2. 8, Excelling at the basics
Seed Faith For Seekers
8, Excelling at the basics

3. [Jhn 1:35-40 ESV] 35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39 He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

4. [Jhn 1:35-40 ESV] 35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, "What are you seeking?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39 He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

5. [Mar 1:16-20 ESV] 16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.

6. [Mat 6:33 ESV] 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
[Act 17:26-27 ESV] 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

7. [Mat 6:33 ESV] 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
[Rom 2:7-8 ESV] 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

8. [Mat 6:33 ESV] 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
[Heb 11:6 ESV] 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

9. [Mat 6:33 ESV] 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
[Col 3:1 ESV] 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

10. How do we become genuine seekers?
[Act 2:42 ESV] 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

11. How do we become genuine seekers?
[Act 2:42 ESV] 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
By reading, classes, notes, discussion, etc

12. How do we become genuine seekers?
[Act 2:42 ESV] 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
By sharing together in the Lord’s work

13. How do we become genuine seekers?
[Act 2:42 ESV] 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
By participating, remembering

14. How do we become genuine seekers?
[Act 2:42 ESV] 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
In worship, public, private, for everything

15. How do we become genuine seekers?
[Act 2:42 ESV] 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
And by looking for OPPORTUNITIES

16. Genuine seekers seek opportunities
Opportunities to invite
[Jhn 1:41 ESV] 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means Christ).

17. Genuine seekers seek opportunities
Opportunities to invite
Opportunities to share the work
[Jhn 12:20-22 ESV] 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

18. [Act 9:26-28 ESV] 26 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

19. [Act 11:20-26 ESV] 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. 22 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose, 24 for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. 25 So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

20. Genuine seekers seek opportunities
Opportunities to invite
Opportunities to share the work
Opportunities to let the Lord work

21. [Jhn 6:5-9 ESV] 5 Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little." 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?"

22. [Mar 4:26-28 ESV] 26 And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

23. Who was Andrew? Not Peter, Not a son of thunder, Not after honor
Not the first martyr
Peter’s kid brother, one of the 12
Crucified in Petras, Greece
Took gospel to Ukraine, Russia, and Romania
Scotland and Spain made his cross their symbol

24. Who was Andrew?
[Rev 21:10-14 ESV] 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

25. Who was Andrew?
A genuine seeker of the Lord and others also