord Jesus sees the best in us? Isn't that wonderful? Nathanael said to him, how do you know me? And Jesus answered and said to him, before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.

This is amazing.

So powerful.

And Micah 4.4, actually, Pastor Dion, can you read Micah 4.4 again? And then, Pastor Ryan, you're going to read 1 Kings 4.25.

It

says, but everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

So the fig tree speaks to the peace and blessing of the messianic reign.

So Nathanael, I should say Jesus, when Jesus says, I saw you under the fig tree, he was speaking of his own reign as Messiah.

And Nathanael knew it.

Would you read 1 Kings 4, verse 25, Ryan? It