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“Rabbi, we know…” Poor Nicodemus. You don’t go see someone in order to learn about them only to begin by telling them what you know about them. He’d have been so much better off he had said something like, “Hi,” and then had just shut up and listened. Maybe that’s what we should do? Instead of trotting out our doctrines and theologies to talk about what we know about Jesus, you think maybe we should sit down, shut up, watch and listen to him? After being raised from the dead, Jesus appeared to his followers, but one of them, Thomas, was not with them. Later, with Thomas in the room with the others, Jesus again appeared. He patiently accepted Thomas’s demand to see the nail holes in his hand and the spear wound in his side, and it was only after that that Jesus said, “Do not doubt but believe.” Long before that gracious acquiescence, Jesus first asked his disciples to follow him by saying simply, “Come and see.” No demands. No pyrotechnics. Just an invitation to watch and listen as they lived with him, walked with him, ate with him. That same invitation is extended to us during this Epiphany Season: “Come and See.” Steve Sylvester - January 25, 2026
Sit, Watch, and Listen
From Series: "You're Invited to Come and See"
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“Rabbi, we know…” Poor Nicodemus. You don’t go see someone in order to learn about them only to begin by telling them what you know about them. He’d have been so much better off he had said something like, “Hi,” and then had just shut up and listened. Maybe that’s what we should do? Instead of trotting out our doctrines and theologies to talk about what we know about Jesus, you think maybe we should sit down, shut up, watch and listen to him? After being raised from the dead, Jesus appeared to his followers, but one of them, Thomas, was not with them. Later, with Thomas in the room with the others, Jesus again appeared. He patiently accepted Thomas’s demand to see the nail holes in his hand and the spear wound in his side, and it was only after that that Jesus said, “Do not doubt but believe.” Long before that gracious acquiescence, Jesus first asked his disciples to follow him by saying simply, “Come and see.” No demands. No pyrotechnics. Just an invitation to watch and listen as they lived with him, walked with him, ate with him. That same invitation is extended to us during this Epiphany Season: “Come and See.” Steve Sylvester - January 25, 2026
Sit, Watch, and Listen
From Series: "You're Invited to Come and See"
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