Introduction

 

As John continues to call “witnesses” to give testimony to the true identity of Jesus, The Son of
God, it is a natural progression to move from the witness of John The Baptist to the very first disciples of
Christ. Unlike the other gospel writers, John never actually gives an exhaustive list of all the disciples’
names, but he does mention how some of them came to be followers of Christ. As John records the very
first week of Christ’s earthly ministry, we now learn from his account that on the third day of that week the
very first of the disciples began to follow after Jesus. And they do so because of the testimony of John
The Baptist. Not many preachers these days would send their congregation away to follow another
leader, but that is exactly what John The Baptist did. For you see, his concern was not for building a
kingdom for himself, but rather, he wanted the world to know Christ.