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Seeking Jesus

Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ( from  John 12:20-32 ) During Fellowship Time, I try talking to new folks asking why they chose to attend our church. Many have chosen to attend because they have just moved into the area, were seeking a church, and experienced us as a friendly church. Some, after experiencing a traumatic event, are seeking Jesus. One person, sharing the event using limited language, spoke of feeling clueless, not having money, and poor at conversation. The person was seeking Jesus with a troubled soul needing comfort and hope. The Greeks are seeking Jesus, but the Scripture doesn’t tell, and we don’t know, their expectations In searching the Scriptures, John 7:35-36 suggests the seekers aren’t Greeks, rather Jews dispersed among Greeks freed the Babylonian exile and heading to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. The “Greeks...